The story started when one night I snuck out of my house to go to a party, as a result, that night I slept over at a friend’s house and found a ride home the next morning. When the car pulled into the driveway the morning after, I thanked the driver and walked up to my front porch with a sly smile to greet my obviously frustrated parents. As my mom ushered me to sit down on one of the chairs on our front porch, I know that nothing good is going to…
“Not long after ice nine took over, the world became something I did not want to be apart of. H. Lowe Crosby and his wife Hazel died soon after Newt and I met Bokonon. They too did not feel excitement anymore and took their lives together. Frank died from being purely insane because he watched his ant farm for endless hours. I stopped talking to that frenzied man after he mentioned that he would create human-sized ants. Only Bokonon, Newt, and I were left on San Lorenzo, and possibly the entire earth.…
At last, another summer has gone by signaling that Bon, and the rest of his classmates, were now second years in high school. That did not mean that he completely agreed with the decision that each and every student in his class were eligible to moved on to the next grade, or even become an Exwire. But alas, no matter how hard he argued about the matter, it couldn’t change the fact that they had all passed. Nevertheless, the teenage boy didn’t let these small annoyances distract him from his studies. In fact,he used it as motivation and remained at the top of the class with Konekomaru. However, Bon couldn’t help but notices that because they were Exwires now, the work was much harder than last year. As a result, Bon had to spend almost double…
My name is Danny Mangam and I am 14 years old. I currently live with my mum but I and my mum have, confidentially, escaped my mum’s boyfriend (Chris). Let me tell you more on that point……
BAM! The crowd roared after I did this, I just hit my first single of my career, and not the only time I will get another one. It felt musky while I hit it, and it was beginning to get cloudy in the distance as well. My friends Trevor, Collin, Evan, Andrew, and Michael congratulated me once I got into the dug-out. At the time I was only seven years old. I always remind myself that I have to work for things in order to accomplish things.…
It was a Wednesday on the final week of senior year and the only thing happening in my classes was the exchanging of yearbooks. I had already gotten signatures from all of my closest friends, except one who hadn’t been at school the past two days; his name was Frank Gerrity. He was a childhood friend who was always known for being a trouble maker, so it wasn’t unusual for him to ditch. After not having seen him in any of the classes we had together, I decided to pay him a visit after school, since he didn’t live very far. As I was approaching his house, I noticed a police car parked outside with someone sitting in the back. It was Frank and he had just been arrested for taking a joyride in a stolen car with some guys who were “cool,” very much like the characters in Gwendolyn Brook’s poem, “We Real…
After he had left I just stood there in shock for a few minutes. I was so excited I could hardly wait! Night couldn’t have come any faster!! Once night came I quickly left to meet him, but he wasn’t there.. So I decided to sit and wait. I had waited for about half an hour before I decided that he wasn’t coming, but when I stood up to leave…
One day in band, Erick, a trumpet player, was having a very rough day. His day started off by missing the bus, once he got to school, he realized he forgot his trumpet in his room at home. Erick asked the office if he could call his mom so he doesn't miss rehearsal and so he doesn't get docked points for the day. The office called his mom and there was no answer.…
After graduation, my parents shipped me off to college with nothing but a bag of clothes. They made me leave Dustin and my horse Kermit behind. I didn’t know what to do. I finished my six years of college and saved up some money from a part-time job, then took off to Tennessee. When I arrived in Tennessee, I was so lost. I didn’t know anyone and was lonely, so I called up those friends I hadn’t seen in years and they lived in Tennessee! After talking for a bit they knew where I was, picked me up, and took me to their cabin in Gatlinburg. While in Tennessee I into a guy from high School, his name was Travis. He used to have the biggest crush on me. Thinking he got over it, I went and talked to him, He ended up kidnapping me! I wasn’t very big, but I can put up a…
It was April 9th, 2013, a sunny beautiful Tuesday and something just had to go wrong and ruin the rest of my life. It didn’t start this day, it started months before. It all began at school. These people came in nice clothes, fancy cars, and a whole lot of questions. They came regularly and pulled me out of class to ask me simple questions that I answered with the truth. After this started happening my mom and stepdad started…
The party was lame. Conrad would not let me do like anything. He was like my father. I got so irritated that I walked away and met a guy named Cam. He remembers me from a camp in DC. He was smarter then me but we had a lot in common. Cameron was a straightedge, which meant he lived with an addict and was using chemicals but stopped. Maybe Cameron was someone I would fall in love with instead of Conrad. That night Cam gave me his hoodie and we watched fireworks. I knew that night made me like someone else and made Conrad jealous As Cam and I got more serious and hung out more, the more Conrad was jealous and acting outrageous. The scariest moment was the first date Cameron took me on. We weren’t there long but what I did remember was Jeremiah…
It was summer time and I was wearing my West Scranton football shorts and shirt, it was a normal day in the summer I was sitting in my living room with the air conditioner turned all the way down to 60 to get a cool breeze. I was watching Iron man but I really was not that into I kept drifting off and thinking what I should do with my day. My older brothers Shawn and Anthony came to the door around 2 in the afternoon and asked me if I wanted to go swimming. I quickly galloped up the stairs and asked my mother if I could go, she said yeah just be safe. So we left and went to a place called the “Rez” it was a place where high school and college kids go to jump off rocks and have a good time, it was a nice area surrounded by…
My name is Erica Vargas I am a 24 yr old college graduate student; I attended Brookline College for 9 months. I live with Zach. I was 23 when he took me into his home; I depended on my mother a lot before Zach. My mother liked to move a lot and I didn’t graduate from high school because of that, so when I had an opportunity I left home at 17 and enrolled into job corps in Roswell N.M. I lived there for two years; I struggled to get my GED, I wasn’t getting the help I needed. I did graduate with my trade in Painting & Remodeling. Once I left job corp, I moved back into my mother’s house, she wasn’t doing too well so I had to raise my younger brother and I did, I’m so proud of him and the job I did at raising him. but that wasn’t the life for me, I was young I wanted a better life for myself, I didn’t like staying home. My mom got better and wanted to move, so one day when I was browsing the internet I met Zach, he’s an artist. We would talk hours on the phone and I confided in him, he knew my situation very well and was always there when I needed to talk. We ended up moving to Roswell, we lived there for a year and I had a job and was working so much I never had time to work on my GED, and then my mom wanted to move again so I had no choice but to come with her because I was using her vehicle for work. My mother moved to Belen nm where my grandma lives and I was trying to get a job but no luck so I decided I wanted to go to college, so I enrolled into Brookline college, Albuquerque is a 30 minute drive from Belen I didn’t know how I would transport myself from Belen to Albuquerque everyday but I did it and I struggled doing it. Mom decided to move again and I didn’t want to go with her, I told Zach I can’t just drop out school and leave, I want to stay and better my education I want to establish my career. I love my mom so much but I had to make that choice, whether to be with her or attend school and I did, I chose school. That’s when he offered to help me…
It was the 11th of February 2008 and we got a family some in and adopt a kid. That morning I woke up and I had a feeling this was my day to go, all us kids got dressed in our best clothes. We were all so excited as if we were going to the fare. With polished shoes and our best clothes on we went out and met the Parry’s. The Parry’s had tried to have kids but failed, so they came to the orphanage in search for a young boy. Robert and Kristy came up to me and asked how old I was “12 years old and turning 13 in November” I replied…
We decided take a short cut for the bus to go back home and instead of passing from Republic street we passed from a little street that was all dark and scary. After some time I realized that we were lost. I was very afraid and so were my friends we decided to go back from where we came. But it was very difficult because there were many street and we could not decided which the right one was. The time was passing and it was nearly midnight. We all phoned to our mother to tell them that we are stuck in a place that we do not know where. They obviously panicked and they rushed to Valletta to try and find us. We were fingers crossed that somebody will find us. We saw someone approaching but it was an old man that lived there and he was one of the people that were drunk. It was very scary because he could not control himself. We were going to ask him something but instead we run as fast as we could. We bumped into some people they were our parents. We were so happy that we hugged them. We went back home and I immediately went to sleep.…