When everyone’s asleep that night‚ Nate camps on the rug in the bathroom‚ six pills of his father’s pain medication and two thirds a bottle of vodka in his stomach. The vodka tastes like battery acid and leaves a burn in his throat and the pills make him nauseous and give him the sensation of being stabbed in the abdomen and this is the first time Nate truly feels like he wants to die. Like he needs to die‚ to escape this‚ to escape everything. His mother finds him the next morning curled around
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Unwelcome Passenger The man looked familiar‚ and immediately I felt my pulse quicken. He wore oil-stained jeans and a torn leather vest‚ but no shirt. Straight black hair hung nearly to his waist. A snake tattoo circled his forearm. Mid-thirties‚ I guessed. I didn’t realize I was staring so hard until he scowled and muttered‚ "Do I know you‚ bud?" I quickly averted my eyes‚ not wishing for an exchange of words and maybe more. The man picked up the newspaper and the pack of cigarettes he’d
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I zigzag around the forest edge‚ catching a final glimpse of the sunset over the mountain before racing into the shadows. Freezing air whistles by‚ but there’s too much warmth within me to be cold today. I hear a familiar laugh and swerve out of the way to see Emma glide by me. She flies past gracefully‚ a hummingbird among the hibernating woodlands. She laughs again as I dance around trees‚ leaving a pattern of curves behind me. With Emma by my side and skis on my feet‚ there is nowhere I would
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An experience full of nature‚ showed me how beautiful nature really is. When my brothers and I arrived to Longview Lake the sun had just started rising. My brothers and I went with the intent of catching big catfish and largemouth bass although‚ it was my first time actually fishing with my brothers. My older brother told me I probably wouldn’t catch a fish my first time fishing with him but this is experience proved him wrong. Stepping out of the car‚ the surprisingly warm weather
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MY NATURAL HIGH: RUNNING My natural high is running. Running is my natural high because I spend most of my free running whether it’s long‚ short distance or marathons. When running‚ your body releases a hormone called endorphins. Endorphins interact with the receptors in your brain that reduce your perception of pain. Endorphins make your body undergo a positive disposition‚ like morphine. Running plays a big part of my life. If I did drugs I wouldn’t be able to focus on my running as much as I
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em Udejiofor Period-2 Mrs.Weber-LA Scary Story Remember A group at summer camp sits down to tell stories around their glowing pit of fire. In the night of the woods‚ everyone grows tired and weary but get awakened with the upcoming events. “Ok guys‚ take a seat‚”Danny bossed. “When were you my mama‚ D?” Joe asked “Just sit around the fire”‚plead Danny‚”I have a story to tell.” “Shall I begin‚”Danny requested. On a remote military‚ testing facility there was a slight problem. “Why slight?”Joe
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Another day has passed‚ another sunrise witnessed. Laney wakes up on one of the cold‚ hard benches of Central Park. She looks around to see the same scene as she always does‚ the fountain‚ the first group of tourists‚ and the same trees that she has seen everyday since her parents died. She sits up and a shiver trickles up her spine. Laney looks down at her shoes‚ filled with holes‚ her pants‚ ripped and torn‚ and her hands‚ numb and frozen. A couple walks by and glances over at Laney‚ they start
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SPACETOBEEDITTED Optics flickered towards the west a smile drawing itself upon the lips of the male. He adored moons such as this‚ known readily in the ancient world as the harvest or wolf moon‚ the circular orb in the sky shown such as this only twice per year; once in the spring and once in the fall during the equinox consisting of exactly 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. Such moons were both a blessing and a curse‚ for though they granted better light in which to hunt by it also meant
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I first saw Bron J. when I got transferred to a new school called Preston High school couple of years ago. My parents moved to a new town and I had to go with them even though it was the last thing on my mind at that time‚ I was very upset and it seemed that the world came to an end without all my friends specially my best friends and without all of the girls I used to chat with. I was very nervous about my new school because it wasn’t ordinary school compared to my old school which was better.
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Paddling for our lives we headed back into the open sea from our unfortunate visit to Cyclops Island. My men and I were terrified of the events that had occurred over the past days‚ it was a miracle that none of us had gone insane yet. With what sanity we had left we sailed for about six days according to our crew members that had been counting the days since the death of our fellow flute player. I think they really miss the guy...Well‚ I know I miss him‚ he was one of the best flute players in Ithaca
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