Sitting in an isolated section of the restaurant with a cup of coffee and a small volume in front of her‚ Esther was pretending to read. She was tossing about the behavior of her son and the word stupid kept coming into play‚ a word she never applied to Neil before. What chemical imbalance goes into play with young males that shut down the processes controlling logic and simple good judgment? Above most in scholastic matters‚ she told herself‚ he labors like no other when it comes to perfecting
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Nick slowly opened his eyes‚ glancing around the room. He noticed the stiff‚ stark‚ steel walls and the tough‚ teeth-chattering‚ frosty cement floor. He slowly pushed himself up off of the ground‚ joints aching‚ skin numb‚ and muscles rigid. He looked down at the ground where he had slept‚ seeing only a thin blanket and a phone book in the place of a pillow. Light shone on the small area‚ through a tiny window near the roof of the warehouse-like building. As he made his way over to a table with a
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The Paper Out Chapter One I ran for my life! The monster’s roars quickly turned into a loud ringing sound. “Aaaahhhh‚” I yelled. I shut off my alarm clock. “Phew! Just a dream‚” I thought. “Be quiet Lewis‚” mom yelled. “I deserve some sleep on such an early Sunday morning‚” she complained. I walked over to my dresser in my small‚ pathetic room. The cracked blue walls were just a fade in the background. My desk was littered with my golden sports
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Alice is dead Prologue “She is awake” Says the Queen‚ staring curiously at the screen. “Yes‚ the girl is quite a tough cookie.” The scientist mumbles. The screen shows a young girl fiddling with a piece of fabric on the floor. The Queen turns to look at him. “And how was she able to survive the poison exactly?” “Well‚ my majesty‚ she seems to have developed immunity to the arsenic we put in her food. “We think this might be because she came from abov-“ “You do not think about saying THAT word ever
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"Yes‚ just a quarter of a mile away. Luckily‚ the warrior Estocada promised us that he would delay the dragon." "Very good‚" answered Alex‚ stepping to the door. "Wait!" called the bird. "Don’t you think you should wait a bit longer before leaving?" Alex turned around‚ already having known the answer to this question. "No‚ no I don’t." Slowly walking back down the road‚ I heeled‚ staying as close as possible. I hadn’t met a dragon that wasn’t friendly up to this point‚ and the thought of a giant
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Carmen opens the door to her new house. She breathes the air of the empty apartment and sighs. She starts to unpack everything from the kitchen to the bathrooms. Once she was done‚ she sat on her couch laying down with her hand on her forehead thinking of how far she has gone. She was remembering all of the fun times she had with her best friend Sofia. She could feel water dripping down her cheek bones. She feels sleepy so she goes to her room and sleeps. Then‚ she finally woke up. When she gets
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He turned around to wend his way to the New Tower of Babel. He set off with the obstinacy of one possessed‚ with screwed up lips‚ sharp lines between the eyebrows‚ clenched fists on his weak‚ dangling arms. He set off as though he wanted to pound the stone beneath his feet. It seemed as though every drop of blood in his face had collected in his eyes alone. He ran‚ and‚ on the interminable way‚ at every step‚ he had the feeling: I am not he who is running. I am running‚ a spirit‚ by the side of my
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“What are you doing near my locker‚ dweeb?” Mason‚ the schools toughest jock yelled as he shoved me into the wall‚ causing a groan to escape my lips. I didn’t have time to answer as he threw me into the tile floor and the laughs of his delinquents echoed through the hallway. I felt like I couldn’t move‚ but I had to. I collected my scattered books and stumbled forward‚ holding on to myself more than I have before. My eyes were full with tears‚ but I couldn’t let my emotions slip more than they already
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The Beginning of the End Growing up I always believed divorce was the worst mistake a couple could make. Now that I am older I now have a different view on divorce. My parents divorced when I was seventeen years old‚ and since going through this experience I view divorce differently. Although most people think of divorce as a negative thing‚ I think sometimes it turns out to be the best decision for everyone involved. When I was a little girl all I would hear from people is how divorce
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3:15 am‚ I lie in the spot of my bed I’d always gone to for comfort‚ now lying there unable to move‚ think‚ breathe‚ sleep‚ trying to wrap my mind around the fact that my world would never be the same again. Randomly waking up in the early hours of the morning is something I rarely do‚ so waking up at 3:06 am looking around my room‚ seeing Kierra also happen to wake up wasn’t right. Looking over at my phone‚ seeing Mrs. Jennie was calling me‚ I hesitantly answered‚ unsure of what to expect. Still
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