Embarrassing Descriptive Writing

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“You’re so embarrassing. . . .As my daughter, you should be more outgoing; why do you even want to be friends with an introvert like him?”
“I absolutely love your dorky little costume. Ha!”
The voices echoed inside my head, pounding, ringing in my ears. An ache was beginning to spread out from my temples to my elbow, to my mouth . . . more bruises.
As I ran, raven hair whipping pale cheeks and fire burning through branch-scratched legs, my cheeks began to dry, but my eyes were swollen. A tiny knot formed in my side: a cramp. Climbing up the tree, the gnarled, twisted bark scratched my knuckles as I dragged a white sleeve across my eyes. I sighed, staring up at the moon. It shone brightly, almost like the sun. The stars didn’t twinkle as brightly though. …show more content…

Slouching on the trunk, I let my legs dangle off the branch. “Why are they so mean? Can’t they see how nice you really are?” I whispered, turning my head.
The boy previously waiting alone shrugged, his messy chestnut hair moving a little. He tossed a pink taffy into his mouth, one I knew was once in my candy bag. His vampire costume flapped as we listened to the marsh’s tiny choir frogs, him chewing and me watching the moon. Why tonight? She called me an embarrassment on the night I looked forward to the most—and took the bully’s side! That girl called me a nerd, plus gave me a beating, and it didn’t help that Mom called Ry an

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