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I saw my best friend Betsy walking cautiously over to me after school ended. We meet at the top of the big concrete stairs leading up to our basic New York private school. Betsy has her hands up by her mouth, probably biting her fingers, which I always tell her is gross and she's going to get sick. I start our conversation the same as it has been for the last month, "What time is your mom going to pick us up?" Betsy pauses for a second, "Liz, I am sorry, but my mom thinks it's best if you stay at your own house tonight." I feel tears start to form in my eyes. Of course Betsy's mom wants me to stay at my house, she is a family therapist and thinks 'talking it out' solves every problem. I look at Betsy and she's looking at me with pity in her kind, …show more content…
I press the elevator button and wait for it to make a little dining noise. I walked in and stand inside and wait longer. The doors opened at the sixth floor, I took a deep breath and walked to my home. I knocked three times, "Do I have to answer or is it not important," I heard my dad say. I don't say anything, so he comes and swings open the heavy, wooden door. "Oh! Elizabeth hi." He exclaimed when he realized it was me. He quickly starts talking, trying to ignore the fact that I hadn't spoken to him for a month. He asked about school and friends and what I want for dinner, but I did not answer. I still had not forgiven him for letting my best friend leave. He let my mom go, didn't chase after her or anything. How can I forgive that? "Should we have tacos and maybe even some ice cream for dessert?" My dad wondered I needed to see why, how, the reason he let her go. "I do not care about tacos or ice cream or whatever!" I said raising my voice. "I care about my mom, unlike
I raced home through the dark eerie feeling sunset. Once I got home I ran to my room which is the last room in
Without worrying about who may see her, Marlene drove down Riverdale Blvd, allowing her mind to wander, thinking about the good times, she and her mother enjoyed since her father passed away several years ago. Suddenly tears poured down her face, forcing her to stop at the curb. “I’m sorry, Mom, you can’t be dead. What am I going to do without my best friend? Dear God, please wake me from this nightmare,” she
Growing up as an only child I made out pretty well. You almost can’t help but be spoiled by your parents in some way. And I must admit that I enjoyed it; my own room, T.V., computer, stereo, all the material possessions that I had. But there was one event in my life that would change the way that I looked at these things and realized that you can’t take these things for granted and that’s not what life is about.
A calm crisp breeze circled my body as I sat emerged in my thoughts, hopes, and memories. The rough bark on which I sat reminded me of the rough road many people have traveled, only to end with something no one in human form can contemplate.
Finally the elevator came to a screeching halt and the doors slowly slid open sending a rush of cold air. The first second I laid my eyes on what was before me I got scared. The room had a eerie glow it was made of stone and there were markings all over the place along with a wooden staircase. What came next made everything worse, I was looking around when I heard creaks so I screamed just to find out that it was carlos going 1 stair up on the staircase to grab a note. He opened it and in bold letters it said, ONLY ENTER IF YOU DARE, THE SPIRITS OF THE PAST FROM THIS MENTAL INSTITUTE STILL LIE WHERE THEY DIED.
My brothers followed me in single file through a different door on the other side of the building. It lead under an overhang where two vehicles stood parked. The trunk of an SUV sat open with baggage neatly packed inside. Everyone climbed into the vehicles and quickly drove off. I didn't understand where our next destination but I sat quietly and patiently until we stopped. Then I realized we were just checking in to a hotel. We grabbed our suitcases and walked in to receive rooms for everyone. After that we split up into 5 rooms, my father and I sharing one. As I studied the building I notice that it was probably built in the 50s because it looked like a nursing home for old people. The inside was nowhere near rundown as it was neat, clean, and well taken car of but it did have that old fashion feel to the place. Inside our room was nice, a pair of french doors placed on the other side
I continue on and on through the rooms sections, like a rat running through a maze, trying to absorb everything, getting transfixed by even cracks in some of the tiles on the glistening walls. I get to the exit door, and push out to check the dial, being that sure I’m late. I walk at an animated pace towards the dial, and see I made it just in time to not receive retribution from the
Mark Hyung looks at me thoughtfully while he intently listens. “My mom, I miss her. Sometimes I don't though because with every mistake I make she criticizes me. I want to work harder for her, but I feel terrible for getting mad at her at times.” To signal that I am finished speaking I shift in my seat and look at Hyung.
"I love you too daddy!" The red light switched to green and my dad started to drive. Then I heard a loud noise and I screamed as I heard my dad shout, "i love you baby!" Then I felt a crash.
She realizes the very thing that she was withholding from him could have been taken away from the both of them. From that moment on I have always spent time with both my parents through tragedy my mother gave me dad a Second Chance.
I will never talk to my sister again! It all started at 6:30am my dad woke me up and told me to get ready for school so I stumbled out of my comfy bed in my dark blue room and turned the corner then my dad told me to wake up my sister because he had to go, he worked as a bus driver so he has to leave at 6:30 every morning, so I walked out of my room through the hallway and straight to my sisters room, I ran up the steps as loud as I could to try to wake her then I got deeper and deeper into my sisters grumpy teenage room so I turned the corner turned on the lights and screamed WAKE UP SYDNEY!!!
I proceed onward in behind the mysterious "Employees Only" door to the time clock. As the clock turns to 7:25 I punch in. I pull my hair back and head my way towards the wonderful Food Avenue. On my way there I stop by the service desk and get my keys and the money for the till.
‘...and remember students, your short story is due on Monday’. I lifted my head from the desk and turned to my friend who was sitting beside me. “Ah shit, that’s due. Have you done it yet?”
I went into the room, greeted my dad, talked a little about school and the things I did. We quickly ran out of things to talk about. There was always hardly anything to say to my dad, once school talk was over; every other conversation was pretty much done with too. I decided to stay with him in his room to watch TV waiting on dinner; my little brother who was four years old at the time later came to join us, he was probably tired of watching cartoons in the living room, or perhaps lonely. I’m guessing lonely.
“I’m sorry but it’s not gonna happen you will have to move with your mom” He explained.