Scarlet Letter Creative Writing Assignment

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The Scarlet Letter- Creative Writing Assignment
Chapter 1- The Impenetrable Truth
I approached the gym warily, but ready to play. It was the first day of basketball practice, so I was intimidated. I wasn't completely comfortable with playing against all of these monstrous high school boys yet; I was only a freshman. As I pushed the heavy gymnasium doors open, I encountered the mammoth-like creatures, none south of 6 feet tall, overshadowing me. I awkwardly walked toward the bench. Once I got there, my uneasy feelings had been flushed away. I opened my bag to the sight of my brand new shoes. I couldn't wait to break them in. They were the Air Jordan 11 Retro Space Jam's. Oh, they were beautiful. Their black finish glistened under the gym light. …show more content…

As I looked around in confusion, they all started to slowly approach me. What's going on? Do they like my shoes? Oh they must like my shoes. I sprung up in delight from the bench and asked, "Oh, do you guys want to see my new shoes? They're size 13, I'll let you try them on, if you want."
The captain walked up to me, looked me in the eyes for about 5 seconds with a straight face, and violently shoved me back into my seat. "Sit down, pal." I immediately sat. I was puzzled. What did I do? I don't think I did anything wrong.
The captain lifted me up from my seat by the neck of my shirt. I heard the elastic tear. He then wrestled me to the floor. "Look at your clothes, freshman. Do you realize what you're wearing? We have one rule on this team: never wear all black...ever." I nervously bowed my head, and yeah, I was wearing all black. I was wearing a black shirt, black pants, black socks, and my beloved black …show more content…

Practice was over. My coach insensitively blew the whistle in my ear and announced it. "Okay everyone, practice is over. But before you leave, give me 10 suicides". Everyone moaned in fury and frustration. "Listen ladies, we can either get this over with quickly, or we can stay here for the rest of the night. I've got all the time in the world. I might as well go get my guitar from the car and we can all sing Kumbaya together. How does that sound?". Everyone raced to the line and began to run. I covertly crept out of the gym and went into the locker room. In the back of the locker room, next to my coach's office, laid a large, alluring plaque. It's ambrosial scent made it even more beautiful. In the center of it was my father's name, engraved in an immaculate sheet of platinum. I walked over to it and observed it in awe. I tried to focus on it, but could only see the image that was blocking it; my distorted reflection. I gloomily turned my head toward the floor and saw a large, black duffle bag in front of my feet. There were red letters embroidered on the side of it. I bent down to read what it said. It read, "DELLE". It was the captain's bag. I slowly unzipped the black bag and my eyes widened. I was greeted with an unanticipated surprise. "It was a revelation, [I] could almost say, had been granted to [me]." In his duffle bag was an array of black clothes; all black. There was no other color present other than the unbearable black that I had

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