Tornado Alley: A Short Story

Thunder rolled intensely outside, my aunt, mother, sister and I were sat calmly in the basement. We had been through this many times before; I mean afterall, Kansas was part of Tornado Alley. 2. My sister and I were young when this happened, her probably four or five, me about eight. 3. Before we had even started driving to my aunt’s house; since she’s the only one with a basement; my sister and I were complaining about being hungry. 4. Mom said she would get us something to eat soon, but then the sirens started blaring. 5. She called my aunt and told her we would be over in about ten minutes. 6. Me and my sister continued to complain about being hungry because, we always had to get what we wanted. 7. So my mom stopped at McDonald’s and got us some food. 8. After we were almost five minutes later than we said we would be my aunt panicked. 9. Jenny, my aunt, was calling like crazy. 10. When we finally got to her house she lectured my mom about how it wasn’t safe to have us out there like that with a tornado in the area. 11.Afterwards, we all sat on the porch and watched the storm. 12. That’s my favorite memory with my family, and it’s one I’ll never forget.

I was never a very sportive kid, I preferred to read and write over go outside and run after a ball.

2. However my parents coaxed me into softball, I played softball for thirteen years and stayed playing from kindergarten to my last year in middle school. 3. The school introduced me to the team and my parents always wanted me to do something athletic so I figured this was the best option. 4. My parents found I was very fond of singing, I would sing along to all of the songs I knew on the radio. 6. When I was young it was cute, but now they can’t get me to fall silent. 7. They told me to join choir, or show choir, or maybe audition for the musical, but I was too shy. 8. Maybe I had a slight inferiority complex, but I wouldn’t ever take my parent’s advice. 9. These were just some of my

hobbies.

My family was fairly large, ample amounts of extended family were around frequently so that may have been the cause of the populous feel of my family. 2. Not including extended family, mine consisted of my parents and a younger brother and sister, as well as two nurturing grandparents. 3. I was closer with my father than with my mother, my dad was the one who attracted me to most of the stuff I like. 4. We would play video-games together and as I got older we listened to the same music and enjoyed the same shows. 5. The one person I was closest to was my sister even if we fought on occasion. 6. If I ever needed to tell anyone about something it was always her. 7. She is my best friend. 8. Friends from school were almost as good, they were like my sisters.

At school I was sort of a reject, I didn’t really fit into any certain clique so it was hard for me to make friends. 2. Back to the inferiority complex, I felt that anyone that had nicer things than me, or looked better than me was too good for me to talk to. I didn’t talk to anyone who didn’t talk to me first. 3. As school went on however, I got more friends and my confidence seemed to improve a bit. 4. School was hard for me though, not just because of other kids, but because it was hard for me to do work. 5. Everyone thought it was just because I was lazy or too shy to turn anything in, which both assumptions are partially true, I went to a psychologist where I was diagnosed with ADD. 6. This didn’t happen until my junior year, and by then with only one year left it seemed insignificant. 7.My school year has gone much better now however, and I’m very content with the year I have had so far.

My life has been a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs and twists and turns, but I’m making the most of it. 2. There are many things that have helped me through tough times and I am very thankful for that. 3. I can’t wait to see what adventures await me on the rest of my journey.