Abby: A Fictional Narrative

Daisy looks at Nick with a smirk. They both walk back in the house. Tom and Jordan sit at either end of a long couch.

Tears streamed down my face as her Jade green eyes were closing I practically screamed: “No Amelia look at me, look here damn it.” Amelia let out one long and shaky final breath and then she was gone.

It wasn’t like any other swim practice, no, not like any other I’d ever gone to. No one usually moved to Minot, North Dakota that was also in swimming, so when Emily Pitcher and her family moved to town and came to practice, it was quite a shock for everyone on the team. She moved from Colorado and she had 2 younger brothers and a younger sister as well. They seemed nice enough but there was something about Emily, who was my age, which seemed a bit off.

Throughout our lives, we all make sacrifices in order to achieve our goals or to help others achieve their goals. For some, this may mean sacrificing friendships or family time, or for others it may mean sacrificing money and other dreams which may also be of great importance to us. A person who has made many sacrifices in order to achieve their aspirations or goals is someone with strength, determination and masses of will-power, and it is someone who is not prepared to give up on their dream.

When Hawkins stepped outside, Thomas took Allie’s hand and began walking toward the stairs. “I want to look at the bedrooms,” he grinned. “A comfortable bed is what matters most to me.”

A few months ago I found out about Oskar’s plan. I first received a call from a woman named Abby Black who wanted to talk to him. He wasn’t home at that time, so she explained to me what had happened. Apparently, he visited her not so long ago looking for answers for a key he found inside a vase in his father’s closet. I didn’t know what to believe, so I went to his room looking for evidence. He’s a smart kid and hiding secrets has always been one of his specialties. I looked everywhere, but couldn’t find anything until I opened one of his top closet doors. I was surprised with what I discovered. Everything was there, the 472 “Black” names listed in chronological order starting from Aaron Black; a map with their location and a notebook with the time and years it would take him to meet them all.

"Right. I forgot that fast." I roll my eyes and unlock the door for her. She climbs in.

“Oh, next time can you please call me and tell me what you are doing.”

My Untold Story was about Abby Stein, activist, blogger, educator, student and a woman living trans experience who grew up in Brooklyn, NY from an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. This Yiddish speaking ultra-orthodox religion has minimal contact with the non-Jewish world and very limited access to technology. Assigned male gender at birth and as a rabbi in this community, Abby married at 18 years old with the marriage producing two children. Abby left her community to explore alternative views and came out as transgendered a few years later. Using her experiences and knowledge Abby blogs about social justice issues related to oppressive practices with the hope of supporting others from orthodox religions to become themselves while highlighting

The next morning when Allie went onto the deck, she was surprised to see Charleston spread out along the docks. She immediately went in search of Thomas. She found him coming out of the galley carrying a tray.

"Teddy! Mark! Someone! Please! Are you alive!" Her voice was wracked with desperation. They couldn't be dead. They are probably just unconscious. She repeated that thought over and over, but the more she did, the more she started to worry. I'll just go look for them, she thought. In hindsight, trying to move while

"Thanks. I'm living with Melody and her parents now, so it all worked out for the best."

It was September 29, 2014. I was at the Bloomsburg Fair with my parents and my dog. You know how hard it is to hold on too a helium balloon, right? Well, imagine that but with a leash and a 70 pound great dane. It is not the easiest thing to hold on to when you are trying to eat a burger or look at art. But yet, I was stuck holding Ellie, the Great Dane, when she was about my height. But, after I realized that I had a Lemonade in one hand and a burger in the other, but no leash I realized what I had done. My dog was lost at the Bloomsburg Fair!

Abby looks around the dining room. Perfect! she thinks, as she looks at the candlelight dinner. She walks over to the mirror checking her makeup. She runs her hands through her long amber hair, and checks the eye shadow on her bright green eyes. She can't wait for Slade to get home; he is going to be so surprised. Abby is pregnant, and with twins at that. Slade has wanted children from the first moment he met Abby, and now she is going to get to tell him she is having twins. Her heart seems to burst and overflow with the pride she feels at the thought of telling Slade- she can't wait.

I rolled my eyes at my overprotective mother, “C’mon, it’s not that big a deal, this is the first time this has ever happened. Besides, it’s not like I’ll be messing with them like that kid probably was. Look at those cute little guys, there’s no way they would attack so viciously at random.”