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The early morning fog loomed as far as he could see, it was almost tangible, shrouding everything in a thick white veil, the light barely managing to penetrate the haze. The sounds of birdsong and motors that should have been filling the air around me all seemed to have disappeared, even her footsteps had been swallowed by the greedy beast. I pulled her brown winter jacket closer to her body, hoping to gain some sense of warmth that morning. It was to no avail, the fog seemed to be leaching the heat right from my bones, pulling it in to become stronger. It was July but felt like December, which didn’t make sense because I lived in upper Michigan. I blamed global warming. The laughing wind crept up to me, following me while I walked, hissing at the warmth of my body. The cold readied to strike at me with its poisonous venom like a snake. My heart was pumping slower due to the icy frost burning my body. Freaking global warming. …show more content…

If it wasn’t mandatory for all students to be in a club I probably wouldn’t have been in one. Archery, at the time, seemed like a safe and fun option for me to choose. Of course, I was wrong. My coach, a wiry and awkward man of 35 was a drill Sargent whose only enjoyment seemed to come from torturing the High-Schoolers. Hence why I had to walk to school at five in the morning to get to an early practice. I had just gotten to the school and was heading around the corner of the building when I ran into Rose, my best friend. “Jesus, you startled me. Don’t do that to me.” Rose’s face suddenly beamed with happiness, her face contorting into places I didn’t know a face could

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