Cheeburger: A Short Story

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My birthday was celebrated with a wedding style cake and 15 candles marking my age. It was 15 different tiers with 5

December 17th, that is my birthday. Having switched school counties in middle school my birthdays always had to find the best of both worlds between two different groups of friends. Well, I had recently discovered the magic of social storytelling in games like Dungeons & Dragons. At this point three of my friends and I would meet up every two weeks for a late night session of fantasy tabletop role-playing. These nights were the high points of our social lives; it only made sense that I wanted ALL of my friends to experience this awesome game. So, I invited everyone asking them to come over around 6:00 p.m. and expect to be there until around midnight. I loaded up on snacks, came up with an adventure for us all to go through, and actually cleaned a little. Everything was set up for everyone to have fun, eat snacks, stay up late, and hopefully find a new hobby. Unfortunately that is not at all what happened.

It was a hot, summer day. Although it was only morning, we could feel the sun beating down on us. The lines weren't too long; after about twenty minutes, we were finally inside the park. First thing I noticed was the delicious smell of food. I hadn't had breakfast and definatley wanted some food. We went to go eat at an indoor restaurant where I chose a chicken burger. Laughter was filling the air as we ate, making us all the more excited to get on some rides. After eating, we decided to walk around to let our food go down and see what rides we wanted to get on.

I saw a bright light appear out from the darkness that I lay in. It startled me because I didn't know what was going to happen to me and my family. A large hand reached into this cold climate that was my home; and picked Emily (my sister) and I (Dylan) up and carried us into what felt like a desert. The large hand was connected to a large body, I later figured out that it was a human. I was sweating (unthawing) and I was missing my cold home so much. The human pulled Emily and I apart, took Emily, and placed her on a plate. I was next, the feeling of his wet, slimy hands was disgusting. Once I was on a plate, the human picked the plate up and took us both outside. It was like I was in a fire, it was scorching out here.

Last year, I was lucky enough to be in New York on my birthday. My friends and I spent all day walking around the city and trying as many different foods as we could. From mac and cheese spring rolls to birthday cake truffles, I was in food heaven. I had the best food I had ever had in my life on that day, and I will always crave all of the different types of food that I tried.

After probably ten minutes inside the long intricate line that wrapped around the restaurant, I was finally able to get my hands on a burrito bowl and take my first bite. The bowl was colorful, the tomatoes, lettuce, and sour cream, made up the top half of the bowl, and under it the rice, beans, and chicken made up the bottom half. I didn’t expect much, but the first bite took me by surprise. The sour cream with the salsa was something I didn’t expect, it tasted so good. I could almost imagining eating a whole bowl filled only with sour cream and salsa, and maybe some chips on the side. The chicken added that was mixed in with the sour cream and salsa was something unique that I have never had before. This seemed like the perfect go-to spot for lunch after school, and it was. The only thing I didn’t like was the beans, but it was an easy fix. Almost everyday I would be at Chipotle with friends after school, my wallet was devastated, but my stomach was happy and that's all it mattered at the

time we got a big plate of ice cream for my birthday. It was so entertaining there

the warm syrup, and ranch smothering some golden fries with cheddar cheese melted over them. I started eating my burrito, at first I didn’t know if I would finish it but as I ate each bite tasted better and better. It took me a while but I was able to finish the burrito. we sat there and talked for a good forty-five minutes or so, we sang a few songs, and figured we were probably making the employees mad, so we got our tickets, and went up to pay. I glanced at the check as I handed it to the woman and noticed she didn’t even charge me for the pie, i figured it wasn’t a big deal so I didn’t mention anything. We all paid and headed out to the car. As we drove back to Grant’s house we jammed out to some NWA and tried to dodge some cops since it was past curfew. we got back to the house, watched a few movies and all I could think about was that amazing

Avery and Garrett spent their time trying to perfect the baked potatoes and macaroni and cheese they picked out. Every person there had so much excitement for the meal that we’d worked throughout the day to bring together. Finally it was done. The burgers were done. The sides were done. The cookies were done (and frosted very well, I must add.) The guests were arriving every few seconds and the red, white, and blue balloons were everywhere you looked. Dinner was laid out in a hurry and eaten in the same hurry. Seconds were had, and the night was one that I will remember for the rest of my

Then we walked to the park to play beach volleyball, got our faces painted, and listened to a live band play and sing famous songs, then we had a funnel cake to share together. Since we celebrate the 4th of July in Independence where my grandparents live, they have an even bigger party than most places.

A party on Haloween night is better with your close friends; for me, Halloween is the best day in whole year because I really enjoy the thematic of terror and those things and is so cool to be someone who you are not during all day; my friends and I made the funniest party ever, we danced all our favorite songs, we improvising dance steps but it made our party funnier , then, we ate a lot of pizza and pasta and many snacks, we drunk some sprite with Chamoy that Yesy made, the funny thing is that the Chamoy was in syringes and it was great, also we sang all night; But the best part was the costumes, I dressed as a Hippie, Yesy as mad hatter, Liz as a unicorn, Lydia as a Zombie and Lulu as a Catrina all costumes were different and it was so amazing

What do you want for your birthday? This question was the beginning of an everlasting memory. For my birthday gift I asked my parents for a missionary trip. They acceded and I got the blessing of joining my church on a trip to Haiti. Preparation for the trip included months of collection of provisions and donations. In addition, I took part in a puppet show and choreography. To prepare for these participations I had to assist to rehearsals every week. Aside from this, the church prepared various workshops for those of us who were taking part of the trip. The workshops provided us with information about the different situations and communities we would encounter as well as the precautions we would have to take in order to avoid diseases. Two

As I made my way to the cafeteria, there was a big broad sign that said, “ Due to the incident on November 14 Cheez-its are no longer allowed in the cafeteria.” As I walked pass the sign I ran into my friends Logan Boggs and Brayden Sanders.

     The process of planning a party takes a lot of time and focus to get every detail covered. First of all, you must decide where you will have the party, maybe a club house or your own home. When you have that decided then there are several other steps you must take in order for your party to be successful.