Clorie Rats: A Short Story

As I sat staring at the illuminated police station, I knew everything would be different. To think that only two hours prior I had been in my kitchen, watching a comically bad movie with my mother. I mean, I have never done anything rebellious in my life. I get good grades, and do extracurriculars and all that clichéd good girl stuff. Yet, now I'm here. Walking into the cold, dull police station to warn a bunch of strangers about a woman’s inevitable, unnecessary phone

“C’mon Alyssa!” She grabbed my hand and yanked me out of my frozen state, Practically lifting me off my feet. My heartbeat sped up I could hear nothing but the sound of heavy footsteps behind me, my heartbeat, my deep heavy breaths. The foot steps behind me weren't running but walking, walking after us. We ran up into her yard and opened her door fast and slammed it shut. I watched in shock as her fiddled with lock on the door.

As Sarah’s mom pulls into the driveway of 1542 Elm Street, she in nothing but excited. Impatiently she tells her mom to hurry and unlock the door not wanting to waste a single second of the “girls night” planned. When the doors finally unlocked she rushed to grab her bag and practically sprinted up to the front door. Sarah rang the doorbell a couple of times then started to jump up and down as she waited.

"We're already here, what's the point of turning back," Mason smirked, "You got the keys?"

They may be small but they have an huge impact on an ecosystem. The recent invasion of rats has started to take over multiple parts of the world ruining crops and plants, carrying numerous diseases, and destroy property by chewing wires that can cause fires. To put an end to these problems people must first understand their origin, the dangers, and how to eradicate them.

When one ponders the actions of rats, one doesn’t realize the extremes that they will take when hungry and eager for food. Although rats appear to be small, innocent creatures that roam the sewers, they have more of an impact on the world that we are led on to believe. Many of the rat infestations that have taken place around the globe are only one example of the problems these rodents cause. The recent crisis of rat infestations transpiring in mainly Britain, India, and Texas is attributable to the escalation of barbarous climate changes, can result in the spread of disease that could progress into plague, and to prevent infestations in their own homes, humans have relied on poison traps.

Once those words left her mouth Angela fell through the floor. Screaming she stretched her hands out for something to grab but her hands only brushed against air. She kept falling through the rest of the apartment building until she reached the basement, where her fall was stopped by her back slamming into the concrete. She gasped for breath as all of the air was forced from her lungs. A quiet

I downed another iced cold beer. “You’re gonna be late.” I shook my head. I knew this but I didn’t completely care. I needed to drown myself in this moment. “I’m getting out of the car, it’s safe now your cousin is here.” I gazed through the windshield trying to focus to see her. The limo looked to be doubled. She stepped out of it brushing her hand through her hair and across her dress. I begged her not to leave all those years again. She had other plans for her life though. This town was too small for her. She needed to get away from the stories of her parents. We didn't blame her. We just wanted to go with her. I just wanted to go with her. She promised to come back and here she was making good on that promise for the wrong reasons but hey she kept her word. Job well done.

The next morning she starts planning- she will go to the ball, but without her step sisters and mother knowing. That night she starts crafting her dress. She had finished with a beautiful pink gown with bows and glitter, her plan was starting to go into action.

“Fill it up boy, I don’t have time to hang around” He chuckled slightly. Michael went to work and started filling the bag with all the money in the register. He sort of felt bad for the man going through all of this trouble and only getting around fifty-something dollars. It had been a slow night with it being Halloween and all not many people had stopped by.

As the smell of Autumn wafts in, I can see her, sitting in the back seat of the car--blue jeans, a gray windbreaker, and her long dark brown hair tied back into a ponytail. There are tears pooling in her eyes and on her face. They trickle parallel to her nose and over her soft pink lips. Those lips are moving; noise escapes from between them. She speaks with anger and frustration, lashing out at the couple in the front. There is a tightening in her chest. She forgets how to breathe. The man that was sitting in the driver’s seat turns around and releases his irritation at her through a mixture of syllables that bounce against each other, melding into words the girl does not want to hear. More pain. More tears. She is quiet now, but tremors

Lauren started to walk to her car which was parked right outside the coffee shop. While shedding a tear she opened the icy door handle and proceeded to put her key in the ignition. Once she got to her house she just sat in the car thinking about what she was going to tell her son, Jack, who had just started the 7th grade. She thought about is for a while then came up with a solution, she wasn’t going to tell him. He had already been worried about joining and new school and she would not want to worry him any more.

The sharp sound of shattering glass rang in my ears as I jumped down to my living room floor. I looked down to my feet as they were being stabbed with dozens of glass shards. The realization of what happened didn't start until my uncle swooped in to pick me up like I was a feather.

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It was a cool fall day. The leaves were bright and colorful, hanging by threads. The wind threatened to blow them all away. The sun peeked through the clouds and shined through the window. The streets were crowded with people running errands and walking around. The door slammed shut, echoing through the room. Alison rushed in and didn’t even stop to drop her things before she started talking.