The cold, brisk air hit their fragile bodies harsh like a cluster of bricks. Manda jumped and giggled at the tiny, yellow bird brushing past her head. Misty snarled and whipped herself around to smack the bird with all the power she managed in the freezing weather. Manda gasped and hurried over to the bird. “Why’d you do that?” she asked with fake tears in her voice. Misty snarled and threw the injured bird hard on the ground. The bus made a deafening screech sound as it pulled down the driveway. Together the girls made a run without hesitation as the bird took its last breath before disappearing from this world. The two girls dumped the insides of their packs to the lockers assigned to them. The old lockers aligned crookedly resembles the …show more content…
Melanie, a new sophomore at the school waved hello to the twins that was coming towards her. “Practice is at six?” Melanie asked quietly. Misty crinkled her nose at the cheap, ragged shirt she was wearing. Her collarbone popped up creepily, clear that she wasn’t fed well at home.
“Yup, that’s right.” Manda replied with a warm smile.
“No, five thirty” Misty corrected in her mind but played along with her twin sister by giving an approving nod. Misty knew for sure that Manda was simply lying straight to her face. These girls would do anything to make the mat. Princeton University was basically guaranteed after you make the cut for the national team. They’re out for blood. Oh poor her. Guess who’s going to be late for tryouts now. This thought was enough for a smile to creep into her face. The twins exchanged a baffled look when they saw the sophomore standing awkwardly at the corner with two shiny pom poms. Manda made sure to tell the clueless sophomore a time later so she’d get disqualified from tryouts. “Manda. Come here, I need to speak to you now,” Coach Wolff said in his authoritative voice. “Hi Coach! How are you?” Mandy replied in a voice as sweet as
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shook his head. “You know I treat all my members fairly. The next time I see this, you’re off the team,” he said sternly. From a couple feet back, Misty saw her sister digging her sharp nails into her palm, and sure enough fresh tears sprang to her eyes. Your plan failed. Now there’s nothing we can do Manda. We’re a living failure. Misty landed her icy blue eyes at the frail girl still shuddering in the corner. She noticed her nails were gnawed raw with angst and her eyebrows were knitted with concern. Misty watched emotionless as her sister made her way to the girl to yank the poms out of her tiny hands. A trail of blood followed when the poms caught onto the corner of her bitten nails. The girls were rolling up the mats at the end of tryouts when Coach W. pulled Melanie to the side. Manda noticed he was leaning a little too closely to the fifteen year old. He whispered something into the girl’s ear which made her turn sickly green. She fidgeted with her hands as she looked helplessly to the girls. After a short meeting, Coach casually asked Melanie to stay for some information about the uniform. The twins stared at each other with their frosty eyes and acknowledged wordlessly. Misty swung open the door when she caught Melanie’s eyes pleading silently for help. Misty looked up to see a swarm of lively birds flying across the somber sky and walked towards her car without
Turning off the TV, Andrew grabbed his keys and rushed to the garage, angry for not being more cautious. Driving down the street as fast as he could to get to the cleaners, he said, “I wonder if Margaret has her phone. I will call it,” he said, pushing the buttons, he waited, and said, “Oh, no; it went directly to voice mail. She must have turned it off, but why would she do that?”
But I only give ya ten minutes. Anymore and I calls the cops. Take the first turnstile, on your right” He pointed to the turnstiles that lead up into the platforms.
This is it. The championship game is in the last quarter, down to a minute and a half. The line of scrimmage is at the 10-yard line. Jeffery, the quarterback, fields the snap, and he looks for an open receiver. Tommy, his best friend and the tight end, is unmanned in the end zone. The throw is perfect. The crowd roars in excitement that Thomas Jefferson High School won the State Championship.
"Well I guess we can let this one slide only if you join the team Jeremiah, and that means going to every practice on time and not causing trouble." said the officer looking straight into Jeremiah 's dead eyes.
It was later in the day, near time for all to pack up and go home, when shouts rang through the mill. A blur of green, a cloud of red barreling through the mill. "Stop!" The men shouted, trying to catch the panicked, running girl. Her face was ashen, mottled with red and wet with sweat and tears. Eyes hardly seeing. A splash of wet red across her green dress. "She's hurt, catch her!" Hands reached out but the shrill scream when they near caught her made the men
Sunshine was pouring out from in between the buildings, casting shadows all around Ponyboy and the gang as they walked to Pony’s school. They were taking their time walking down the streets and for the first time they all were really seeing what was all around them. Memories were surfacing in their minds showing them what it all meant to them. With every step they took on the sidewalk they remembered a different memory as if they were walking down memory lane. Ponyboy didn’t think it was possible for him to be walking down this street for the last time as a high school student, but he had gone through the years with great grades that earned him many scholarships.
There was a sense of impeding doom that turned my stomach. Although I couldn't bear to look at the mask I held outreach to you, my eyes were tempted to look to you. I side-swiped a glance at you before you took the mask. My eyebrow arched as you looked at me, visibly distraught. My eyes did a double take, and my gaze fell curiously back on you. I sensed a feeling of unease from you, and became immediately confused. “Your master never teach you Torture 101, Mr. Ren?” Although I was mocking you, there was a sense of concern in my voice, as I looked over to the Dug and then back at you. “You look like you've seen a ghos-” Holding out the mask in front of you, I watched you intently as your eyes fixated on the item. My eyes narrowed at that reaction, and suddenly, it made sense to me. Perhaps you had seen a ghost. Fully educated in the many various connections within the Force, I wondered if in this moment you had seen anything. If in this moment, his darkness had fallen on you. I pondered the horrors you had witnessed... and if any one of those horrors was my own. I wondered if it was pain you experienced, and even... if that pain was my own.
“Indeed,” I replied trying to sound confident, but on the inside, I was more nervous than a batter who has bases loaded, two outs, the bottom of the ninth inning, and in the World Series. As I walked into the baseball facility I saw college scouts from UGA, LSU, and TCU. If I could show out in front of these scouts, they could start looking at me and offered me scholarships later in high-school.
I ran, my feet bloodied and aching, my ankle unsteady and shrieking in pain. I ignored it, gasping
A tall robust boy with dark hair and yellow eyes entered Ellingburg middle school school at exactly 7:55 on september the 18th, it was the second day of school. His big build is easy to locate in the rush of teens. There is a tap on his elbow he looks sideways, at a medium sized boy, something changes in his eyes. Jack is short compared to Sebastian. Jack is a skinny boy with long legs, his dark hair hanging loosely over his dark brown eyes. A loud bell rang and Jack grabbed Sebastian's arm. Sebastian froze for a second and then ran. Sebastian knows Jack just thinks of him as a friend, but it is different for him, he does not know if Jack knows.
“No! I’m going to try out to-,” Lionel tried to say, but the coach interrupted him. The coach was a man in his 30s, with dark blue eyes and brown hair. He had been working with Mystic Genie High School’s football team for 7 years, and with him, the win every
It was my first day of college and I rushed through the campus of Colorado Mesa University to get to my first class. Even though I was in a hurry, I couldn’t help but notice how lush and green the grass was and how clean everything looked. I began to slow my pace as I found my attention captivated by the campus around me. The buildings looked new, the benches looked clean, the grass wasn’t brown and dry. Everything seemed so organized and well maintained, unlike my high school. After several minutes I made it to my first class and realized that slowing down to look around the campus made me even more late than I already was. I stood outside the door for a few minutes because I was so embarrassed to go in, fearing
“Don’t worry,” Elle says as she looks into my dark green eyes. The very next day we meet on the track to begin training. The track is empty and quiet not
Think about your experiences of writing at college. Which types of assignments have you found helpful in strengthening your writing skills? Where do you want to improve your writing? What’s the most useful advice you’re received that’s helped you improve your writing. Be as specific as possible.
“Also we are leaving after 1st lunch so varsity can have enough time to warm up so whoever got 2nd lunch go to 1st.”