Creative Writing: Running Again

“Some people say I was lucky to survive, other will say I deserved it for the choice I made. I’m here to say I was lucky, it’s never ok to say your life isn’t worth living even at your worst you can always look forward tomorrow will come and if you put your mind to it you’ll see that anything is possible.” – Stephen McGregor Professional Paralympian

"Wake up, partners," the trail boss, James called. I sleepily looked up , shivered, and saw I was the only one not up. "Here," James said, giving me the horses' bridles and saddles. "Take these and get the horses ready. We have a long day today." I groaned in reply and set up the horses for the day's long drag. I was the horse wrangler and this was my everyday job but I still couldn't get use to the idea of waking up before the sun and working. We drove the cattle into open plains against the winter's cold wrath.

Hayley goes back to her house to get sweatpants. She sees her dad with Trish. Hayley gets upset with Trish and start yelling. Andy starts yelling too and Finn comes in. Andy gets more angry that a boy is with Hayley, so he grabs Finn’s collar. Hayley says she is going to Gracie’s, she packs a bag and runs. She heads for a bus station and Finn follows her. Finn convinces her to stay at his house. He makes her breakfast and Gracie and Tropher show up. They explain that the police came at the party at the quarry. Finn and Hayley tell their secrets to each other. Hayley talks about her mom, Rebecca. Finn talks about his addict sister, Chelsea. Hayley explains the whole backstory about Trish. The next morning, Hayley goes home. She gets into an argument with her dad, about how he never told her about Trish. Hayley goes to Gracie's house and Gracie is hungover. They talk about Gracie drinking and the Trish problem. Later in the week, Hayley, Finn, Gracie and Tropher talk at lunch. Hayley and Finn get into an argument about Finn not telling Hayley about his family. After their fight, there was a lockdown at school. When they were safe, Hayley gets into a fight with a kid picking on another kid. She gets punched in the face. In the nurse's office, she makes up with Finn. At home, she goes grocery shopping with Trish. I think it is important that Hayley volunteered to go shopping with Trish. Hayley

“Oh I see where we took a wrong turn,” Kelley sighed with relief, “We have to take a right and then go straight all the way to that bridge.” They began walking, all relieved that they found a way out of the sticky situation that they were in. “I see our mom,” Will announced as they walked up towards their mom. Finally they reached Kelley and Will’s mom, “Why do you all look so nervous and sweaty?” Their mom questioned. All four of them laughed, “Just a bit nervous from the rides,” Makayla stuttered with an uneasy look on her face. Kelley and Will’s mom just looked at them and replied with, “Alright well it’s about 3 o’clock now, we have about four to five hours left before we need to leave so when it is 6:30 come and meet me back here and then we can leave.” Kelley nodded in agreement and laughed, “Yes ma'am.” Several hours passed by and it was now time for these four crazy teens to get going, “I’m so glad we found that map,” Kristin stated as her and Will walked out the exit gate. “Me too, I don’t know what we would of done without that map,” he whispered

Max should be coming he thought. Marlee then heard the front door open again and through the cracks in the creaky floor boards smelt a terrible smelly man. He smelled like heavy alcohol and sweat. He could taste the alcohol it was so strong. The room then flooded with a sour taste and smell, thats the last thing he remembered before he was back upstairs in the bedroom. Marlee couldn't see anything, he felt the wall and the door knob and then ended up with his hand in the boiling oil. He screamed so loud that both the man and the women started running up the stairs. He was like a prisoner in their house. The door then swung open and a pig belly man and a short stubby women were standing in the door way. The man started to search the room for Marlee but he was hiding in the closet. The women started to yell so loud that Marlee’s ears rung. They were in the room for a good twenty minutes trying to find him but failed; both of them walked out slamming the heavy door making Marlee

One-thirty on a Thursday morning. I laid in bed worrying, after watching John rush to Main Street for a fire call. My head spun as the pager near my head continued to dispatch calls. “Be careful on the roof Watson, I can see light through,” Feltner’s voice echoed. Ambulance sirens boomed down a four-block stretch of Main Street. My body sprung from the bed and hurried out and down the block. My face began to fill with heat. Just then another page came through, “I know idiot, I put it there.” It was John’s voice. I felt relief and began to walk back down the sidewalk to our home. I heard a young girl screaming for her dog, hysterically. Finally, back in my house, I completely forgot that I had left the two girls upstairs. Thankfully,

I woke up on the couch, screaming with tears running down my face. I tried to stop yelling, but I couldn’t. If I didn’t stop yelling Sebastian will wake up and then Lin and Vanessa will wake up and be furious with me. Suddenly, I hear footsteps coming from Lin and Vanessa’s room. Oh no, I woke one of them up, I quickly covered my mouth. I must look crazy, a teenage girl sitting on a couch disgustingly sobbing with her hand gripping her hand over her mouth tightly. The person who came out the Lin and V’s room was finally in front and I recognized the person as Vanessa. She sat next to me and swiftly encompassed me into a comforting cuddle position.

When Summer got to the club her best friend Kerri found her and asked if she’d seen their other friend Rachel in the woods because she ran off after getting upset about a boy. Summer said she didn’t see her, so they thought they should probably go look for her. After calling Rachel's name and getting no response, Kerri and Summer decided to split up and look for her separately. Just about the time Kerri was out of Summers sight a guy hiding behind a tree stepped out and slowly started walking towards Summer. As he got closer he began to say “come here Lily, no need to be scared” over and over again. Just as

“You took longer than usual. Did you take a detour? Make out with any cheerleader’s boyfriend?” Evan asked. “I heard it was you. How could you seduce such a reasonable young man and use him to satisfy your own sick needs?” Steven asked as they switched places. It suddenly dawned on her that the only ones who would create rumors about her were her own brothers and suddenly she became furious. “Why would you do that?” she screamed at them. The boys flinched, they didn’t expect her to retaliate. “Do you honestly hate me that much that you’d allow a bunch of girls to beat me up over something I didn’t do? I ran for my life because of you. I was so scared, but I had no reason to be!” Her breathing seemed to echo throughout the house as they stood in surprise to Elora’s outbreak. She couldn’t take it, she wanted to cry. She was not a toy to her evil twin brothers, she did not want to be played with and pushed around. She let them fall. She sank to her knees and cried. The boys parted as her mother came running up the stairs. She too seemed truly surprised to find her daughter crying. She ordered the boys to their room and helped Elora to her feet. She cooed sweet things in her ear and wiped her tears away. They went downstairs and prepared dinner together.

“He is keeping me from Lexi,” Logan said, pouting, almost like a child who wasn’t allowed to play with a certain toy. He wanted to be with his mate and this stupid bear was getting in the way. He had kept him from his mate for three months. If it hadn’t been for him, he probably would have been enjoying a nice evening with his mate right now. Instead, he was outside on the streets fighting a bear just to say a few words to her. It wasn’t

And then directly in front of her was some creepy dude she didn’t know the name of… John, or something generic like that. Legend had it, he ate pencil shavings, but Max never witnessed him in action. To her left, the girl who talked her mouth off in class everyday. Blah blah blah… And then the guy who had gone through about ten girlfriends this year, that other kid who never talked, and a bunch of other people who didn’t matter.

Max just stared back at Ivy unsure what to say. A smell grew stronger as he came closer to a wooden door and he was distracted. His narrow hand was about to grasp the door handle and Ivy's scream was like nails on a chalkboard.

“yeah, yeah,’ smiled Abby. Abby was on her way. She was running a little late but it was okay Caleb would not care. Abby hopped into her black Mustang and headed for Caleb’s house. It was very stormy and hard to see much of the road. Abby drove very carefully. Caleb didn’t live more than fifteen miles away but to get to his house Abby still had to drive on the highway. After about fifteen minutes Marcus headed out in his mom’s car since Abby took the Mustang. The storm was getting worse now he then got a text. It was from Caleb and it said, “Are you guys coming?’ that scared Marcus. Abby should have almost been there. Marcus kept driving and was hoping Abby would make it. He looked down as he got another message but couldn’t open it until he passed the canyon. He drove past the canyon then looked at the text and it was from Caleb again. The text read, “Are you guys okay?’. This time Marcus replied, “Yes, Abby should be there any minute I will be there a little later.” It probably wasn’t the smartest idea for Marcus to be texting but he couldn’t help it he was way worried. Marcus was now driving really fast trying to get to Caleb’s. He would be able to see Abby along the road if she needed help or something. He drove and drove and couldn’t find her. Finally, he got to Caleb’s house. Abby still was not there. Marcus was freaking out. Caleb called him down. Then Marcus’ phone started ringing. “Hello” said Marcus. Caleb could hear Mrs.

Running down the street, the man held back a sob. He wasn’t prone to crying, but today was an exception. The man’s name was Max. Running, running, running away was all the 12 year old could think of. After witnessing his brother's death, he couldn’t bare staying any longer at the funeral. I wonder where I’ll go, he thought. He pondered the thought of going to a big city but he was only 12. Maybe a not so big city, like Hanahan. Yes that’s where I’ll go. Hanahan was a small city about half an hour away from Charleston SC. Just as Max was about to steal a car, he heard a distant gunshot and had a flashback.

There was a breeze in the air, as they all ran. The wind was harsh on their faces when they thought they were far enough away from the terrifying howl that they heard. One by one they stopped and found out they were separated and started yelling out each other's names. They called, "KATHY, JONATHAN, MAY, ADAM'' and there was no response. They started walking trying to find each other but ended up getting farther away from one another. Kathy wondered how her friends were handling the situation, like if one of them had made their way out. Jonathan wondered if anybody found the creature and about how he should have stayed home. Kathy and Adam found each other back at the house, while Jonathan was still in the woods.