Date: A Fictional Narrative

Have anybody came up to you and said to you that romance is dead? Not true. Millions of people still believe in romance. Even people who think that they don't, they do.

Strenuous, racing thoughts and anxiety are linked and chained together for people when it comes to dating. Brenda Miller’s short essay The Date, breathes life into what a person is thinking before they are going on a date. Brenda Miller has rapid thoughts ranging from her past to her present, while she is waiting on the arrival of her date. The author is persevering her apprehension through words and thoughts, so the reader can have a chance to experience some of her anxiety, “ A man I like is coming to dinner. He’s late. I sit on the edge of my bed, unwilling to stand near the front windows where he might be waiting. My stomach hurts, and is not soothed by the smell of tandoori chicken over cooking in the oven.” ( Miller, 2007. P.387). Miller’s memories are triggered from her senses from taste, smell, sound and sight. Her past memories shape her present thoughts. Her past experiences with rejection and failures had made dating much more difficult for her, as well added to the excitement of dating for her.

Clare was back from the movie showing. She was getting out of her car and heard screaming. She looked up and saw Carl five feet above her falling. Bam! Carl hit her head and they both died.

He was found lying on the couch with blood on his shirt. In this case, his wife was murdered as well. She was murdered in the bedroom by several hits in the back of the head. The back of her head was hit nineteen times. In conclusion, the bodies were so damaged that they were at first unrecognizable.

After the birth of the baby, “ My husband is going to kills us both and our baby”.. “... The baby was suddenly silent”, death. The conversation with Mrs. Derby(white) at the birth of her girl tells

They took a sharp turn over a some railroad tracks and the back door flew open. Jeannette rolled out of the car, she rolled many yards on the embankment. When she came to a stop, she was too shocked to cry and she all bloody and scraped up. She called herself a burden, and said they could do fine without her. When her family turned around and came screeching to a halt, her dad got out of the car, knelt down, and tried to give Jeannette

She was evicted from her income based three bedroom home due to falling behind on her rent. With nowhere to go, her husband (a convicted felon) who was recently released from jail moved his pregnant wife and kids into his mother’s home. His mother’s home did not have any additional space to share. There are four adults and six children in the house with a seventh on the way. With limited space in the refrigerator, Gloria has to hide food in her bedroom to ensure others do not eat her kid’s food. Moving to a different area in the city made it difficult to get her children back and forth to school. Noticing the enormous amount of school the children had missed the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) was notified in order to open an investigation. The investigation added additional stress to the already strained marriage, financial issues, housing circumstances and the pregnancy. Gloria was already dealing with too much. The pressure of everything was overwhelming. At twenty-seven weeks pregnant, Gloria begins cramping and spotting blood. She alerts her husband who was in the bed. Concerned she needs to be seen by a doctor; she walks several miles and then takes public transportation to the hospital. She is examined and quickly rushed into emergency surgery. With no time to get medicated a caesarean section is preformed to deliver her baby who was in

She turns to the girl next to her. “This one’s not had his breakfast yet, but don’t want to miss this. No body, what with it happening out of town, but the police are conducting a search. That’s what it’s called, I seen it on those crime shows. They’ll be checking through all her stuff for evidence. The door was jammed opened earlier and let’s just say houseproud, she was not. They say she was in a motel. What’s that all about? Her kids weren’t much more than Johnny here, so what’s she doing with them in a motel?” Her baby lets out a wail and she sticks a pacifier in his mouth.

She is picked up by a man named Mike Hammer. Mike Hammer and Christina talk for a little bit and Christina makes him promise not to forget her. He promises then the two get into a car accident. He is knocked out and the film shows Christina being tortured. The scene changes to the two being pushed over a cliff in Hammer’s car to look as if they’d gotten into a car accident.

The midwives stepped out of the room and closed the door, Percival assumed to give him and his now-expanded family time to bond. But now it was up to him to carefully hand over his precious girls to Rion, and he was terrified or hurting or dropping them. He took slow, careful steps to the other side of the bed. Once he reached Rion’s side, Percival sighed with relief.

2 hours later they stop at a gas station and head back down the highway, but after 4 minutes of being in the car Mary water breaks and Garrett rushes her to the hospital. After 3 hours of being in labor she had all 3 kids and they are very healthy and they can go home as soon as mary is ready. Mary decides to go home tonight so they pack all of these things and get in the truck.

She arrived to the hospital with her parents. She was in a coma and on life support. The doctors told Monte and Carly they could not do anything. She had been beaten so much that her organs were failing. They did not want her to suffer anymore, so they took her off life support after they said their final goodbyes.

When Alaina fell down the stairs, she didn’t really know what happened. All she knew was that she had been having fun one second, and was in pain the next. It was so quick, so fast, she didn’t even know what hit her. All she new was that she took a long, plunging trip down the stairs.

While going down the street, Salvador spoke, “I know I asked you earlier, but are you sure you should be out tonight? The weather is horrible and getting worse.”

The knock on the office door was loud, urgent, and Father Flanagan quickly got up from his desk and answered.