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The Interesting Bus Ride Home

When most people think about an eventful or memorable place, they almost certainly would not picture a bus. As we all know, buses are not exactly attractive. The design scheme is the same in almost every bus: rows and rows of brown seats, a thin black aisle down the middle of the bus, hundreds of hazy windows, and the big, lemon-yellow exterior. Not many people, I am sure, would consider buses to be an important part of their lives. However, if a person were to think about it, they would realize that they probably have had at least one memorable experience in their life that took place on a bus.

One of the most memorable bus experiences in my life happened when I was in fifth grade. The final bell at …show more content…

"Duh," I replied, rolling my eyes, "but that is my backpack you're sitting next to!"

"Why don't you just sit with one of your little friends over there," he inquired with an oh-so-smug look on his face.

"Kia, sit down! We've got to get going," the bus driver yelled.

I leaned in closer, glaring at the obnoxious little worm. "Because this is my seat. Why don't you go sit with one of your friends?" "Why don't you make me?"

"Sit down back there!"

If looks could kill, that boy would have been fried right then and there.

"Fine," he groaned, "but next time I'm not moving."

"Whatever, Nathan, just hurry up," I spat.

As I sat down in my regained seat, my friends and I all looked at each other and, at the exact same time, said, "He is so annoying!"

We all laughed, and began trading stories of various "Nathan" experiences, which made us all glad that there was only one Nathaniel Larson at our school. After hearing about some of the things he had done, I felt rather virtuous for standing up to him, almost like an oppressed servant that had just stood up to the miserable master of the house and won. Everyone commented on how brave I was for making him leave, but I just shrugged and said, "If you get mad enough, you would be surprised what you're suddenly capable of."

Outside the bus, the rain dripped steadily from the clouds, almost as though it wasn't in too much of a hurry to hit the ground. As the bus ride wore on, my friends and I got bored,

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