Essay

It all began with a simple phone call one night after dinner. “Joe,” my dad hollered up the stairs, “it’s for you. It’s Jackie, and she sounds scared.” As I treaded down stairs to pick up the phone, I was nervous. Jackie usually never calls me on the phone unless it’s something serious, and my dad telling me she sounded scared made it worse. Approximately 30 minutes passed at Jackie whips her silver Mustang convertible into our driveway, and Jackie was leaning on the horn before the car came to a complete stop. Grabbing my coat from the couch, I sprinted out my front door faster than i’ve ran in my whole life. I got immediately in her car and we drove away. I’ve never seen Jackie so scared in my life. She was driving at least 20 miles over

Ayla could not believe the anguish in Kailey’s voice. All she could remember was running out the room, passing by her mom, and somehow making her way downstairs to the black leather love seat where she lay curled up into a tight ball. Tears ran down her cheeks as she thought of Kailey’s words, “Get out and stay out!” While the words stung, Ayla was more hurt and embarrassed by the fact that Kailey’s friends were witness to the actions that lead to her running away from them. All she could think of was how she felt about Kailey as she blurted out between sobs, “I hate you Kailey… I hate you!”

I thought for a second, and then said, “I didn’t remember talking to her at all last night”. He stood up and looked at me for a second. Staring at me, dead in the eye, he pulled out a slip of paper out of an envelope and slid it to me. It was a picture of a car wreck, which looked exactly like my friend Haley’s. “Austin Sorrells was driving Haley Randolph home last night and they crashed into the median last night. This was reported at 12:45 last night. Austin bled out and Haley was rushed to the hospital in critical condition” Hopson explained. I asked “How do I have anything to do with this?”. “Chanel gave us your name and said that you brought the alcohol to the party” Hopson said as he was pulling another object out of the envelope. He pulled out an iPhone. “This was Austin’s phone, which had photos of the party. We scrolled through the photos and saw that you were in some of them. Holding bottles of alcohol” He said sitting down, intently. He talked to me about how Chanel came to the station and called me out. She walked into the station, Sunday morning, and told them about the party. She had convinced them that she was the nextdoor neighbor and was complaining about a disturbance and underage drinking. The officers didn’t question her about why she didn’t call them while it was going on because she dropped my name to pull up and talk to. He released me for the night and when I went to school the next day, I was avoided. People looked at me like I was their worst enemy. Chanel’s lie flowed throughout the school. Fast. I sat down in my first hour and when we were taking notes, kids were whispering to each other about me. Even Mr. Comer seemed like he didn’t want to be in my presence. Every time I raised my hand, he walked to the other side of the room to help with another student. I just stayed quiet until lunch, which was when I saw Dizzy. I sat down next to him in my normal spot. “Did you really bring

As I stood watching the moms work on her and trying to get ahold of her mom, I began tearing up and was thinking of the worst things possible. What if her heart is failing again? What if she doesn’t get any better? What if I lose one of my best friends? What if? Looking at her crying and scared to death because her mom was two hours away, I said a little

She rushed to see what was happening. The night before, Paul had drank himself into oblivion. He had awakened in a very foul mood. When she walked into her mother’s bedroom, Paul was hovering over Nova on the bed, repeatedly punching her in the face and head. She quickly noticed that her mother was frantically trying to protect something in her arms. Nova was screaming “Paul! Get off me!” repeatedly. It was Joey, Kayla’s eight month old brother, with a bottle in his mouth! As Paul violently struck Nova again, Kayla sprinted across the room and yanked the baby from Nova’s arms. She ran, with Joey crying in her arms, to the telephone in the kitchen. Kayla was trembling with fear and anger as she clumsily dialed 911. As the operator answered “911. What is your emergency?” Paul stormed into the kitchen, grabbed the phone from her hand and shattered it against the wall. He then proceeded to yell at Kayla, with a fire of rage burning in his eyes, shouting “Who the hell do you think you are? Coming into my house? I provide this house, your food, and the electricity for you! But you are and ungrateful little brat! Man, I don’t need this from

I leaned into him while Kimmie leaned back on me and Addison on the other side of Val. About halfway through the movie I looked over to see that both the girls had fallen asleep. I laid my head down on Val's shoulder and quickly fell asleep as well. I was woken up to the door opening. I looked over to see Maks walking in. "What are you doing here?" He asked Val. "He's helping me with the girls, since you can't seem to be here for them," I sassed. "P, it's fine I can leave," Val said. "No no no you actually do something while your douche of a brother is never home," I said. "Excuse me. You're the one who married me and I'm the father of your daughters," he yelled. "Well you're their father but you don't act like a dad," I yelled back. "Momma," Addison sobbed as she woke up. "Baby," I said pulling her into a hug as she cried on my shoulder. Maks came over and rubbed her back but she snuggled into me and tried to get away from him. "Uncle Val?" Kimmie said as she woke up. "What's up buttercup," he said picking her up. "Why papa here?" She asked. "He lives here," Val explained. "Oh he no move?" Kimmie asked. "No baby girl," I cut in. I shot Maks a death glare. His kids don't even think he lives

“Maybe he didn’t come to school today.” said Vanessa. Last period has ended and still no sign of Josh. Vanessa and Jennifer were walking to their lockers until Jennifer realized they were being followed by Josh. They both started screaming for help but everyone were ignoring them both. Then, a hand was placed on Vanessa shoulder. Now they were both frightened and didn’t know what to do. Both Vanessa and Jennifer turned around and looked at Josh.

President Trump has promised billions of dollars to Texas to help with the flooding from Harvey, but lately the Republican part of the House of Representatives has been asking Donald Trump over and over again to cut money off of the project and use it for the border wall. The House has been asking for about 876 million dollars to be cut from the project. But Donald Trump said that he would make Mexico pay for the wall, so no matter what happens, Donald Trump might not be in a good place.

Even more questions suddenly congested in my head and I knew where I would find the answers to the suicide and the murderer’s identity. Therefore, I hurried back to Amber’s house and hastily requested her mother for permission to access her phone and read her messages. I looked at the last text sent to her and my face turned pale with disbelief. All questions were answered, now I knew who the real bully

Just got to Alden for school, hopped out of the car with a smile on my face. Warm breeze, screaming kids, and me. The bell rang the loudest that day. It sounded like a train that was right by my ear. Walking into to school was just like normal when all of the sudden “Ally come here,” Jocelyn said.

I have witnessed traumatizing events, dying men, being shot, and I went behind enemy lines 11 separate times, all for my beloved country, yet I’m branded AWOL and equated to a coward! I served the Union Army valiantly and gave it my all for 4 entire years. My hard work and dedication were immense, I took on various jobs throughout the four years. Furthermore, I served as a nurse to aid all the wounded, I was a skilled courier and a spy. I love my country for giving me refuge when times were tough, thus, I was willing to give the ultimate sacrifice to preserve it. Countless times, I was nearly killed, but I did not care because I yearned for danger and a way to contribute during the war. I, Franklin Thompson, believe I should be reinstated

Germany, as a unified nation, doesn’t exist in 1860. There are 39 independent German states, one of the which is Mecklenburg. Mecklenburg is known for being the most backward of the 39 states. It has the highest percentage of emigrants of any of the German states as their landless peasants have little reason to hope for a better future. After living in such a poor state with limited freedom and few opportunities, many, such as Johann and Anna Friederike, nee Miko, Voss see emigration as a new chance at life. (Friederike goes by the nickname of “Rike.”)

My heart skipped a beat as tears threatened to fall. “What hospital did they bring her to?” I managed to whisper. “I will keep you updated honey.” assured my dad.

I told her what had happened except for the whole shovel, secret door thing. But, I mentioned something about Claire and a stalker. She had no clue what I was talking about. We finally said our goodbyes and both left without another word. Later that night I came home both my parents stood in front of me with surprised faces on their face. “Where have you been” “Just out,” I replied “well it’s nice to see you up on your feet again” dad said I rolled my eyes and set for upstairs. “And where do you think you're going young lady, you have been stuck up in your room for weeks can’t we see our daughter,” my dad yelled, “My friend just was murdered what do you expect!” I left without another word and, I slammed my bedroom door.

A shadow fell over her and I looked to my left to see her dad standing there. His face was a mask of pain and grief, tears spilling out from his eyes. I don’t think he was even aware of them as he gazed down on his daughter. He reached for her hand and held it in his, gripping it so tightly I think Natasha might have winced, had been awake. I couldn’t even imagine the pain and grief he must’ve been going through. His daughter, slipping from his fingertips, and for the first time there was nothing he could do to change