Essay

“Hmm. What about these bottles of wine? It looks like they had a party—all by

Johns gently caresses the right side of her face and her hands pay particular attention to a small spot behind her

Chicago’s budget crisis has been one of the most unfortunate events of the decade. As a former student of Chicago Public Schools, myself and other students wanted the best for our education, but CPS school teachers and faculty are given the bad news that the City Council thinks we demand too much. Resulting in the Chicago Teachers Union strike of 2012, budget cuts, and many other events impacting things within the schools, it is no longer new to students, who also encounter what goes on outside, such as political news or neighborhood violence. Those in schools feel that it has been the place to be and to feel secure. Now that I have recently graduated, I have encountered a similar want for the best for my education through my college. As

After about five minutes, he returns to the bed. Jada tries to get up but he reaches down and picks her up.

I spin around to see him catching up to me. “At least let me buy you a new drink.” he gestures to the door.

Standing there opening the door she looks over to see Michael looking intently at the bushes surrounding the house and cars park in the driveway’s nearby. Opening the door, she holds Michaels hand as she guides him inside, her neat modern furniture and TV first catching Michaels eye. Guiding him to the couch she sees someone out of the corner of her eye. As she looks up she sees her roommate dressed in jeans and a comedic t-shirt. His face frozen in disbelief.

“Tizio’s grandmother invited me too. I thought I’d tag alone with you two unless you want to have Tizio take me. He’s at work and we have a couple of things to finish before I can leave.”

He dressed quickly, gave her a quick kiss on the forehead, before opening the tall white wooden door and closing it shut quietly behind him. The floorboard's creaked underneath his feet as he tried to make his way down the spiral staircase to the kitchen without making a ton of noise. Luke held tightly onto the thin wooden railing and made down the stairs.

Claudia’s gaze chilled. “And why, may I ask, do you feel obligated to do that?”

He laughs lowly, pulling her to his chest and pressing a kiss onto her lips. There is another part. She makes him

Sticking to the wall, she keeps her eyes on the ceiling to try and find any hidden security cameras like he had shown her before. Once she decides that it’s all clear, she makes her move; feet discreetly moving her down the hall. Teeth bite into her bottom lip as the nervousness racks her petite frame while her brain is swimming in a swamp of thoughts.

rubs her hand to get his blood of Duncan off her hands and then goes back to

He moves towards the door, pulling on a shirt from the floor, and stumbling over to it. His hand hesitantly grips the handle, and he pulls it open, and is met by a darkened stare by Jenny; who pierces his chest almost instantly. She takes the knife out again, and continually pierces his flesh, leaving him sputtering out blood, and crying out in pain. He looks at Victoria sitting up screaming amongst the sheets and his eyes fall to the door.

“Sit down! Don’t be a stranger!” She yanked on my arm. I plopped on the seat next to her and curled my feet into the burgundy rug.

It’s easy to forget that you’re just outside the one of the largest cities in North Carolina as you drive down the roads of western Wake county. The country roads that lead into the communities of Morrisville, Cary, Apex, Holly Springs and Fuquay-Varina are lined with pine forests, horse farms picket fences, fields of tobacco and soybeans.