Personal Narrative Story : A Short Story

"No wonder he cares for you so deeply. You have known him so long." She said almost cheerfully as if it was a good

“Yeah he’s a good kid,” she said as if I didn’t know him. “It was nice meeting you” she extended her

“Thank you for having me. It’s a real pleasure to meet you folks. I’ve been following your progress here, it’s all very impressive,” Edward said.

Nelson couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw it. A trampoline, standing there in all its plastic, elastic glory. Instantly, Nelson was all over it. He spent the rest of his day perfecting tricks, bouncing higher, and only stopping the process for bathroom breaks. He enjoyed the trampoline so much over the next days he was devastated when he had realized it was the last Sunday before school started again.

“No.” I thought, “This is not happening, this cannot be real. How is this possible, this great. It’s awesome I- “

"Mommy!" I try to scream. It is more of a hoarse whisper, "I missed you!"

Ryan followed her directions and turned left after going through the doors. As soon as he rounded the corner, he saw his brother propped up on a gurney. He walked down the hall and just as he got a few feet from the door, Zack looked up. “How are you doing?”

"Hey get back here!" rocks crumbled under my feet as I sprinted across the cement floor. I glanced behind me with a small grin as the baker of a little cafe tries to catch up to me.

As I got ready to run, and jump off, Alyssa began to chant a count down, “5, 4,3,2,1!” I took a big gulp and started to charge forward I stopped just before I had to jump off. "I can't do it" I thought to myself. I couldn’t get over the fear of getting hurt. I’ve seen videos where a person cliff jumping landed in the water the wrong way, and got severely hurt. I just kept replaying that same video over, and over in my head. “Take a deep breathe, take a few steps back, and run and jump,” Alyssa shouted. “There's only one way down,” she said. I began to start taking slow steps back inhaling and exhaling. She suddenly began to chant again, I put myself in ready position “3, 2,1!”. “I’m just going to do it I'm not even going to think about it” I thought to myself. “Go!” she

"Really sweetheart, don't say crap about me if you're just going to your car" Ryan crossed his arms over his chest.

“Oh just a few friends of mine” he replied with a hint of a smirk on his face.

“Oof. Wow! You’re strong. No wonder you are the best of the best,” Barry complimented me.

Halfway I realized I wasn’t going to make it, I could still see the black trampoline tarp and the lush green grass beneath me. I stuck my arm out to break the fall for my face. I felt a crunching noise run through my entire body as I fell to the trampoline. As I lifted

really know each other “He greeted me smiling, as if we were old friends, and I shook

We stare at each other for a while and I know he is coming up with an excuse. Finally I say "and tell the truth." He looks at me differently this time and I can hear Carlee sighing, I think. "I heard you saying there was someone in the house so I was following you to see what you and her would do," Ryan replied. I could tell by his gesture that he was talking about me and Carlee are wimps in his eyes.