Personal Narrative: A Short Story

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Almost is probably the worst word to come out of the English language. She "almost" made it through surgery. He "almost" made it there in time. But that's what we were, an "almost."
We would talk all the time and we both knew there was something between us. But that something between us wasn't just our feelings; but also the girl that he used to be with.
We would sneak out just to see each other and I learned about all the bad things he liked to do. Always giving me this crazy rush deep in my stomach. He seemed to feel the same way too learning about me. But my question is, when did he change his mind?
On the night of Halloween, I was at Adriana's house with his best friend. Everything was so great. This was my favorite holiday and Levi was constantly making me laugh about his stupid stories. I was so happy,
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The only thought that stuck was "Why?" I understood it was a party, and I get you were probably sloppy drunk and dumb high, but why? Just the week before we were at Jason's Woods, always latched onto each other one way or another.
The memories were beginning to flood and the only drain seemed to be my eyes. The only sound I could hear was by my jagged breathing. I was desperately trying not to fall apart. The only thing I could see was the blurred granite counter through my wet eyes, until I saw him standing at the door.
Right away when I saw his face my heart skipped a beat just like it always would. Only to be shattered by a flash picture of her in my head. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to feel the way I did but pain poured over me like a deluge. Anticipation of seeing you since the event was eating away at me. It was like he was at that door for hours. I couldn't take it anymore and I was still red in the face from the unexpected news. I quickly picked myself up before you walked in and went to the bathroom. Walking was just another

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