A Review Of Sammy's Short Story: A Day At The Beach

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THE BEACH

The door shutters as it lets out a bang. Sammy jumps to her feet nervously opening the door a crack to see who it is. She sees her sister charlotte standing there at the door with an annoyed face.

“ Why do you keep locking your door?” charlotte shouts

“ because i want to have my own privacy without people barging in like You would’ve done!” Sammy shouts back.

“whatever, mom wants to know if you want to come to the beach” charlotte says mellowing her voice

“i’ll think about it” sammy looks at her bed sheet disappointed she shouted at her sister

Sammy started to think about the day she lost all of her “friends” ,and which ones stayed with her.

She remembers the moment the memory beckoning for her to come back and re-live it. Her body stays still as her heart breaks into a million pieces her eyes focus on the blank base wall showing no emotion. As she tries to re-focus on how her day at the beach will go her and her friends tanning on the beach, running into the water, and just talking and making jokes. She gets her phone and turns off the classical stylings of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Sammy presses the phone icon and goes on favorites.
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She calls her first best friend on the list, Regina.

“ hey...hey Regina” sammy says nervously

“ oh, um..hi sam what’s up”

Sammy has always been nervous of Regina because she is one of the most popular girls in the grade but she was one of Sammy's closests friends

“ umm-well i was wondering if you’d want to come to the beach today, it’s fine if you can’t I know you’re always busy.”

“yeah I-uh-I can’t today um I have plans with my family

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