Descriptive Essay: Jada's Haunted House

Jada entered her bedroom, flicking on the light and unwrapping the wet towel from around to her body. As she walked by the mirror on the left, her profile revealed the burgeoning form of a young woman, someone who looked much older than the 14 year old girl reflected. The purple bikini clinged to her flesh and goosebumps spread over her arms and stomach as the air conditioning blew down from the vent above on her cold hair. Tossing the towel across her vanity stool, she reached up with both hands and untied the elastic that bound her hair while her eyes caught the site of Brody across the street.

Brody had just left her house. Like every other night this week, he had come over for an afternoon swim that lasted until sunset, until her father came home from …show more content…
Tall pine trees that surrounded the water reached up and licked the sky, and the smell of pine mingled in the air with the chlorine from the pool. Jada loved to spend time laying on the driveway at night, because this driveway was not like many others. With the house situated on the hill, it inclined 45 degrees and the summer sun warmed it to a comfortable temperature. She'd sit on the warmed concrete, in pajamas and wet hair, and recline backwards. The curve of the driveway angled toward the moon, and the moon looked huge from this perspective, looming just over the pine trees and reflecting in the pond. It was a time of peace and solitude away from her sister and brother, from her mother and father. It was in this place that she could think about Brody's shoulders and not think about the unpleasantness inside the house. Tonight the moon was full, and she thought about the next day, when Brody would come over again. Jada felt the warm summer breeze lift off the pond water and gently ripple over her blue silk nightgown. She relaxed into the warm concrete, imaging that it was a warm beach with sand that ensconced