Personal Narrative: A Short Story

“Go! Just do it already!” My heart began to beat faster and faster as I began to think of the outcomes in my head, there was no turning back now. I was sitting on a tree stomp barely above the powder that had fallen previously the night before it was just high enough to keep me from touching the snow, I looked down at my binding and pretended to fix it but really I was just finding a way to stall my eager friends. I sat there staring down at my biggest goal but also my worst fear. The adrenaline hit me hard, rushing threw all my veins as I stood up and let go of the stomp. I begin to slide down from the start point and that's when it set in, I was gonna do a backflip.
It was a saturday morning, it had snowed previously the night before leaving a blanket of about 8 inches of powder on the slopes. I was with my good buddy Liam, we had been skiing with each other for about 5 years and we always had a goal to do a backflip and now our skill level and the conditions were perfect. We began our routine like always, we woke up …show more content…
I agreed to the deal then Caden hiked up the hill and began his way down, he approached the jump did his flip and road off. It was nice to see someone flip first but Caden did his first flip about a year ago so this was nothing for him and he also was a snowboarder which also didn't help my case. That's when it set in, I had to do one now. I began my walk up to the hill every other step I would sink into the fresh powder. It felt like I was on a roller coaster my stomach would drop, my heartbeat would speed up, and my adrenaline was off the charts Liam and Caden stared at me as I hesitantly clipped into my skis. The only comfort I felt was sitting on that tree stomp. I gripped a tree branch as hard as I could and took a couple deep breaths then suddenly a ski instructor showed up with five ten year olds, they stopped and stared at