Personal Narrative Patricia Faulk

It early spring in March of 2015, my best friend, Patricia Faulk, and I were awakened to a knock on the door. I slipped on my glasses and stumbled over, calling out a”Wait a minute.” to stop the knocking. I unwrapped the duct tape we had on the door knob used to keep my little brother and his friends out. Once the door was open, I stared groggily at the person to find my step-dad. I straightened up at the look on his face. He started to explain the situation. My grandmother Patsy, who had a big hand in raising me, was in Loris hospital with double-pneumonia. My older brother would watch: Patricia; my little brother, Josh; and I, until Patricia’s mother and little sister came to pick her up. Josh’s three friends had already gone home. After …show more content…
I exited the sauna to find Josh dead asleep on his bed, he and his friends had decided to do an all nighter the night before. Aaron and I sat in the living-room watching MTV and joking around, trying not to think of current events. At noon, Aaron woke up Josh, and I fixed lunch. Josh had humongous bags and dark purple, almost black, half circles under his eyes. He grumbled, hardly speaking, while he ate the Ramen Noodles I had prepared. After he finished, he put his ear buds in and played his video game. Aaron and I continued to watch TV, while conversing a bit. A while later, Josh’s best friend, Riley, Called him, saying that his mom said that he could come over and stay awhile considering the circumstances. A few phone calls were made and soon Josh’s friend’s mom came and picked him up. It was no trouble, since they lived down the road. Aaron and I were once again alone. Hours later, and MTV was still on. Our parents and younger brother, who had been picked up on the way back, finally returned, baring Santino’s pizza. We feasted on the Italian food and pretended nothing was wrong for a few minutes. When we all finished, we began getting ready for