Social Responsiveness-Personal Narrative

Never in my life have I been so nervous. My body feels as if it’s a sea filled with anxiety. Throughout life, the mentors of society advise youth never to engage in conversations with strangers. This guidance becomes pounded into developing minds through rhymes such as, “stranger danger” or sayings such as “run away to a trusted adult” or even, “ scream as though your life depends on it”. The idea that coming in contact with people that one doesn’t already know and trust will bring danger or harm to an individual has helped to keep most children safe from some of the scariest scenarios. Yet here I am, about to ask my parents if they would spend five hundred dollars to send their sixteen-year-old child on a plane to meet three of his so called …show more content…
“Mom and Dad can I ask you something?” I asked. They looked at me with a remarkable amount of uneasiness. Followed up by one word, “Yes?” I then proceeded to tell them about wanting to go to a gaming event that was called MLG Columbus. They knew I played Call of Duty on an immense level but traveling to Columbus, Ohio to compete was something they never expected to hear. “Theses gaming events have an average attendance of 20,000 people. It is not some small thing,” I said. “I’ll be with my three friends who I’ve known for years,” I said with a glimpse of hope to make it sound better. “There is Jordan who lives in New Jersey and I have known him for six years, next is Russell who lives in Virginia and him and I have been good friends for about four years now, and last but not least is Cameron who is from Canada and we have been great friends for around seven years,” I said with a sudden surge of excitement that this may actually work. Next was a statement that kicked my mind back into reality, “George, we understand this is your passion and this is something that you really want but you must realize that you are only sixteen-years-old,” “We can not just put you on a plane to Ohio and hope everything goes well, it is too much of a risk,” Dad said. This was understandable but there had to be a way, there is always a way, I kept telling myself. Knowing that my eighteen-year-old …show more content…
I did not get any sleep last night but that was not an issue. I was about to meet some friends that I have known for years and on top of all that we are about to play Call of Duty for a chance of fifty thousand dollars. We left Texas around eight in the morning and landed in Columbus a few hours later. After getting off the plane and driving to the hotel we checked in and now the real deal begins. I texted all my friends and we decided to meet up at the venue where the event was taking place. “George! What’s up!” I faintly heard in the distance. Right in front of my eyes were my three good friends I met from playing video games. Three people I consider some of my best friends I met through playing Call of Duty were standing right in front of me. Words cannot describe how I am feeling. I had never met these people in my life but I knew them so well from playing on the Internet. We set up all our equipment and it was game time. The moment we all had been waiting for is finally here. We started our first round of the tournament and I could not begin to describe the sudden adrenaline rush to my head. “Lets go boys!” I screamed trying to hype my team up. After a long fought battle on a virtual video game, we had won. It was only the first round but we were still thrilled. Next round comes up and we win it with ease. Next up is our third round and we get off to a bad start. I knew we had to get our head back in the