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Gaining Strength “10/325 hydros, five dollars for two, want a bottle? Ill give you 30 for 45 dollars, I’m desperate for money.” My arms vibrated like a Ford truck on an old dirt road. A scent of literal despair radiated off of both of us loitering there. While he was desperate for money, I was desperate for an escape; I was 14 and had seen more life than I wanted to already. 2012 had been the worst year by far, I had witnessed my friend die, my brother fall into drugs, my dad’s alcoholism…

In Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Lena, a teenager, learns love is not a disease. To begin with, Lena lives in Portland where love is a disease and is considered larceny. The government gives everyone an evaluation so they can be paired with someone compatible with them and they are also given a surgical procedure to guarantee one wont love. Lena is scheduled to be cured in a couple months to come and her evaluation is just days away. In the beginning, it is the day of Lena’s evaluation and she is…

Friday after the business party, I walk into school with Michael and that's when I see him. Long black hair cut into a fringe. Big, doe eyes that could make anyone melt. Kinda short and slightly tan with tattoos decorating his arms and chest. I'm so caught up in checking him out that I don't realise I'm burning a hole into the kids forehead. "Can I help you?" He asks, giving me a confused look. "If by help you mean suck my dïck, then yea." I smirk, placing a hand on the locker as I lean into…

In life there are always walls to overcome as adversities. People everyday deal with adversities, and they can overcome it because they know what to do. In the plane where captain Chesley Sullenberger III landed the plane safely in the Hudson River, all the way back to the Dust Bowl and its destruction. All these people faces adversity and overcame it because they used the right way. They were calm, had hope, and tried. Life may throw obstacles, but just fight back to overcome it, that is a fact…

Annotated Bibliography Corkill, Katherine. "Are Cosmetic or Skincare Products FDA Approved or Certified?" Personal Care Truth or Scare. Personal Care Truth, 16 July 2013. Web. 16 Nov. 2016. In this article, Corkill explains why a lot of cosmetic companies are not actually FDA Approved or even FDA Certified. She explained how the labeling on these products may be misleading to the customers. Instead, she gave information on what the FDA actually approves. She notes that having that label isn’t…

“Mark, did you hear that?” I asked my older brother. “Go to sleep, it’s one in the morning!” Mark said. I closed my eyes but lied there perfectly still listening for the sound again. I didn’t hear it, but I fell asleep trying to listen for it. The sun woke me up shining on my face from my window because we haven’t put up any curtains in our room yet. We have a lot of other things we have to do on the house since we just moved in. I get out of bed and Mark is still snoring, so I grab my pillow…

“What do you mean nobody knows where he’s at?” I asked the MC. They had called a meeting and wanted to talk to me about Hunter. Lucifer the President leaned back in his chair, “What we mean is after that weekend he sold the house for cash. Apparently his real name isn’t Hunter Hastings, we’ve searched for him high and low, no computer database has him either. Even the college can’t help us, they did help as much as they could by letting access their system.” I rubbed my forehead, it had…

Angry red lines. That’s what I called them. I hated them, loathed them. But at the same time, I needed them. I needed the pain, the sight of blood on my wrist. But summer was coming soon. It would be too hot for jumpers and long sleeves, so I was trying to go cold turkey. But it was so hard. So, so hard. Often I found myself holding the blade in my hands. Most of the time, I don’t even mean to. It just sort of, happened. And I hated myself for it. I wanted to stop. I really did. But it was like…

The sickness that I live with is one that some would find excessively appalling, making it impossible to talk about; so I kept it to a whisper. This sickness I thought was to embarrassing to talk about, making it impossible to seek help, left me feeling alone in the dark. This sickness ruined friendships, without me realizing it. This sickness that made getting out of bed a struggle for me. This sickness made it impossible for me to see a positive future, until the day I stopped calling myself…

Jade 's POV "Shut the hell up you stupid bitch! I told you not to talk!" Derek, my step-father, screamed into my face. I could smell the alcohol on his breath. "I-I 'm s-sorry" I stuttered backing away from him. SLAP! I was on the ground in a second, I looked up at him with tears in my eyes. "Go get me a beer" he said and went and turned on the TV. I walk to the fridge and grabbed his beer and went and gave it to him. "Now get out of my sight, I don 't want to have to look at your ugly face…