2004 singles

Awakening into the reality that is “the real world” can be rough and turbulent. Adolescents go through significant phases in their journey of figuring out who they are and how they fit into the fabric of everyday life. The first one being the naive phase; this is where we believe we know everything there is to know. This is the stagnant phase where we cannot see change and think about forever in the most literal sense. Second is the turbulent phase; where we find ourselves rebelling to anything…

Right after I finished the regional cross country meet, I knew for a fact that I was going to go to state! A hard week of practice went by and we were all ready to roll. The rays of the sun had not touched the small town of Stratford when we left for state. After a long dreary ride, we finally got to our hotel and checked in, we decided would go take on an adventure at the mall of Round Rock Austin. We all decided we would stay together since the mall we went to was an outside mall and there…

In Everyday Heroes, three people overcome serious obstacles to reach their goals. One person who overcomes serious obstacles is Yvonne Chavez. Yvonne Chavez became a mother as a teenager. She was stuck in an abusive marriage and around gang violence for some period of time. A teenaged mother involved in gangs and drug violence is something no one wants to hear of. People in the world think the bad things in your life can hold you down for life which is possible in some aspects but not in her…

The girls were a bit in front of me when I seen it trees and what does trees mean it must mean water! The girls are flipping out but can’t run because of being so tired from the heat. As we approach the trees I seen a little porch and 2 large trailer with the smell of rotten food. As we all walked up gina says “Maybe we should knock to see if anybody is in these if not lets break in!” I said “Okay that sound good both girls went up to the trailers and knocked “KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK” but no answer…

I wake up warmer than I usually do today. I open my eyes but all I see is darkness. As I start to sit up the darkness falls away little by little. When I am finally up I examine what caused the darkness. I look around and recognize the street I’m on. A blanket lays beside me which seemed to have been on my head. I also notice where the warmth was coming from; a human is sitting beside me. His eyes are closed, and I decide it would be best to leave if I don’t want to be beaten. Something I…

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“C’mon do it, or you’re a chicken.” Those were the words that started the disaster. Now Bill and Joe find themselves fleeing for their lives. It all started on a rather bitter day of August, when the clouds blotted out all sunlight. Down in the small town of Edgar, a group of children are chatting. “Man, just our luck to live near that old insane asylum!” “Ahh, it’s nothing to worry about, it's been abandoned for over 20 years” said a boy about 13 years of age, who goes by Joe. “Well, if it's…

Wouldn’t it just have to be today, on the day that he had the most important meeting of his life, that it had to rain fish? The roads were chaos, the radio stations were no better than static, and Huck was ready to burst a blood vessel. Was this traffic light going to wait until pigs flew to flash green? Wait, no. He wasn’t in the mood for any more airborne menageries this morning. Unwitting passersby ducked and swivelled in a contentious ballet, as the torn-ocean sky threw up last night’s…

She sighed in relief when she saw her back yard. Twenty feet and she’d be free of the shadows. Ten feet. Five. A scream tore from her lips as a hand clamped down over her wrist. She’d nearly made it to safety! Pain, wicked and hot, raced down her spine as something sharp tore through the flesh of her back. One look over her shoulder had her stumbling away from the man- the monster- hovering too close. His nails dripped with her blood and she shivered when he brought them to his lips.…

Dynatherm woke up detesting his powers. He had mistakenly set the bed on fire over the night and was left siting in a pile of ash. Of all the powers I could get Dynatherm thought I got the power to control fire. Why is fire impossible to control thought Dynatherm? Dynatherm stood up and decided not to overthink this problem. He walked outside and started to fly to work. He arrived at the superhero work dome (a giant floating dome made of semi-permeable material made to protect the city) in a few…