2005 NBA Draft

The dogs grew frantic; low, slowly rising growls coming from them. They were waiting for dinner. They lunged at my legs. Their teeth ripped at the dress. My screams only fueled them and heighten their anticipation I knew it, but I couldn’t shut my mouth. I had never been so afraid. Teeth caught my skin and tore. I felt one of the dog’s teeth go deep into my Achilles tendon. Puncturing. It was the one spot I hated shaving because thoughts of cuts made there by the razor always made my skin…

"Oh! Look! It's a bird!" "Where? I don't see a bird?" "You aren't looking correctly." Daphne said, looking at me sideways. I look up at the sky and channel my inner artist. Daph shakes her head and laughs. "What a is that face?" She says between giggles. "I'm channeling my inner artist, what's wrong with it?" I ask curiously. "Your tung is practically sticking out, and your eyes are so squinty and makes your face look so…" she stops and makes the deep concentration face.…

Why me? why was I as vulnerable as a rose in the midst of adolescent school girls? I lay there on the scorching ground fueled by the Qatar sun. Infiltrated by the eyes of my closest Friends, or so I thought they were. Inches away from my coffin I ponder what has made me so alluring to abuse, my bloody bruised frame resembling that of a cadaver. Unpolluted at the age of thirteen, I prayed this torture wouldn't exacerbate. The habitual shriek of the whistle, followed by a crisp entry into the…

Hyperion Sentel laid on the floor of his bedroom, relishing the feel of fresh furs on his bare skin. The sun was low in the morning sky, brilliant oranges and pinks washing over the room. He laid still, counting each breath he made. His hands rolled over the plush pelt; his warm, thick laughter striking through the silence. It had only begun. “Arvin,” calling for his advisor, he slammed his fist on the floor. “Yes, my king,” Arvin said from a nearby chair. “Go wake Oriel for me, I wish to…

I glance over my shoulder, feet harshly striking the concrete like a drum. I clutch the purse with the contraband close to my chest; my face tilted down to obscure the undeniable guilt scribbles across my face. I swerve through the throng of people, praying that my uncanny ability to go unnoticed in a crowd does not abandon me at this crucial moment. "Excuse me, miss." A deep voice echoes off the concrete walls. I whirl around and see an officer with his arms crossed standing in an alleyway. My…

I refused to say a word to Polo as we walked down the hall again with him slightly in the lead this time. Once we got to the waiting area, which was just some chairs lined up against a wall, I just plopped down in a chair. I groaned as I ran my rans over my face. “You have some ball if can stand up to Brackish like that,” Polo commented setting with one chair between us. “I just want one of the last living pures to be free, is that too much to ask for,” I said to him but mostly to myself. “What…

I was sprinting down the block wearing out in seconds. I looked back thinking that Tyler almost caught up to me. I turn back to keep sprinting, knowing that my home was only a few blocks away. The sprinting was already making me thirsty. I swung out a water bottle and drank away. The water emptied out as i threw the bottle to the ground. “Hey! Come back here you nerd!” yelled someone behind me. I knew it was Tyler, due to it’s low grumpy shout. I kept sprinting as fast as my legs could carry…

December 10th, 2015 was the day my life would change completely. That was the day that I joined the petitioning crew to get medical cannabis put on the ballot for the 2016 election in the state of Florida. I was nervous, because Florida had already voted that same issue down not even two years prior. I was not going to allow that to happen again. We traveled all around Florida, staying in hotels, working seven days a week, ten to twelve hour days. The work was difficult and extremely tiresome,…

“I don't know!” He sighed. “Fine you want to play little-miss-innocent, go ahead. We'll just get to know each other a little, but I will get it out of you,” he swore. I nodded in relief, content that he would no longer be pestering me about a crime I didn't commit. “Do you have any friends that will come looking for you?” He asked. The school would know I was gone, but they would never stand a chance to find me. Anna and Brie would look for me—if they were not already.? “Yes, two. Anna and…

It was a bright sunny day in Virginia Beach when I went outside to check for mail in the mail box. That is when I realized that I was invited to Wiz Khalifa’s birthday but there is one thing better than that it’s in atlantis in the Bahamas! Then the unthinkable happened Travis Pastrana and Kevin Hart showed up in a big jacked up super duty Dodge with a trailer full of dirtbikes, and at that moment I knew it was time to party. “ I said i’ll be right out with my stuff!” “Ok make it quick, I mean…