The Painted Door Essay

Jimin stood at the front door of the mysterious old man that lived next door and prayed he wouldn't be home. He clutched at the sheet of paper in his hand and held his trembling finger a few inches from the doorbell. "You can do this," he whispered to himself, "It's just for a month." Just as he was about to press the small button, the door opened and a man with grey hair gave Jimin a questioning look. "You've been standing on my porch for the past ten minutes. Did you need…

in a corner, praying. We don’t sleep well and as light begins to break through the cracks in the train car, the train slows and stops. We hear doors opening and officers yelling, first far off and then closer to us. The door of the car in front of us slams loudly open. Officers shout and we hear people shuffle off of the train. No one says a word. As our door opens, bright light breaks into the train car. We are blinded by it As my eyes adjust, I can’t help but be terrified. There are officers…

Ronan stood behind me, his hands on my shoulders, leaning down to whisper in my ear. "Imagine Vera, you could be the youngest queen in history. Only fourteen, all that power you'll have," his smooth voice paused, "all you have to do, is kill mother, and you'll take her place. You'll be queen, and I, I will be king. It will be glorious, ruling side by side for all eternity." His voice sounded so alluring. Dark thoughts swirled through my head, and dark feelings filled my body. I had already…

toward the Ketch, the docking bay’s large metallic doors were shut firm,, he floated slowly toward the doors, The portside docking bay was hidden in the shadow of the Ketch’s main engine, it is a small bay when considering the docking bay located directly under the bow of the Ketch. Noske examined it looking for a way in. Noske noticed a series of handles which looked like makeshift ladder, he followed them until he located a handle far from the doors he grasped the handle firmly and and twisted…

For as long as i could remember ive always stayed up through out the night till the sun rise and its light would beam its rays in and i would finally get tired, ive tried plenty of times to change my sleep cycle. I am known to be pretty fearless standing up for other people even risking my own life, well im just pointing out that im not afraid of most things. so normally im up pretty late hanging out with my two dogs after my roommates go to bed its usally silent unless they left the tv on and…

slowly cleared and I remembered the messages from my phone. Yet another ring awakened me as I realized I had invited company. “Here” the text read. My plans for the night hit me like a sledgehammer to a nail and I sprang from the couch to grab the door. In came Emma followed by Devan and Curtis. We all exchanged a silent glance, for we all knew the routine - and headed upstairs. The rough asphalt shingles stung my bare feet as I slipped out of the window. The others followed quietly with a mock…

My first thought was how unbelievably messy it all was. Nobody told me how much grime was involved in covering up a murder. The blood that seemed to go everywhere was the first problem. At least that could be cleaned up with things found around the house. Covering up the body was the worst part. I had to dig around the garage that my dad hadn’t cleaned since before I was born. It took me an hour to finally find a dusty tarp covered in cobwebs. At least that took up most of my time until dark…

I was drawn closer to the ruckus of the court room. It wasn’t the peculiar defendant’s case or Emperor Claudius’s visit that caught my attention, it was the alluring, musical voice. I dragged my hands along the stone walls of the basilica until I passed the stench of the audience and drew near enough to the jury to hear their creaking wooden benches. I leaned against the wall near the edge of the room while in line with the defendant’s voice which sounded close. Unlike most prisoners who came,…

looked for Emily to ask for her opinion on the matter. Emily agreed and said that was a very big possibility, but that she thinks it isn’t someone among them. Elizabeth excused herself to the restroom to wash her face. She turned on the sink and the door…

The darkness camouflaged me and I wanted to explode. “In here, no one will find us.” “But the alarms are going off. Our security will be angry if they cannot locate us,” Freddie’s voice muffled outside the door. “Don’t worry,” Jenna said as the handle twisted. “Its probably a false one.” The door opened sending a sliver of light onto my face. Freddie and Jenna were kissing when they entered. His hand tightly around her waist. Seeing their intimacy, this luxury as he would call it, granting…