lifted your hands; reaching out. I clutched onto them and held them tight; savouring the feeling, the darkest parts of me knew I may never experience this again. I closed my eyes. All these years I have been battling, clinging to the one thread of hope that maybe one day things might be different. But my hope has vanished. It’s a speck of dust travelling with the wind. I have fallen into acceptance. Nobody has a chance, we mean nothing to death. We are all shadows on the wall of time,…
knew so little about when God was going to call your name. The morning of a bright sunny day. Waking up to have you in the kitchen burning toast And setting the fire alarm off. “Dad the toast!” I yelled, trying so desperately to see where I was going. One would yell and scream, in fear and disorder. But your response was only sweet and unassuming. “Sorry dear. I thought the toaster would beep on its own!”. I smiled, despite the smoke slithering out the toaster. A day, starting with a laugh; I…
Sometimes all Nico needs is a little push. An actual one. Right between the shoulderblades to be exact. Thank you Annabeth. I’d noticed Nico staring at Reyna for weeks now. I always notice more than is good for me. Like, say, one day, I noticed Nico standing just the right distance away from Reyna that a good push would send him toppling into her. Most likely he’d hit her. So I decided to play Matchmaker. I reached diagonal from where I was sitting with Percy and pushed right between the…
There he was, amidst those whose fate was so tragic my heart ached. He was entering the castle I knew and loved. My father allowed those who were going into the maze one final feast. The house was decorated with flowers and ribbons hanging from the ceilings accompanied by delicacies the chefs prepared only this time of year. I hated this time of year, the time when innocent civilians were sacrificed for my father 's Minotaur. It always seemed like the angel of death was lurking through the…
“I’m speaking of Betty and her son’s dead dog.” “Isn’t that the one you killed?” Mike asked knowing she would never admit it. “The dog is dead who cares who did it. It’s done.” “Now, do you think you can smooth things over?” Mike asked. “You’re the one that killed the boy’s dog. You can’t expect her to ignore that.” “Sorry, but I convinced Betty that I didn’t do it. I will take care of it. At least, I can…
I stood awkwardly in the living room with a bunch of Ariana 's friends and family. She sat beside me, holding onto my arm. It was Thanksgiving and she invited me there, since my family never celebrates Thanksgiving, I decided to go. "Yeah, we 're leaving for Michigan tomorrow to go meet my dad." Ariana smiled, looking up at me. "Are you nervous?" Mac asked her and she nodded her head fast. "Of course, I haven 't seen him in five years. I wonder if he looks different, I want to know what his…
Dear Emily or Dear Giselle or Dear Solis lol (: well dude it's been freaking awesome being able to hang with you this entire time that was left before boot camp. Now, by the time you are reading this I will probably be gone or ready to leave. There is a lot to say and I am not going to make it short because the adventures we had were bad ass. Well, let us start off when I first meet you. Well, it was when we went to a pool function at Camp Pendleton for a graduation. You might not recall what…
Christine: I lost four pounds and I kept that off. I lost that the second week and now I am jut stable and stay at the four. I get my book our every now and then, but like I said, it is such a hassle to track all of these grams and keep my calories down too. That was another thing, if I keep around one thousand to eleven hundred calories, I could lose the weight, but if I stayed at the twelve hundred, I couldn’t lose any. I just wasn’t loosing. I get frustrated when I don’t see the results. I…
That does not happen very often to me or even ever. All I could say was Thank You! For the rest of the night when I was out, all I could think about was who this girl was and I knew that I had to take control and know this person. Luckily, I had one friend on the 9th floor and he told me her name was Brittany Pollock. I remember seeing her at Mass with some people and I thought maybe I should ask her to attend with me. For some reason she said yes and I thought well perfect because now I don…
Take out the mug out of the microwave, caution: the product will be hot. Stick a toothpick into the center of the brownie. If the brownie still sticks to the toothpick, microwave in increments of 5 seconds and then poke the center of the brownie once again. The toothpick should smoothly guide out of the brownie. The outer…