Driveway

Pumpkins have shaped me into what I am today. Well, not exactly pumpkins, but for the last twelve years my family’s business has given me the opportunity to discover my strengths and talents, while financially supporting my collegiate aspirations. I am who I am because this experience has influenced me to become a hard-working, people savvy and business-minded young woman. It all started at my dad’s turkey farm in a little town called Goehner, Nebraska. On five acres of farmland…

She quickly run away and just ignores the man. After that day, she never thinks about that man until one Sunday afternoon, she does not follow her family attends a barbeque at her aunt’s house. Suddenly, she sees a gold colored car, stop by at her driveway. After that, he introduces himself casually at Connie with the name Arnold Friend. He invites Connie to have a ride with him. Throughout their conversation, Connie feels uncomfortable and threaten because Arnold is so persuasive and violent.…

truck and drove it out into the hay field. My dad grabbed the front two legs, I grabbed the back two and we lifted her onto the back of the truck. I just barely got her on the truck, she was really heavy and long. We turned right into our gravel driveway and as soon as the truck stopped my siblings came running out of the house. “I heard a loud gunshot, so I predict that you got a deer.” remarked my sister. “I got deer.” I yelled with the biggest smile on my face. “Really! Where is it? Is it…

A day that I thought would be mediocre; however, it was a day that twisted my life around 180 degrees. Ramsey, face smiling and hands waving, whipped into my driveway in his lollipop red, 1997 Jeep Wrangler. Ecstatic to see him, I took off running to greet him with a warm hug. To my surprise, when I got to the Jeep, Ramsey revealed a candy-filled bag and a bouquet of beautiful red roses. When I saw the surprises…

In the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, character is an important element, as shown at the beginning when the narrator says, “she was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right” (Oates). The narrator is referring to the protagonist of this story, whose name is Connie. Connie’s character is important throughout the entire story,…

Tom had told his son, many times, not to take in wild animals, no matter how cute they were. However, Chris being the wild eight-year-old boy that he was never listened to his poor father. Recently, he brought home a stray cat that he found digging through the trash in the massive green dumpster outside of his school. The time before that, Chris climbed up the largest tree in the backyard to “rescue” a squirrel. However, this didn’t turn out well. Chris only made it halfway up the tree before…

You sighed pulling into your driveway. You had just gotten home from a tiring day of work. Everyone kept getting on your nerves, asking you this and that, when you didn't know any better than them. Some other people even had the audacity to try and tell *you* how to do *your* job. When they didn't even know what they were doing! It was just a very stressful day, but the thought of you and your amazing boyfriend having a date night definetly helped you push through it. You and Dave have been…

Keegan felt his cover story was plausible; consequently he was Meg’s chief hunter. Keegan hunted all the different groups that had been created by the corrupt Saints over the centuries. The different groups had their own leaders, but even they needed back-up. Meg would dispatch Keegan to hunt the corrupt ones by the time she sent Keegan out it was a kill on sight order. As a warrior and immortal, he was capable of taking down any that had gone rogue. He has over time developed an understanding…

August 27, 2017, at 2 AM, I watched as the water slowly crept up to my house. I couldn’t sleep. I was sitting there, staring, at the river outside my house that used to be my driveway not knowing what else to do. I kept my phone close that night, every so often hearing the ‘ding’ that would signify that another one of my friends were either being evacuated or the water had finally found its way into their home, while I was silently hoping that the water wouldn’t choose my house to break into.…

the car. The entire family felt incredibly happy and optimistic. We learned to love Ashley and were blue at the thought she could be taken from our family. Little did I know, this puppy would change my life forever. When my mother pulled in the driveway, a wave of excitement came over me. I ran out to her to see the petite, orange, puppy she was getting out of her car. I was then informed that the orange puppy was named Ashley. I put the green towel Ashley was sitting in our house with the…