... caught a shuttle to the Dallas airport. We all got on our flight with Fun jet airlines at 11:00 that morning. The airplane had about seven seats on each row. I sat by my oldest sister, Jenny, and an Italian guy who had a funny accent. I was so bored that I fell asleep and before I knew it, we were in Cancun. My sisters and ... 11:00 p.m., so we decided to go. When 11:00 rolled around we loaded up on the bus and the first person I saw was the man I kept running into. He sat three seats behind me and all the while I could hear his sexy Russian accent as he spoke to his surrounding peers. ...

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... building. "Follow me," he instructed. The kids were led down a long steel corridor and entered several rooms before a comfy-looking office came into view. They sat on a couch. Dr. Loe looked at them, then said, "We are going to quiz you now, privately. A personality test is all. Xander, you're ... extending his fingers and pointing one of them at it. "How dare you run over my feet!" Leo raised an eyebrow. Xander blushed. "Oops, hehe." He sat back down. Jay stopped fidgeting and stood still. "Guys, do you hear that?" he asked. "Hear what?" the others all asked together. "That...rustling s...

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... , filled to the brim. Vivian curled her fingers around the warm walls of her mug and sipped at it sparingly as she told Jake about her dream. She sat in a daze, reliving the whole experience; she couldn't remember a time when she had been so scared. Jake's being there helped her to stay strong; he ... Jake's hand crept it's way to the lamp beside the bed. "I love you." he whispered into her ear as he climbed in-between the covers. Vivian sat in dreamily in the bath tub, letting the steaming water ripple around her body, coaxing her to sleep. She looked down at her stomach and patted it g...

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... told me to relax, slow down, and sit at the table. In doing so, she gave me a nice ice-cold glass of water, and seeing me distressed, sat down next to me and non-chalantly asked me what was on my mind. Taking full advantage of her undivided attention, I told her as slow and as detailed as ... possible at the time being. As soon as I had finished my frantic attempt to slur everything out, she didn't laugh but instead sat there with that look in her eyes that she didn't believe a word of what I had just told her. The first thing she said in response was "Where did ... my mother. A subtle...

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... with a menacing silence which snapped when the scrawnier of the two stood over me and delivered several stinging slaps across my face. The larger one sat down at the console and popped open a secret door: there stood a very important looking safe. The next couple of hours I was interrogated ... won over the respect, admiration, and even friendship of the tall burglar, my new watchdog, whom I named B.G. (Big Guy). B.G. closed the door and sat with me in the long, mirrored dressing room. Somehow, alone with him, it seemed safe to be vulnerable. With a deluge of tears streaming down my ......

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... sitting on the couch watching Judge Judy with my grandfather as I would do any other normal day waiting till it was time to go get my sister from school. We sat this way every day and nothing changed, until one day the phone started to ring which was very unusual. My grandpa picked up the phone and as soon as he ... Neal (who is a firefighter) was there and both my parents were there. Neither my sister nor I knew how we were supposed to respond to this horrifying news. We both just sat there in shock, they had told us that everybody was okay but we would have to see how everything went....

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... limp like over to her side of the bed and slowly sits down. She motions me with her hands to sit beside her. She leans over to her table that sat on her side to pull out a disposable camera that she had placed there the week before. She looks at me with a look of sorrow and regret and states "Kabriel ... beautiful wild flowers that me and my siblings had carved out from using the path so frequently. I spotted my weeping willow with its long sad limes stretching toward the grown. I sat down in the dirt not caring for the mud and due of the night before had invaded the cleanliness of my p...

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... and go back to the hotel. I was young, so I didn't quite understand what was happening, but I knew my family looked worried. When we got back to the hotel, my grandmother sat us all down and explained that she had pancreatic cancer. That moment is still kind of a blur to me; I repressed those horrible thoughts, but I do remember my whole family crying ... day we all went to my aunt's house and spent the day calling our other family and friends informing them of the news. My sister, my cousin Vinny and I all sat in the depressing living room in silence, which was a first. One of us alway...

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... of the other horses could compare to ours. We jumped off our horses and carried our food, which was enough water and bread to last for a few more days. Quietly, I sat down. There is a certain elegance, a decoration of smiles and gestures upon these guest as they share their stories without strangeness but the enjoyment of each others company. Perhaps they did ... name is Judy. My family sells horses." I yelled. They looked at me and then continued their conversation and drinks. I heard a laugh among the crowd striking me. It was a young man. I sat there quietly, while the crowd induce i...

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... , a door into the living room on the east wall, and another on the north wall that lead into another bedroom. My bed was one of the original feather beds that sat on top of open springs. The bed was handed down to my parents from my grandparents on my mom's side. The right and left side of the mattress had deep ... the people that have slept on it over the years. It looked like waves in the ocean since both sides had deep impressions. The bed was full size, and it sat up against the west wall under windows since the room was so small. I slept many a cold night under homemade quilts made ...

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... after that, my parents finally arrived, I saw a weird face of my father, not a worried face but like someone that just received a big surprise news, I was eager to know, my mother sat on the bed, my father did the same, I didn't want to take a seat. My father gave a huge smile and said, "Lucas, you will have a brother" and he gave a happy laugh ... because he needed to register my brother in the office, and asked me if I could stay keeping an eye on my mother and my brother for him, with my grandmother. I sat in a chair and turned on the TV and stayed there watching some channels. After...

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... I thought. I woke up, got ready and off to work I went. Once I arrived at work, I started in with my normal routine. I started the coffee pot ( first things first, you know?) and sat down to start checking e-mails that had come in over the weekend. After a few minutes had passed, I started to hear the gurgling of the coffee pot – that means it ... was time for coffee! I stood up and poured a much-needed cup of freshly ground and brewed deliciousness into my favorite mug. I sat down at my desk to start sorting through project files when I noticed my cell phone had lit up. It was my bes...

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... a flash, and I was left to finish my dinner at the table. I cleared the table and washed my plate, despite my mom's instructions. Then I went into the main room to read. I sat down on the sofa, and opened one of my school books and began to relax. Hours went by, and my parents still hadn't come back. It was now around 11 ... where I couldn't hear the noise, and continued reading. It was a little after midnight when I heard my parents pull into the driveway. They came in and found me reading, and they sat down with me. My mom was crying. They explained to me that they had spent the eveni...

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... as they could, as well as cupping specimens and things to take back to the lab. They were back before the sun was lost behind the earth. Captain Joshua Scott sat in his commander's chair, patiently waiting for the test results. He hadn't slept all night; he was too busy praying. How odd it was in this day and age. How ... helped Josh," she said softly, trying to place a hand on his shoulder. "Leave me I said!" the captain barked and she jumped back, scurrying out of the room. Captain Joshua Scott sat in his commander's chair and placed his head in his hands. No more verdant grass. No mo...

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Elizabeth sat in the waiting room of the doctor's office anxiously awaiting her name to be called, when after what seemed like days, her name was finally called followed by, "the doctor ... Liz of what the doctor had said, "If you think that you"re doing the right thing, then you are." With that, Elizabeth wiped the tears from her face and sat in the waiting room. Shortly, the doctor came out and called Elizabeth into the examination room and said to undress and put on the gown that he had provided. She ... ...

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... with the fear of what they were thinking and saying about me. Were they thinking and saying positive or negative things about me? I quickly grabbed an audition form, a script, and sat tucked away in the small corner of the room. Small dents and creases decorated the new script cover where I clutched the script tightly. I twisted and turned in the small seat ... the comforts of the theatre and into a spacious, unfamiliar new room. Sharp corners and odd angles gave the room an unique shape. In a small corner of the room, a CD player sat upon a small table. We were then instructed to turn ...

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... most of the kids I had no problem with this, I was a strong swimmer and enjoyed it allot. I got to my swim class and sat down. It was a very warm day, a day that I would remember for a long time. Well we all sat on the dock listing to them give instructions on what to do and stuff like that. But I was hot, so I took off ... ...

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... but warm. I jumped in anyway. It felt like hundreds of needles stabbing me everywhere. The pain was too intense. I had to get out. I decided just to sit there and watch. I sat there with my arms wrapped around my legs just taking in all the beauty that surrounded me. I wiggled my toes in the thin South Carolina sand that had been warmed ... at the counter. There was an assortment of foods: golden brown biscuits, sweet maple bacon, pulp filled orange juice. After the amazing breakfast, I through my dishes in the sink and I sat and rested. I knew that soon we would be leaving that magical...

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... they were all ready to do what they had to do to make sure America stays the safe great nation it is. Some of them laughed, some of them just sat alone and poked at their food, seemingly uninterested in it all. The room starts to clear as people head out and wait for the bus to take us into M.E.P.S. (Military ... we got onto our planes to fly off to our respected training bases. A few get in a group to enjoy their last cigarette for at least a few months. Some of them sat on their bags with their head in their hands. Some got in groups talking and laughing. There were mixed emotions thr...

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... home for them. I got off the bus still half asleep and walk into the office. Once I got to my desk I already have a new job for me to work on. So I sat down on my comfortable chair and look at the file. There was nothing on the form except for the address of the house and the hand print of a child. Also ... on so I turned around to see what happened and when I turned back around, he was gone. I looked around the whole bedroom hoping to find the little boy. I was confused and sat down on the big bed for a moment. I felt something pulling on my foot so I kneeled down on the floor peeked u...

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... room that had mirrors on the three walls and a bar attached to two of the walls. The hard wood floor reflected the gloomy lights that hung above our heads. I calmly sat down on the floor and laced up my ballet shoes. I knew I wasn't the only new girl cause you could tell by the look on the faces who was comfortable and ... who was scared. Everyone sat in silence for a few moments till our instructors walked into the room. All of a sudden the door opened and two men and a lady walked into the room and glanced for ... ...

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... my sweaty hands because I was so nervous I pushed the doorbell, the dad came to the door, "I"m here to pick up Jennifer" he called for her and he invited me in, I sat down on the rocking chair next to the door, as I saw Jennifer walk down those steps, it was like an angel coming from the sky, Jennifer looked so pretty with ... I told him " I don"t care what you think life's to short to care what others think of you" and from that moment I knew Jennifer changed my ways of life , at lunch I sat by Jennifer telling her how I only have 2 more days left of community service and she asked me ...

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... finish, I had no choice because I was quite hungry. So I had to painfully drag myself towards our dining room and I'm sure it looked like I was marching off to my own death. I sat on an empty seat and the very second his eyes caught sight of me it's as if his demeanor changes. "So it's the first day of school tomorrow, are you ... ...

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... sink where you first walk in. Coming from the hallway, I could still hear the bed alarms and the call lights dinging simultaneously from the other rooms. On the patient's table sat a dry erase board with a marker and a Kleenex for an eraser. There were a few parts of some words left on the board that didn't get fully erased. The nurse was standing ... ...

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... see something supernatural. I ended up having a sleep paralysis. I regained consciousness terrified triggered even more after remembering the past history of the apartment. I turned on the lights drank some water and sat for few minutes and suddenly the door opened and it was kimo. I told him what happened and he gave some scientific explanation relating sleep paralysis and body positioning during sleep ... ...

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