... article of clothing to help me combat the cool autumn chill that had so conveniently set itself up in my room. Stumbling up the stairs, headed toward the kitchen, the old wood-beam steps creaked and groaned under my feet. Reaching for a box of Count Chocula, the guilt factor set in when I once again ... registration sir". Instead he threw a curve ball of a question that seemed to knock me right up side the head and leave me speechless. "Have you been drinking boy!" he blared in my face. "Uhh no sir," I stammered "That's not what it smells like! Step out of the car" he ordered me. Without...

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... the top of our lungs as the car flashes by. "That was intense." Back to the house, but distracted by the stars in the sky shortly. Inside sitting in the kitchen I hear the music coming from the Fantasia movie that's playing in the living room. Next thing I know, the floor drops out and I'm flying in the air. I grab the seat of ... him tonight. I would be upset too if he came into town and I didn't get to see him right away. Besides, you guys are just going to go to sleep, right?" "Boy, Chad sure is sensitive isn't he," my mom interrupts. I change the subject and then say, "Yeah" and "A-...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the board exams. Her family seemed to like him. The mother Anunciacion, struck him as a mousy woman unable to speak save at her husband's bidding. There was a foster son, a little boy the Cabadings had adopted. As for Pablo Cabading, he was a fine strapping man, an Ilocano, who gave the impression of being taller than he was and looked every inch an ... be parted from him and bade him pick her up at a certain church, where she was with her foster brother. Leonardo rushed to the church, picked up two, dropped the boy off at a street near Zapote, then sped with Lydia to Maragondon, Cavite...

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... night. He had just gotten into his apartment and his phone was already ringing with intent to fill his night with mischief and unforgettable experiences. The first to call was a boy by the name of Alex. He was a portly character with great insight into all aspects of life. It is quite pitiful, for Alex had dropped out of school at the ... was riding with them must have put something in it. Ever so slightly, Miles began to float until the forces of gravity no longer affected him. He floated into the kitchen, where his friends were partaking in an alcoholic game. Soon, they were throwing ...

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• Grade Level: High School