... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... , 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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• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... mother exclaimed with a tone of irony. Her voice loud and vulgar, she had obviously been drinking. "Shut up! Both of you!- her father yelled from the living room where he sat lazingly on the couch. He held a beer in one hand and the T.V. remote in the other. He had until now been trying to ignore them, while watching his favorite football ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School