.... school. That’s just how our school was. Everyone knew that you never dated people from other schools, it had been common knowledge since my parents, parents were in school. Girls, generally only dated guys that were one or two years older than them, and my class was no exception. Accordingly, my closest friends had boyfriends who were also good friends, in the grade above us. It was all one big circle of girlfriends and boyfriends. If you didn’t find your own boyfriend or girlfriend, usually this certain circle would be the ones responsible for intervening and setting you up with someone. It almost seemed unfair, but that’s just how things were. Most o .....

.... the second person rolls softly in my ears. His image creeps into the corner of my eye while I inspect my shoes. I scrub the soles back and forth on the pavement, out of habit, to insure a dry surface. I don't bother to watch him. I can hear him rolling smoothly down low. His slow, relaxed warm up run tells me he probably arrived short time ago. He makes his way up the back wall and his wheels go silent. The other one puts his foot on his tail and effortlessly rolls his truck over the coping. I watch him quickly drop away and coast to the hip. He glides past it, and I start to notice the entire view before me as he blends into a larger picture. I see .....

.... go over to their house. I have only taken a year of guitar lessons, but I know how to play very well. I learn mainly by ear. By listening to other people play and I am able to pick it up really quickly. I have been taught different songs from my friends, and I also have a guitar book that I use frequently. I have never bought a guitar. This past summer I went back to Colorado and met up with one of my friends. He had told me before I could use his guitar any time I wanted to, so I called him up and asked if I could borrow it. He told me I could have it, because he had just bought a brand knew one. The strings and the pick guard had been take .....

.... as well be aliens to make the group whole. A streak of light suddenly pierced the night's sky and left a dazzling trail of cosmic dust behind it. Jane gasped in awe. A falling star. The brightest she had seen! She quickly closed her eyes and made a wish, knowing that a wish from a falling star had excellent chances of coming to pass. But the wish had to be strongly formed in one's mind, or else it would dissipate with all the other bits of wishful thinking that took place in the night. She tried to form an image, . She almost had it. She slowly opened her eyes and visualized... Max. Standing at the door and was looking at her with an air of mild curi .....

.... blacked out after being hit, because I rear ended the car in front of me. When I came into looking at my surroundings I notice the smell of gas and burnt rubber. The police had me step out of the car to look at the actual damages of the accident. My car was completely bleeding with fractures and broken parts. The bumper was folded underneath to my tires, the front lights were shattered and the front fenders were fractured with cracks everywhere. Officer Gage started to take my report :”I was adjusting my rear view mirror when I saw the flash of white, I realized it was a car and tried to brace myself if could not find a way around or to stop. He struck .....

.... lanky teenager slowly blew smoke from his mouth, smiled and flashed the six gold’s that covered his front teeth. Local kids lined up on the side of the street, chasing down cars that rolled by. One lonely six-year-old boy, sat close to a tree rapidly banging nails in the roots. Lying face down, one kid pretended he was swimming in the dirt. He jumped up and raised both hands in excitement, as if he had won the gold medal for dirt swimming in the 2000 Ghetto Olympics. Teenage girls lined up like militant soldiers moving in the same sequence to B.G.’s “Bling-Bling” Everyone looked up and stared as the very noticeable squad car crept by, hoping to shake th .....

.... doing this for a good life for me. It was hard to believe that. I let out a sob of frustration, tears of sadness running down my cheeks. Being the richest among my friends, I showered them with gifts, a small price to pay for their constant companionship. However, they were troublemakers who tried to involve me with their misdeeds. I always managed to escape, being the innocent one, until now. They had convinced me to take my first cigarette and policemen nearby caught us. I could not escape because of the cigarette's strong smell. It was a small offence to my friends, a big one to my parents and an eye opener for me. My father was raged, my mother was cry .....

.... and then stretch again. My cardioglide was the only part of my routine that I needed to make an adjustment for, because it has a computer that shows me: my time, speed, calories burned, and distance. The only part that is really important to me is the time so all I did was set my kitchen timer for fifteen minutes. This was not only easy because I could estimate one quarter of the way around the timer, but also because it has little lines and numbers that stick out. Physically I got through my workout as usual but emotionally I did not. Within the first ten minutes of having the glasses on I felt sad. I already missed seeing my surroundings with unimpa .....