Two years after I graduated high school I found myself working out of my garage fixing small motors. Every day I noticed about ten neighborhood kids get off the bus around 4 P.M. They range from young kids all the way to sixteen to seventeen year old high schoolers. One of those high schoolers who looked about sixteen caught my eye every day. She was a short and skinny Asian girl with long black hair, a cute face and alwa...

It began like that cheesy Christmas movie, where the guy was in a race against time to make it home for the holidays. Except instead of racing, I was taking my time. Why, you ask? Have you seen the movie "Christmas Vacation"? Well my family is actually like that. It's stressful, embarrassing, and a ton of other things that aren't fun. After a 5 and a half hour drive, I finally arrived in my home town. Like it always is in...

Ever since I could remember, my younger sister Bella has always been the center of attention. She was the good student, aspiring artist, aspiring singer, dance team captain as a sophomore, and so on. I'm not going to lie she was all those things and more, but it was annoying how every time relatives would visit or when I saw people we knew, they would always ask about Bella.When I was eighteen and a senior in High School,...

My name is Nick, and this began when I was sixteen and a sophomore in high school. I played football, baseball and basketball, and was the top weight lifter in my class. I was in the best shape I had ever been in. I was around six feet tall, 175 pounds, and cut.My cousin Maddie was on the swimming team and ran track. She was also in the best shape of her life. We lived over two hours away from each other so unless it was...