Another Sad Story

Hi! My name is Jessica Fox, but people call me Jessy. I am from California. I know, right? Pretty cool. In the year 2009, I moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. You might have thought, "Wow, she gets to live in Nevada." But, I was not happy about it. I had to leave all my wonderful friends, and for a twelve year old, that was horrible. I cried in bed for nights while my Mom was trying to make me feel better. I started Las Vegas Public School, my teachers were mean and didn't like me. Kids were laughing at me when I passed by, they called me the newbie. In the middle of the terribly bad year, a boy came up to me. He told me his name was Todd Mizrke and if I needed a friend, he was there. One month later Todd and I were the best of friends.

August 31, 2009, my Mom died. We don't know how, but when I got home fro school she was on the floor not breathing. I didn't go to school for two weeks while friends and family dropped by. The whole time I was locked in my room. Todd came over every day with my homework. When I did go back to school everyone was nice to me, even the teachers. Only I was in a whole different world, the world that still had Mom in it. We were still in California, only Todd was there and all my old friends. I woke up from my daydream in the nurse's office. "What happened?" I asked. The nurse said, "You passed out." Then I stood up and left very quickly I have never passed out before. I ran my fingers through my long black hair. As I walked down the hall, my thoughts were a blur, I couldn't think straight.

Three years later I had more friends and Todd. Things were going great. My birthday was coming up June 22, turning 16. When my birthday arrived I was in the hospital with Dad and Todd. When the nurse came in she said I had brain cancer. I went to school with a scarf on my head. No one saw me, only Todd. He would hang with me every second. He would try to make me laugh like I used to everyday. When I got home, I went to my room. I did my homework and locked the door, then started crying. I knew soon my world would go blank, black like a midnight sky with no stars, no happiness, no smiling, no laughing, and no Todd. Before my Mom died she told me to live today happy because there may be no tomorrow.

By Wren, 6-Z

THE THIRD FLOOR BEDROOM

It all happened when someone left the window open in the third floor bedroom. Johnny was brushing his teeth when he heard a strange noise almost like a window was open. He slowly set down his toothbrush and crept into the bedroom. He noticed the window was open and the drapes were ripped to shreds. He felt a cold chill down his spine when he felt those scrawny little hands with nails so razor sharp they could penetrate the skin with a mere poke.

He screamed and ran down the hall, down the spiral staircase and into the kitchen where he decided he was safe. He was wrong. He felt the hand again. He grabbed it, turned around, and saw Sam's smiling face right behind him.

By Seth, 6-T