• The clock is ticking,like a giant hourglass telling me it's nearly time.My hair stands tall and straight as eyes-deep cold menancing eyes-pierce me in different directions.I feel the spotlight hit me,center stage,stage freight slowly freezing me.I can smell it,the cold realization of the truth hitting me.Two options,a thousand different consequences.My heart wants to scream as it beats faster and faster and faster.My blood is boiling,beneath my skin and i can feel it rush through my veins like a mountain stream cutting straight through its jagged surface.What the hell did i get myself into?
    Sweat- giant clear balls of human rain slowly make their way down the sides of my pale face.When will the suffering end?! Why me?! Why this?! Haven't i been through enough?! Haven't i done every good deed a teen could do?! What more do you all want from me?!
    I wanted to scream.I wanted to shout out every vile thought that ever plagued my mind.Instead my knees shook violently,and my throat dried like the Arabian Desert.I felt weak.I felt like David-small and weak,marching right up to Goliath-but i knew i didn't have his courage.So i began to turn away.My mind screamed at my legs to run,to rev up and fly.But they would not listen.They wouldn't even move.They remained glued to the white cafeteria floor like freshly chewed gum.I heard death call out to me in the form of laughter.
    Then it hit me like a bully's giant bulking fist.If i back down now,i'll never live up to it.If i turn and run like a silly little girl,my chances of survival would drop from -36 to a definite -1388. so F' my life.
    So with the little courage i had left,i sucked in air like a vacuum and spoke out shakily.
    W-w-w-would you like to go to prom with me.
    And just like that my life soared.Taking flight for the first time,I became INVINCIBLE.