Joshua Dun throws his arm lazily around aTyler's shoulder as they walk down the crowded street. People walk past stepping in puddles left over from the slight drizzle of rain that had fallen about a hour ago. The clouds were covering the sky like a dark grey veil, almost black. You may know Josh and Tyler as the 2 person band, Twenty One Pilots. Tyler and Josh are a group of cops that only work on, "special cases".…
When i was younger i used to live at Christopher Lake I spent a lot of my childhood there. There's not much i remember from when i was young, But i remember meeting a guy named Drewe when i was 10 or 11, He was tall for his age with short brown hair and Hazel eyes. He sat next to me and he was pretty funny so we quickly became friends, as we got to know each other better we realized we liked pretty much the exact same things and got along very well. We lived fairly close to each other so we spent a lot of time back and forth between houses. He lived close to a lake and i was morso in the forest so we would switch houses every weekend and explore the area around our houses and hunt for rabbits until we had to go home.…
“Congratulations to Ryan Turner for the”…. I’m sure you're wondering, wow what did he win. Well Ill tell you exactly what it is, but first i'm going to give you a little run through on how it all started so you know how much hard work it took. So It all started in Oceanport, New Jersey the place where I grew up.…
Tyler, a high school senior, is viewed as an outcast and gets overlooked by every single student in his class. That is, until he gets busted spray painting his school and spends his summer doing work to pay for it, he then stands out like you wouldn’t believe. It begins to set off a string of events that have Tyler questioning his place in the world and with his family. He has always struggled with suicidal thoughts, never thinking he was strong enough for anything and was repeatedly bullied for his size. Tyler decides enough is enough and he wants to make a name for himself, and uses graffiti to do so.…
We adopted you when you were 15 months old. Your birth parents died when you were a baby.” When I found out, I was mixed emotions. I kind of grew up a lithe more than I had to, to understand everything completely. Me thinking that my world was turning upside down, never thought that the fact that I was adopted and would never meet my birth parents, and the…
For years, I had imagined Daisy and I reuniting. I tried to imagine each foreseeable outcome down to the last excruciating detail. At this stage, I had become the man I was convinced was what she wanted me to be. I had a big and beautiful home, and education and most importantly, money.…
The spotlight is in my eyes. The hubbub dies down to an anticipatory, judgmental silence, daring me to break it. I look back, making sure the band is ready. Thumbs up: it’s time to roll. I tap my foot to the rhythm.…
This is fourteen Fourteen is the calm wind before the raging storm of responsibilities. It’s the time you start forming into the person you will be for the rest of your life… every decision you make leads to a path of success, or failure. Your life is getting less peaceful and calming, but more intense and purposeful. Everywhere you look there is a new opportunity waiting for you, the hardest part about those opportunities is having to chose the ones you take, and the ones you leave behind, Fourteen is working hard at the little things that can impact your whole life.…
I was called down to the office by my guidance counselor because I hit a little kid. My feet were stomping down the hall like a earthquake had just happened. Then I finally reached the office. Mrs Banks the counselor,” said Anthony this is the third time I have called you down to the office this week. I'm tired of this nonsense.…
I was sprinting down the block wearing out in seconds. I looked back thinking that Tyler almost caught up to me. I turn back to keep sprinting, knowing that my home was only a few blocks away. The sprinting was already making me thirsty. I swung out a water bottle and drank away.…
A little dazed and confused I rolled over to grasp my phone. It was just out of reach, which I’m sure I did on purpose. I stretched my arm out as far as I could and nudged it with my finger tips. Thump! Still ringing it fell and slid under the bed.…
I opened my eyes to see a name bar in front of me. I typed in the name “Feliciano” because, well, that my human name. The world went dark for a few seconds until I opened my eyes. I was in a small town and I saw many other people there too, some just getting into the game. I decided to look at my inventory.…
Te'Liona waved off her sisters and slipped past her guards, tired of constantly being under watch. It was startling to see multiple pairs of eyes follow you every where you went, including to the private baths. She was never alone. Well For this once she was going to take what she had always wanted, a moment of peace.…
Oreo It was an unspoken rule. It didn't have to be written down or bulleted into a list, everyone just knew. There were things you should do and things you shouldn’t do. And I knew, knew that its was one of those things you shouldn’t do.…
As the situation expanded the social worker who was on our case thought that it would be better for all of us to be away from my dad for awhile. I remember the way it all happened so fast. Going from one happy kid to such a depressed one. I remember the hard nights I had where I couldn't fall sleep because all I ever thought about was my dad. I kept asking myself why.…