chills were running through the house in and out of my room like

a quiet ghost silently coming and silently going. As I lie awake

in my bed thinking of what the next day should bring, my eye's

start to grow heavy as I doze off. In the distance I hear a faint

booming sound, soon it starts getting louder and louder and still

louder until I could hear nothing but the noise. I was unpleasantly startled and hurried over to my window. As I look out I could see nothing but smoke and fire, catching this by surprised I ran to my little brother's room, finding no one.

Then in the distance I could hear faint voices of terror calling my name. It sounded as if it was coming from out side, so I ran as fast as my Nike slippers could carry me down the stairs and outside into my front yard. I find the rest of my family there, along with my neighbors and their son, my best friend.

I just stood there in horror with the rest of my family and friends. We had no idea what had happened. The next morning I really don't remember very clearly, but what I do remember was reading the news paper and coming across an article about a house burning down not to

know I just don't know." shaking his head in resistance. Later

walls had many game heads on them, one of the nicer ones was a

Taking full advantage of her attention I told her as slowly and detailed as possible at the time being. As soon as I had finished my frantic attempt to get all that out, she didn't laugh at me but just got that look in her eyes where you know that she didn't believe a word of it. The fist thing she said in response was "Where did you hear about this?" I answered her as fast as possible "In the news paper". Stunned at my at my quick answer she told me to bring her the article. So I ran back up the stairs and snatched the paper from my bed. When I got down stairs I laid the article out flat in front of my mom's face. A subtle but shocked look arose on my mother's face, as she sank deeper into her chair.

Shutting off the radio, I sat down next to my dad asking

Well we did that for about a week or so, and then the gas line was fixed. FINALLY, heat!!! Boy was I happy to be back living with the fake fireplace working again, those corny looking logs with a flame coming out of the middle of them. Well I guess I can't complain, I never had to chop wood, unlike some of my other friends.

far from mine. I really didn't know what exactly to think at that time until it all clicked upstairs.

But soon we were back in my neighborhood. We stopped at the local McDonald's to get some lunch. Luckily my dad had gotten his pay check cashed and in the bank the night before. So as we walk into the McDonald's we find surprisingly small lines. I ordered what I always order at McDonald's, a number 7 value meal. This contains two cheeseburgers, large fries, and a large drink. After we all had ordered and finished eating, we drove back to my house.

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