Coral Cliff - Original Writing
It was a cold and windy night. The trees moved vigorously as the wind
blew. The silence was frightening. Carol’s face became red because of
the cold. She was driving as fast as she could through Elmore street-
the longest road in Sydney. Usually people came here if they were in a
mood for a long drive, but Carol was going for Julia’s party. Carol
had refused to come at first but Julia wouldn’t accept any excuses
from anyone since it was her last birthday in Australia. She was
moving to London forever and wanted this to be her best birthday bash
ever. Carol had tried to explain her reasons. Her house was really far
after all and she didn’t want to drive at night but Julia’s reason
was more justified. It was only one night and even Jerry would be
there. He was the most popular boy in college. Actually Carol and
Jerry had liked each other for a long time. The thing was, Carol was
waiting for Jerry to ask her out and Jerry wanted to make sure if
Carol actually liked him or not.
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“Oh my gosh, you made it! Thank god!”, Julia said gleefully.
“Wish you a very happy birthday Julia! Here’s your present.” Carol
said with a big smile, handing Julia a small box covered in a red-coloured
wrapping paper with small blue hearts on it.
“Thank you so much Carol, I’ll really miss you.” said Julia with a
frown.
“Oh c’mon Julia not lets not get emotional please! Carol replied
sympathetically.
Julia led Carol to the living room where the party took place. There
he was-Jerry Thompson. He was dressed in olive green cargo pants, an
orange t-shirt that had a basketball made on it and Nike trainers.
Carol’s face turned red as he looked at her, smiling warmly!
She went and joined their group. “Hi Jerry!” she said shyly.
“Hey! Wassup? You alright?”
“Ya, I’m cool. Looks like you’re enjoying the party quite a bit.
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...ave me a bright pink gift bag stuffed with shiny silver tissue paper to open. Inside was a shirt that read “I’M A BIG SISTER!” I put the sister shirt on and saw everything differently. “Today marks an important day and you’re going to hold your brother even though you’re nervous, you’re going take responsibility and be the best caring, loving sister you can be”, I said silently to myself.
The wood was enormous. It was dark and it was cold and I needed to get
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