Spartan Warrior-Personal Narrative Essay

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Jason Matthews sighed disparagingly as he made his way up the steps, packing in the rest of his belongings with his parents, placing them into the fully furnished, penthouse apartment that he was being forced into. It was nice to have a place of his own...but not like this. No, this lovely penthouse apartment was being shared by another. His parents' company, Matthews Technologies, the famous software company who helped develop the most comprehensive anti-virus, malware, and spyware all-in-one program, Spartan Warrior, was falling upon hard times and was forced to merger with their one rival company. And how this was going to happen, well that was the worst part of it. This merger was hinged upon him being forced to marry the one girl who'd caused him so much pain growing up. For as long as he could humanly remember, she did things to him that would make even the worst prank seem childish. She made his life a living hell through his youth. She was everything he despised and then some. Hell, he'd rather be marrying an STD-ridden …show more content…

Once her parents walked away, Jason approached his future bride and cleared his throat. "Hey....look, I know what happened with us through our childhood is in the past. We were kids then. I'm willing to put it behind me and try to get along for the sake of our parents. If you want to, great...if not, then can we at least get through this night and fake like we're on board for this? This is my way of extending an olive branch and letting bygones beat bygones. So what do you say?" Jason did have to admit, since he'd last seen her, she'd really blossomed and matured into a gorgeous woman and if she was willing to put their past behind them then this would be smooth sailing. But his gut was telling him that old feelings don't die so

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