CRUNCH! Magazine CRUNCH! Magazine - Issue 5 [Spring of 2018] (1) | Page 8

“ Come on Clyde you ' re too slow !” My little brother shouted at me even if I was beside him it wouldn ' t make a difference . It ’ s halloween night and my 14 year old brother decided to beg mom to go to a party . I sighed as we climbed the hill , I listened to the distant music and the crunch of the frosty grass as the wind whispered around us . I stood up and looked around after what seemed to be an eternity of climbing . “ Cody , the view here is amazing …” It took my breath away . Just then a group of people broke through the tree line dividing the forest and the hill .
I noticed one member of the group was a little smaller and slower . Her jacket had a star on it , alll of a sudden the girl looked up at us and waved . I could barely hear her yell , “ Hey Cody wait up !” I looked at Cody whom , was a couple steps ahead as he smiled and yelled back , ” Okay , meet you at the top !” After a while she caught up with us . She was breathing as if she ran a marathon , ” Okay …… are you …… ready ?” she huffed . I looked over at her . She had blue , side parted , fluffy looking hair , covering her left side of her face , glasses , big glacier blue eyes and pale as a ghost . Cody and this girl looked nothing alike he had black hair spiked everywhere , dark brown eyes and he even had a little tan going for him . You wouldn ' t have even
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An October Afternoon

By Faith Hunter

“ Come on Clyde you ' re too slow !” My little brother shouted at me even if I was beside him it wouldn ' t make a difference . It ’ s halloween night and my 14 year old brother decided to beg mom to go to a party . I sighed as we climbed the hill , I listened to the distant music and the crunch of the frosty grass as the wind whispered around us . I stood up and looked around after what seemed to be an eternity of climbing . “ Cody , the view here is amazing …” It took my breath away . Just then a group of people broke through the tree line dividing the forest and the hill .

I noticed one member of the group was a little smaller and slower . Her jacket had a star on it , alll of a sudden the girl looked up at us and waved . I could barely hear her yell , “ Hey Cody wait up !” I looked at Cody whom , was a couple steps ahead as he smiled and yelled back , ” Okay , meet you at the top !” After a while she caught up with us . She was breathing as if she ran a marathon , ” Okay …… are you …… ready ?” she huffed . I looked over at her . She had blue , side parted , fluffy looking hair , covering her left side of her face , glasses , big glacier blue eyes and pale as a ghost . Cody and this girl looked nothing alike he had black hair spiked everywhere , dark brown eyes and he even had a little tan going for him . You wouldn ' t have even

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