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=__﻿Fictional Narrative__= Lurking through the halls at night, she tries to find her way through nurses so hat she could go outside. Not paying attention, she looks back one more time and almost toppled over a gurney. Outside the building, she sat under a big oak tree nearby and sat to rest. She then started thinking and looked back on what happened so far.

Back in Afghanistan, Jamie was sent there to take care of troops during the war til she was able to go home. Over the past few days, she has been working diligently until one accident. Running to take care of a very injured person, she trips over a boulder and falls hard on the gound. She was able to get up and walk towards her destination. Moments later,"Ouch! My leg!" she said. Her ankle became sore and was sent home immediately.

Arriving home from"work," she recieves a letter from her grandmother about Coach Dans. Sitting down and opening the letter, it read: //Dear Jamie,// //If you're reading this, then that means you came back home. I know this is too soon, but in the next two weeks,there will be a tournament held at our track and I want you to represent our team, since you're the best there is. If not, then I understand and will find and alternate to take you place in the tournament.// //Sincerely,// //Coach Dans// Looking over the letter one more time, she rose from her seat and limped her way towards the front door. A hand quickly stopped her from going anywhere. Recognizing the hand, she turned around and saw her little sister, Krystal. "Where do you think you're going?" Jamie bluntly replied with,"I'm okay, don't worry about it." They soon had an argument about her leg.

Her sister dragged her to a nearby hospital and checked her in. now back to reality, she got up from under the tree and went towards the track. Running for who knows how long, she seemed to be tiring out, but overworked herself since she had a cast on. She collapsed to side, seeing a pair of feet approach her. She braced for impact, but was offered a hand and got up. "You're going to kill yourself if you keep doing this," the mysterious figure said. She brushed the dirt from her eyes and saw Coach Dans stand in front of her looking absolutely disappointed."I'm sorry ma'am. I just wanted to practice so that I can be-" Coach interrupted," But you didn't read my letter correctly did you? I said if you can't then I understand and that I'll find someone to replace you. Your sister told me everything, besides, I already found our second best runner on our team to take your place." She felt guilt build inside her gut. Jamie limped her way towards the hospital and snuck inside and went to sleep on the hospital bed.

On the big day, she was offered a ride to go watch the tournament and agreed right away. Watching from her seat, Jamie saw her sister and talked to her before it started. "Hey sis, good luck out there, I'm rooting for you." she said and gave a big thumbs up."Thanks. I wouldn't have done it without the help from Coach Dans," Krystal replied. Once it started, they all started running. Catching up to 3rd, she tries to make it to 1st place. All you could hear were chants and screams from the bleachers. She was amazed that Krystal was already in the lead now reaching the finish line. The team lifted her and chanted her name several times. //I'm proud of you kid//, Jamie thought as she was also lifted by her teammates and chanted.

__Personal Narrative__
Before our vacation ended in two weeks, my mom asked if all of us wanted to go tubing in Helen, GA. I always loved to go tubing whenever we had free time. In a flash, I quickly packed my bathing suit and ran in the car and told everybody to hurry up. After arriving in Helen, Danny parked his car in front of a mini golf place because it was near the river. We then rented our tubes and changed into our bathing suits."Okay guys! Get a partner and connect your tubes with the rope i gave y'all!" Mom said. Danny and I chose to be partners cause we are like really close. After we connected our tubes together, we decided to go first since everybody else was taking a while to get ready."Wait," Danny said as he ran back to put our phones in the car. After he came back, we both jumped on our tubes that were floating out in the river.

SPLASH! "Hey!! No fair!!" Aaryanna said. We both laughed and floated away, ignoring her screaming. Floating, we pushed against rocks and bumped into other people on the way. Since it would take a while, I sat back and relaxed and sang a little song that was stuck in my head. The ride seemed to be very calm and peaceful. Looking ahead, I saw a couple of people exiting the river and stayed to continue to float. The both of us were confused, so we thought that we are also supposed to exit too. Once I realized something, "Hey Danny, we have pink tubes and others have blue tubes." He replied,"Yeah you're right. We have to go back in the river." Turning around, we were one second too late. The bus that had both of our tubes drove off.

As we turned around, "Sorry, but y'all can't turn back now," the coastguard said. We gaped in awe as my mom and Aaryanna were still riding down the river. "Come on, Danny, we can find out way back," I said plainly. I had a bad feeling about this. "Do you know where we are?" Danny questioned. "I really have no idea," I said nonchalantly. Walking around for what felt like hours,we weren't able to find his car. We kept going in circles and I was getting a bit irritated. Since we were surrounded by shops, I walked inside and asked for directions to the mini golf place we parked at near the river. "Okay first you go here, then take a left on this street.... And that's it, you'll find your way back." I wrote every direction on a napkin and thanked the person for it. Walking outside, Danny asked,"Did you get the directions?" "Yep! They're on this napkin here," I replied. We turned around and walked down every corner and street the directions told us to go to.

Finally finding the car, the both of us went into a nearby bathroom and changed into fresh, dry clothes and drove home. Looking at the clock, it was 7:19 p.m, so it was going to take a while to get back to Sugar Hill. Looking for my phone, I decided to text mom back. Hey mom! Sorry we were missing for a while, but we'll be back home in no time! :P -Bri. and send. Looking out the window, my eyes felt droopy as my eyelids closed and fell into a deep slumber.

"Hey Bri, wake up, we're home. Come on!" I ran inside the house and jumped on the couch, startling my mother. "Oh my gosh!! I got your message! What happened," Mom started asking me questions as if I was being interviewed. "OK, calm down, mom." As we both explained to her what happened, I took a quick shower and got to bed, thinking about the unforgettable event that happened. Now that I think about it, the event was considered a good memory because it was pretty fun though I sort of panicked on the inside.