Personal Narrative Assignment: A Night To Remember

Skylar Hargrove

Ms. McCoy

English 1 Period 6

20 August 2015

Personal Narrative Assignment

A Night To Remember

My day had begun normal. I remember I woke up, went to school and found myself with my friends that afternoon. My company was five of my closest pals; Kylie, Alex, Meredith, Lee, and my boyfriend Matthew. For most of the evening, we sat around telling horror stories and gossiping about classmates. Time passed quickly and soon, it was time to head home.

The girls were all planning a slumber party at Kylie’s. Her parents had gone out of town for the weekend, and she wasn’t willing to stay alone. We began our evening of leisure by getting into our PJ 's, and returning to our scary stories. Before realizing it, another hour had passed. All the stories must have gotten to us because we made sure every light was on in the house.

The hair on the back of my neck began to rise as we listened to the silence. In the distance we listened to three loud car horns and a door slam. We jumped away from the window and started down the stairs. Half way down the stairs, we stopped dead in our tracks. The roof began to rattle as if someone was climbing across it.

Our pulses raced as we flew down the remainder of the stairs. Thump-thump, breath. We huddled together in the kitchen. Then, we came up with explanations to relieve our minds deciding that the horn was a neighbor and the thump on the roof was the cat. Calming our thoughts down, we relaxed into a group, sitting on