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Steel Venom: A Short Story

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Ever since I’ve known about Valleyfair, the U-shaped ride Steel Venom has scared me. There’s just something about a possible concussion and whiplash that doesn’t appeal to me, and yet here I am, finding myself and my friends in the back of the agonizingly long line. All around me I hear, “I love this ride!” and, “This is the best one!” but Steel Venom looks like a metal death trap and I, for one, do not “love this ride.” I’m scared of heights; I don’t like going uncontrollably fast; and I especially don’t like how feet aren’t inclosed, dangling, waiting to scrap the cement and be lost forever.
Heather asks, “Are you guys so excited? I am!”
Mattie replies, “Heck yeah! This ride is amazing!”
In my head I’m saying, “oh great, even my friends have turned into……” I leave my daydream to find my friends looking at me, as if they wanted something. …show more content…

Every time we suggested this ride, you pushed it back and said, ‘We should save it for last.’ And now it’s ‘last,’ and you’re going on.” I nod my head, acknowledging my suspension. I study the rollercoaster; it blasts forward, bends to the sky, shoots backward, repeats, then stops so the passengers are facing perpendicular to the ground. During this pause, my heart stops; I can’t and don’t want imagine how it feels to trust your whole life to a safety belt and some plastic. Suddenly, screams fill my ears; the ride had started again. Just as soon as it began, it ended. As we inched a few bodies forward, my stomach drops down to my feet; I have no desire to go on. Every two minutes, the line gets smaller, and my fear grows larger. “There is no way I’m going through with this.” I shout at my friends over the

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