Short Story: A Fictional Narrative

He asked her to get out of the car and that they were gonna go for a walk. She was kinda scared because it was so late at night and she didn't have a flashlight. She got out of the car and walked to his side. He grabbed her hand and they started walking down the long dirt road. He darted off pulling her with him into the trees. They walked for about 20 minutes until Rachel stopped. She told him she wanted to go home but he told her to keep going a little farther. She grabbed his hand and they began to walk again until they came to a little patch of dead

The first sign he had of her rejection was the trembling of Rachel's arm in his. She had allowed him to speak and had neither turned her face toward him nor away from him. She had looked straight on and her voice was sad but firm and quiet when she spoke.

Rachel would like nothing more than to be the new girl. She wants to forget the tragic accident in Chicago. When she moves to Portland, she finds herself having a hard time fitting in. As a biracial teenager, who just lost her family, most would count out Rachel as a contribution to society. Rachel made mistakes along the way, but she had her destination in sight. Grandma tells Rachel that, “You’re gonna go to

Rachel is anxious about her birthday which is shown by how many times she says the word “and” in the first four paragraphs. This is something that children often do when they are nervous, they repeat and stumble upon their words. We witness Rachel’s immaturity again later in the story when she keeps repeating “not mine, not mine, not mine.” The tone throughout this paragraph is frantic and uncontrolled. Rachel overreacts and begins to feel sick, much like a child would. However, she still keeps her composure on the outside by reassuring herself that everyone’s waiting for her at home and that everything will be okay. The experience definitely provided newfound knowledge for Rachel and she will know how to better conduct herself if she finds herself in a similar

After a few minutes more of sobbing, she managed to utter out a soft, "Okay." The restaurant seemed to have gone quieter, paying attention to the scene she was causing.

Rachel was so mad that she just left and went home. Mrs. Price ended up telling Phyllis that she should of told the truth the first time. Rachel Cried all night and the next did not even look at Mrs.Price, But Rachel did end up forgiving Mrs.Price though.

The ringing of the phone brought Richard back to the present. Answering he heard Rachel and recognized her tone as important. Come to the house Daddy, Melanie is ready to meet you.”

“I – I know that. I suppose it was a dream. But it seemed so real!” He tried to sit up. “Where’s Joan? Is she all right?”

Santana knew something was not right with Rachel. She wore long sleeves in the hot summer, she had lost an extreme amount of weight and she had pulled away from her and Kurt. Rachel was always working, at school, with Brody or locked up in her room. They would cook her favorite dinners trying to go get Rachel to join them and hopefully, eat or talk to them. But nothing worked.

This is reflecting how she is being influenced by John’s presence and not conforming to the Amish values. Rachel is determined to not be negatively influenced by the ‘idle gossip’ about herself and John. In the final moment of the scene John is sitting on the back of the cart while the rest of the men were singing a song in German. This emphasise that he doesn’t belong. This scene exhibits John’s desperateness of trying to be accepted into the Amish community. It also reflects the growing connection of John and Rachel’s relationship as Rachel devalues her culture in order to get closer to John.

Her throat pulsed while her torso lurched forward. The heat was intense, burning her stomach as it crawled up her body. She hadn’t even eaten anything yet – not since the apple slushy she slurped the night before. Her abdomen collapsed, keeling her over and she embraced for what was about the happen.

She knew something was going on with Rachel. But had no way of confronting her about it. They were finally starting to fix their relationship from high school. Rachel walked back into the dressing room to change back into her normal cloths so she could buy the red dress.

Eventually he was realized to be the catalyst that started her on a path towards a life not confined by the boarders of the small rural town in which she has spent her whole life. Exposing Rachel to novel experiences, he takes her out of her comfort zone and positively changed the way she feels in her own skin. Before Nick came back into her life, Rachel was still a virgin, and it is doubtful she had had much contact at all with the opposite sex outside of what was necessary. This uncharted territory intimidated Rachel and as a result she was quite nervous. Nick however, was there to relax his darling. “It’s never much good the first time” (103) anyway, so he was not one to judge her by any means. Finally having this first experience broke the ice in a way for Rachel. She became more confident and more comfortable with him and everyone

“Hey Josh, Mary dragged me out. She said that I needed to take a break from studying.”

Rachel gets extremely upset about that and starts drinking because she still is not over Tom. She wakes up the next morning having no memory of what happened on Saturday. Rachel receives several voicemails and messages from Tom saying both he and Anna are frightened and wants to call the police. Rachel thought, “ I don’t know what I’ve done. What did I do?