Personal Narrative-Abandoned Building
The Building
"Make sure you stay away from the abandoned building," they said. I should have listened. That was what they said the night that it happened. I was walking home that night I saw the old abandoned building. I had to take a different route this time because there was construction going on the sidewalk. I and my friend Shawn were walking home because he was spending the night at my house and the next morning we planned to go to Kings Island. Shawn hadn't been there in a while so we decided that going there would be fun. We got home and ate a lot of food, as usual, and then played video games. My mom came home with a big box of pizza, unaware that we ate over a pound each of candy. We ate each a couple slices of pizza and decided that video games were starting to get boring so we went outside. We waited out there for about a minute deciding what we should do when Shawn said: “How about baseball?”. Yay! I thought because I love baseball and I didn’t plan on him saying that because when we play I usually beat him and then he starts throwing the ball at me. We grab a bat and hunt for a baseball when we find a plastic ball that will work just as well. I tell my mom “were going down to the field to play baseball.” she responded, “Make sure you stay away from the abandoned building.”. Yeah, yeah the abandoned building, not stable, whatever. We walk down to the field and find …show more content…
I decide to throw him an easy one. “Ding!”. He hits it hard there it goes. “Crash!” it hits the window of the building. “You hit it you get it!” He runs to the building and opens the door. “Smash!” it falls off the hinge and onto the sidewalk. I hear him stomping around and then it falls silent. “Shawn!” no answer. “Shawn-fricken'-Game! Come on!”. He comes running at the door. Badly bruised and cut. “Whoosh!” something grabs him and throws him back. I run to the door and see him cut. In the face and arm. He looks at me and faintly says
"Make sure you stay away from the abandoned building," they said. I should have listened. That was what they said the night that it happened. I was walking home that night I saw the old abandoned building. I had to take a different route this time because there was construction going on the sidewalk. I and my friend Shawn were walking home because he was spending the night at my house and the next morning we planned to go to Kings Island. Shawn hadn't been there in a while so we decided that going there would be fun. We got home and ate a lot of food, as usual, and then played video games. My mom came home with a big box of pizza, unaware that we ate over a pound each of candy. We ate each a couple slices of pizza and decided that video games were starting to get boring so we went outside. We waited out there for about a minute deciding what we should do when Shawn said: “How about baseball?”. Yay! I thought because I love baseball and I didn’t plan on him saying that because when we play I usually beat him and then he starts throwing the ball at me. We grab a bat and hunt for a baseball when we find a plastic ball that will work just as well. I tell my mom “were going down to the field to play baseball.” she responded, “Make sure you stay away from the abandoned building.”. Yeah, yeah the abandoned building, not stable, whatever. We walk down to the field and find …show more content…
I decide to throw him an easy one. “Ding!”. He hits it hard there it goes. “Crash!” it hits the window of the building. “You hit it you get it!” He runs to the building and opens the door. “Smash!” it falls off the hinge and onto the sidewalk. I hear him stomping around and then it falls silent. “Shawn!” no answer. “Shawn-fricken'-Game! Come on!”. He comes running at the door. Badly bruised and cut. “Whoosh!” something grabs him and throws him back. I run to the door and see him cut. In the face and arm. He looks at me and faintly says