Juliana Barrett
4/15/08
Writing-block 2

The Pole


Bang!
“Ouch!” I screamed, and the world went black.
I was ten years old and in the fifth grade. It was the recess right after lunch. My friends and I had thought of a foolish idea that I should walk with my eyes closed. I felt a little hesitant about this outrageous idea, but I thought that I had a reliable friend, Scarlett, leading me.
“Okay.” I had said I closed my eyes and put all my trust into one of my most dependable friend to lead my through the concrete jungle, full of screaming kids, flying balls, and deadly poles. Suddenly I had no control over my actions. I could feel Scarlett starting to swerve. It turned out that she had tried to run me into a pole! To her disadvantage, I had my eyes cracked open. I must have bad luck because the second time she started to swerve, she was actually trying to save me from walking face first into a pole.
After the crash, I blacked out for about five seconds, then I peeked open my eyes and saw all of my friends and other people I didn’t even know standing around me.
“Are you okay?” everyone was starting to ask. I could feel tears coming down my face, but shockingly, I could hear myself starting to giggle. I was helped up by my friend Marina, and I walked towards Scarlett helplessly, and Marina asked her if she could take me to the nurse’s office. I could feel myself crying harder as I started to feel the intense pain. I was walking with Scarlett at my side, and with the nurses office being our destination, we had a long way to walk. I stared at the office in front of me. All of a sudden my teacher, Mrs.Medina, popped up in front of Scarlett and me.
“What happened?” she asked with an alarmed look on her face.
“I ran into a pole.” I cried. Once again I started to giggle. She asked Scarlett if she was taking me to the nurse’s office.
“Yes.” she replied, and further on we walked.
When we finally got there, I shuffled into the office.
“How are you?” the nurse asked. Once again I replied,
“I ran into a pole.” She examined my forehead for about five minutes. Scarlett had left by then because the office members told her to. I started to feel alone and embarrassed. The nurse called my mom, to ask her if she could come get me. I learned my lesson that day; you should never walk with your eyes closed.