Now or Never - 870 Words

Now or Never â€Å"When should we leave? Should we leave now?† I said to my friends Sean, Charlie, Nick, Ben, Megan, and Melanie. We were on our second day of spring break, in our high school senior year, getting ready to hit the road and get on our way to Destin, Florida. It was a frantic time before we were actually on our official way. Of course, it was traffic hour when we all decide to leave, that just added to the chaos. We weren t going on this trip alone though, we were going with a whole flock of people. There were seven parent chaperones and about fourteen other friends/ siblings and a couple of their friends too. With all of these people we obviously weren t going to fit into one car. We took three cars between all of us. and†¦show more content†¦We were slammed packed, but we were all young and nimble. We all loved each other dearly; we were all best friends. Now we have all the pieces to our puzzling friends together, and I finally caught back up to the rest of the caravan by dusk. It took us twenty-two hours to make it there. We had twenty-two hours left. Once we were there the wild times times began to brew. The guys and the girls each had their own condo, that alone I think says a lot about the mood of the trip. It was party party from the moment we arrived in Florida. Day three of the trip, I was enjoying some adult beverages since I was on vacation. Drinking is something we would do as a family when we went on vacation, mostly wine though.This time it was vodka and coconut rum, and just enough to make me feel great. In my mind, I was on top of the world. My buddy Sean’s parents rented a three wheel motorcycle/go-cart hybrid that I knew I could drive. Sean’s little brother drove it away from his parents with me in shotgun, aka the passenger s seat. This thing drove like a motorcycle, so I thought it could handle like a motorcycle. Corey, Seans little brother, squeezed the thing down the sidewalk to beat traffic and into the condominium parking lot. The condos we stayed at were right on a golf course. We drove around that place like we owned it. We took turns driving it. I went out the condo parking lot into the grass and back towards our condo with the throttle all the way down. IShow MoreRelatedThe Amazing Thing Is It Really?1176 Words   |  5 PagesTHE MARVELLOUS THING IS THAT IT’S painless, he said. That s how you know when it starts. Is it really? Absolutely. I m awfully sorry about the odor though. That must bother you. Don t! Please don t. Look at them, he said. Now is it sight or is it scent that brings them like that? 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