We played for a couple of hours, and as the sun began to go down, I decided it was time for me to go home. ... We talked for a couple of hours which seemed only minutes, and then she told me that she had to go home. ... Let me get some sleep."" He went back to sleep, and since nobody else was awake I fell a sleep. ... It was time for us to go back home, and by that time I had everybody tired of hearing me talk about her. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Living at home with my mom meant I was in charge of paying my car payment and that was it. ... Simple things like getting my hair done came so easy when I lived at home that I never imagined a time where things would be any different. ... There was nobody around to yell at me for coming home late or for being too loud when they were trying to sleep. ... Our relationship is important to me so I always made sure that it stayed the same even after I was away from home. ... After a year of living on my own I decided that moving back home was the best option for me. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Now that she thinks back about it she really wouldn't call it a home anymore. ... Touching her skin is like touching leather, hardened from sleeping outside so many nights in the harsh weather. ... She hadn't had these since she was back home. ... She was alone, a fifteen year old without a home, sitting on a bench, in the middle of nowhere. ... She thought that running away was the only solution to get away from all the torment her parents had been putting her through at home. ...

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I will be executed tomorrow. There is nothing - no excuses, no plea for forgiveness, no last minute stay of execution - that will help me escape this sentence of death. What I did was done with such malice, such cold-blooded intent, that even I find it hard to believe that I am capable of such bruta...

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Because during high school i've realized that if i'm sleeping while my teacher is teaching, then what is the point of even going to class then? Its no different than staying at home, plus not only will it waste my time if i sleep through my college classes it will be wasting my money as well. ...

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I loved the responsibility of caring for, making sure she had food, water and a cozy place to sleep was important to me. ... You filled yourself up on penny candy on the way home, and now you're not hungry". ...

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I don't want to go too far away from home." ... Although the walk from Sarah's house to mine took only about ten minutes, it felt like it had taken an eternity to get home. ... I arrived home, anxious to go to my room and just drop myself onto my cozy bed and catch some Z's. ... I always felt that way when I was awakened from a deep sleep. ...

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As we were getting back onto the bus, I picked up my cell phone to call home to tell my boyfriend and little girls the great news. ... I didn't get much sleep because I was always beside her and all throughout the night there was beeping noises coming from her machines she was hooked up to and a nurse coming in to check on her every half hour. ...

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• Grade Level: High School