... into the bathroom due to the fact that I am now late. I spend five minutes doing my hair and about seven minutes brushing my teeth and washing my hands and face. If I am not satisfied with the way ...

... his supply of food and water. Next is Ruby and Pip the rats who are also rattling their bowls like ungrateful toddlers. I throw in a few choice morcels of 'Rody rat Food'. I notice Molly and Bagpuss, my other cat, ...

... off the pillow faster than a bullet from a gun and I turn towards the offending object: my radio alarm clock. Slowly it fuses into a fuzzy mess that my feeble eyes seem to think is focus, and a groan ...

... birthday was getting a brother and getting mummy back for Christmas. Once I've got up I go and have a wash and I can always remember having to break the ice off the top of a bucket at cub camp ...

... up and actually answer the phone). But he sneaks inside the house and waits until on of us are just a couple of steps away form the phone and then.... he hangs UP!! Then after his childish trick he announces ...

... and eat ice-cream but I never do because there is a huge amount of guilt and fear (of getting found out) that descends upon me, so I keep on walking in a school bound direction. Upon my arrival at school I ...

... pillows roughly were they are supposed to go. I crawl to my clothes stand, on which hangs that plain white shirt, boring black trousers and that awful multicoloured tie that spell 'school uniform'. I really don't see why we have to ...

... sort of person that has the thought of skipping school each day to stay at home and eat ice-cream but I never do because there is a huge amount of guilt and fear (of getting found out) that descends upon ...

... for people to judge themselves and others on the way that they look. To me, it's pointless. At school I've always felt a little insecure, even if I have covered it up by being "extra-loud". It's not that I have ...

... curtains that have been rudely opened by my insensitive mother, I eventually make it to the bathroom and, because of our feeble, pathetic and broken shower, decide to run a bath. Cleanliness and external appearance is of great importance ...

... small indeed. I get annoyed with my brother because he is lethargic in the morning and can't be bothered to come to school. Even if you plugged him into the mains he wouldn't shove! Leaving to go to school I ...

... much and just whish that life could be back to normal as it was nine years ago when everything was good In my life. The turning point in my life just spoilt the whole lot of it as I started ...

... bathroom as if I am drunk to take a shower. As soon as I get into the shower I started to feel awake. I am enjoying a quiet, relaxing shower when all of a sudden my twelve year old sister ...

... and ready for the match. I found my Watford kit hanging over the chair. I always wore the current home Watford top to matches. I had done since I was a baby being carried to the stadium in the arms of ...

... take responsibilities, and, being the eldest, I think I end up with the more then anyone. I always end up getting the blame, yet I'm always the most helpful and respectful to my parents. I can never seem to win! Five ...

... where I am there is always a slight hint of pity in their expression as if to suggest that I don't know what it's really like in society, as if I wouldn't be able to cope. Yet if they could ...

... door. He insists that if I'm not ready buy eight-twenty then we must try and get a lift from my mum. My mum, understandably, doesn't like this and I get the blame. So I rush about trying to find, amongst other ...

... woken up by him. I don't know how she sleeps, it must drive her mad, and being a light sleeper probably doesn't help. Getting in the bathroom is an easy thing for me in the morning, as my dad and sister ...

... lot of pain. I was born on June 29th, 1987, at ten minutes to midnight. I weighed eight pounds seven ounces. When my mother had recovered and when the Owens family had got back to normal again, my mother was finding ...

... thank you anyway." I fled out of the door and almost fell onto the wet, glistening pavement. The orange light of the street lamp was reflected in the puddles, which were dotted across the road. Droplets of rain fell from the ...

... Then of course she had to admit that the busy hustle and bustle of life in New York made time pass quickly. As she considered the different places she could travel to, she remembered being told about a small island off ...

... made me confident from being the "self-doubting person". All of my brothers and sisters were coming home with all sorts of achievements nearly every single day: Graduation papers, Diplomas, certificates etc. (probably because there were so many of them) and ...

... was conveniently between the door leading up to the house and the family Toyota. There was a sudden click and the car unlocked. The noise echoed around the newly plastered garage. He headed over to the blue wooden door and, having ...

... knew at that time was that place with the aromatic and scintillating aromas that were always wafting in the breezy, cool air and the sheer essence of beauty that covered the colourful lawn of grass before me. It was indeed ...

... as she started to scream. She fell to the floor, pulling the drapes off the bed, smashing glass into a million and one pieces. She crawled to the bathroom, gasping for air. The pain became subtle. She knew that ...