Have you ever been in a situation where you thought you were going to die? Most people probably haven’t, but there I was laying flat on my stomach, clinking up the hill. Who would have thought that the scariest moment would have been on something I love, a roller coaster. When 1 was in line for the ride it didn’t seem too bad. Even getting on it didn’t seem like a big deal, but now, as I was lying on my stomach, higher then fifty feet in the air, I was terrified.
“I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die, I’M GONNA DIE!!!!!” I screamed as as we were almost at the top, being the drama queen I am.
“Thanks Hope, that makes me feel so much better,” My sister, Ivy, yelled sarcastically over the noise.
“I never said you were going to die, I just said I was going to!,” I screamed back getting more afraid as we were getting higher and higher. “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”
We zoomed downhill, we spun around and over and under. I blinked as we fumed around a comer. The ride was going so fast my head was vibrating! I could hear the screams of others as we went upside-down. Flipping around I could see the faces of others as scared as I was, although, some were enjoying it. That’s when I had realized that we had gone through the photo shoot and so people were smiling.
“My pictures gonna look horrible,” I thought to myself as we went upside down and I let out a yelp. As we started to slow down I smiled to myself because even though I had been afraid 1 didn’t back down. (Even though I couldn’t once we were on the ride.)
“Please keep our hands and legs inside the vehicle at all times…” said the voice recording. I laughed to myself as the voice droned on.
We abruptly stopped and I stopped laughing surprised by the sudden pause. We were no longer on our stomachs but instead sitting upright. As the harness lifted I let out a “whoop!” and jumped for joy. Laughing and chatting we made our way down the stairs to the main part of Six Flags.
“So, Hope, what did you think?” Asked my cousin, Kelly, who had already been on the ride.
“It rocked!!!” I replied excitedly. Though on the inside I knew I had been as scared as I had ever been.
“So you had fun?” Kelly questioned.
“Ya, although I was terrified at first,” I explained.
I had done it. I had done something some people only wish they could do. I had faced my fears, some peoples fears are to face their true fears, but I had done it. To this day I remember that story, my story and remember that I can face my fears, no matter how big or small, stupid or common, I can do it.
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