Tick-Tock-Personal Narrative

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“Tick-tock, Tick-tock, Tick-tock”. The sound of the clock was excessively reminding me I was alive. The grandfather clock’s sound echoed throughout the house. I was the only one in the large three-story house, “Keep calm” I told myself. The clock had caused my head to pound continuously, I swear I can feel my brain moving. Just then I lost it, I grabbed the bat from the closet and shattered the glass into a million pieces. I loved the rush I’d gotten, I kept hitting and hitting until all that was left was a pile of shattered glass and broken wood. “No! No! No!”, that was the clock my mother loves and I had demolished it.

I was shocked that I’d done something so cruel and destructive. As I was looking out the window I saw my mothers car pull into the driveway, then the garage door went up, now she was walking in the door. What do I do? How am I going to explain this? Is she going to think I am insane? Ha, that’s silly, I am not insane, I just had a bad moment. I can not possibly be inase, I’m not a looney. “Rose, I’m home. Where are you?”, my mother had said. She walked over to the chair I was sitting in and said “What’re you looking at?”, I didn’t …show more content…
“Let’s order a pizza and watch movies tonight, alright?” she said. “Pizza? Okay, I can settle for that” I replied. She walked into the hall to get the phone and then she yelled as loud as a lion being shot. “Rose! Come here, right now!” The clock, now I know she’s seen the clock. “What for Eleanor? Did something happen?” I said as I walked to the hall. “The clock. What happened to the clock my child?” “Gee Eleanor that looks bad, wasn’t it like that this morning?” “Rose this is not a time for games, what did you do?” “What did I do? How would I have done such a thing? Oh, look there’s a bat.” My mother picked up the bat that had been laying in the pile of rubbish. “This is the last time! Never again shall I have to cover for you and your
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