One Day Narrative

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One morning school was canceled because of the snow. As they soon realized the snow was dying down they left their house to go to their parent’s good friends house. During the ride there something terrible happened. They car crashed and Mia and her family were raced to the ICU. Mia’s parents dead, her brother later dying, she had the most difficult decision to make. Should she stay and continue a hard difficult life with her boyfriend Adam but without her family or slip away and stop fighting, and die.
Early one morning there was an announcement on the radio explaining that school is canceled due to the snow. Mia’s dad (Denny) being a teacher doesn’t have to attend work today. Mia’s mother (Kat) is a travel agent and decides to calling
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Mia was brought to a music class where Mia started playing the cello and after convincing her parents she was serious about learning they hired a teacher to help her learn.
A few years later Mia still caring her passion towards the cello started playing in a school band. Adam sometimes peaks in on her playing without her noticing and asked her best friend Kim more about her. One day when Mia is standing by her locker Adam asks her out on a date to the symphony. She agrees.
Back at the hospital a nurse whispers to Mia “If you live, if you die, it is all up to you.” It flashes back to her at one of Adams concert where Mia doesn’t feel she fits in while standing in the back of the room. While Mia that evening was sitting at the table her grandpa tells Mia she should apply for Julliard. She doesn’t react too much to it until father along where she ends up getting more information about it. As Mia wished Adam came to the hospital but wasn’t allowed in because he wasn’t direct family. They told the family that was there that the mother Kat was announced dead at arrival and the father Denny had died on the operating table. Later Teddy her brother died from subdural hematoma. The Grandpa was let in to see Mia. He told her that Denny the father gave up his band so he could raise her and become a better father. As well he also tells Mia it would be extremely difficult for her to live and be in

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