Jordan G.'s Memoir

Stuck in a Crisis

 

            My mind raced, "Was I going to see my friend and family again?" I didn't know. I felt happy for Briana's cousin; she didn't stay on. The biggest question of all was: when would this disaster end?

            Jumping up and down, skipping left to right, wind blowing in my hair, while embracing my entrance to Six Flags. Up the bright m&m stairs I went. The last step I took I could officially say, "I experienced Six Flags." 

"This would be Briana's best birthday ever," I thought.

            When waiting for our tickets, patience wouldn't work for me. Seconds later I found myself bolting out my happy dance, making everyone around me turn their heads right at me. I could not have cared less. But my friends could. After they finally convinced me to stop, our tickets arrived. Gripping my ticket so the workers could witness it, I passed through the three bulky bars that spun with me.

            Approaching our first rollercoaster, the wooden Thunderbolt, the only picture appearing in my mind was Bizzaro. The purple and blue rollercoaster took over my mind. Not even paying attention to life, we stopped and entered the line.

            Waiting in line settled me down. I stood there feeling bad for the people without the easypass. The easypass line is where you are able to pass the regular line to the front and proceed to the next kart for the ride. "Why didn't we buy the easy pass?" I whined. The easypass would have been a huge help. "The line might be huge!" I thought.

            After the Thunderbolt ride, we headed for Bizzaro. "Who would sit with whom? How long would the wait be?" I thought. After the long walk along the amusement park, there in front of us stood the entrance. When we entered our mouths dropped. The rollercoaster towered over us. My eyebrows dropped. My scream wanted to belt out. A sixty minute wait! "Hopefully this ride will be worth it," I thought.

            I jumped and danced while waiting in the long line. The more the line shortened, the more excited I felt. To pass time, my friends and I talked. We talked about who would sit with whom. We concluded that I would sit with Briana and Tatiana and Allegra and I would sit together.

            When we finally made it to the top of the line I shouted, "Six more karts to go and we are on!" Boy I felt like I just had Red Bull. Four more karts, two more karts, one more kart.

            We sat down and put on our seatbelts. Even though in my mind, I bounced off wall, I shivered with fear. Right as the ride started, Tatiana chickened out. We snarled at her. "Tatiana!" we shouted. Whatever, we just wanted to move. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 start!

            The ride moved up, up, up...and then, stopped?  We stopped in the middle of the tilted rollercoaster. "Was it just for effect?" I thought. After the third minute I lost it. "What was happening? Was it a major or minor difficulty? Who knows?" Questions popped up one by one. Minute after minute thoughts raced through my mind. After ten minutes, tears fell from my eyes, while I shivered to death.  While freaking out in my own world, my hand felt a squeeze. I couldn't be the only one terrified.

            After fifteen minutes I realized, "They wouldn't make this ride if it was unsafe, right? People would die if it wasn't safe, right?" More and more questions sped through my mind, one by one. But the biggest question: would I see my friends and family again? My mind raced.

Twenty minutes! "It has to start soon!" I thought.

 "Wait a minute," I said, "We're moving!" But while we were moving, I realized that we were the testers. Up, up, up, up, down, we reached the drop. Our hair almost flew off our scalps. Screams filled the rollercoaster. I became hot for a second. Of course! We passed the fire. As seconds went by, the ending came closer. In the tunnel we went. Mist covered our bodies.

                We started to slow down. Yes, we bursted to a halt! "I didn't die!" I thought. I ran out of the coaster as fast as a cheetah would.

            When I saw my mom, I became ecstatic. Through all of this drama I thought, "This was an experience. I am more brave now. If I survived through this, I can survive through anything else."