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Haunted Coursework (Drama)

The silence was calming; at night this was always a rare moment. For Tina, it was something she wished for on the days her mum forced her to set out on the creepy streets of London to go out and buy some cigarettes. The hot humid air was painful to breathe through, especially as she was out of breath from all that walking. She was considering the good points about being ordered to go out all the time just to buy the odd meaningless junk for her mother; being away from the pigsty that she lived in was without doubt a positive side to it.  Tina stuffed the 10-packet cigarettes into her pocket, fumbled in her washed-out jeans for a bobble and swept her long blonde hair in a bun.

     Heading home, the sixteen year old could spot her shabby, run down flat. It was so uninviting even Tina didn’t want to return to ‘home sweet home’, well that’s what she longed to have, just like the other kids her age. Knowing what was behind her red chipped door put her off even more. It was the same every day. Striding through the bundles of rubbish, it was a mission just to make it to her own room. And of course there were always the shouts from her mum, Tina do this and Tina do that, while her mum did nothing but slack on the filthy sofa – or what was left of it.

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     Just a few seconds away from her front door and she knew what to expect. As she was about to put her foot on the last of the steps, she felt something cold and hard against her neck, unaware she felt a hand grab into her, it was so painful it felt like an animal with sharp filed teeth digging in. Just as she was about to let out an alarming scream she realised the cold thing against her neck was a knife and a hand clasped firmly over her mouth. The hand smelt of dead rats and felt as ...

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