09-03-2010, 02:05 AM
~Chapter One~
Three...two...one!!!! It's finally over!! I raced out of the classroom with a silly look on my face and started to screech at the top of my lungs. Sixth grade was finally over!! 96 days of sun and friends!! I snatched my report card from the teacher and moved on to gather my three friends Samantha, Tanner, and Cameron. We all ran out of the school as the halls began to fill with students and even teachers. We raced to the bike rack where I grabbed Sam's playfully and was immediately shoved and left alone in the dust while my friends raced over to the park.
"Catch us if you can Joey!", my friends all yelled, and yes , that's my name. I pedaled after them while thinking. I had known Sam for a while, same with Cameron but Tanner was new to the group.
Anyways, we reached the park and immediately started throwing dirt clods at each other. We had been throwing dirt for about a half hour when Sam pulled me over.
"What is it?", I asked.
"Joey", she continued with "I just wanted to sa-", we were interrupted by Tanner who came over and threw dirt in Sam's face. She and I then proceded to chase him down, drag him to the ground, and shove dirt down his shirt, pants, and even mouth (._.).
We started to walk back towards the road laughing while Tanner started to clean out of his mouth and braces. We came to the road and stopped- well, that is except for Sam who wasn't looking.
"Stop!!", I yelled as a car approched fast.
"What??", she looked back and was struck by the car. Cameron pulled out his phone and called the ambulance. I tried to get her to stand up but she couldn't. The ambulance came and Cameron, Tanner and I immediately helped put Sam on a roller- and got in the back with her.
We arrived at the hospital and we had sit in the lobby. Cameron and I stayed at the hospital while Tanner went home after quite a fight about staying with his dad. Around 1am the doctor came out with Sam's mother who was crying..... Cameron and I rose to our feet, assuming the worst.
"She is alive and stable, not awake, but alright." By the end of that sentence her mother had run to Cameron and hugged him for some odd reason. I looked at the nurse and said,
"Can we see her?". The nurse looked at Sam's mom who wiped away tears and let Cameron have his life flash before his eyes and nodded yes. The nurse directed me into a operating room where I asked alarmingly,
"You had to operate?!! oO".
"No. I was just checking to see that you were still aware of your surroundings.", said the nurse. I rolled my eyes in annoyance and walked into the actual room where Sam was. She looked awful. She had been scratched beyond recognition and was bruised everywhere. That night I sat there.... Waiting.... Watching for signs of awakening. I eventually fell asleep and woke in the morning to see Sam looking out the window in a hospital gown.
"Joey, I have something to tell you." She looked at me blankly as she always does and continued, "I've been trying to say it for a long time now but......". Her voice wandered of."I can't tell you. Not right here not right now!". I was crushed. I had been waiting and waiting for it but I didn't get anytime to try to coax her into saying it because at that moment a nurse walked in and announced:
"Who wants pancakes?!!". While Sam aggresively attacked the 5-stack of pancakes I addressed my attention towards a single figure walking across the parking lot with something making the pocket of their blazer bulge. I glared at the person and then averted my attention back towards Sam with her beloved pancakes, a giant smile, widespread across her face.
"How are yah feelin'?" I asked. She looked at me, raised her eyebrows and spoke,
"I was just hit by a car. How in the big green world do you think I feel?!", as she spoke she raised her arms as if to mock me. "And where is my mom?! I want my Paramore coat and shirt right now! And that means you have to leave." , I felt as if a thousand needles were going through my throat.
"Look, sorry I was so harsh bu-", she didn't have time to finish her sentence as a burst of shots from a gun rang out. We both rushed down the stairs and when we got there I took hold of her hand as she looked around the room and saw the motionless shape of Cameron on the floor, in a pool of crimson blood.
She slapped my hand away and ran towards Cameron's body. I looked up and down while she mourned our friend, looking for anything, even a hair, for evidence, and came up with nothing. We found her mom who had come running across the hospital after she heard the gunshots. Sam calmed her mom down while I kept searching and at last found something: A bullet case.
I couldn't bear to think about my dead friend. It had been a day. His parents had set up the funeral. I was invited and was told I was to make a speach. The car and the shooting must've corresponded somehow. Someone must be trying to pick us off. I checked what time it was: 6:15. Wait, last time I checked the time it was 5:15, but yesterday...when Cameron was killed. And Sam was hit at 4:15! I had to get to Tanner!
I had my mom drive me to Tanner's house and when I arrived I immediately noticed something: their house had no lights on yet it was dark outside. I knocked on the door;no response. I opened it and it was unlocked. I stepped in. I was yelling Tanner's name when suddenly a light flicked on and I was shot. I blacked out.
I woke up in the hospital with Tanner and Sam at my bedside.
"Did you try to kill yourself?!", Tanner spoke first. I was puzzled. I hadn't tried to kill myself.
"What do you mean?!!", I said. They looked puzzled.
"We'll tell you later", they said in unison.
~Chapter One~
Three...two...one!!!! It's finally over!! I raced out of the classroom with a silly look on my face and started to screech at the top of my lungs. Sixth grade was finally over!! 96 days of sun and friends!! I snatched my report card from the teacher and moved on to gather my three friends Samantha, Tanner, and Cameron. We all ran out of the school as the halls began to fill with students and even teachers. We raced to the bike rack where I grabbed Sam's playfully and was immediately shoved and left alone in the dust while my friends raced over to the park.
"Catch us if you can Joey!", my friends all yelled, and yes , that's my name. I pedaled after them while thinking. I had known Sam for a while, same with Cameron but Tanner was new to the group.
Anyways, we reached the park and immediately started throwing dirt clods at each other. We had been throwing dirt for about a half hour when Sam pulled me over.
"What is it?", I asked.
"Joey", she continued with "I just wanted to sa-", we were interrupted by Tanner who came over and threw dirt in Sam's face. She and I then proceded to chase him down, drag him to the ground, and shove dirt down his shirt, pants, and even mouth (._.).
We started to walk back towards the road laughing while Tanner started to clean out of his mouth and braces. We came to the road and stopped- well, that is except for Sam who wasn't looking.
"Stop!!", I yelled as a car approched fast.
"What??", she looked back and was struck by the car. Cameron pulled out his phone and called the ambulance. I tried to get her to stand up but she couldn't. The ambulance came and Cameron, Tanner and I immediately helped put Sam on a roller- and got in the back with her.
We arrived at the hospital and we had sit in the lobby. Cameron and I stayed at the hospital while Tanner went home after quite a fight about staying with his dad. Around 1am the doctor came out with Sam's mother who was crying..... Cameron and I rose to our feet, assuming the worst.
"She is alive and stable, not awake, but alright." By the end of that sentence her mother had run to Cameron and hugged him for some odd reason. I looked at the nurse and said,
"Can we see her?". The nurse looked at Sam's mom who wiped away tears and let Cameron have his life flash before his eyes and nodded yes. The nurse directed me into a operating room where I asked alarmingly,
"You had to operate?!! oO".
"No. I was just checking to see that you were still aware of your surroundings.", said the nurse. I rolled my eyes in annoyance and walked into the actual room where Sam was. She looked awful. She had been scratched beyond recognition and was bruised everywhere. That night I sat there.... Waiting.... Watching for signs of awakening. I eventually fell asleep and woke in the morning to see Sam looking out the window in a hospital gown.
"Joey, I have something to tell you." She looked at me blankly as she always does and continued, "I've been trying to say it for a long time now but......". Her voice wandered of."I can't tell you. Not right here not right now!". I was crushed. I had been waiting and waiting for it but I didn't get anytime to try to coax her into saying it because at that moment a nurse walked in and announced:
"Who wants pancakes?!!". While Sam aggresively attacked the 5-stack of pancakes I addressed my attention towards a single figure walking across the parking lot with something making the pocket of their blazer bulge. I glared at the person and then averted my attention back towards Sam with her beloved pancakes, a giant smile, widespread across her face.
"How are yah feelin'?" I asked. She looked at me, raised her eyebrows and spoke,
"I was just hit by a car. How in the big green world do you think I feel?!", as she spoke she raised her arms as if to mock me. "And where is my mom?! I want my Paramore coat and shirt right now! And that means you have to leave." , I felt as if a thousand needles were going through my throat.
"Look, sorry I was so harsh bu-", she didn't have time to finish her sentence as a burst of shots from a gun rang out. We both rushed down the stairs and when we got there I took hold of her hand as she looked around the room and saw the motionless shape of Cameron on the floor, in a pool of crimson blood.
She slapped my hand away and ran towards Cameron's body. I looked up and down while she mourned our friend, looking for anything, even a hair, for evidence, and came up with nothing. We found her mom who had come running across the hospital after she heard the gunshots. Sam calmed her mom down while I kept searching and at last found something: A bullet case.
I couldn't bear to think about my dead friend. It had been a day. His parents had set up the funeral. I was invited and was told I was to make a speach. The car and the shooting must've corresponded somehow. Someone must be trying to pick us off. I checked what time it was: 6:15. Wait, last time I checked the time it was 5:15, but yesterday...when Cameron was killed. And Sam was hit at 4:15! I had to get to Tanner!
I had my mom drive me to Tanner's house and when I arrived I immediately noticed something: their house had no lights on yet it was dark outside. I knocked on the door;no response. I opened it and it was unlocked. I stepped in. I was yelling Tanner's name when suddenly a light flicked on and I was shot. I blacked out.
I woke up in the hospital with Tanner and Sam at my bedside.
"Did you try to kill yourself?!", Tanner spoke first. I was puzzled. I hadn't tried to kill myself.
"What do you mean?!!", I said. They looked puzzled.
"We'll tell you later", they said in unison.
~Chapter One~