Shot

Chapter 4

        The bus driver says"Everyone walk out and go into the lines by the age." I was a wreck right now. I couldn't get this firetrucking ring off and now I have to walk in while sweating like a pig. I was doomed. Then I hear the little girl say" Get off! Its your stop." It knocked me out of my thought and I started moving closer to the end of the bus. Then I come to the door of the bus with all these thoughts in my head. I knew that I looked like a freak and by the expression on the bus driver's face, I knew she thought the same. I got off the bus and then realized that my best friend, Karen, wasn't off the bus. yes, I was still mad at her for frikkin letting me suffer, but she seemed different. I go back in the bus to check for and then In see her head leaning against the window. It looks like she is in no better stage then I am. I scream to her " Karen, Get off. Come on!" She says nothing. I tell the bus driver to wait so I can bring my friend out and it looked like she had no reason to say no. I went back to the bus and realized a glimmer in her eye that shows fear. Only fear. I shake her to take ger out of thought. Nothing. She says nothing. I start screamiun her name and then she wakes up out of thought. She doesn't say anything to me but she does walk out with me.

        I ask her if everything is okay. Then she just gived me a nod that is not too sure of herself. Then I hear a giant Boom! I look to my left and see a seventeen year old boy that I went to school with holding a gun in his arm. I see the gun faced to his head and I see blood dropping to the ground. No one comes to help him and I just couldn't move. My hands were numb and I felt a shiver go thru my body. There are officers to my right and they just watch him die. Then I hear the intercom go off " All kids who are taking the Shot report to the lines. The Shot begins in 10 minutes." I have just a glimpse of my future go thru my eyes.

        I start walkimg quicxkly and say goodbye to karen because she is in another line. She gives me a smile that looks assuring, butb her eyes are telling me something else. I give her one last hug and leave. I look back at him and I feel a tear coming down my cheek. I never knew him well, but he always seemed like a sweet guy. I have to walk thru a door to a private line for my atge group. I spot a few faces that I recognize, but I didn't really care about them now. I still looked like a pig and the ring is still on me. There were about 20 people in front me. i see cameras everywhere. I see a poem on the wall that says" Today I wish you congrats. today ypour life is decided. There is no going back. Leave all your thoughts and feelings and friends behind. I wish you luck. I wish you hope that you remember all the things that you love.I hope that you will not let them control you" ~ Angelie Carter. My mother.