The Shameless Life

Story Of My Life

Narrative POV:
Ronnie has always had it rough, her dad left when she was just a baby and her mom was always struggling so since Ronnie was little she had to raise herself, she was always going to her grandma's house or staying at a friends house,
Cole becker and Ronnie had been bestfriends since they were babies, Cole always took care of Ronnie, deep down Cole was in love with Ronnie but he never knew how she felt so he never told Ronnie how he felt about her as the years went by Cole and Ronnie got closer with the other kids in their neighborhood and they all became a family
They were all so close because they all lived in the ghetto, they all had crazy parents, they all grew up with a screwed up background so that's what made them so close with each other, it's the year 1996, Cole was eight years old and Ronnie was seven and they were playing with Cole's little sister Cindy, one day they were playing and the kids decided to walk to the park while they were playing soccer,
A random car started driving in circles fast and started a drive by, the kids got scared and Cole grabbed Cindy and Ronnie and covered them while they were hiding behind a giant tree on a big bright green field
Once the shooting stop the men who started the driveby threw their gun on the big greenfield close by the giant tree and left, Cole and Ronnie got up but Cindy stayed down

"Cindy, are you okay?" Cole asked

"Cindy? The shooting is over, come on, we have to go home now!" ronnie said tapping Cindy shoulder
Then Cole rolled her over and notice blood all over Cindy, she was shot in the chest by her shoulder, Cindy had a bruise on her head and her gunshot wound was leaking a lot of blood
Ronnie and Cole started screaming for help, then Cole walked over to the gun and picked it up, Cole started shaking and started to cry
Cindy was only five years old, still so young, so innocent

"Help! Someone please! Help!" Cole screamed out
It took the cops six hours to get to the park by the time they got there, Cindy was gone
The cops didn't bother asking what happened, they saw a black boy by a gun, a dead body and a helpless mexican girl and that was enough to them, that night they arrested Cole and ever since then Cole had been back and forth to jail but most of the times he went to jail was for his family or for Ronnie, people would threaten his mom or Ronnie so he would get into fights, he would pull out guns or bring pocket knives,
Cole was scared the first time he went to jail but he knew he couldn't show his fears or tears so he stayed quiet and got tough
Cole would always go back to Ronnie once he would get out of jail, no matter what he always choose her, for the longest time Cole's mother always blamed him for Cindy's death she always thought if Cole would've left Cindy at home she would still be alive, Cole always wondered the same thing, what if he had left her home or what if he had gotten shot instead? But he knew it was in the past and he could never change that so he lived with that guilt ever since then

Ten years later....
Ronnie POV:
(Ronnie's thoughts)
Where am i? I see a big green field, it looks like the same field where Cindy died i look around and it's just empty
*BANG****BANG****BANG*!
As i hear the gunshots i run towards the giant tree and duck down, i wrap my hands around my head and i curl up and stay down, the gunshots and screams echo in my ears as it finally stops i look up and i felt so scared and alone, i felt something touch my shoulder i look over and i see Cindy and she's been shot, i frantically stand up and i look at Cindy and i see her slowly dying, then everything started going dark i couldn't do anything but scream as i scream in my dream, my alarm goes off, the loud buzzing noise wakes me up
i open my eyes and see it's 7:30 am, another winter morning as i sit up on my bed i looked at a picture of me,Cole and Cindy, i look outside my window and see how it's snowing and raining, i lay back down and hide under my blankets, then i hear my little sister Lucy cry out for me, i quickly get up and get ready for the day i put on a oversized black t-shirt and skinny jeans with flats and an oversized hoodie, after i got ready i head straight to my little siblings room, i see Lucy crying and mateo is just laying in his bed, i go straight to Lucy and i pick her up