His Final Shot

Chapter 6

After deciding not to take a shower at school, David walked home wearing his same old gym cloths. He knew a shortcut through the woods so that's where he headed. Tall trees surrounded him as he walked through the woods, as he enjoyed the refreshing scent of the outdoors. He could feel the gentle feeling of the whispering wind on his soft cheek, as he walked on the leaves beneath him. The now setting sunshine kissed his face as it oozed through the seeps of the long branches above. David began to connect to his deepest thought once more. Random things ran through his mind. He loved this feeling, because he got a chance to reflect on the little things in life.

He thought deep and hard, and finally the randomness began. 

"Is it worse to fail at something or never attempt it in the first place?" David quietly said to himself. 

There was no thought needed for this one. "Never to attempt it." 

"Where is the line between insanity and creativity?" he, once again, quietly said out loud. 

David never really thought about this. After a while of thinking, he settled at there is none. 

"What is true happiness?"

"Happiness is when your finally at peace with who you are, and knowing that who you are is good enough." 

"What is the truth?" David smirked at this question not knowing how to answer it. 

"There will always three sides to a story. Your side, my side, and the truth.

As he reached the end of the woods, and was back into civilization his phone began to vibrate and tickle him in his back pocket. He slipped the cold, thin and shiny device out of his pocket and into eyes-reach and saw a number he did not recognize. He pressed the left side of the screen glowing bright green and quickly put the phone to his ear.

"Hello" David said in a trembling voice due to the cold air around him. 

A soft feminine like voice replied "David Jefferson?" 

David cleared his voice trying to be calm. 

"Depends. Who's asking?" replied confidently. "Nailed it" David thought to himself keeping his cool. 

"This is Doctor Hublehock speaking from the Old Brook Hospital and I'm afraid I haven't come with good news." The lady replied. 

"Doctor? Hospital?" asked David more confused than ever. 

"Its your mother sir, she has been in a terrible accident and I think its best you come down here and all will be explained." The lady replied in a calm doctor-like voice. 

"Is this some kind of joke? How could she be saying that so calmly?" David thought to himself. 

Not risking any chances David began to sprint across streets passing people of his small town. The hospital wasn't to far from his current position, and David was thankful for it. He continued running, passing houses, kids, everything. He kept pushing his legs; he could feel the burn in the thigh area. He didn't care; he needed to get to his mother at any circumstance. She was the only family he had left. 

Except Butch.