America The Not So Great

Chapter 1

Vamonos niño we need to get the fruits and vegetables from the market. Put your bag down and get the 5 pesos. Hurry we need to get it before papa comes, said my mother. Before I continue this story my name is Pablo Di Maria. I am a poor Mexican boy lucky enough to go to school. I love my mama and papa with all my corazon. With out them i dont know what i would able to do. So lets continue shall we? Ok mami yo tiene el pesos donde espara? Go outside ill come said my mom. I calmy went outside looking at the bruises on my knees from playing soccer with my friends. I like to think i could be a professional player one day. I just hate when my friends slide tackle me and i fall on my ass. I still cant believe im in middle school. My family said i would not be able to acheive it. But mama never gave up on me she said dont let anyone ever bring you down from your dreams. So i didnt. Ohhh no in the distance near the hills i saw my little sister Julia running home. She was in a pink skirt and a white shirt with overalls with tears in it. I dusted my jeans off as they were dusty. In my head i thought of what i would buy at the market. I felt dryness in my throat that needex to be quenched. With just about anything i wouldnt mind. Soon mama came outside. Vamonos Pablo we need to go before sun down go fetch your sister. I quickly got up and sprinted to Julia. Cmon Julia we need to go to the market mamas waiting for us. Fine can i buy something myself this time? She asked me. I dont know ask mama not me hermana. We strolled the dirt roads to reach the matket. Some people were already leaving as the sun was going down and the moon was coming out. I asked mama what to get. Go fetch me some jalapenos, tomatoes, potatoes and see if anyone has pig. Yum i love pig it was my favourite thing to eat espically when mama would cook it along with the potatoes. You could just savor the flavor in your mouth. I was getting watery just thinking about it. I went around witj Julia seeing who was selling what. I quickly got the items then heard a gun shot. Boom! What was that i thought to myself. Julia yelped. I covered her mouth and held her as a hostage. And quickly went to where i heard the gunshot. It was a little house with broken windows as if these people were already fighting. I heard voices shouting and a women screaming. They said something about paying to go to America. I heard America was a great place to be if you lived there you would own a house a garage and a car. I wonder if i would ever go there in my life. I heard the women crying please stop dont shoot him. I peeked at the window to see but i didnt want to get to close to the shattered window as i didnt want to get cut. I saw a women crying on a man while the man was pointing a revolver at another man who was on the floor bleeding. The man who was bleeding slowly spoke and said i didnt know your brother wouldn't make it. The boat just sank and i managed to get out. The man with the gun yelled. So huh you left while evryone else died on thet god damn boat. Is this just bitch? I still clearly dont understand what was happening. Was the boat attacked? Where was the boat going? Was it allowed to be where it was? I quickly grabbed my sister and we ran back to mama. I explained to mama the whole thing. She stared at me for a while. Slap! She slapped me across face yelling why would you go near the gun shot you couldve died. I just stared and starting to tear. I couldn't hold it in anymore and cried out a waterfall. We soon walked back home in our broken down weared out house. It seemed like a house that had been through war. And soon papa was home and we were eating dinner. No one talked as if something happened. I look at papa then mama. Papa put his fork down and stood. This meant he was about to speak. Today i got fired... I just stared for awhile not knowing what this truly meant for us. Mama started crying and asking what the hell happened. I looked at my sister.as she was more confused than me. We just looked at each other as if we were goldfish. Mama started hugging papa and tearing. And this was the first time papa cried. I assumed he couldn't cry as i never saw. A sudden urge made me cry. I dont know why i didnt understand what this mean but the moon was out and the Di Maria's were all crying. I went up to hug papa and mama and soon Julia. Then Mama told papa about what happened near the market. He said son dont ever do that you can get hurt. But at the same time he smiled at me and said so whats this America...