The Life Of Conner Bradley

chapter 3-Pity

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You never really know how precious time is until you lose everything important to you. You could have the best game system  or in my case your best friend and sister with you and all it takes is a second and then boom everything you love is gone....and your lost without them. With our parents being gone Samantha was all I had left besides my best friend joey.  

Now knowing that i only have joey left severely depresses me and getting looks of pity from my classmates don't help at all.  All i want is to get out there and find my baby sister but detective Sanchez wont let me. 

¨connor whats the answers to number 3?¨ Mrs. Behlim asks

¨x=16¨ 

¨that's correct¨ and with that she went on to the next problem.

I knew i could't afford to daze off so I finished the worksheet  and before I knew it the bell rang. As i was walking out I saw my friend Sara who I had a slight crush on.  ¨Yo Sara, wait up!¨ 

I guess I had surprised her  because she jerked her head up from her book. ¨oh hey connor. whats up?¨ 

¨Nothing much, just wanting to get out of this hell hole. You know same old same old.¨ she must have been having a crappy day ,because i could tell she wasn't really paying attention. I put one hand on her shoulder ¨hey, you okay?¨ 

¨yeah just John giving me grief again¨ she said shrugging my hand off. 

¨what is he doing now?¨ I was already irritated just by her saying his name. John Vied was nothing but a no good druggie who had his eyes set on Sara for a year and half. John liked to think he was the worlds greatest bad boy when in realty he was too much of a wimp to do jack shit. I could see she wanted to say something ,but she just shut down. 

¨just leave it alone connor. There's nothing you can do, its all up to me.¨ and with that she walked off to her next class leaving me just standing in the hallways like an idiot. 

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finally it was the end of the day. As soon as i got home i did I my usual routine and checked my voicemail in case Sanchez had any details. Like yesterday there was nothing from him and I wanted to cry. Without thinking i grabbed my phone and called joey.  He wasted no time answering.

¨YOOOOOOOOO WHATS UP MY MAN¨ I could tell he was pumped about something.

¨Hey joey, I need some bro time. you in?¨ 

¨Hell yeah im in. where do you want to meet at?¨ 

¨skatepark?¨ 

¨sounds good to me see you then conn!¨ and with that I grabbed my keys and walked out the door. The skate park was a good 10 minutes away and it was my place to escape to when shit got too much. 

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¨so whats bugging you conn, and don't bullshit me man¨ joey finally said after we've been at the skate park for about 3 hours. 

¨I haven't heard anything from Sanchez. its been a week!¨ i sighed in frustration before continuing ¨and on top of that I talked to Sara  today and johns giving her grief again. 

Joey looked at me ¨I only got this to say to you man. maybe you should back off and leave Sara alone. I know you like her and all ,but this isn't your battle. Helping find  Samantha is your battle.¨

¨yeah I know. I just wish i could help with something. I feel so helpless¨ 

¨I know, I know. Just remember Im always here for you conn.¨ 

¨I know. I better head back home I got a project in english to work on.¨

¨alright see you man¨

On my way out i saw a familiar person who did nothing but ruins things. John Vied. I glared at him and for once he had the balls to say something. ¨hey you leave my girlfriend alone¨ 

I rolled my eyes and turned around ¨ok lets get one thing straight i will not leave Sara alone. and 2 quit giving me shit. she just my friend and the last thing i need to deal with is petty drama from you¨ 

¨yeah well still stay away from her. shes mine and besides its not like you could keep her safe anyway. you couldnt keep your own sister safe.¨

I didnt hesitate to slam him against the wall ¨talk about my sister like that again and ill kill you. Unlike you ill actually go through with it.¨ and walked away and got in my truck before I beat the shit out of him. 

I knew I had to go somewhere so i went driving for about 45 minutes before parking. After checking my phone i noticed i had a text from joey. 

Joey: Tf did you say to john? he's been talking shit about you

me: I didn't do nothing. he came up to me and said shit. he made a remark to Sam and i pushed him against the wall. 

Joey: damn man. well at least you didn't punch him or Sara would be pissed at you. 

me: whatever. ttyl.

Joey: bye 

With that i threw my phone down in the truck and eventually fell alseep.