Behind Closed Doors: My Life As Ke'Ladriah Wallace

19.

It was right before the bathroom break and I had decided to take my backpack with me no questions asked. I ran off of the school campus not like anybody would notice looking for the girls. I couldn't find them. I ran as carefully as I could scared the gun would go off. It took at least and hour and a half to find them. Then again,  I knew nobody cared if I was gone from school that long. I walked the tracks that the train didn't go on and finally I had found them. I pulled my mask on and put on my hoodie. All black is the key and to be fast and unnoticed is best. I put my backpack on the ground still far away from them and took a few deep breaths. No turning back now. I pulled out the gun and took it off of safety. I had to be careful now. I walked a little closer as I inched towards them trying my hardest to not get attention. I was almost their when I stepped on a tree branch. REALLY? They all turned around and I stuck the gun up. "Hey! Who are you?" One of the meerkats said. "You three jumped me and I didn't like that." They all started to panick as I breathed heavily and held back tears from the inside of my mask holding the gun that my father killed himself with. I hope he can look past this. "ANSWER ME!" I yelled at them clutching the gun. "You been in that school bullying my cousin and last week you slapped her!" I put the pieces together and shook my head no. "Ain't nobody been bullying nobody if anything they been bullying me. Wait let me take that back cause I don't get bullied and yes I slapped her. I would've put her in a coffin if she was still my 'best friend'!" The girl in the middle shook her head. "You're what 6 ? Waving a gun in my face like you're big and bad. Little girl do it! I've been waiting to see my grandmother!" I aimed the gun and made sure it was off of safety but I just couldn't pull the trigger. I hope this wasn't my daddy bothering me no more. It was him. "Exactly like I thought. You ain't gonna do it." They laughed at me. They just kept laughing. I grabbed the trigger and just when I was about to pull it. Somebody grabbed me and made me miss! I hit a pole instead! It was Ms. Crenshaw. "Ke'Ladriah what are you doing and where did you get this!" She took the gun from me. Exposing my real name to the unknown. I walked to her car snatching away every time she tried to grab my hand. "Why you come and bother me huh ?" She ignored me as we rode to my house. "I said why you bother me." She snapped. "Do you know what kind of trouble you could've got yourself into young lady and all I do is try to come help you make another choice and get help and this is the thanks I get. Here!" She made me get out and I walked up alone.