The bridge

47 3 3
                                    

      I shove my hands deep inside my coat pockets and sigh. I see my breath swirl in front of  me. The cold wind nips at my nose as I walk the streetlamp lit road. My thoughts drift to my life. The abuse and the depression. Everything just sucks. I laugh. No one would even notice I'm gone. All my dad does is drown himself in alcohol. My mom is neglectful. I don't think I was even on purpose. Maybe the first five kids but number six? I was an accident. A depressed accident. They try to get me to kill myself. Putting razors and scissors in my room and not getting me medical help when I tried to kill myself. Maybe I just should. I should just get out of their hair for good. A tear streams down my face why did I get stuck in the life. Why couldn't I have a family who loved me? There was a boy at school who seems to like me. I shake my head that wouldn't last anyways. I've never had a stable relationship. No one can handle my mental disorders. I come across a bridge and I just sit on the railing. The cold air tossing my short hair in all directions. I look down at the water below. Pitch black icy waves smash against each other the current strong and deadly. I wonder if they'd find my body. I start crying. Would they even report me as missing? Would anyone care. I laughed as tears stream down my face. Of course they wouldn't. They don't care while I'm alive nothing would change if I died. I stared up at the moon. It was so beautiful and strong. I start to lean forward when I hear a shout in the distance.
         "Wait! Don't jump!" I recognized that voice I stand up on the railing and turn around but I don't get off. It's Adam the boy from school. He runs towards me.
        "Don't come any closer!" I yell back. He stops dead in his tracks. "Don't try to save me. You don't know me. Just turn around an walk away. No one will care. My family sure as hell won't." I laugh and wipe my tears away.
        "Please I care I could help come on get down please."
        "Goodbye Adam. Have a good life okay. Forget this. Forget me."
        "NO! I love you." I stare for a second and laugh no one could love me.  Anyways why wouldn't he have said anything earlier.
         "Nice try." I lean backwards and my feet slip off the railing. Air starts rushing around me. The bridge quickly getting farther away. I see Adam look over the edge and scream. Then impact. My body feels like it just shattered as icy hands grip my body and drag me down into the darkness. I close my eyes and let the water take me away.

Death one shots Where stories live. Discover now