Goodbye

Chapter 1 - The Loss & More

Chapter 1 – The Loss & More

(Joanna’s POV)

I was walking towards my friends near the front doors of our school, they were talking and laughing about stuff like normal. My twin brothers Jay and Clay were across the way with their group of popular friends and football buddies joking around when I scanned them the one person I so longed to talk to is with them like always standing next to Clay. Clay catches my eyes and smiles at me even though he sees my sadness, I smile back with the best fake smile I can muster. Jay being his all so jealous twin notices it and glares at me when all of a sudden a speeding car being chased by police speeds by the school then shots ring out. I clutch my hands over the side of my stomach feeling the warm liquid quickly coming out and the pain starts hitting me. I look down at my white shirt to see that it's soaked with my blood, a bullet has hit me. I pull my head back up to the sound of three of my friends' screams all 7 of them staring at my shirt then I turn my head back towards Clay to see his smile has faded before falling to the ground.  

"Shit, Joanna! Call 911 someone!" Clay panics rushing to my left side.

"I'm on it!" It's the one I long for. His voice filled with worry.

"You just had to get yourself hurt didn't you?!" Jay yells at me standing by my right side.

I look at him seeing the fear written clearly in his eyes shaking my head no as Clay starts to say something to him then I looked around us to find the whole school gathered around in a circle watching. My friends holding each other crying toward my feet and him still on the phone, his face of horror telling me that I'm going to die soon if I don't get help. I don't want to die yet without seeing the rest of my family and the other person I so was close to seeing again. Thinking of them makes me remember my essay do today in my backpack. I try moving to get it when an even worse pain shoots through me, I weakly scream earning gasps from people.

  "Don't move!" Clay yells holding me down.

"Jay, my bag please, my essay." I say loud enough for him to hear, pointing to it. "Please...Jay." I beg this time getting weaker. He gets the bag pulling my essay out looking at it. "My essay... read it... when I'm...... gone." The last word makes my eyes start to water with tears I'm fighting back.

"Don't say that sis, you're going to make it." Clay finally cries. "Right, Jay?" He asks a now on the ground beside me Jay.

Jay looks at me before nodding his head no. Looking between them I decide to use the last bit of strength I have left. I grabbed one of each of their hands putting them together with mine. They look at me knowing this will be the end.

"Stick... together.... no matter... what.... I love... you two.... and.. our parents...... tell them." I say in between breaths.

I look to my friends with a weak smile then to him looking into each other's eyes wanting so badly to tell him. I see he wants so badly to do more then just stand there. Finally the tears I've been fighting back roll down both my cheeks so I turn my head looking up to the sky no longer being able to look at him.

"I love you sis, you can fight his." Clay whispers with defeat clearly in his voice while taking his hand out of mine crying more.

"Dammit Joanna why do you have to make my life so hard!?" Jay says squeezing my hand tightly.

I just keep looking up to the sky growing sleepy feeling him being pulled away from me. The paramedics finally arrived. They’re too late as I close my eyes ready to die. I shed one last tear before everything fades away being engulfed in darkness.