Who Girl Who Could

Chapter 2

  

           After dinner I took Athena out for a walk, enjoying the crisp fall leaves hanging from the trees. Looking at the stars in the sky, she sighs with happiness; content with her life she never wanted anything to change. Then suddenly she feels someone grab her arm tightly, instant fear flushes through her body. Athena barks frantically seconds before biting the ankle of the person grabbing Jasmine. "Ouch!" screams the unknown person, Jasmine's heart slows down at the familiarity of the voice. Turning around Jasmine quickly exclaims "stop it Athena", Athena whimpers while growling slowly backing away from the unknown person. Taking out her phone she shines the bright light into the face of the person to see that it's Jackson, Jackson grabs her phone quickly from being blinded from the light.

      "Hey!" He exclaims. Grabbing his ankle in pain trying to make sure it isn't broken, looking at Jasmine with a rude demeanor. "What are you doing outside so late for?" he says while hoping that he won't bleed out over exaggerating like always. Jasmine slightly grins and spoke "Tonight I just needed some alone time to myself". Her brother looks at her worried noting what happened last week, taking her hand he says "it's gonna be okay". Pulling her in for a hug, she trips slightly over her own feet, falling into her brothers arms harder. Trying to keep the tears from falling Jasmine stutters out "I j-just know I-I could've saved him" she barely gets out, having tears now running down her face. Holding her tightly missing him to, Jackson looks up to the stars and exclaims "We all wish we could've done something."

      Back in her room after the walk, she falls onto her bed with sorrow filling her chest, feeling like a burden holding onto her. Staring at her ceiling, she has a flashback from a few years ago.  

          Christopher runs through the night having the time of his life, not giving a care with his friends. Playing hide and seek him being the founder he couldn't find his friends, getting kinda nervous at the only sound to be there is the cold wind. Hearing the crickets chirp not knowing if his friends are still out there. Jasmine walked down the street to get Christopher to come home for dinner. All of a sudden she sees her brother be grabbed harshly, hearing his blood curdling scream fade into the darkness. Jasmine's heart drops and she runs towards where she saw him get grabbed, she screams out for Christopher. "Christopher!!"  she yells out, seeing the man carrying her little brother she sprints towards him. Right before she is able to get to them, the man turns around and slits Christophers throat. Falling to her knees she screams "Noooo!!" running towards christophers dead body she tries to cover the wound while screaming for help hoping someone would come to her aid. Holding her brother's lifeless body in her hands she didn't know what to do, trying to figure out what to do she just sits there holding his body to her chest someway hoping this is all a dream to wake up from.

   Still traumatized Jasmine cries wishing if she was just a little faster to catch the man that did it, she would have given her life for her little brother, only dying at the age of 11.