It's been exactly one year since I lost Kevin and Asher..... It still feels like a nightmare and I wish I could just wake up from it. One of the last things Kevin said to me was that he loved me. When he dove for the gun, it went off, killing him instantly. Asher didn't mean for that to happen... and before I could finish screaming, Asher pulled the trigger on himself. And then I fainted.
I didn't go back to that school... I finished senior year with online schooling.
Asher's parents had to move away because of all the death threats they kept getting. And they couldn't stand living here without their only son. They didn't even have a funeral for him out here.. Funerals were held for Gregg, Ryan, Kaitlyn, and Brandon. But I didn't attend those funerals. It was hard enough to attend Kevin's funeral.
Shortly after his funeral, Kevin's dad left me a brochure talking about the lost of a loved one and seeing them again in Paradise.. My heart was so heavy, I wanted to have some kind of hope. So I read the article... I talked to two women that Kevin's parents knew from the kingdom hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and started studying with them... I ended up getting baptized with both of Kevin's parents at an assembly.
Even though my heart still hurts and I miss Kevin more than I can describe, I look forward to seeing him in Paradise...
Maybe we'll even play a game of Mario Kart..
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The Lockdown
Short StoryKevin and Asher have been close since elementary school. Everything is going great for Kevin when senior year starts. But then a shooting breaks out at school.. and the shooter turns out to be Asher.... Within a small time frame, Kevin has to decide...
