POST 11:Tragic Narrative

The day before had been great. It was the beginning of the Summer so you know the weather was not nasty hot as it can be, making it perfect enough for me.That Friday Night, we had made plans to go see a movie at the Movie theater but somehow we ever got to it. So we decided to stay up late, get some chips, candy, pop a few bags of popcorn and watch the movies at their place. When we finally got home it was almost 3:00am and i am pretty sure i slept throughout the movie. This Saturday morning will be one of the worst days ever. There was a loud Banging on the door, followed by a yell. Thinking nothing of it after staying up really late. I drew the blanket more over my head to drown out any noise that might interrupt my sleep. Then i heard all these familiar voices talking in a panic tone in my living room.  I decided to wake up and go see whats going on.

When i walked into the living room, everyone had this panicked tone in their voices and i am sure some people were crying. 'Foaming in the mouth,' 'seizure,' 'Ambulance,''blood...' just some of the words i could make out as we sat in my living room waiting for one of the grownups to come tell us what is happening. We spent the next hour convincing each other 'Everything will be okay' and i think we even prayed at one point. There was this knife cutting silence in the room and a lot of pacing when we heard the knock at the front door.

We all rushed to the front door with so much anticipation, then she walked in with her face down and then she looked up at us and said ' T, is dead.' Followed by this loud cry that came out from his sister. Never heard such a scream before. The room got so dark and there was so much anger. Maybe at God, but there really no one to blame. We were together all of Friday, and watched a movie till this morning. This had been one of the most tragic events in my life and i wont ever forget it.

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