Shaun
"Your girlfriend called. She wanted to talk to you," Jason said.
I pushed past him and grabbed the phone. I punched in the correct numbers and Serena picked up on the first ring. She sounded as if she'd been crying.
"Are anda alone?" she asked.
"Yes," I glanced at Jason's retreating form. He was going to bola basket practice.
"It's important," she said, hesitantly.
"You can tell me," I said, patiently.
"God, I'm scared," she whispered.
"Of what?"
Suddenly, she screamed into the phone.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"It's moving," she whispered again, sounding panicked.
"What is, Serena?" I probably sounded confused.
"I'm pregnant!" she screamed, sounding tortured.
I froze. I was pretty sure I wasn't breathing.
"Shaun?" she said, sounding terrified. "Are anda mad at me?"
"I'm not." How could I be? You're the best thing that's ever happened to me. It's my fault. I'm the one who ruined your future.
"I want an abortion. No one will ever know. It's better that way." She hung up.
I was left unable to move, staring at the cracks in the wall.
Like so many broken dreams.
"Your girlfriend called. She wanted to talk to you," Jason said.
I pushed past him and grabbed the phone. I punched in the correct numbers and Serena picked up on the first ring. She sounded as if she'd been crying.
"Are anda alone?" she asked.
"Yes," I glanced at Jason's retreating form. He was going to bola basket practice.
"It's important," she said, hesitantly.
"You can tell me," I said, patiently.
"God, I'm scared," she whispered.
"Of what?"
Suddenly, she screamed into the phone.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"It's moving," she whispered again, sounding panicked.
"What is, Serena?" I probably sounded confused.
"I'm pregnant!" she screamed, sounding tortured.
I froze. I was pretty sure I wasn't breathing.
"Shaun?" she said, sounding terrified. "Are anda mad at me?"
"I'm not." How could I be? You're the best thing that's ever happened to me. It's my fault. I'm the one who ruined your future.
"I want an abortion. No one will ever know. It's better that way." She hung up.
I was left unable to move, staring at the cracks in the wall.
Like so many broken dreams.
Hi. My name is Jake Gartner, and right now, basically a huge mutant serpent is coming to menelan me whole, tear me to pieces of flesh, so I have no time to talk right now. Oh, um...you want to follow me? Sure, just accept that everyday will be the best of the thrills. Right now, we are not getting any help from the immortal world, so just know that we have a horrible system of magic right now, and we have an extremely low supply of weapons, thus, the chance that anda will get out of this mess is around eighty-six percent. (because of me, the master of war) Oh yeah, the serpent. Enough talk. (ROARS) Off to kill a mutant serpent!!! (stabs, deflects, cuts a gash in its head, dies) That's only our first one, trainee. Whatever your name is. selanjutnya time, I invite anda to gabung with us on our battle. And it will be even lebih life-consuming, if anda know what that means.
This is for all the kids who are bullied oleh words. My teachers always say be bleacher people. Lift others up. I hope this poem gives that message to others.
anda yell at me
mean words.
They
pierce my heart.
I say its ok.
I pindah on.
But the words
still have power.
They still hurt
me.
My friends
tell me
its a big deal,
and that I
need to tell
a teacher.
But I say im fine.
Im really not.
I want to
believe
that im fine,
I want to
believe that
it was
nothing.
But it was
something.
Words always
have power.
Enough power to
strike me
down,
atau lift
me up.
Why must
anda hurt
me?
anda yell at me
mean words.
They
pierce my heart.
I say its ok.
I pindah on.
But the words
still have power.
They still hurt
me.
My friends
tell me
its a big deal,
and that I
need to tell
a teacher.
But I say im fine.
Im really not.
I want to
believe
that im fine,
I want to
believe that
it was
nothing.
But it was
something.
Words always
have power.
Enough power to
strike me
down,
atau lift
me up.
Why must
anda hurt
me?