“Kennedy Colostini, fifteen, from Penn High School, had an unexpected accident yesterday in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.” The nasally sounding reporter is replaced by a blurry picture of a school photo of the girl. She passed away from a blood pressure problem, and could not get to the hospital quickly enough.” My jaw drops, my brain on pause. What? Wait…what? Is the only coherent thought that runs through my mind. My body goes numb, and time seems to slow down around me. “Oh my God.” My hand grabs ahold of the first thing it can find, which just so happens to be Maddie’s shoe. “She goes to our school. She’s my age.” Maddie turns her head toward me. “Did you know her?” She whispers. I shake my head. “I think I saw her a few of times at the beginning of the year. Mads oh my God she just…died. She’s gone.” Maddie nods. “She was in my bio class.” My phone buzzes beside me, shaking me back to the normal, fast-paced world. A world that’s already moved on and forgotten that a fifteen year old girl in Pennsylvania just died. WEAR BLUE TOMORROW IN HONOR OF KENNEDY. FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. Kennedy would never go to prom. She wouldn’t ever fall in love and get married. She would never get to grow up and live, like she should’ve.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Gone
I hear the familiar car brakes screech to a stop on the asphalt. "You have to turn on the TV". The door slams shut behind me, and I know who it is before I turn around. "Maddie, you do know this is my house right?" She ignores me, flopping down on the couch by my side, ripping the TV remote from my hands. "I'm watching something!" I yelp, unsuccessfully trying to wrestle her for it. "Shut up, this is serious." Maddie's been my best friend since fourth grade after we bonded over our interest in Scooby Doo. Hey, that show was the same for us as Twilight is for girls that like sparkly vampires. She pushes her long brown-blonde hair behind her ear absentmindedly as she flips to the local news. “Mads, the news is so freakin’ depressing…” She holds up her hand, silencing me, her eyes glued to the screen.
“Kennedy Colostini, fifteen, from Penn High School, had an unexpected accident yesterday in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.” The nasally sounding reporter is replaced by a blurry picture of a school photo of the girl. She passed away from a blood pressure problem, and could not get to the hospital quickly enough.” My jaw drops, my brain on pause. What? Wait…what? Is the only coherent thought that runs through my mind. My body goes numb, and time seems to slow down around me. “Oh my God.” My hand grabs ahold of the first thing it can find, which just so happens to be Maddie’s shoe. “She goes to our school. She’s my age.” Maddie turns her head toward me. “Did you know her?” She whispers. I shake my head. “I think I saw her a few of times at the beginning of the year. Mads oh my God she just…died. She’s gone.” Maddie nods. “She was in my bio class.” My phone buzzes beside me, shaking me back to the normal, fast-paced world. A world that’s already moved on and forgotten that a fifteen year old girl in Pennsylvania just died. WEAR BLUE TOMORROW IN HONOR OF KENNEDY. FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. Kennedy would never go to prom. She wouldn’t ever fall in love and get married. She would never get to grow up and live, like she should’ve.
“Kennedy Colostini, fifteen, from Penn High School, had an unexpected accident yesterday in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.” The nasally sounding reporter is replaced by a blurry picture of a school photo of the girl. She passed away from a blood pressure problem, and could not get to the hospital quickly enough.” My jaw drops, my brain on pause. What? Wait…what? Is the only coherent thought that runs through my mind. My body goes numb, and time seems to slow down around me. “Oh my God.” My hand grabs ahold of the first thing it can find, which just so happens to be Maddie’s shoe. “She goes to our school. She’s my age.” Maddie turns her head toward me. “Did you know her?” She whispers. I shake my head. “I think I saw her a few of times at the beginning of the year. Mads oh my God she just…died. She’s gone.” Maddie nods. “She was in my bio class.” My phone buzzes beside me, shaking me back to the normal, fast-paced world. A world that’s already moved on and forgotten that a fifteen year old girl in Pennsylvania just died. WEAR BLUE TOMORROW IN HONOR OF KENNEDY. FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. Kennedy would never go to prom. She wouldn’t ever fall in love and get married. She would never get to grow up and live, like she should’ve.
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When something like that happens to someone that I know, it really bothers me that the world doesn't seem to stop and take notice. I feel like screaming from the rooftops DO YOU KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED?? It seems so unfair.
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