Young Writers Society

I went to go pick up Kelly at the usual place that I we met. Every Friday night she sneaks out and we go to a party. We had made a routine for the last month and half. I could never see her during the day because her father hated me. I never did what I always should have. I had gotten myself in trouble more than once. Kelly had changed me from a troubled hell raiser to someone totally different. This still didn't change the fact her father hated me.

Kelly got in my car and I could smell her usual scent which I was fond of. I kissed her and put the car in gear."Hey babe whats up," I said. "Nothing where are we going tonight," she responded. "I think we should go to my friend Rob's house because he is having some people over," I answered. "Oh ok what do they have to drink," she said. I knew her favorite drink was rum and coke."They have some rum and coke if you want it or we could get something else," I told her. I drove down the dirt road that leads to her house slowly so that I wouldn't make any noise."That sounds great are you going to drink it with me" she said."No I think I'm going to stick to beer," knowing that I never really got to drunk on beer. "Alright that sounds good," she said when I turned off onto the main road.

I lit a cigarette and rolled the window down. Kelly said her usual remark, "When are you going to quit smoking?" I laughed and told her soon. The drive across town was uneventful until I saw one of my old friends being put in the back of a police car. "Damn they arrested John," I said. "It could have been you in that car with him,"she said. I admitted, "Yea it could have."

We finally got to Rob's house and parked in his driveway. I led her inside and Rob was in the front hall. He said, "Hey guys, Kelly why didn't you bring any friends with you." She laughed and said, "I tried but they all said you were to ugly." Rob laughed and hugged Kelly. I shook hands with rob and went into the kitchen. I made Kelly a rum and coke just the way she liked. I also grabbed a beer out of a thirty pack on the floor. I walked into the living room and saw Kelly sitting on the couch talking with Rob. I came over gave Kelly her drink. She said thank you and made room for me on the couch. Rob got up and said that he was going to talk with the other people in the house.

Kelly and I sat on the couch and talked for awhile. We both got plenty drunk and started kissing. The whole room drifted away. It was just me and her. We went up the stairs and into a room. I made love with her the same way I always did. Afterwards I went outside for a smoke, Kelly stayed inside. When I came back inside she was talking with some guy that I never did like. She looked over at me and her eyes said help. The guy grabbed her arm and told her that they should go up stairs and have sex. I ran over and got in between Kelly and the man. I punched him in the mouth as hard as I could. Kelly screamed no. The man flew over the couch and on to the floor. I knew it was time to leave. So I put my arm around and we walked out.

We got in my car and she asked,"Why did you have to hit him." I said, "Sometimes things like that just need to be done." She told me that she loved me. I looked over and she was all a glow with the love I had put in her. I smiled told her I also loved her. The rest of the drive we both didn't say anything.

When we finally go to her road I dropped her off where I always did. I told her I loved her when she got out of the car. She smiled at me and closed the door. I backed up and turned around. When I was completely turned around I saw head lights at the end of her drive way. Oh no this was not going to be good I thought. It was her father's truck. He stopped and blocked off the whole road. I kept driving towards him. He pulled out a shotgun and aimed it right at me. He fired and I ducked. The bullet smashed through the window and through my head rest. I drove through the ditch around his truck while he kept on firing at me.

I got to the end of her driveway and thought that he was gone. I took out a cigarette and was about to light it when I saw his headlights in my rear view mirror. Shit he is coming back I thought. I pulled off her road and punched the accellerator. It was no use his engine was twice as powerful as mine. He was right on my bumper and I knew there was going to be only one way to get him off of me. I turned off onto some roads that twisted alot. I knew I had to lose him in the turns. I had driven these roads a hundred times and knew them like the back of my hand.

He kept up with me through most of the turns. I began to lose him when I took a particulary sharp curve. When I saw him behind me I knew he was going into it all wrong. The truck flipped a couple of times and ran into a telephone pole. I stopped and got out. I walked over and looked inside the cab. There he was bleeding profusely. I was going to help him when I saw the truck light on fire. But he grabbed for his gun so I backed away. The truck had flames rising up out of it everywhere. I turned around and lit a cigarette. I walked back to my car and got in. I took one look back and saw the truck blow up.

I drove home and went upstairs to my room. I went directly to my bed and fell asleep. That night kept going through my head while I was asleep. I woke up around 11 o'clock and went downstairs. I thought the whole night before had just been some bad dream. I walked out of my house to my car. Thats when I saw the bullet holes. I ran back inside and looked at the front page of the newspaper. There was the picture of the truck rapped around the telephone pole. I knew it was all over between me and Kelly. I wasn' t going to be able to look in her eyes. I knew that I had been the death of her father. I just wanted her to know I would always lover her.