HOW IT BEGAN - Tina Garcia (good books to read for young adults .txt) 📗

TRUCK THAT WAS CLOSES WAS ABOUT THREE MILES AWAY. I LOOK AT THE TRUCK AGAIN AND SAW THAT SIX GUYS GOT OUT AND THEY RECKED OF WEED AND BEER. I TURNED AROUND TO TRY TO RUN BUT THEY WERE TO FAST. THEN ONCE THE FASTEST CAUGHT ME I HEARD HIS VOICE. IT WAS THE GUY FROM THE TRACK THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN BEAT ME. I HEARD HIM SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF 'I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO DO THIS TO YOU SINCE THE FIRST DAY I SAW YOU WALK INTO THE SCHOOL'. I CRIED AND SAW THE TRUCK WAS BEARLY ARRIVING AND I KNOW THE TRUCK AND SAW SAMMY. I YELLED, "SAMMY PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE." HE DID HEAR ME BUT I THROW MY BAGS IN THE ROAD AND THE BIKINI I MODELED FOR HIM EARLER CAUGHT HIS EYES. I TRIED TO SCREAM AGAIN BUT BO COVERED MY MOUTH. I SAW SAMMY AND I THINK HIS NAME WAS IVAN GETTING OFF. I HEAR SAMMY SCREAMING, "GINA, GINA, GINA, GINA!" I BITE BO'S HAND AND HE LET GO OF ME. I MADE A RUN FOR IT. MY SHIRT WAS RIPPED OPEN WHILE MY PANTS WERE MISSING. I SAW THE HORRIFFIED FACES SAMMY AND IVAN MADE. I CRIED AND SAW FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYE BO AND HIS GANG WALKING TO US. BO WAS THE FIRST TO SPEAK UP AND SAID, "SHE'S MINE. I FOUND HER FIRST. GO FUCK SOMEONE ELSE." SAMM GOT PISSED, "DON'T YOU DARE LAY A FINGER ON MY GIRLFRIEND YOU BASTARD!" IVAN WAS CALLING THE COPS AND THEY WERE THERE IN LESS THEN TWO MINS. I HAD A BLACK EYE AND BUSTED LIPS. WITH A FEW CRACKED RIBS. I WAS PUT IN AN AMBULANCE BUT THEY WOULDN'T LET ME GO. I WAS CRYING THAT I WANTED TO SEE GORGE, "I WANT GORGE PLEASE. I WANT TO SEE HIM BEFORE HE DIES PLEASE." THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD DRIVE ME TO CORPUS BUT THAT THEY HAD TO GIVE ME TREATMENT ON THE WAY. I AGREED AND CALLED GORGE.

CALL

HEY WHATS WRONG ITS TWO IN THE MORNING?" -GORGE

HI, IS THIS GORGE? -FRED

YES WHO IS THIS? -GORGE

I'M FRED AND YOU FRIEND GINA HAS BEEN ATTACKED BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY TAKING HER TO THE HOSPITAL THAT IS IN YOUR LOCATION. -FRED

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE GOT ATTACKED? IS SHE OKAY??? -GORGE

SHE WILL BE FINE, BUT SHE DIDN'T ALLOW US TO TREAT HER IN AUSTIN SO WE ARE HEADING TO CORPUS. -FRED

CAN I TALK TO HER? -GORGE

AT THE MOMENT SHE IS UNCONSCIOUS BUT ONCE SHE WAKES UP WE WILL CONTACT YOU. -FRED

THANK YOU FRED. -GORGE

PLEASE NOTIFY THE PARENTS. -FRED

HANGS UP

SAM'S POV

WE WERE ON THE ROAD FOR LIKE THREE HOURS AND THE AMBULANCE AND THE COPS KEPT THE ROADS CLEARED FOR WHEN WE PASSED. ALL I HAVE IN MIND IS HOW IS GINA DOING. I SAW THE AMBULANCE TURNING SO DID I BUT THE AMBULANCE WAS SPEEDING. ONE DAMN COP STOPPED ME AND ASKED ME WHY I WAS SPEEDING AND I EXPLANED. "LOOK OFFICER BUT I HAVE TO GO MY GIRLFRIEND IS IN THAT AMBULANCE. I NEED TO GO." HE WOULDN'T LET ME GO...

CALL

HEY FRED THIS DAMN COP WONT LET ME GO. -SAM

COME STRIGHT OVER TO THE HOSPITAL AND DONT WORRIED ILL TAKE FULL BLAME SAM. JUST HURRY. -FRED

OKAY. -SAM

END OF CALL

I ROLLED UP MY WINDOW AND SPED OFF. THE COP FOLLOWED AND TRIED TO MAKE ME CRASH. BUT I KNOW HOW TO TALK CONTROL OF MY TRUCK. I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE DAMN OFFICER TRIED TO ARREST ME, BUT FRED CAME OUT OF NO WHERE AND SAID, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO HIM." "HE WAS SPEEDING AND RAN FROM LAW INFORCEMENT," SAID THE OFFICER. FRED GOT THE CUFFS OFF ME AND SAID, "GO KID SHE REALLY NEEDS YOU RIGHT KNOW." THE COP AND FRED HAD A TALK AND THE COP SAW THAT THE HEAD OF HIS DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. WHILE I RAN INSIDE AND SAW GINA LAYING IN A BED LAUGHING WITH GORGE IN THE BED NEXT TO HER.

GINA'S POV

I SAW SAMMY COMING IN AND I LOOKED INTO HIS EYES AND SMILED. I LOOKED AT GORGE AND SAID, "GORGE THIS IS SAM. SAM THIS IS GORGE. NOW CAN WE GO TO THE BEACH." I LOOKED AT THE NURSE. I LOOKED IN THE CORNER OF MY EYE AND SAW MY MOTHER AND FATHER. "HI MOM AND DAD. WHERE ARE MY SIBLINGS?" I ASKED CONFUSED. THEN I SAW SAMMY AND SAID, "MOM, DAD THIS IS MY BOYFRIEND SAM EHLINGER." I SMILED AND SAID, "DAD HIS A FOOTBALL PLAYER IN UT AUSTIN AND THATS IVAN HIS BESTFRIEND. HE IS ALSO A FOOTBALL PLAYER BUT HES FULL BACK WHILE SAM IS QUATERBACK." SAMMY WALKED TO THE SIDE OF MY BED AND KISSED MY FOREHEAD AND WHISPERED, "DONT EVER RUN AWAY LIKE THAT AGAIN." I NODDED AND KISSED HIM. THEN A COP CAME IN AND SAID, "I'M HERE TO TAKE YOUR STATEMENT." I LOOKED AROUND THE ROOM AND ASKED EVERYONE TO LEAVE BESIDES SAMMY, IVAN AND GORGE. THEY DID AND I LOOKED AT SAMMY AND SAID, "DON'T GET MAD OKAY." I LOOKED AT THE OFFICER AND NODDED. THE COP ASKED, "DID YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR ATTACKERS?" I NODDED AND SAID, "YES THERE LEADER GOES TO SCHOOL WITH ME. HE IS THE FASTEST RUNNER IN WESTLAKE HIGH. THATS THE ONLY REASON HE CAUGHT ME." I LOOKED DOWN AND LOOKED AT SAMMY.

SAM'S MEMORY

WHAT'S HIS NAME? WHAT'S HIS NAME? WHAT'S HIS NAME?

BO. BO. BO. BO. BO JENNINGS. HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN BEAT HER.

FLASHBACK

HI MY NAME IS BO JENNINGS AND I AM THE FASTEST RUNNER HERE IN WESTLAKE HIGH. I REMEMBER COACH OFFERED HIM A SCHOLARSHIP TO UT AUSTIN. I WILL MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T GET A SCHOLARSHIP FOR ANY COLLEGE. JUST YOU WAIT BO JENNING. JUST YOU WAIT.

GINA'S POV

I KNEW WHAT SAMMY HAD IN MIND AND I KNEW IT WAS ALL FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. THE COP TOLD ME IF I KNEW ANY OF THE OTHER MEN, BUT I DIDN'T. HE THINKS THAT IF THEY BRING IN BO HE WILL BE CHARGED AND HE WILL GIVE UP THE NAMES OF THE OTHER MEN. THE OFFICER SAID, "DID THEY RAPE YOU?" I LOOKED AT THE OFFICER AND SAID, "NO I AM STILL A VIRGIN AND IF YOU WANT I CAN TAKE A RAPE KIT?" I LOOKED AT THE OFFICER AND SAID, "WAIT LET ME SEE SOMETHING." I LIFTED MY BLANKET AND SAW NO BLOOD AND SAID, "NOPE I DIDN'T GET RAPED THANK GOD." THE OFFICER LOOKED AT ME WEIRD AND SAID, "OKAY THEN WE WILL BE PRESSING CHARGES AND FOR SEXUAL ASSALUT, ABUSE, ATTEMPTED RAPE." I NODDED AND HUGGED SAMMY. I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO BABE?" HE SMILED AND SAID, "GET SOME REST AND TOMORROW WE WILL ALL GO TO THE BEACH TO HAVE SOME FUN MAYBE A LITTLE TAN WILL BE NICE. WE CAN ALSO GET A HOTEL."

SAM'S POV

I CALLED THE COACH ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HE SAID THAT HE WILL TALK TO THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE ATHLETIC IN UT AUSTIN. HE GOT MAD BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT THAT KIND OF INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR IN HIS ATHLETIC DEPAREMENT.

COACH AIRHEART'S POV

I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MY QUARTERBACK TELLING ME ONE OF OUR UPCOMING STUDENTS WAS ATTACKED BY AN OTHER STUDENT. EVEN WORSE HE WAS WASTED AND HIGH. I HAD TO REPORT IT TO THE SCHOOL. I SENT THEM AN EMAIL THAT READ EVERYTHING HE DID TO MISS GINA GARCIA. I ALSO SENT THEM A REPORT OF WHAT THE OFFICER WROTE DOWN. IT SAID HE WAS WITH FIVE OTHER MEN AND WAS DRIVING WHILE DRINKING.

GINA'S POV

I SAW THAT SAM WAS SOUND ASLEEP AND I SAW THAT IVAN WAS OUT COLD. GORGE WAS UP AND WHISPERED, “WE SHOULD PRANK THEM AND GET THE NURSES INTO THE PRANK." I SMILED AND NODDED AND I GOT OUT OF BED AND ASKED A NURSE TO HELP ME TAKE THE IV OFF. SHE DID AND SHE WAS SO INTO THE PRANK. GORGE SAID THAT SINCE HE CANT GET UP HE WOULD BE THE ONE TO PANICK. THE NURSE SPILLED A LITTLE BIT OF MY BLOOD ON THE BED BUT I TOLD HER TO LEAVE IT FOR IT CAN LOOK REAL. I LOOKED AT HER AND SAID CAN I BARROW TEN DOLLARS FOR FOOD CAUSE I AM STARVING AND ILL BE BACK LATER YEAH. SHE AGREED.

 

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Publication Date: 10-14-2017

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