Narrative Writing: 900 Words

Gina

Narrative Writing: 900 words She read the text message on her phone. She paused, gasped and took a very deep breath. “Why is this happening to me?!” she screamed as tears ran down her soft pale face. She got out of her old beat up car and ran to her room, slamming every door in her path. As she laid in her bed, sobbing into her feather pillow, she wondered if this was the time for her to die. She has been dreading this day for over two years now, and finally it is here. Every day she woke up terrified that that day would be the God awful day her worst night mare came true. But she doesn’t have to wonder if that day would be it, because today is the day. Today is the day her life changes before her eyes. There’s a knock on her bedroom door. “Sierra honey, are you alright?” her mother said, sounding worried. “Yeah, I’m fine,” Sierra says as she wipes away the tears from her cheeks, “just tired.” “Okay, well dinner will be ready soon. Do you want me to fix you up a plate?” her mother asked anxiously. “I’m not hungry” “Okay, I’ll put the left overs in the fridge if you want some later,” says her mother sounding concerned. “Okay mom” she says hoping her mom would go back down stairs and leave her alone so she could sneak off into the bathroom without being caught by her mom so she doesn’t have to explain why her face is all puffy and red like she has just been crying for 3 hours, even though she had been. She hurries off to the bathroom and closes the door very quietly so no one can hear her, not even her dog. She opens her drawer and searches for the box of razor blades she has hidden in the back. Once she finds them, she opens the box and takes out one of the four razor blades that the little black box contained. She held the razor up to her pale white wrist and pushes down hard and starts to cut herself down the arm. She cries harder and harder as she waits for the blood to start seeping out of her poor fragile skin. All of a sudden there’s and unexpected person knocking on her bathroom door. “Sierra, it’s me. Are you alright?’ It was her boyfriend Mike. “I’m fine! Leave me alone!” she yelled, bawling into the towel she had in her mouth to silent the screams from the pain of the razor. “No! I’m not going to leave you. You never texted me back and I’ve been worried about you for hours now. I’m not leaving you! I love you too much to just leave. I’m worried about you Sierra. Please open this door!” Mike yelled back to Sierra sounding more concerned than ever. Weak from the amount of blood she has lost, Sierra unlocks the bathroom door. Mike opens the door and gasps. Shocked by what he is seeing, he yells down stairs to call for help. The paramedics rushed into the house and up the stairs to Sierras bathroom once they got there. Sierras mom, confused, shocked and extremely upset by what is happening right in front of her eyes, tries to comfort Sierra, but mostly Sierras little sister, Kristie. Mike takes Kristie and Sierras mom goes with Sierra in the ambulance to the hospital, while Mike rushes with Kristie following the ambulance. Sierra continues to get weaker and weaker on the way to the hospital. Her heart stops. Her mom starts to freak out. “You need to help my baby! She’s too young to die!” screams her mom in a horrific tone. The paramedic gets Sierra back to life, but she isn’t going to last much longer. She’ll be lucky if she makes it to the hospital. Sierras mom cries even harder, but relieved that her daughter is back to life. The ambulance pulls into the hospital Emergency Room entrance and rushes Sierra inside. Mike and Kristie rush in and meet up with Sierras mom. Every one of them is crying. Sierras mother goes and sits in the waiting room with Kristie, while Mike anxiously waits outside of Sierras hospital room, hoping for good news. 30 minutes have gone by and not one person has left Sierras hospital room yet. Mike and Sierras mom are becoming more and more concerned every minute that passes. Mike finally goes and sits in silence with Sierras mom and Kristie. Another 10 minutes have passed and finally the doctor comes out of the room with an expression on his face that screams sadness. He walks over to Mike and Sierras mom as they stand hoping for good news, but knowing by the look on his face, it isn’t anything but the obvious. “I’m sorry to inform you all, but we couldn’t save Sierra. Her cuts were too extensive and she had already lost over half of her blood before she got here. I’m really sorry for your loss. I tried everything I could to save her.” Sierras mom goes into and depression and Mike, sobbing, takes out Sierras phone hoping it would have something that would help explain why she would kill herself. He read the text message on her phone. He paused, became extremely furious and ran off to his car and sped away.