Their Death

Lindsey sits in her favorite fluffy chair.Dreaming lazily about her day at school.How terrible to see her friends,with cuts down their arms."why cant they stop this."She wonders to herself."I wish i could stop them,but i can't control them."She clutches her favorite stuffed unicorn and hugs it tightly.Now a few tears fall from her soft face.Lindsey was always a pretty girl.Black hair and beautiful brown eyes."Lindsey, honey its time to eat supper." Her mother says quietly.She walks downstairs and eats.Her favorite chicken noodle soup made by her mom."How was school today?" Her father asks while crumbling crackers in his soup."it was fine." Her reply. After she was done she went back up to her room."why do i have to care and have great friends that make me so sad?" She thinks wearily.She takes her cell and calls Ginger her best friend. *ring ring* "Hello?" "hey its me Lindsey." They start to chat like usual. "Ginj why don't you try to just stop?" "You know its too hard for me to stop,it helps me feel better.""Why do you keep telling me to stop cutting,i like it and it gets the pain to go away."Ginger replies.They say goodnight as its getting late. Lindsey slips in her pajama pants.Sets her alarm for 6:30."Another day has gone by again" she thinks before drifting to sleep.1

The alarm goes off.She awakes grumbling that it should be Friday. She slowly gets dressed in her usual black outfit.Brushes her hair and brushes her teeth.Gathering her bag and putting her notebook and textbook into it. "Good morning Hun!" Her mom says cheerfully. "G'Morning mom." Lindsey grabs a cereal bar and walks to school. The way to school is very boring.She meets Quike and the corner. They walk to school hand in hand. When they get there Ginger is waiting in the lobby. "Hey Ginj your never here this early." She steps to the table and sits down."Ya i know Linds,just thought it would be different." They sit quietly waiting for the bell to ring. Lindsey walks into her class and finds a seat towards the back. In her hoodie she plays with the lighter she left in there."How many countries does Europe have?" Mrs.Frinzel asks her. "Um,10?" The teacher nods in disappointment and walks back to the front of the class. Lindsey was a smart girl.She just doesn't ever use her brain like she should. After 1st period she goes to her locker.Quike is leaning against it. She leans in and kisses him softly. Then she timidly walks to class. She made it right before the bell rang.Now after 2nd period she goes outside.Skipping 3rd period like usual on Tuesdays.Quike,Ginger,and a few others stand around smoking on the south of the building.Even they ask her to smoke Lindsey wont take it. She doesn't want to end up like them.Later she trots off to 4th period tiredly.2

Now after school while working on her homework in her room, her phone starts to ring. She picks up and its Ginger's mom. Ginger is dead,she killed herself in the bathroom with an overdose.She hangs up the phone and crys like there is no tomorrow.Tears start flowing more and more.She now is a mess and wont eat much and sits at home too depressed to go to school.Now in her waking moments she is cutting to get rid of all the stress.She thinks about Ginger everyday."How could she do this to me?"She asks herself again and again.More tears flow as she slices away.A few days later she is at school again.She neglects the caring friends trying to comfort her.The only person she talks to now is Quike.3

Its now a week after Ginger's death and yet Lindsey is still the depressed mourner.Today she is taking her precious knife to school.During lunch she goes into the bathroom and slices away.Finally she thinks she has had enough and puts it away.She lets it bleed a little bit but then decides to clean it up now.Lunch is over as she pulls her hoodie sleeve over the new cuts.After school she finishes her little homework and is writing poems quietly on her bed.She decides tomorrow that she will kill herself.Finally be free from the pain.She brings her favorite knife to school.Today there is an assembly.Lindsey wants to do it there.That way they all can see death.Stare at it from so near.She walks on stage as the principal yells at her to get down.She ignores him and takes the blade out of her pocket.she screams "I have had it with all of this pain,now i will end it.""Now you all can see death and watch someone die right here.Before anyone could save her she plunges it into her chest vigorously.She falls to the floor a bloody mess of death.Most of everyone is crying and in shock.She is now gone and has left a mark on all her peers.4

Death is nearer than you think.Just so close you can touch it.Both Ginger and Lindsey are in heaven,together they are hugging each other tightly.Skipping down the golden brick pathway.Leaving life behind them.5