5 August 2012
At this point in the story, I shan't lie, I was in tears. My eyes jumped back and forth, Joey then the knife, Joey, knife, Joey, knife. Joey looked straight into my eyes. I looked straight back. I could see how hard it was for him. He loosened his grip again. Soon I was the only one holding the knife. I dropped it and then hugged him, so hard, I was surprised he could still breathe. "Thank you!" I whispered and then turning round to look at my parents who now weren't moving, I gave them a hug too. "Don't worry." I murmured quietly to them both, they hugged me back hard.
A few weeks had passed from 'The incident' and I was watching the news. When the presenter said "A report has just come in, involving a teenager around the age of 17. It's was said that the young man was missing from his home 4 weeks ago. His body was found lying dead in some woods in Bristol, here's what the police have to say…"
My mum was stood behind me "How awful." she said, I was just about to say something back when the name Joey came running through my ears. Joey. It was from the tv. I ran straight out the room, in tears already. Thoughts and questions whizzed round in my mind. "It can be my Joey, can it? Why would he do this? He wouldn't, would he? He knew I forgave him why would he…? I arrived at the woods and there were at least 4 police cars parked in the car park. I ran straight in. I had no idea where I was. Or what I was doing. I came to a clearing. It was silent. But just to the right of the clearing, past a small pond, I could just make out a few figures. I started to run madly towards them. Shouting. Screaming. One of the figures noticed me and when I reached him, he said "No citizens allowed past here, sorry."
"No, you don't understand," I stuttered out of breath "I know who the teenager is, I know him, he knows me."
"You better not be playing games with me, missy?" he said lifting and eyebrow, I shook my head. I followed him into another clearing where there were lots more police officers and investigators. He took me over to a long bundle. "Are you sure you want to check you know who it is?" he asked, I nodded. The police officer sighed, and opened the bundle . I gasped. "I know he's well, dead but I'll leave you alone for a minute, he obviously meant a lot to you…" the officer walked away and I was left alone, with a well… I kneeled down close to the body. I reached out my hand, which had protective gloves on, and touched the cheek of the body. His skin felt cold. One part of me wanted to lye side by side with the body and the other part of me deep down didn't believe it. I then started to slowly realize this wasn't Joey. It looked nothing like him. I then started to punch his chest. It felt bouncy. I hit it again. My fist went straight through. It wasn't Joey. I went back to the police officer and told him it wasn't who I thought it was. He let me go.
I searched everywhere for Joey. I couldn't find him. I think I must have fallen asleep, because when I awoke it was sunset. "Hey beautiful!" a voice said from behind me. I recognized it immediately. "Joey?" I said, I turned round and there he was. I went over and hugged him. He felt warm and smelt it too! "Why did you pretend to be dead?" I asked
"I didn't…" he said sounding confused
"Well someone did," I said puzzled "The police are looking for clues and everything."
"Oh I only ran away." I hugged him again. My Joey was still alive. Still with me. Still my special one.
The end. Please post your thoughts! I hoped you enjoyed FUTURE 17!!
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