Rocky's POV
The year was 1954 well May 17 maybe the most important day of my life. My name is Raquel but everybody calls me Rocky I am tall, smart, and I guess you could say pretty prettier than a lot of the other girls in my sophomore class. Anyway back to the story May 17, 1954 was the day the Supreme Court t whites and blacks can go to the same school in the south. That was a big deal for Littlerock Arkansas being one of the most segregated states there was, like I was saying we got out of school early but instead of heading to the molt shop with the rest of my friends I decided to take the shortcut through the woods.
It had rained the day before but today was sunny, and I guess today was the wrong day to wear white capris I slipped on some of the ripe fruit that was growing and fell knees first into some mud. I ran over to the small stream to try and wash my pants out but it didn't work " I guess you have to rip your capris into some shorts it's not like your fat or if anyone is going to see you ." I assured to myself as I ripped some really good and expensive pants. And if it couldn't get any worse my shirt ripped to but thank goodness my mom talked me into wearing a tank-top today so there I was walking around the woods a Negro girl like me and looking like a slut.
Gunther's POV
"O my heavens this is terrible" my teachers kept saying to herself after she walked back in from talking to the principle. She was freaking out she kept saying something about the Supreme Court. We were all so confused I looked at my girlfriend Cece jones to see if she could ask Ms. Walk to tell us what happened because for some reason she was Cece's favorite "Ms. Walk what happened?" Cece asked in a respectful voice.
"The supreme court, the supreme court"
She couldn't catch her breath as a sophomore teacher for over 15 years I would expect her to be able to react with bad news by now. But this news was different as she finally calmed down she said
"The supreme court has issued that blacks and whites MUST go to school together!"
we all freaked out the school couldn't take it they let ALL schools out early everyone else was freaking out but Me and Cece took this as an advantage to go on an all night long date if you know what I mean. "So babe you want to go to the drive inn and see "GODZILLA" I hear it's one of the scariest movies of year." She said. "Sure pick you up at four" "yeah bye hot cakes".
"GUNTHER GUNTHER" Tommy yells at me from afar. Tommy is my little brother super adorable but he's not really in the popular side like me, how could I put this in a nice way well he's a fourth grader in the south who loves science and is on the chubby side not the most popular guy. "What do you want tommy?"
"Can you help me with my new bottle rocket?" he pleaded
"Tommy you know I'm going out with Cece tonight"
"Yeah but you promised me last time do you want me to go home and tell mom what you and Cece really want to do tonight?!" Oh my goodness this child is blackmailing me
"Alright, alright I'll help you with your dumb bottle rocket but you have to finish all of your homework."
"You really think that I'm stupid enough to know that you weren't going to ask this I'm in the fourth grade not moms stomach"
"Fine let me finish my homework and postpone the date to 5 and we'll do you stupid bottle rocket experiment"
"That's all I ask" tommy smirked with that remark and waddled off.
We got home and I finished my homework and called Cece she was angry but when I told her it was for tommy she was fine with it I don't know what it is but they have some freaky relationship.
When we got to the cleared out space in the forest it felt wrong to be there like I shouldn't be there on the wrong side of town or if something bad was about to happen.
"Set the rocket up tommy we don't have that much time, well I don't have that much time"
Tommy set the rocket off "In 3, 2, 1 BLASTOFF!"
Rocky's POV
I started to sit down to eat some plums and berries I found until I hard a whooshing sound. I get up start running those sound aren't normal hearing for us blacks I run and I run and I run until I trip and fall over a stick in the ground.
There on the ground laying I look up and see a bottle rocket coming towards me I scream bloody murder and in a split second I'm in the running stance then all I see is black.
Gunther's POV
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!" Tommy and I said at the same time.
I told tommy to go run for help I knew it was a long shot he could never run into town that fast he's not a runner but it was either let him run or let him assist an injured girl, running won. But on the bright side maybe it was Cece she knew I would be here and we could now spend more time alone than we wanted.
I don't make the history fate does and if fate wants me and Cece to hook-up in the wood's today I won't stop it. I followed the cloud of air the rocket left to a oddly fruitful spot in the woods through the brush of the tree's I saw someone through the brush.
"Is that Cece man I didn't know she tanned or wore bootie shorts but dat butt was making me so Horney" I walked over this girl didn't have red hair she wasn't even white OMG I think we just killed a negro.