Chapter one
It was cold. The weather that is, bringing down sheet after sheet of sleet hammering hard and fast against the car window. The beat up little car puddled along completely unaware of the fact that I was going to be late due to its insolence. "Late for God" I murmured under my breath., Although the car didn't move any faster the engine's sputtering let up a bit and I immediately felt guilty for what I had said, knowing that it wasn't true. I wasn't going to church for God or for the sake of my faith as I had told my worrying mother. I was going for only one reason to see Her the current Venus in my life and very probably my reason for a sudden spike in my faith that my mom referred to as the lords miracle, because I haven't been to church in a good five years. This morning though I had told her that I believed the lord spoke to me and that I was supposed to go to church, yeah I thought that's the reason I rolled my eyes even though there was no one particular to be sarcastic to but my tiny car. The rain began to come down harder and I was forced to turn up the level of the windshield wipers in order to be able to see clearly, but then was immediately upset by what I did see. As I drove edgily into the lightly frosted road. I knew something was wrong. Out side the church the sirens could be heard, Police yelling for people to back away and stay clear. POP BANG my car backfired, I sighed at my car it was dilapidated and out dated an off white ford whose, engine was louder than the sirens in the background and it sounded like it would fall apart and leave me with nothing but a frame in a cartoon like scenario. I sighed one last time as I pulled of the road and into the back parking lot of the church a large medieval looking structure smack dab in the middle of the lively metropolis of Fairbanks Alaska. It was then that I was distracted from my sarcastic thoughts of how crappy my town truly was by a piercing scream. I quickly jumped out of my car and sprinted around the tan stone of the church to observe the scene. It was not what I was expecting at all. up on the roof I could see what I thought was a man who was just out of view of the rest of the crowd gathered around the face of the church. On the precipice opposite the man just outside the last bell tower I saw her golden hair streaming out away from her face a silent gasp escaped my lips as I saw who it was and what she was planning to do "LAURIE!!" I yelled but the wind carried away my pleas sentencing her to her fate. the man reached out for her and smiled. a long second past and her face contorted into a frown turning, she leapt from the precipice her body dropped in slow motion. I uttered a silent 'no' as tears spilled over my eyes. her dress spilled out behind her beautiful and white with flowers spotting the side of it and then it was over the six story drop that ended with a sickening crunch that seemed far louder that it probably should have been. I looked away and threw up. Nothing could have prepared me for the feeling that I had in the pit of my stomach right now. I looked up at the church rooftop one more time hoping that what I'd seen had just been a sick trick my mind had played on me caused by my cars toxic exhaust, but she wasn't there and the sirens were still blaring. It was then that I remembered the man up on the roof with her. I looked over to where he was standing and he looked right back at me a scowl crossing his face. He was almost angered it seemed as if I wasn't intended to see what had happened to my would have been girlfriend. I glared angrily back not so much out of actual anger but to stop the tears coming to my eyes again. An officer rushed over to where I was standing clothed in blue with the official police seal of Fairbanks stamped on a golden badge that in all honesty looked rather fake up close like something you could get out of a toy shop down town. He wheezed as he finally reached me. "Hey I'm goanna need to ask you to leave unless your directly related to the scene" I bit my tongue holding back the slew of stereotypes and insults that I knew would come if I lost my temper. don't get me wrong I normally am a very calm guy with a long fuse but after the days events really who could blame me right? But then he had to go and say it the final straw that would break this camels back and send me over the edge "uh you wouldn't have known her reason for doing this would you? " I lost it and punched him in the face. he was sent spiraling backwards his nose broken and bleeding profusely. Over the top of his swearing and threats of revenge I yelled "Well gee I don't know why don't you go ask your guy on the roof who did such a terrific job of convincing her not to!! Wow you're an idiot! What could I possibly have to do with this I just got here in that broken down junk mobile over there, And just so you know that girl happened to be one of my closest friends now her life is over all because your man couldn't change one girls mind!!!" I stood over him panting raising my fist again when he said something I hadn't expected "we didn't have time to get anyone up there" I stepped back for a minute to process what he had just said and that's when it hit, tazer my back exploded with pain and the last thing I remember before my world went dark was the confounded face of that idiot cop, nose bleeding looking just as confused as I had been mere seconds ago… blackout
To be continued…..