I don't know what I was thinking when I said it. Actually, I take it back. I do know what I was thinking. I wasn't thinking. I was angry.
Jade and I had just gotten into another fight. Looking back now I could see that it was my fault. I was kind of edging her on and I said something… I don't' even remember what it was but it was something I wish I hadn't said. Normally she would make a comment like, "I'm rubber you're glue anything you say bounces of me and sticks to you" or "no I don't, you do" Instead she got deadly quiet.
She walked to the ledge of the school.
"JADE," I yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"
She turned slowly to me.
"I have to do this Beck," she said, "I'm not ever going to feel like I did that day… not ever again."
I grabbed her and pulled her back.
"Jade," I said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said. I was just playing around"
She slapped me upside the head.
"It isn't funny," she said
I grabbed her hand.
"Come on," I said, "You have to go back to that place"
'I CAN'T," she yelled at me.
"YES YOU CAN," I told her firmly, "AND YOU WILL. THAT PRICK HAS BEEN CONTROLING YOU FAR TO LONG"
"BECK I CAN'T FACE THE PLACE WHERE I WAS ALMOST KILLED IN"
I gathered her into a hug.
"We'll only be in there a second," I told her, "and I will be with you the whole time."
She seemed less then thrilled about the whole idea but I knew this had to happen. I wasn't going to lose my Jade to anything ESPECIALLY a fear she cannot overcome.
"You're just lucky I love you," she told me.
"That's not luck," I told her, "I worked hard to get you to love me and I'd do it again in a heartbeat."
Jade was mad at me for a little while but she managed to feel a sense of relief when she stepped in that room and saw that nothing happened 2 her.
"Thank you Beck," she told me, "Now let's get the hell out of here."
I had my Jade back.
Class Project: Defining Moments
Student: Oliver, Beck
Topic Assigned: Determination
Grade for Assignment: A-
Teacher's comments: Good job Beck but I had to take off two half letter grades for the use of the 2 instead of to. We are not supposed to write internet chat. Also you didn't put emotion in your voice when you gave this assignment so you appeared to simply be telling a story. All in all I am impressed with your work. Again good job.
