Four Brothers and a sister
By:Sarah Mercer
Disclaimer:Do I have to do this? Okay, I in no way own Four Brothers, the only thing I own is Sarah.
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I couldn't help but smirk as one guy missed a easy shot. I was watching a hockey game. The Rangers v.s The Hurricanes. The Rangers were losing by twenty points. Now don't get me wrong, the Rangers are a good team, but I could tell this was not their year.
"Now thats shitty ass playing." I said to myself. I didn't notice Ma coming downstairs.
"Sarah, do you want to go to the store with me?" Ma asked me. I looked at her. I knew how dangerous Detroit was when you were by yourself. Its dangerous when your not, its just better if you have someone go with you. I looked at the t.v, I knew the Rangers were probably going to lose. So I decided to go with Ma, to the store.
"Yeah, I will." I went and grabbed a sweater. It had been Bobby's, but I had stole it when he out grew it. I followed Ma out to the car. We talked about school, the hockey team, and boys. I told Ma that one boys I liked had asked me out. When I asked her if I could go out with him, Ma just smiled and chuckled.
"Whats so funny?" I asked. The boy who asked me out was a good friend of mine, and we had almost went out last year, but we didn't. He had found another girl, and I had gotten asked out by a another boy, who turned out to be a jerk. I of course kicked his but.
"Nothing, Sarah. I just can't belive my little girl is dating."
"Ma, I have been dating for over a year now."
"I know. Its just, I wish you were still my little girl." I turned and l looked at Ma.
"Ma, I will always be your little girl. I'm just a big little girl. And remember, my brothers are still your, baby boys, no matter what."
"Your right, Sarah."
"So, can I go out with, Sam?"
"Yes, you can Sarah. If he hurts you, you hurt him right back."
"I will, Ma."
Me and Ma sat in slience for the rest of the ride. My thoughts dirfting to my brothers. I missed them so much. I was wishing they were going to be there for thanksgiving, but it seemed like another hoilday, and another year was going to go by without me seeing them. I was so deep in thought I barely heard Ma speak.
"Huh? What was that Ma?"
"Do you want to go in, or sit out here?"
"Go in. Its freakin' cold out here."
I followed Ma into the store. I watched as she took care of a little boy who was trying to shoplift. I almost started laughing when she pulled the fake, "call the police" trick. I felt a little bit sorry for the boy. He looked so scared, and he looked like he was trying to hide it. I had a feeling he wasn't going to shoplift ever again, or for at least a very long time.
"Sarah, go get cranberry sauce. Jerry loves that stuff."
"Yes, ma'am." I said, heading to were the cranberry sauce was. Everything seemed fine, I didn't think anything about it when the door opened. But I did when I heard the yelling, and then the gunshot. I ducked behind a case of soup cans when I heard Ma gasp. I was hoping that the gunmen hadn't heard her, but no luck. I followed them as they went by.
"May god forgive you." Ma said. I didn't want to hear her say something like that. I stood there, and watched in horror as she was shot twice.
"NO! MA!" I yelled upset. I turned around and tried to run, as one of the gunman grabbed me and slammed me againest the wall. My head bounced off the wall.
"Where do you think your going sweetheart?"
"Away from you you mother-fucker!" I yelled, kneeing him in his "family jewels". I tried to run, but the other gunman tackled me. My head bounced off the floor.
"Sorry, baby, but your not going anywhere." I felt his hand on my stomach. I rasied my hand to hit him.
"Don't think about it baby. Unless you have a death wish." and with that he raised his gun and cocked it. I closed my eyes. I heard the gunshot. I didn't feel anything. My first thoughts were, I'm dead. I can't belive I'm dead at fourteen. But then I realized I was fine. I opened my eyes and looked at the gunman.
"Sorry, you aren't dead yet, baby." It was then I realized he had shot his gun off beside my head. I could hear sirens. They were getting closer.
"C'mon man, we got to go!" the other gunman yelled.
"Sorry, to cut our time short baby." the gunman raised his gun again. I thought he was going to shoot me. But he didn't. He slammed the butt of the gun on my head.
I heard the gunmen running and a car screeching, more then I saw anything. I only had one thought as before the darkness took me. Ma.
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I looked at Jerry. We were going to call our brothers. It was the day after Ma had been killed. We hadn't been able to do it the night before. We had stayed up just about all night talking, and crying. Talking about our brothers, some of the shit we've done, and Ma. We had fallen alsleep talking on the couch. He was spread out on the couch and I was on top of him, with his arms around me in a protective embrace. We hadn't cried in front of each other. We had done it in private, away from each other. I took the phone he was handing me. I was going to use the home phone, and he was going to use his cell phone. He was going to call Bobby first and I was going to call Angel and who ever was done first called Jack. I watched as Jerry punch in Bobby's number. I punched in Angels after he punched in Bobby's.
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Bobby picked up his phone.
"Hello?" he said gruffley into his phone.
"Bobby, its Jerry. Get home as soon as you can. Ma got killed."
"What?!"
"She got shot in a robbery. Come home Bobby. Come home to your family." Jerry said before hanging up the phone.
"Shit." Bobby muttered.
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"What?" Angel said.
"Angel its Sarah."
"Hey, Bethie." Angel said using one of my nicknames, for my middle name. There was Bethie, Beth, Liz, and Lizzie.
"Angel, you need to..to..come...home...somethings happened."
"Whats wrong baby girl?" I could have sworn I heard a girl in the background.
"Ma's dead, Angel. She got shot in a robbery."
"Are you sure?"
"We're sure Angel. Come home soon." I couldn't talk no more to him without breaking down, so I hung up.
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I looked at Jerry.
"Okay, who is going to call Jack?"
"I will." Jerry said. I watched him punch in Jack's number.
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"Yeah, what do you want?" Jack said into his phone.
"Jack, its Jerry. Ma's been shot Jack. Shes dead."
Jack started to sob.
"Jack, come home as soon as you can." Jerry said before hanging up.
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I looked away from Jerry. I felt numb. I wanted to yell, scream, kick something, just do something that showed I was pissed off as hell.
"So, what now?" I asked Jerry, looking back at him.
"Plan Ma's funeral." Jerry said.
I nodded my head. "Lets get it over with." We got started on Ma's funeral.
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I looked at the celling. I was in the guest room, in Jerry's house. I had slient tears coming down my face. I couldn't belive Ma was dead. The sweet woman who took in five kids, and then housed foster kids too. The sweetest woman in the whole damn world was gone, and I felt like I had let her down.
I mean what if there was something I could have done to save her? If there was and I had done it, she would be alive right now. But then maybe I would be dead? I didn't know.
Oh, god. Why is she gone. She was the only woman who ever cared about me and my brothers. Well, except for Camille. Even though she doesn't know Bobby, Angel, and Jack so well she cares about them because they are Jerry's brothers. And she acts like a sister to me.
I felt more tears make their way down. As I laied there I felt sad, angry, and sad. I also missed my brothers so much.
I just wanted to have Bobby wrap his arms around me and tell everything was going to be okay.
I just wanted Jerry to try not to laugh at something stupid, I did or said, or something our brothers did.
I just wanted Angel to smile and try to make me laugh.
I just wanted Jack to be there for me. To hear him singing and playing his guitar.
I just wanted my brothers. I fell alsleep with tears running down my face. And they kept on running as I dreamt about my brothers, and Ma.
A/N:So, how do you like? Please review! No flames please! Thanks!