Jeremy
Jeremy Adam Monroe, 3-12-93. Aphrodite and Ares had two best friends in the entire world, Jeremy was one of them. Jeremy was a good kid who made good grades and was always getting into small amounts of trouble because of his crazy friends. BB, Jeremy, Aphrodite, and Ares were what most kids considered the redneck group at school. Living in Ohio it wasn't unusual to be kind of country, but they were different. They listened to country music, wore cowboy boots everyday, wore a cowboy hat and camouflage whenever they could, and all drove lifted F150s. Jeremy was going through a rough patch with his family and came to school looking like he was in fights when really he was just being beaten, by his father. His best friends had no clue and always wondered why he was acting the way he was. He had begun to pick fights with other kids at school, which wasn't the Jeremy everyone was used to. Usually he was laid back…but one night at a party they were all doing the usual smoking of cigarettes and weed and drinking alcohol. A couple kids from the neighboring county showed up at the party with something else. Ares was offered to have some, but he respectfully declined saying, "Naw man, I'm not a drug kind of person. That stuff can kill you. I think you guys should leave, we don't need that kind of stuff here." The kids blew Ares off and began looking for other kids when a drunk Jeremy was sitting off by himself covered in sweat from dancing with so many girls. Aphrodite and BB were still going to strong, but he said he needed a breather. The kids approached him and told him all his problems would disappear with one hit. Since he was going through a rough divorce and dealing with being beaten by his father he decided he would do it. These guys crushed up the powder and he snorted it right up the his left nostril. The high came quick and all his aches and pains disappeared. Jeremy was feeling great and he took another hit before getting back up and dancing a little.
All his activities and behavior added up quickly and he began getting into other drugs and was always high, he began stealing and did a number of other things as well. Ares was the first to find out about everything and told BB and Aphrodite. They didn't tell anyone else and began to try and help him on their own. For months they tried getting him to straighten up and he snapped at them, "I don't need your help! I'm fine, just leave me the fuck alone!" He disappeared for a week and not many people noticed, not even his parents. Jeremy was still their best friend and they weren't going to give up on him.
One night they found out he was heading to the old alley to get something else to ruin his life. They snuck into that side of town and saw him slip into out of the alleyway with a guy. The guy reached into his jacket and pulled out a gun. Aphrodite ran forward, "Noooo!"
The drug dealer was startled and pulled the trigger, he shot Jeremy once again and then shot Aphrodite. She hit the ground and screamed in pain as the guy ran off. BB and Ares ran forward with tears in their eyes and shaking. Aphrodite pushed them off of her and they ran to Jeremy. She pulled the phone out of her pocket and began to frantically dial the phone while holding Jeremy. Ares and BB tried to stop the bleeding on both hurt kids. Once she got through to 911 her words flew out of her mouth so fast it was almost too hard to even understand what she was saying…"911, what's your emergency?" "We've been shot, my friend was shot twice and I've been shot once!" "Where are you ma'am, calm down." "Don't fucking tell me to calm down! We're at Lakeview in front of the alley between Windchester and Pico."
She slammed the phone down and she looked at her friend. "Come on Jere-Bear…stay with me," she said. Ares said, "Dude keep your fucking eyes open! You're going to be fine!" He looked them them as they all had tears streaming down their faces. A faint sound of an ambulance went off in the background as he spoke, "I'm sorry guys. I'm so fucking sorry. If I don't make it-" "Don't say that you're not going to make it," BB said, choking on his words slightly. Jeremy continued, "If don't make it, I want you guys to know I love you. All three of you, I love you guys so much it hurts. I'm sorry for the way I acted, I'm so so sorry." He coughed and spurts of blood came up and everyone began freaking out as Jeremy went unconscious. They tried waking him up and they screamed for the ambulance as Aphrodite vision was fading in and out due to her loss of blood.
The ambulances came up and tried picking Aphrodite up but she clung to Jeremy's body, not believing he was dead. The EMT finally got her off of him and checked his pulse. He looked at the EMT carrying Aphrodite and announced it. "Time of death, 10:34 p.m." They zipped him up and put him in an ambulance as Aphrodite struggled and tried to get back to her friend. She kept moving causing herself more pain and more blood loss, a couple seconds later she passed out with Ares in her ambulance and BB in the other.
In the end Jeremy's parents never showed up to the hospital and all rights were passed off the the next family member willing to vouch for him, BB. BB and Jeremy were cousins, but their parents never got along so only they acknowledged they were related. BB, along with his now only two best friends, decided on funeral arrangements.
Jeremy was cremated and his ashes her spread over the lake on the very back of the Davies property. There was a wake in which other people could pay their condolences before Aphrodite, Ares, and BB each mounted their horses and took off towards the back of the property to the lake to spread his ashes. Afterwards they sat there and didn't move or speak for a very long time. Jeremy Adam Monroe, 7-14-08.
