Tuesday, June 16, 2009

This can't be, it has to be some kind of sick joke. How could anyone know about what happened that night. God it has been so long it barely crosses my mind anymore. Now I can't stop thinking about it. I went over to Helen's apartment and i even got there half an hour early. When she opened the door and greeted me, I knew there was someone else in the apartment by the way she greeted me. I walked into the living area and there sitting on Helen's sofa was Julie with a worried look on her face. At that moment i couldn't believe why Helen couldnt jus tell me what was so important. But as soon as i began to think that, Helen interrupted my thoughts with her saying that julie had something to say. Then, Julie handed me a letter with no return address on it. I opened it and read the big bold words: I know what u did last summer.... As I read the sentence i got goosebumps all over my arms and neck. My first thoughts were that its jus some kind of sick joke, crazy prank someone was trying to pull. No one could possibly know it was us or that we even had anything to do with that incident! I told Helen and Julie not to think anything of it. Theres no way someone could know and even if they did, y would they wait so long to do something like this. I told Helen i had a lot of studying to do and i left. I almost had a complete flashback of the incident on my way back home. I dont think i could ever forget that night. It was me, Ray, Helen, and Julie. We had just left a party. I remember me and Ray fighting for the back seat. Ray won and Helen and i were in the front, I was driving. We had drank a couple beers and smoked some pot just like we would at any other party. I was driving down a curvey road by a picnic area. When out of no where we hit someone riding their bike with no lights or reflectors. I stomped on my brakes and made a complete stop. We sat there and argued wether we should go back or not. Finally i decided we would stop at the next pay phone and report the incident. When we got to the pay phone, Ray got out and dialed 911. He told them that someone just got in a car accident and the location. When he was about to start giving out names i hung up the phone for him. That's when reality started to set in. I told Ray the obvious, we can't give out names because my ass is on the line and I'm the only one that is eighteen. I would get a manslaughter case and then i can say goodbye to my scholarship. Ray immediately understood the consequences and that he could have been the one driving too. I then told the girls the situation and that i wasn't about to turn around and go back. So we made a vote. Helen voted with me and understood my point of view. Ray also agreed with me. Julie was the only one that couldn't seem to get the big picture about going back and trying to help. But we had the majority vote so we all made a pact not to ever speak of or ever mention what happened that night ever again.

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