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Christopher Wemp
Period 3
2/10/05
A Teenage Mind
Jon Mentras awoke suddenl! his skin en"eloped in a thin #oat o$ sweat%
&Where am '() *e thought% *e $ound himsel$ tu#ked under the +lankets o$ a +ed
whose +lankets had +een thrashed and ki#ked around! lea"ing them une"en and +arel
hanging onto the mattress% Jon ,ui#kl s#anned his en"ironment and gathered that he
was in a hospital% -lan#ing at a #lo#k on the wall! Jon gathered that it was the morning%
&.$ what da() Jons thoughts pro#essed slowl% 't was so hard to think% A
heada#he pounding in his head at a slow! stead rate didnt help either% #rat#hing his
s#alp in pulement! the 1 ear old teenager struggled to remem+er how he ended up at
the hospital% uddenl! his memor was reu"enated and! like a tidal wa"e! $looded him
with memories so +ad that he wanted to s#ream! throw an o+e#t! ust dosomethingto
relie"e him o$ his anger and sho#k% Jon $ound himsel$ doing ,uite the opposite% *e was
$roen in his +ed! remem+ering what had happened the night +e$ore%
Hey Jon, youre comin to that party tonight, right? Brian asked.
I wouldnt miss it! I shot ack enthusiastically. It was the truth. I wouldnt
hae missed that party "or anything in the world. Just aout eery single on o" my
"riends was going to e there, and the good times would roll.
#r so I thought.
$he party was to e held at Brians house, simply ecause his parents were
isiting relaties on the other side o" town, and would reside in a hotel during the night.
%lright, cool! Brian e&claimed. It starts at ' pm.
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' pm came around (uicker than I e&pected. In "act, I was eating dinner when my
clocks hourly alarm signal went o"". )lancing down at the hot and delicious chicken pot
pie on my plate, I decided I could a""ord to e a little late. Hal" an hour later, I stepped
out o" my house. $he cold, starry night was the per"ect setting "or the per"ect party. I
happily droe mysel" to Brians house and marched in the "ront door.
I was taken aack y what was happening inside. Beer cans littered the ground,
popcorn kernels sprinkled the rugs, and *+ teenagers were stomping on them, dancing to
the eat o" a ass heay song. %s I entured inside, I arely aoided an encounter with a
male my age that staggered past me and "lopped onto a couch. He was drunk. ery
drunk. $he poor teenager was murmuring aout topics so random that een an attendee
o" an asylum would hae thought him insane. -etting my car keys on a co""ee tale, I
hurriedly entured into the crowd o" dancers and sought out Brian. $o my distaste,
Brian had an open eer can in his hand and had a lopsided grin that made him also look
cray.
Brian, theres someone on your couch thats really sick. /e need to get him
some help.
%h whateer dude. Hell e "ine. Brians speech was slurred and impaired.
$alking to him was o" no help.
I was shoed ackwards y a girl carrying a plate o" haphaardly arranged eer
glasses. I made eye contact with her and wondered how she was ale to make the
glasses alance at all.
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Hey, wanna e0 Be"ore she could "inish her sentence, she hiccupped loudly,
threw hersel" o"" alance, and went crashing to the "loor. Her eerages "ollowed,
soaking her and eeryone that was close to her accident.
$his party is out o" hand, I thought to mysel". 1y idea o" a good time didnt
inole getting so drunk that I couldnt stand straight. -omeone was going to get
seriously hurt. 2ot wanting to call the police and rat out my "riends, I simply walked out
o" the house.
1y heart skipped a eat when I saw my cars headlights "lash on and the motor
gun. How did it start? 1y memory retraced my steps, and I grimly rememered
relieing mysel" o" my car keys. 2ow, "rom what I saw, 3 people were in my car,
undoutedly drunk. I sprinted "or the window, hoping I could stop the insanity the
mentally impaired were creating.
$oo late! $he car screeched out o" the drieway in reerse and pulled out into
the street. I desperately ran a"ter the car, screaming my lungs out as I ran.
$o my horror, Brian craned his neck out the window and waed at me. His stupid
grin plastered his "ace.
Hey, Jon! How "ast can this thing go? 4*+? 45+?
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Brian laughed uproariously and pushed the accelerator down to the "loor. I
pumped my legs and chased the car as it pulled away, isions o" rescuing my "riends in
mind. $hey were instantly shattered as the car swered and slammed into me, throwing
me onto the ground. I skidded on the asphalt, leaing a trail o" skin. 1y head hit the
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ground. Hard. Blackness egan to tunnel my ision. 1y last memory was seeing the car
careen out o" control and smash into a neary house. $he car "olded in on impact,
leaing no suriors.
Jon remained in his +ed! +ut he had +rought his knees up to his #hin and was
hugging them as he reli"ed the pain$ul e4perien#e% *is $our $riends were gone $ore"er%
-one +e#ause o$ horri+le udgment! and gone +e#ause o$ stupidit% Wh were those
teenagers like that( The thought the had all the e4perien#e in the world% The thought
the had enough maturit to take on an o$ li$es #hallenges% 't was true that the were
+e#oming oung adults! and needed more $reedom% ut that didnt mean the were to
assume that the were real adults! nor did it assume that the #ould drink al#ohol or that
the #ould dri"e sa$el in an #ir#umstan#e% The needed to realie that +e#oming a
oung adult was a time o$ #hange! not a time o$ master%
A single tear rolled down Jons $a#e% *is $riends had +rought so mu#h to his li$e%
*e would ne"er $orget them%
*e would ne"er $orget%