The Struggles of Life

      So, i’m walking down the hallway headed to my next class. Then I hear something...”Kevin! Kevin, wait up!” I turned around and saw that it was Scoots running to me. She was wearing an orange t-shirt that had a dragon on it with jean shorts. I was wearing normal clothes, blue t-shirt and jeans. I stopped as she caught up having the same books and binder that she always did. So far Math was the only class that we had homework in. I liked the subject a little bit it’s just that if there wasn’t so much damn homework then I would be fine with it.

    “Hey, Scootaloo what’s up?” I asked. We began to walk at the same pace was we talked.

    “Oh, nothing much really. These past few days were torture thanks to all the work. Don’t say what you did the first day.” She warned me. I closed my mouth because I was gonna say that.

    “Well, it will only get harder, Scoots. I mean this is our second year here.” I said.

    “Yeah, you're right.” I was surprised there because she didn’t give me the usual death glare she always did when I called her Scoots. We finally reached class and sat down then the professor droned on about Calculus and all that stuff. Then I heard a knock on the door. The professor walked over and listened to the man then called me over.

      “What did you do this time, Kev?”

      “I don’t know Scoots. I better go check it out.” I said as I got up and walked over. The professor walked over to the front of the class and resumed teaching.

     “Kevin am I correct?” I nodded to him. “I hate to be the bearer of bad news but...” I looked the man up and down he had on a military suit. I immediately knew it was something about my dad.

    “What happened to my dad? Did he get shot?” The man looked down sadly and said:

   “Your father was a great man, but he died in battle.” I was in utter shock. To tell the truth I didn’t know how to react to this. It felt like I was hit hard in the chest hearing this from someone I didn’t know at all. Now if it was a friend of my dad that would’ve been different. I would’ve broke down right there. I looked behind me doing my best to hold back tears. Scoots was looking at me and had a concern look on her face. I just turned back at the Military soldier in front of me. I wanted answers.

   “How did he die?” I asked a small crack in my voice. He let out a sigh as he told me what happened to him.

   “Your dad was going to save a marine. He had him over his back and right when he got to where the medic was one of the enemies shot him in his leg....then they nailed him in the back of the head..” I just lowered my head. He asked me if he wanted me to go back to my dorm. I just nodded as I walked down the corridor. All the classes were still in session when I was walking to my dorm. The closer I got to my dorm the closer I came to losing it in public. My eyes began to get watery from the tears that I started to loose control over.  I looked up and saw that my dorm was only a few yards away. That’s when I lost control over my tears I tried so hard to hold back. I rushed inside as tears streamed down my face flinging my unlocked door open. I didn’t even bother to close it as I flung myself onto my couch and burst into tears. Then I heard the bell go off. I rushed to the door and closed it then I layed down on my bed and sobbed into my pillow. Then I heard a creak, then a familiar voice said

   “What happened?” said Scoots.

   “NO! GET OUT!” I yelled not thinking. Scootaloo just calmly walked over to me and sat down.

   “What happened? Tell me what that man said!” She demanded. I slowly stopped my crying as there were still tears in my eyes.

   “My father is...is...DEAD!” I yelled. She put her hand on my shoulder and said

 “I’m sure your dad died in a heroic manner. Did they tell you how it happened?” She asked. I sat up and explained the what happened to him. I wipped my eyes clean of the tears I had. I was trying again to hold them back.

     “Well.....the guy said that there was a firefight going on.....he saw that another marine was shot so he went out......and he managed to save him carrying him back to the medic.....but was shot dead just as he got back.......why did this have to happen......why me? What did I do to deserve this?” I began to break down again and in front of Scoots. I don’t know why but that just made me want to cry more. It’s strange how life works I guess. But what happened next surprised me a lot. I felt a pair of arms wrap around me and pull me into an embrace. I knew it was Scoots. She just wrapped her arms around me.

   I then began to sob loudly into her shoulder as she held me tightly trying her best to calm me down. She would give an occasional.

    “Shhhhh it’s ok....everything will be ok, Kevin.....shhhhh.” I don’t know why but I guess it was just instinct for a girl to do that. Anyways I felt comforted by what Scoots was doing for me. I never felt this way nor did I think she would do this. Just seemed out of character for what she would normally do. After several minutes of her comforting me I finally was calm enough to stop my crying. She pulled me away from the hug and looked into my eyes. She wiped away my tears from my face and had a warm smile. I smiled back as I just pulled her into another hug. She didn’t seem to mind as the hug lasted quiet a long time now. This time I pulled away from the embrace we held and put my arms to my side. She did the same as we began to talk.

   “You ok now, Kevin?” She asked. I nodded.

   “Yeah i’m doing better now, but I know that it is going to be a long time before I will be able to cope with what happened. I mean I just lost my dad and......we did everything together.” Scootaloo just scooted closer to me and her arm around me. I just put mine around her holding her close. It was hard for me to take this all in still. But if Scoots was beside me and helped me through this then I would be ok with what would happen to me. But there was something else weird about this.....am I just starting to grow feelings for my best friends since 5th grade?

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