short story

There was a man who has always had the worst things happen to him. Let’s just say that he was accident prone. He has broken every bone in his body and some of them more than once. He has the worst luck than any man and/or woman could ever have. This man is short, long blonde hair, dark green eyes and a big chin. Growing up as a kid in school he was made fun of for being short and also for having a big chin. This man was named Joshua.

There was one day that he was in school that a kid was making fun of him for his chin. As many times as he has been made fun of he felt like there was something wrong with his body. So what does a kid think when something is wrong with their body? They think they’re not good enough for anybody or anything. They feel as if they are only doing harm to others.

Now this man had a little brother named Joel. Joel was not much younger, only one year but he was the “perfect child” in the family of theirs. He was the one who had all the looks, athletic abilities, and got all the girls. So as all other brothers, Joshua was jealous of Joel. Now even though Joshua was jealous of Joel they were inseparable. They were the best of friends; they were always there when they needed each other.

One thing Joshua never realized was that Joel was jealous of Joshua because he had all kinds of down time and he could listen to people’s problems and help them. Joel was so jealous of him for the very many things such as being older, being taller, and being able to do more things. Joel helped Joshua back when they were growing up with all the kids picking on Joshua. People now know not to mess with Joshua because Joel will for sure get them.

Well there was one day in Joshua’s senior year and Joel’s junior year that Joel was sick and stayed home for the first time in his high school years. As people were hearing about it, they started to pick on Joshua for a lot of things such as being the brother that was looked down on. They made fun of him so bad he left school early and drove home crying. As he got home no one was there and no one would answer their phone.

As he walked into his parents room and grabbing a gun out of his father’s gun case he loads it. He cocks the very small but powerful handgun. Tasting like silver, seeing the light very dim but yet so bright because it’s so close. What is this light? It’s the light of death before dying, the light of the heavens running away from him because he’s committing the ultimate sin. And as he yelled with tears running down his face, he read his note that he left. “Joel, for little brother I love you of everything you have made of yourself, keep yourself a good kid, please for me. I love you. Mom, I’m sorry but I had too, I love you and take care of Joel as you always did for both of us. And finally dad, you are my person to look up to, but I know you would have never done this, look after the family for me and for you I shred these tears. I love you father and always have even after the fights. I love you all, sincerely Joshua.”
BOOM! Then there was complete silence in the rest of the world, it seemed as if after Joshua died the earth stood still. After they all got home, Joel was the one who walked in on Joshua’s remains with blood dripping everywhere he cries and runs to his brother. Then he makes the call to the police, and he knew something was drastically wrong because he called before school was out. Only he didn’t answer and couldn’t help him. As any other person would, he is going to blame himself for his brother’s death. Joel shall soon learn to live on for he has a bright future ahead of him just for Joshua to look over him.