A Teenage Mind

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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%

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