One Thing Right

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Why? Why, is the one word that goes along with many painful questions. Why was I the one to find my best friend, laying on the floor with a bullet inn her head, a gun in her head, and a note on the table? Why did she have to do this to herself? Why didn't I see that her life was miserable? Most importantly, why do I feel guilty?

I remember the day perfectly. The day i lost my best friend and the day I decided to join her six feet under. It was August 19th, 2002, the sun was barely showing. I woke up to the obnoxious buzzing of my phone. For some reason, my friend Melony decided to call me at 5:00 A.M. I amswered with a haze in my voice and a suspicion in my mind. A panicked, urgent tone violently screamed back from my friend. "Kate, I need to talk to you come over now!" Beep. Call ended. A frenzy of confusion and worry entered my heart and I bolted out my door in search of a friend in need.

Running up to the front of Melony's house, I rang the doorbell in a spastic manner. No answer. I fiercly punded on the wooden door. No answer. "MELONY!" I shouted. "OPEN THE DOOR!" I turned the handle, the door creaked open. "Melony, where are you?" I asked cautiously. I steadily turned the corner to enter the kitchen. T horror i endured within that one second left me feeling like my body had been swallowed my itself. I wanted to scream but instead, I dropped to my knees and broke out into a spastic crying fit which I could not control. There in the room with me whas my best friend with a bullet in her head, a gun in her hand, and a not on the table which read, "I couldn't live without knowing whether I was my own friend, or my own enemy. I decided I would rather die than ever find out the truth, The truth about me. Kate, I am sorry for any pain this causes you, but just remember this, it would have caused me more pain to live than to die. Goodbye kATE. ~Melony"

In one quick motion I grabbed the gun, held it to my chest, and pulled the trigger. My heart knew it was the right thing to di, and I am known to follow my heart. Whatever the cost may be.