Far From Home

 

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 The wind was cool, crashing up against my face as I swayed back and forth in my hammock. Cole glanced over to his clock

"Damn I'm going to be late for school!" Cole leaped out of his hammock got dressed dashed to his kitchen moving boxes of cereal, granola bars and sodas. Cole scrambled to pack his lunch. Cole's parents stops him as he is running out the door over to his BMX.

"Son if your not back by 10:00 tonight I swear I'll kill you!” Coles dad screamed throwing him out the door.

Cole ran up to his BMX hopping on the bike then skidding away as fast as he can. Cole arrived just on time to catch his friends, Jeremy, Nichole and Tyler.

"Hey guys!"

"Hey bro!" Tyler directed to Cole

"You were just about late, again." Nichole spat

"Yeah, Yeah I know."

"So, how's the new job, Cole?" Jeremy looked over curious.

"Pretty good actually I'm getting paid today!" Cole hollered laughing and looking over to his crush, Emma.

"I still can't believe you got a job at a liquor store!" Tyler patted Cole on the shoulder

"I only got the job because of my dad." Cole murmured ignorantly.

"You know what...We should go steal a big box of booze, Chandlers party tonight!" Jeremy hollered running into the school.

"See you there, Cole, Nichole, Tyler!" Cole wandered over to the bike rack putting the lock over the piece of looped metal, the code shown as 4834.


Cole and Nichole stormed out of class together going to their lockers.

"Hey when should we go get the Booze?" Cole whispered to, Nichole

"Right now, the party is in 4 hours!" Cole glances at his phone seeing it was the end of the day.

"I'm heading there right now, wanna come?" Cole looked over to Nichole's locker seeing she wasn't there

"Never mind..." Cole looked down pulling out his phone, slipped in his earbuds played some rap music and took off on his bike towards the store.

"Finally." Cole said to himself nervous and annoyed as, Cole walked into the store. Cole walked over to the Rum Isle grabbed three bottles of whiskers Rum and Whiskey. He glanced at the cameras then looked down and continued to fill his basket with modern Booze.

Cole was tall well proportioned had black hair, with a darker skin color. "Hello, Sir."

Cole said boldly.

"Hello, Mr." The tall slender black guy directed to, Cole. His name tag read, Simon.

"Is this all." Simon said curiously.

"Yes, that is all, Sir." Cole exclaimed looking down.

Cole put the alcohol in his bag hopping on his bike and racing down the road, glancing at the police cars that flew by. Cole crattled, this one specific Rum named, Pure Gold. "I gotta' deliver this to, Emma then she really will like me!" Cole raced down the street to Chandler's house. Cole skidded leaving black marks on the road in front of Chandler's house. Cole walked slowly and carefully over to Chandler's door knocking.


"Hello!?"

Chandler walked up to his door asking

"What do you want squirt?"

"I'm here for the party, that's what I want." Cole puffed out his chest looking around for, Emma.

"Come in, kid." Chandler grabbed, Cole throwing him inside and looking around for cops.

"So, Emma?" Cole looked over at, Emma holding out the Rum.

"Here you go." Cole put the, Rum, Emma's hands.

"Awwe thanks, Cole!" She hugged, Cole squeezing

"No problem." Cole smiled and walked over to his friends.

"Hey guys I did it, I bought, Alcohol!" Cole looked over to, Jeremy

"We need to skip this joint I phoned the police!" Tyler Laughed falling back into the couch

"You idiot!" Nichole smacked, Tyler as there was Knocking on their front door.

"Oh, no!" Cole ran over to the back yard looking as police were approaching

"Cole, get over here!" Nichole screamed.

"We need a way out!" Cole directed to everyone and the doors bust open

"Police, get on the ground!" Teenagers running everywhere fighting back. "Smoke the place out!" The Police officer said unholstering his Baton swinging it at the teenagers

"Guys over here!" Cole directed to his friend opening the basement door falling down the stairs. Smoke filled the main floor. "Tear gas!" Jeremy Screamed

"No guys, down here!" Tyler gets tackled by some brute.

"Your going to jail boy!" The brute said cuffing, Tyler. Cole dashes towards the window grabbing a metal pole and smashing the window

"I need to get out!" Cole pounces over to the other side of the window, getting up and sprinting towards his home


Cole looks over his neighbor's hedge seeing cops knocking on his front door.

"Damn!" Cole slides down looking for a bike. Cole glances at a kids, Princess bike

"There!" Cole stood up crawling over to the bike, getting on and going as fast as he can.

Cops raced red lights everywhere looking for runaway, Teens.

"I need to get out of here!" Cole raced to the exit of, LA.

"My parents are literally going to kill me!" Cole thought on his bike ride.

"Am I going to die today? That's it I need to make it passed the border into the next state!" Cole pedaled over to a bike dealership.

"Hey can I buy a moped?" Cole looked over at the clerk.

"Yes you can, fine, Sir!" Cole pointed at the fastest Moped, D60 Speed demon.

"That will be 5000 dollars." The clerk said, holding out his hand

Cole handed over 2500

"That's all I have." Cole Murmured

"Then get the hell out!" The Clerk pointed at the door. Cole looked over at the moped

"Sorry, can't" Cole walked up to the moped grabbing it off of the pedestal hopping on, turning the key in the ignition.

"Bye, loser!" Cole hollered driving through the door and down the street dodging traffic.


The moped ran out of gas. Cole walking up the hill towards the border. Looking out at the big blue sea.

"How did I get here!?" Cole facepalmed walking to the shade of a tree.

"The border is just up this hill!" Cole dashed for the border turning the corner and tearing up

"The cops have already made it!"

"Hands were I can see them!" The policeman said holding a gun on, Cole. Cole awkwardly tried to take his hand out of his pocket, holding his phone.

"The Teen has a gun!" The police officer shot off 4 rounds at, Cole. Hitting all four dropping him to the ground

"We need medevac, I repeat, medievac!" The, Officer ran over to, Cole trying to save him.

"L-Let g-go!" Cole said with blood running down his face. The police man got up and walked over to his car tearing up.


"Today one year ago, Cole, Chaser was shot, and killed after a school party at, California's border by, Adam, Chaser. His father." The news anchor said holding tears from running down her face.

"We may now all have a moment of silence for, Cole, Chaser."

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