Golden
Boy
chapter
nine
Brooklyn
We were having a good conversation while we were making up a
schedule for baby Graham. Vinny's phone kept going off
continually but he was ignoring it. Finally, I think the constant
buzzing got to him and he checked his message. Suddenly he shot
out of his chair.
"Oh.my.god!" He shouted.His sudden shouting startled
me.
"What's the matter?" I asked.
Drew's house is on fire!" He said. Vinny's face was
flushed now and his hands were shaking. Question though, why was
he still here?
"Oh.my.god. Vinny go!" I shouted at him.
"Can you come with me? I don't think I can go alone
right now or drive." He asked. I immediately got out of my
seat.
"Let's go." I said.
Next thing I know I'm in the drivers seat on Vinny's car
flying down side streets to avoid the main streets traffic.
Drew's house wasn't to far away from the school but the
sooner we got there the better. Vinny's was literally rocking
in the passenger seat. I know he called Drew a few times and he
didn't pick up.
"He's gonna be okay." I said never taking my
eye's off the road.
"I'm worried." Vinny confessed.
Well were about to see the verdict because I had just turned onto
Drew's street. I could see the flames rising above the fire
engines that were lining the street.
"OH.MY.GOD!" Vinny shouted at the top of his lungs.I
pulled the car over and Vinny bolted out of the car. I tried to
keep up with him. I caught him at the barricades that were up
keeping the crowd back.
"Tell me something!" Vinny was shouting at a fireman.
"Son calm down. There were three people in the house and two
have made it out. One person's inside." The fireman
said.
"Who?" Vinny was still shouting.
"The son. Now I need to move on." The fireman walked
away.
"I'm not gonna sit around and watch them do
nothing."
"Vinny what are you doing?"
He didn't answer because he was to busy ducking under the
barricade and making a sprint to the house.
"Vinny!" I shouted. Was he insane? He was going to run
into a burning building. They officers and fireman saw Vinny and
raced to grab him. He dodged all of them and made it through the
front door disappearing into the flames.
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The seconds past and they felt like hours. Flames were still
spreading through the house. The water seemed like a mist on the
flames as they tried to control the fire. Why wasn't he out
of there yet? Why didn't someone run in there after him to
stop him? "There's two kids in there!" An older
looking fireman yelled.
"Captain this house is going to go down. The roof's
second from giving out. There's nothing we can do at this
point." The other fireman said.
The captain just shook his head and looked at the house. He
grabbed the collar of his jacket and spoke into his walkie talkie
"All men inside get out now. I repeat get out
now!"
WHAT? Vinny and Drew were still inside."
You could hear the roof start to crack.
Crackkk.
Oh.my.god they were gonna die. I felt my heart rate pick up even
faster than it already was.
Crackkk.
Three fireman came out of the house. Come on Vinny! One
more crack and it was gonna go.
Crackkkk!
And there it went. I felt tears spring to my eyes. I threw my
hands to my eyes to wipe them away. When I removed my hands there
were two more figures on the front lawn.
There Vinny stood on the front lawn with Drew at his side. I
couldn't help it, I ducked under the barricade and ran to
Vinny, throwing my arms around him. I'd never been so happy
to see him in my life. He took an insane risk and saved Drew. He
saved his best friend's life.
The Golden boy was a hero.
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BreeeFayy* · 1 decade ago
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Please update soon! I really like this story.
And I have a tip also, try keeping the parts that overlap between perspectives less repetitive. That will make the story more exciting.