Personal Narrative: Jasmine

SKRR BOOM lights flashing sirens ringing as I lie there unconscious and I look to the right of me and my girlfriend is staring blankly into space. I call her name “Jasmine, Jasmine “and one last time but I still get no response. I am dumb founded; last thing I remember is that we were making a snap chat video while I was driving and everything after that is just blank to me. I ask to myself “could I be the reason why someone I deeply love is dead?” maybe they hit me maybe it isn’t my fault I have to calm down. I look at her one last time and I wonder how could a day that started so perfect end in the worse way possible?

Jasmine and I were just your average high school lovers, she was the captain of the cheer team and I was the starting center

fielder for our baseball team. We attended Jacksonville High School it was our senior year I was deciding whether to go to the University of Georgia or the University of Arkansas. Whatever I picked Jasmine promised that whatever I picked she was going to the same university. We had been lovers, best friends and anything else you can think of. I would do anything for that girl our love is out of this world crazy how can I hurt her in the worse way?

The day started off normal like always I text Jasmine good morning do the usual things you do in the morning and headed to school.

We had a big baseball game today at Baum Stadium matter fact it was the 5A State Championship and everyone was counting on me. It seemed like the day was taking forever to end I was just ready to play, so time passed, it was game time and I refused to leave out of that stadium without a win. I was having a great game, there were a lot of scouts in the stands and I could not disappoint, it was the ninth inning 4-3 one man on second I was 2-3 both of my hits were homeruns and I am up to bat. I look up in the stand and I tell Jasmine and my parents I love you and she blows me a kiss, I go up to bat and on the first pitch I hit a dinger to straightway center-field and I know soon as I hit it I knew it was gone! We win I was so excited I just won the championship for us, Jasmine came running down to the field and gave me a kiss and told me she loved me. After all of the excitement had went down and I stopped signing autographs, there was this after party at my friend Jason’s house he was always know to throw these crazy parties, so Jasmine wanted to

go.

The party was crazy there were drunken people everywhere, it was about 100-200 people there.

Jasmine was drinking but I decided not to because I knew I was going to have to be the designated driver for tonight. After the feds came in and busted up the party we decided to leave, the ride home Jasmine kept throwing herself on me I mean we were active but I was trying to focus while driving. She started to make a snap chat video, I decided to look over and put my face into, everything after that is a mystery and that is all what happen your honor. The judge said to me “Well you do know that you swerved into another lane and killed the opposite driver?” I couldn’t believe what happened I knew I was going to jail the only question left was for how many

years?

As we continued I kept looking over at Jasmine’s parents and they wouldn’t even look at me I felt disgusting couldn’t even talk properly. The Judge continued “well I see that you are a straight A’s student and a baseball superstar, but what you also don’t know is that driver that you killed was intoxicated and as you were swerving onto another lane he was driving on the yellow line and met you right before you crossed it”. I couldn’t believe it really wasn’t my fault the judge came to a verdict and the decision was I was found not guilty, I couldn’t believe, I thought everyone would be happy for me but the family of the other man I killed and Jasmine’s family never forgave me. I felt like I had failed at everything in life, I love and miss Jasmine so much our future was just gone down the drain.