The Day I Got Shot Essay

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I can remember the day that my cousin Andrew got shot. Andrew wasn’t really my cousin. Andrew was my babysitter. Andrew wasn’t an average babysitter he never took care of me for money, he really loved my family. When Andrew would babysit me he would always bring his friends over. Even though he was bring his friends over he would always make sure that I am good and made sure his friends brought their siblings. Andrew was well known, everyone knew not to mess with him or get on his bad side because he would go crazy. Andrew was really a good guy. He had all A’s, wasn’t a fighter, just an overall guy who lived the street life. He always told me that he never wanted to be in the streets and do the things he do for money., just be successful and …show more content…

I thought I was grown at the time, and one of my cousin’s friends had asked me a question. After I answered his question he started to flirt with me. At first I was scared to take to the boy because of my cousin. Andrew found out that me and his friend was talking, he got so upset. The only way for me to stop talking to his friend was to tell my mom I was being “grown” so he told my mom on me. So one day I snuck out of the house to see Andrews’s friend. When I saw Andrews’s friend he was trying to have me be real grown and I wasn’t ready for that. But he didn’t understand that fact that I wasn’t ready. When I got home I was crying, scared, laying on the ground hurt not knowing what to do. When my cousin Andrew seen that I was crying he tried to comfort me and ask me what was wrong. I was so scared to tell him just because I knew that he was crazy and he would do anything to protect his love ones. When I told my cousin what happen he instantly left to go find his friend. When my cousin found his friend that got into a fight and both got arrested. Everyone thought the shit had died down but you know in New York no beef ever just settle like that. Prior to this situation I was moving to Charlotte NC, the following day that shit got hot. But when I got that phone call when I was in charlotte that’s hen I knew that shit got …show more content…

When Andre seen the man he blacked out and came to the boy on some hot shit trying to kill him and fight him. That’s when it all started back up. When Andre saw that man he was upset and hurt. He felt that he should take it upon himself to confront the guy. In the process of him confronting him the guy stabbed Andre right on the side of his stomach. When I got a text from Andrews wife telling me about Andre I just thought to myself I can’t lose another one. Andre dying would make the family more hurt. At this time I knew that I needed to grow

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