Creative Writing: The Miracle Seed

Gerald Purtty 1,170 words
9100 St. Charles Rock Road
St. Louis, MO 63114 purttyg211@ritenourschoools.org The Miracle Seed by Gerald Purtty I was at the basketball court playing ball with my boys just like every other Tuesday. When we got done I went to check my phone and seen ten missed calls from Mom. I thought to myself, what did i do now? I called her back immediately and when she picked up the sound of her voice was very shaky. “ Come home now please” she said. I ran home and when I walked in the door I could feel the tension.
“Your grandpa passed today and I don't know how i’m going to pay for the funeral. All I have …show more content…
It was 2:45. I put on my all black sweatsuit and my ski mask and walked to the park. I made sure I left very quietly so I wouldn't wake my mom up, i knew if she seen i was gone she would be worried sick. Once i got to the park i saw Jeremy and Carl sitting on the bench. After i greeted them we got in the car quickly, there was no time to waste. Once we arrived on Peach street we parked a couple houses down and sat in the car for about 5 minutes to check our surroundings. We got out the car and walked towards the Johnsons silently, making sure we didn't cause scene or look suspicious. As we were getting closer my phone begin to ring, i declined it quickly. It rung three more times and i finally decided to look and see who it was blowing up my phone this late. It was Jane. She never called me randomly this late or that many times so i knew it must be something wrong. I told my boys to wait a minute while i called her back, they were rushing me but i didn't care. I dialed her number and when she picked up i could automatically tell she had been …show more content…
I'm in the middle of something very important babe”. I said.
“No, you need to come now, it's an emergency” she said.
“ okay, i’m on my way” I replied.
I knew by her tone of voice she wasn't playing any games. I told the boys i was sorry and i had to go immediately. I explained to them how the conversation went and they said they would try their best to grab extra things for me. I was extremely thankful to hear that, i dapped them up then ran to Janes house.
When she opened the door she gave me a tight hug and led me to her room. I wasn't sure what was going on but i just went with the flow. We sat on her bed for a moment in complete silence then she got up, went to her dresser, and grabbed three white things that were the shape of a thermometer. She handed showed me them and i realized that they were pregnancy test. All three of the test said positive. I was in disbelief, i knew it could happen but i didn't think it would so soon. My family is already financially unstable. Bringing a baby into this world would make everything 10x harder but i knew from previous conversations that Jane was totally against abortions. It was still silent.
“So what are we going to do?” i asked

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