We Killed The Bus DriverA Story by Jess DarnellThree girl, think it's going to be a normal bus ride, but it turns out to be the bus rid they'll never forget.
They thought it would be a normal, rainy afternoon. Little did they
know that it would be a bus ride they'll never forget. Mareen pulled into the bus drive way for the middle and high school. Students just got out of school on the high school side. Kids got on the bus. Then May Hendersen and Tori Jensen walked on the bus. Tori never liked May, she actually hated her. At the last minute, Julia Thompson ran the bus. Her bag was opened, over her shoulder, sweatshirt balanced on her head, and an instrument in each hand. "Good afternoon, Julia. Where is Roney?" asked Mareen. "I don't know, think she's beating up Brendan, he was a big jerk to me today," Julia answered. She sat in the seat behind Tori. It was a long day for Julia. She closed her eyes to take a nap. "Want to have some of my cotton candy perfume?" May asked Tori. "Yes," Tori replied. May spayed Tori with a little of her perfume. The smell cotton candy filled the bus. It was a sweet smell, a little too sweet. "Uh, is that perfume?" Julia asked, May and Tori nodded her head. "Mareen is allergic to it, not just hairspray, the spraying things!" "I didn't know, why did you tell me?" Tori freaked out. The bus swerved, the girls looked up to see the bus driver dead. Everyone started to freak now. They are going to jail, Tori thought. Julia ran up to the front, took the wheel. "Tori, May, call 911, I'm going to find us a place for us to stop. Someone else call the school, we need help!" Julia commanded. They did just that. Tori took out her phone. The phone rang once before a ladie with a high pitch voice. "Hello there, what is your emergency?" the ladie asked. Tori rolled her eyes at the ladie's voice. "It's a long story, but my bus driver is dead, we believe. Well, she had an allergic to perfume, I didn't know and my friend sprayed some on me. The bus driver collapsed, my other friend is driving, someone else is calling the school. We are on Route 562, by somewhere, I don't know, please come, we need help, please come." Tori broke down, tears went down her cheeks. In the back round, the only boy on the bus, he's a year older than Tori and Julia, he called the school. "Excuse me, Ms. Holten,it's James Rooger, we are having an emergency. Our bus driver, Mareen, well she had an allergic to something, I don't know why, I had my music in. Right now, we think she's dead, a freshman is driving the bus, and another freshman called 911. Come now, we are on--" he paused for a second to catch his breath, also to find out where they were. He heard Tori say "Route 562." "--Route 562, I think we just passed a private land, I don't know, but come," James said scared like everyone else. Julia found a nice spot by a farm. The pigs were oinking. In early spring, even with rain, the farmer loved to cut his grass. I miss this place, thought Julia. As a young girl, she would go to the farm every day, but now in high school, she has time. "Jules, earth to Jules, you okay," Tori asked waving her hand in her face. Julia snapped out of her day dream. She slapped Tori across the arm on accident. "Oww Jules, you still got the strength," Tori laughed. Julia snickered, she hated the nickname Jules, it sounds to, full of herself. They made a list together of who was on the bus. Tori, Jensen Julia Thompson, May Hendersen, James Rooger,Maddie Decker, and Olivia Smith. Tori wrote. Everyone was jelly of her beautiful hand writing, even Julia. Olivia and Maddie were neighbors almost, only two houses apart, they were in sixth grade, with May. James was tenth grader that's neighbor's with Tori. And May, well, her family was living with Julia's family for a short while. Tori wrote down all the information, for the police to know, when they came. The started to set, it was getting cold, the rain was pouring. "Want me to drive you all home, I can walk after that," Julia suggested. Everyone nodded their heads. Julia turned the key when they heard the syrange of a police car. Paramedics came straight into the bus. Taking the bus driver and the hungry, freezing students. The board of education surrounded the kids. Asking so many questions for them to answer. "Shut up if you want to know what happened!" Julia screamed. The scene got very quiet. Tori, May, and Julia watch them pull their favorite bus driver away. A tear went down each girl's face. "Well, I had some perfume. I wanted to share it with Tori, so I killed the bus driver," May explained. "No, you and me did, because, then, well I didn't know she was allergic, and May forgot, so she sprayed me. I liked the smell and I thought May and I were finally getting along," Tori tells. "I said,'Uh, is that perfume?' they nodded their heads. 'Mareen is allergic to it, not just hairspray, the spraying things!' I explained to them. Tori went on saying, 'I didn't know," and all on that. The bus swerved, we got scared, I took wheel, James and Tori called you and 911. We're scare, hungry, and cold, I don't agree with them them killing the bus driver, I say we killed the bus driver," Julia explained without pausing. "Please, don't take us to prison, we didn't mean to kill the bus driver," the girls begged, all scared that they fell to their knees. The adults roared with laughter. "You-you thought you killed Mareen?" one of the doctors asked. The girls nodded, with tears gushing out of their eyes. "No, no. She's alright, she'll be back tomorrow, and you all aren't going to jail, even one of you drove without a licence. We are going to take you home. You need to go to the office tomorrow for now therapy," he explained, still chuckling over what the girls said. The students headed off for home. The amazing event still molded into their minds. A different worker took each kid to their house, except for May and Julia, who live together. They tried to forget about their bus driver's almost death. They knew that their dreams will be filled with what happened, each one a little different. The next day after school, the three girls walked to the bus together. Talking about the therapy they were forced to go to. It wasn't as bad as they thought it would be. They did get out of first period, science for Tori, chorus for Julia, and English for May. The nightmares for them were the worst of it. No one could sleep that night. They approached the bus, all shaking. The doors opened, in was a man that looked like he was in his early twenties. "Uh, where is Mareen, she's suppost to be back today, everyone said so," May asked scared. "Sorry sweety, she died around noon today. Her throat closed up from an allergic reaction. I think a little late, but it's okay, I'm your new bus driver, Dave. Don't worry about Mareen, she's in a better place," the guy said. "What!" the girls screamed. They killed the bus driver. Their lives will never be the same again. "We killed the bus driver!" they exclaimed. Tears fell down their cheeks. They got on the bus, all depressed. That rainy, spring afternoon will never be just a normal rainy day. They will remember its as the day call "We Killed The Bus Driver." © 2012 Jess Darnell |
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Added on October 30, 2012 Last Updated on October 30, 2012 AuthorJess DarnellMillbrook, NYAboutA single high school girl, dream of being on broadway. Every story I write, I imagin it will become a movie. more..Writing
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