“No!”, Sofia exclaimed as Gavin pulled her back from the falling building. She stands for a moment not responding to the fact her family has just been killed by the same falling building she was just saved from; watching her family die in an awful way made her feel empty inside. Objects continue to fly around and Sofia continues to stare at the spot she last saw her family. “It’s too late Sofia! We have to get out of here!” Sofia hesitates. “Now!”, he repeats himself. He yanks Sofia by the arm, pulling her through all of the falling debris in an attempt to clear a path for her go through. Meanwhile, Sofia is not paying attention to the world around her at the moment; the scene is replaying in her head each has a different ending of how she could have saved her family.
Gavin sees the distance in her eyes and stops underneath, what seems to be, a sturdy building. Placing his hand on her shoulder, he looks at her and slowly wraps his arms around her noticing how much she shaking. Hardly moving at all, she begins to calm down; “Thank you,” she sniffles “They didn’t deserve this. I should have done something! I could have done something!” Her hands begin turning red and she begins shouting. “My sister had her whole life in front of her and it was taken away in a matter of three seconds!” She …show more content…
All across town they know where three grocery stores are; only one store had canned food that they were able to find. There was a struggle actually finding the food, moving pieces of brick and some deceased bodies that had been crushed from falling cement. They return to their shelter area and put a can of beans they found over the fire by balancing it on two sticks. While the beans are cooking Sofia begins a conversation. “What would you be doing at this moment if the hurricane hadn’t hit?” Before answering, he plays out what his entire day would have been like then simply answers,
Gavin sees the distance in her eyes and stops underneath, what seems to be, a sturdy building. Placing his hand on her shoulder, he looks at her and slowly wraps his arms around her noticing how much she shaking. Hardly moving at all, she begins to calm down; “Thank you,” she sniffles “They didn’t deserve this. I should have done something! I could have done something!” Her hands begin turning red and she begins shouting. “My sister had her whole life in front of her and it was taken away in a matter of three seconds!” She …show more content…
All across town they know where three grocery stores are; only one store had canned food that they were able to find. There was a struggle actually finding the food, moving pieces of brick and some deceased bodies that had been crushed from falling cement. They return to their shelter area and put a can of beans they found over the fire by balancing it on two sticks. While the beans are cooking Sofia begins a conversation. “What would you be doing at this moment if the hurricane hadn’t hit?” Before answering, he plays out what his entire day would have been like then simply answers,