Personal Narrative: The Pole That Split A Friendship

The Pole that Split a Friendship Jacob might have been a very superstitious person who had weird habits, but it didn’t change the fact that he was my best friend. We did everything together from the minute we met, most people found his superstitious ways weird, but I had grown to like them. As the ambulance carried him away I was in tears knowing that our friendship was over, and the only thing I could blame was that pole. May came in full heat with soaking temperatures, and the only thing on my mind was summer. It was coming up on the end of my 8th grade year, I had good grades with a good attitude, but no friends. Achieving good grades and success was easily achievable for me, the whole social thing, however, threw me for a whirl. Fumbling of words, and the sweating of hands every time someone came to carry on a conversation, began to annoy me. At that moment I noticed a kid who kept looking down at the sidewalk as he stepped. …show more content…
Before we could begin to cross the street we walked passed a pole that we split. Waiting for Jacob 's worried response, he surprised me saying “Do you really think splitting this pole is going to ruin our friendship.” I laughed saying “Your right, it looks like I am the one who needs to take lessons from you now.” As Jacob stepped into the street, I noticed a car speeding down the road that obviously had not seen Jacob. As I screamed out to Jacob I knew it was to late as I watched his helpless body be struck by a vehicle going 60 in a 45 mph zone on his cellular device. My best friend, my only friend who I spent countless days with this summer, was lying there breathless as the paramedics tried to breathe life into him. After countless minutes of CPR the paramedics declared him dead on the scene. As the ambulance carried him away I was in tears knowing that our friendship was over, and the only thing I could blame was that