Summer 2011

Author’s Note: I am writing this piece to inform the reader on the time my mistake and my decision, changed my life.

It was the summer of 2011, summer school with friends and afterwards the beach. That was basically a daily routine for a small town boy living in Pewaukee, his name was Xavier Straub.

One very hot day Xavier had just gotten out of summer school, and was ready to go to the beach, but his parents said he needed to come home. Although he was very upset he accepted his parent’s demands. When he had gotten home he was assigned a few small chores around the house. When he finished them his friend called him and asked if he would like to hang out with him, Xavier asked his parents if he could and they said yes.

Xavier got there and his friend was outside waiting for him. They played football till it was almost dark. They decided to go inside for awhile and eat. When they came back outside they played some more football. After awhile Xavier’s friend’s friends came over and wanted to walk around town. Now, Xavier didn’t like these people very much at all but he decided to give it a chance. So they were all walking around town when one of them had the idea to go to the school, Xavier felt like leaving but didn’t want to be alone, so he proceeded. When they had got to the school Xavier had no clue what they were even going to do, and that’s when it happened.

His friend and the others started climbing the side of the school to get to the roof. Now, Xavier felt pretty scared and didn’t want to do it. But his friend got him into doing it anyways. When they were up there Xavier didn’t feel so bad, they didn’t really do anything but it was cool. Then, someone had saw them and asked if they were supposed to be up there, so they all started getting down. But Xavier couldn’t find a way to get down besides jump, and he didn’t want to jump. That’s when Xavier called his parents to let them know what was happening, and they called the local police department to let them know. By now the other kids had fled the scene, except for one my friend.

It wasn’t very long until they had all showed up watching Xavier as he couldn’t get down. Eventually, they had safely gotten him down. The police had asked him some questions about the other kids; he answered them with a quiet voice. After that his parents drove him home asking him what he was thinking, but whatever he said it would’ve sounded like a big excuse.

In the end I knew I made a big mistake. So I started doing community service. After awhile I was finally finished with my mistake.