Kathryn Douglas
Lhadze B.
Jesse Valdez
Luis Alba
Pearls Before Swine
The silence never sounded as loud when Paul held Abbey’s body in his hands. His eyes widened as he held the bloody ink pen in his hand and watched her cold, lifeless body. The past memories were never so vivid until he was able to see her dead in his arms and panic consumed his face. He knelt over her body and closed his eyes.
His high school year was the whole reason why he was so violent. Paul and Abbey had been a great couple. Paul loved her; he would do anything for her. He remembered picking her up from her house in his truck and getting out of the car. Abbey came out of her house in her little red dress, nimbly walking over in her heels, putting on the delicate corsage. He was stunned at her amazing grace and beauty. He opened the truck door for her and headed to prom. Paul was nervous and the ride was quiet.
As they entered the gym where prom was being held, he had a slight feeling someone else was reserving her. Paul and Abbey sat at a table with their friends from high school. They had fun with their friends, but as they left to dance, Abbey and Paul stayed silent. As the night went on, Abbey acted strange. She glanced around as if looking for someone. She suddenly stood up, walked away and never looked back as someone came through the door. She paced towards the other boy with the pig tattoo on his biceps that was standing by the door. Anger boiled in Paul’s stomach. Abbey with no sense of pity kissed the guy with the pig tattoo. Paul jumped in his seat and starred at them. Embarrassment came over him. He got up and left.
As Paul drove his truck in anger, his mind was still on Abbey and how he witnessed her cheating on him. He started to grimace his malicious thoughts while driving away from the worst night of his life. The guy’s pig tattoo was still fresh in his mind. He wondered who he was, with hatred towards him and Abbey; he repeated slurs to both Abbey and the other guy. While driving, he spotted a pig, and hatred busted inside him. He immediately thought of Abbey and the pain she caused him. Then, on impulse, he made his truck go as fast as it possibly could, and hit the pig. The car shook and swerved. He got out of the truck to see if it was dead, he realized he had imagined it; the pig was merely a hallucination. He wondered why the car had shook if he did not hit the pig. He noticed that he had hit a bopulder that had made the car shake and swerve. A distant bright light came near as he realized what had just happened and released a piercing laughter. A horn sounded and he looked in front of him still laughing, and before he knew it, everything went black.
After he regained consciousness, he saw a white-walled room. He noticed the numerous amount of wires attached to him. It didn’t take him very long to realize that he was in a hospital. He touched his face and felt his grown facial hair all over. His eyes felt tired and heavy. He looked towards the digital clock. He noticed something strange. The date was 3 years after prom. He did not remember anything that happened between prom night or now. He was about to gasp, but quickly stopped. Something was clamping his jaw shut so that he couldn’t speak. He thought while in pain, I shouldn't have tried to run over the "pig". I shouldn't have lost control like that. In half an hour, some surgeons came in to check and fix whatever was clamping down on his jaw. They noticed it would not take long and began. Paul saw some of surgeons using screws on his teeth. He felt a sharp pain, but it went away in seconds. Soon after his rest and recuperation one of the surgeons got a mirror and asked him what he thought. He saw himself and was shocked. His face was covered with hideous scars. He did not recognize himself.
Later on, the nurse entered the room and introduced herself. Paul recognized her at the sound of her name, Abbey. Abbey apparently did not recognize who he was, she told him; don’t be so scared, the scars will go away in a while. Paul tried to tell her whom he was, but he was unable to speak because the wires in his jaw caused too much pain. Abbey did not notice that he struggled to say something. She put her hand down on the counter to reach a new pillow for Paul’s head on her tippy toes trying to get higher into the cabinet to grab a new pillow for Paul’s head. She had a ring on her left hand. He shook with fury on his bed when he noticed, and the entire hospital would have heard him scream, if only it weren't for the thing on his jaw. The shiny object on her finger was an engagement ring, with words engraved on it. And Paul knows that it wasn't him that gave it to her. One thing crossed Paul’s mind, his revenge.
Abbey came in and closed the door. Her white shoes and blue nurse attire annoyed him as His heart beat sped up and face heated. He lifted himself from the hospital bed with sharp pains from every direction engulfing his body. Waiting until she stepped forward, Paul grabbed her and took the pen out of her pocket. He looked Abbey dead in her grey eyes while she stared at him with shock. When he was close to tears he whispered, Abbey. He grabbed her arm and jammed the pen in her wrist, cutting open the flesh. She screamed out for help, but he quickly cupped his hand over her mouth. He said, “Be quiet,” with a murderous tone to his gruff and unrecognizable voice. He caressed her face with malice in his eyes and held the pen up to her neck as she slowly started to lose consciousness. He remembered that horrible heartbreaking day from the past and the crash that ruined him. His heart enflamed and face reddened. The last time he saw her, she was looking at him, deviously giggling and now she was different. Ugly, he thought, that pig man made her ugly, the way she smiled at him, she never smiled like that at me. She could very well be dead to me. Very well be damned to hell dead in my eyes. I want her dead; if I couldn’t have her, neither can that pig. He took a deep breath, forcedly and jammed the pen into Abbey’s soft neck. Her eyes flickered and she was no longer. His hands were soaked with Abbey’s crimson blood.
He dropped her and wiped his hands on his hospital gown. Paul looked over her dead body on the floor, dropped the pin and limped to the door. It creaked as he opened it slowly. Once he was outside, he looked both ways of the hall and dashed. Running down the grey halls, memories of the good times flashed into his head and he snickered bitterly. He could see the security guards running towards him, they had heard her desperate cry. He realized that he would not get away and stopped running. The securities tackled him and searched him for weapons. Paul looked up to the ceiling while the guards put the cold cuffs on his wrist and said,” Pearls before swine,” and fell to his knees and hit the floor. Blood spilled out of his mouth and his body was covered in Abbey’s blood. He knew that once he killed her, he had taken a piece of her with him to the fiery pits of hell.
As Paul drove his truck in anger, his mind was still on Abbey and how he witnessed her cheating on him. He started to grimace his malicious thoughts while driving away from the worst night of his life. The guy’s pig tattoo was still fresh in his mind. He wondered who he was, with hatred towards him and Abbey; he repeated slurs to both Abbey and the other guy. While driving, he spotted a pig, and hatred busted inside him. He immediately thought of Abbey and the pain she caused him. Then, on impulse, he made his truck go as fast as it possibly could, and hit the pig. The car shook and swerved. He got out of the truck to see if it was dead, he realized he had imagined it; the pig was merely a hallucination. He wondered why the car had shook if he did not hit the pig. He noticed that he had hit a bopulder that had made the car shake and swerve. A distant bright light came near as he realized what had just happened and released a piercing laughter. A horn sounded and he looked in front of him still laughing, and before he knew it, everything went black.
After he regained consciousness, he saw a white-walled room. He noticed the numerous amount of wires attached to him. It didn’t take him very long to realize that he was in a hospital. He touched his face and felt his grown facial hair all over. His eyes felt tired and heavy. He looked towards the digital clock. He noticed something strange. The date was 3 years after prom. He did not remember anything that happened between prom night or now. He was about to gasp, but quickly stopped. Something was clamping his jaw shut so that he couldn’t speak. He thought while in pain, I shouldn't have tried to run over the "pig". I shouldn't have lost control like that. In half an hour, some surgeons came in to check and fix whatever was clamping down on his jaw. They noticed it would not take long and began. Paul saw some of surgeons using screws on his teeth. He felt a sharp pain, but it went away in seconds. Soon after his rest and recuperation one of the surgeons got a mirror and asked him what he thought. He saw himself and was shocked. His face was covered with hideous scars. He did not recognize himself.
Later on, the nurse entered the room and introduced herself. Paul recognized her at the sound of her name, Abbey. Abbey apparently did not recognize who he was, she told him; don’t be so scared, the scars will go away in a while. Paul tried to tell her whom he was, but he was unable to speak because the wires in his jaw caused too much pain. Abbey did not notice that he struggled to say something. She put her hand down on the counter to reach a new pillow for Paul’s head on her tippy toes trying to get higher into the cabinet to grab a new pillow for Paul’s head. She had a ring on her left hand. He shook with fury on his bed when he noticed, and the entire hospital would have heard him scream, if only it weren't for the thing on his jaw. The shiny object on her finger was an engagement ring, with words engraved on it. And Paul knows that it wasn't him that gave it to her. One thing crossed Paul’s mind, his revenge.
Abbey came in and closed the door. Her white shoes and blue nurse attire annoyed him as His heart beat sped up and face heated. He lifted himself from the hospital bed with sharp pains from every direction engulfing his body. Waiting until she stepped forward, Paul grabbed her and took the pen out of her pocket. He looked Abbey dead in her grey eyes while she stared at him with shock. When he was close to tears he whispered, Abbey. He grabbed her arm and jammed the pen in her wrist, cutting open the flesh. She screamed out for help, but he quickly cupped his hand over her mouth. He said, “Be quiet,” with a murderous tone to his gruff and unrecognizable voice. He caressed her face with malice in his eyes and held the pen up to her neck as she slowly started to lose consciousness. He remembered that horrible heartbreaking day from the past and the crash that ruined him. His heart enflamed and face reddened. The last time he saw her, she was looking at him, deviously giggling and now she was different. Ugly, he thought, that pig man made her ugly, the way she smiled at him, she never smiled like that at me. She could very well be dead to me. Very well be damned to hell dead in my eyes. I want her dead; if I couldn’t have her, neither can that pig. He took a deep breath, forcedly and jammed the pen into Abbey’s soft neck. Her eyes flickered and she was no longer. His hands were soaked with Abbey’s crimson blood.
He dropped her and wiped his hands on his hospital gown. Paul looked over her dead body on the floor, dropped the pin and limped to the door. It creaked as he opened it slowly. Once he was outside, he looked both ways of the hall and dashed. Running down the grey halls, memories of the good times flashed into his head and he snickered bitterly. He could see the security guards running towards him, they had heard her desperate cry. He realized that he would not get away and stopped running. The securities tackled him and searched him for weapons. Paul looked up to the ceiling while the guards put the cold cuffs on his wrist and said,” Pearls before swine,” and fell to his knees and hit the floor. Blood spilled out of his mouth and his body was covered in Abbey’s blood. He knew that once he killed her, he had taken a piece of her with him to the fiery pits of hell.
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