April 2nd , 1972

Marissa's pov

I was sitting in my room painting when Lawernce came in crying like crazy. " Lawrence what happened ?" I asked him, I knew that the draft was happening. My biggest fear was my brothers being drafted. Did my worst fear come true ?.
.... " Marissa sit down , " Lawernce said " I was drafted and in 8 days I'll be going to Barton Springs , California" he adds. At this point I'm a crying mess as my big brother hugged me , rubbing my back

9:44 pm
I climbed out of my window to talk with my boyfriend Jack , he was a sweet guy and might know what to do about my brother... Of course my family had no idea about Jack and for good reason. Jack was black , so with the recent end of Jim crow laws it's fine but I understand that my family isn't exactly friendly to non whites expect for Lawernce of course ... After about a 25 min bike ride I arrived at Jack's house..... He was waiting on his roof , I climbed the later and we talked. " I just don't know what to do " I said drinking the Pepsi he gave me , " well maybe you should just accept this Marissa . You could see Lawernce sooner then you think " Jack said. I thanked him and went home .

The next day I was watching Eddie and Lawrence playing basketball . I smiled and said " one day they may not be here " I said . After a bit of painting my mom gave me the car keys " just drive backwards aim for Lawrence " she told me. Not questioning it I got into the car and ran over Lawrence's leg.

A few weeks later Nixon came to a peace agreement . So sure what I did was exterme but in life you do crazy things for your family