If+You+Come+Softly

__ If You Come Softly __ by Tatiana L. 7/11/10

Jeremiah is black. Ellie is white and Jewish. Their worlds are so different but to them, that’s not what matters. You see, Jeremiah never thought of dating a white girl, Ellie never thought of dating a black boy, one day Ellie dropped her books in the hall because Jeremiah ran into her. Jeremiah helped her pick up the books. The next day they started to talk and feel for each other deeply. They talked for a while and Jeremiah wanted Ellie to meet his mom. Ellie’s parents were still together and Jeremiah’s parents were divorced. Jeremiah’s mom wrote novels and was a famous author and his dad was an actor. Finally Ellie meet Jeremiah’s mom. Ellie thought his mom was so beautiful and nice. They would go to Jeremiah’s house every day after school. About two weeks later they were walking to his house from school, they ate and Jeremiah walked Ellie back home, they kissed and said good bye! As Jeremiah was on his way back to his house, he was shot and killed. The next day Ellie got a call from Jeremiah’s mom that he had been shot and killed. Ellie said with tears “time comes to us softly and slowly, it sits beside us for awhile, then long before we are ready it moves on.”