Amazing Grace by By: zzmbrashear (top non fiction books of all time TXT) 📕

of being pushed around and bullied. She wasn’t going to stand for it anymore, at least not if she could help it.
“Shut up!” Alana shouted. She tried to come towards Grace but Trey held her back.
“Shut up! Who do you think you are?” Jeremy said as he walked towards her. His black hair covered his face as the wind blew furiously. He walked towards Grace even more. She back up but stopped at the line of the woods. Her back bumped into the bushes as she couldn’t go anymore. Grace knew there was a drop off. Just behind the bush, the ground went down more than ten feet. She couldn’t back up anymore with falling.
“Jeremy, be careful.” Alana warned him. Grace looked at her with wide eyes, terrified.
“Shut up!” Jeremy scolded her. He pushed Grace again and again. She held onto the bush behind her but with one final push, she couldn’t hold on anymore. As her palms got sweaty, her grip loosened. Her feet kicked the dirt as she tried to keep her balance. Jeremy gave her one place push that sent her over the edge. She held out her hands, hoping one of them would try to save her, but no one did.
Alana gasped as she watched Grace fall. Jeremy’s eyes widened as he just realized what he had done.
“Jeremy!” Alana shouted.
“Sh! Just shut up! Let me think!” He paced back and forth. They all stood at the edge and looked down at Grace’s body. Her neck was twisted in a way it shouldn’t be. There’s hearts beat furiously in the chest as Grace’s stopped.
“Is she?” Alana couldn’t finish the sentence.
“I don’t know.” Jeremy muttered.
“Go check!” Trey pushed Jeremy. Jeremy looked at him, his pupils so big there was no color. He gulped big.
“Okay.” He whispered. He slowly walked around the drop off. He slowly walked towards Grace’s limp body. Her knelt down beside her. He poked her. She didn’t move. He poked her again and then looked up at Trey.
“Grace?” Jeremy asked but she didn’t reply. “Grace?” He repeated as he placed his hand on her arm.
“Try to find her pulse.” Trey shouted. Jeremy nodded and then placed his hand on her neck. He felt a pulse. It was slight. So slight that it was hardly a pulse. He didn’t want to tell them. He knew they would try to take her to a hospital. He can’t ruin his life. Not over one girl.
“Well?” asked Alana.
“Nothing.” Jeremy said very convincingly. Alana and Trey walked down beside him.
“What are we going to do?” Trey asked.
“Trey, go to your house and grab a tarp, a shovel, and a rag. We need to get rid off all prints.” Jeremy said as he buried his head into his hands. Trey left to go with Alana. Jeremy dragged himself over to the wall of the drop off. He leaned against it and stared at her body.
“How could I do this? What am I going to do? My whole life is ahead of me. Well, was ahead of me. It was all harmless. This wasn’t suppose to happened. They can’t find out. They can’t find out.” He thought to himself.
“I’m sorry.” He said aloud. It didn’t take long for Trey and Alana to get back. They walked over to Jeremy and kicked his leg. He jumped up.
“O-, okay.” He shook off his jitters. He took the rag from Alana and wiped down Grace’s neck. He then carefully rolled her over onto the tarp. He wrapped her up and then started to drag her.
“Where are you taking her?” Alana asked.
“I’m going to bury her.” He sighed.
“What?” Alana gasped. “Jeremy, she’s a human being, not a dog!” Jeremy marched over to her and firmly placed both hands on her shoulders.
“Look at her body! She’s dead! If you want to go to prison and meet some nice lady named Burneice with very big hands, then go ahead! Not me, I’m not letting this ruin my life.” He let go of her and walked back to the body. Alana started kicking dirt to cover the path from dragging her. Trey shook his head. None of them approved of this but Jeremy is the only one who knows the part that couldn’t change everything.
“How much farther?” Trey asked.
“Just a little bit more.” Jeremy answered. They have gone almost a mile into the woods. Jeremy stopped at a barren part in the middle of it. There was less tree’s and more open spaces. The ground was soft from the rain. Grace and the tarp was covered in mud.
Trey handed Jeremy the shovel and he began to start digging. Alana bit her lip as she began to shake. Her heart was pounding so hard that you could almost feel it. Trey kept running his hands through his hair as he paced. He began to mumble to himself.
“How... this isn’t... dead.... dead.... no... no... dead...” He couldn’t form full sentences.
“Okay.” Jeremy breathed as he stuck the shovel in the ground. “Roll her in.” He said. Trey began to grip the tarp but Alana stopped him.
“Wait! Shouldn’t we say something... I mean she’s not a pet dog, she’s a-” Jeremy cut her off.
“Yes, a human. We know. Just roll her in.” Jeremy demanded. Just as he said so the sky grew even darker than it already was. A big cloud rolled over their heads and it crackled as lightening struck a near by tree. Alana jumped as she looked around.
Trey gripped the tarp and dragged her into the hole. She ‘thumped’ as she hit the solid ground.
“Now what?” Trey asked as he wiped the sweat on his forehead. His hands were black with dirt.
“Now, we bury her.” Jeremy said as if it was the easiest decision ever. Alana’s hand shook rapidly as she raised it to her arm.
“Jeremy,” Her voice was unsteady and she sounded terrified. “What, what if she’s not,” She couldn’t finish the sentence. She closed her eyes as she shivered at the thought.
“Yeah, man. What if she isn’t dead? Are you sure?” Trey asked as he put him arm around Alana to comfort her. At this point, neither of them could wrap their head around what was happening.
“Look, neither of you can believe me and we can bring this body to the authorities right now. But let me tell you, if we do then we will go to jail. They’re not going to give us a chance. This will be the end. Kiss college goodbye. Kiss a life or a family goodbye because this will be it. Think about it.” Jeremy said in a stern voice. He didn’t show it, but he was trembling inside.
Trey walked over to Jeremy and picked up the shovel. It shook with his hands as he stuck it into the loose dirt. He picked it up as he sighed. He looked down at Grace.
“I’m so sorry.” He shook his head as he dropped the dirt onto her face. Just as he did so, the rain came down. It beat furiously on her cold body. It filled most of the hole and soaked the dirt even more.
Alana sat down beside the hole and covered her face. She cried into her hands but no one could hear her. The rain was louder than all of them combined. Trey looked over at her sitting there in the mud. He handed the shovel to Jeremy and he took over. Trey wiped his hands on his jeans as he walked over to Alana. He looked down at her and then sat next to her.
“What are we going to do?” She screamed over the rain. Her tears still fell but they just looked like rain drops. He put his arm around her and she buried her face into his chest. “Were murderers.”
“No, don’t think about it. You didn’t do anything. This is all a bad dream. It will be over tomorrow. Don’t think about it.” He tried to comfort her but it didn’t help.
“Its not a dream. It will never be over. Never.” She cried as she looked over at Grace’s body that was slowly being covered. “What have we done?”
“Nothing! We didn’t do anything!” He shouted.
“I, I can’t do this.” She shook her head. Jeremy patted the top of the soil as she was finally covered. The rain beat furiously down on the top of it as he walked over to them with the shovel over his shoulder.
“Okay, lets clear something up right now.” He said in a mean, almost cold voice. “This never happened. You don’t know anything about it and it never leaves our lips again.” He said and then Trey and Alana nodded. “Okay?” He screamed.
“Okay.” Alana flinched.
“Okay, man.” Trey nodded, while helping Alana up.
“I’ll get rid of the shovel.” He said as they all came out of the woods. Alana and Trey watched as Jeremy went into his garage and put the shovel there. Alana and Trey stood in the rain for a little bit. Alana hugged him as he hair clung to her shirt.
“Its going to be okay.” He assured her. She nodded as he went to his house.
She continued to walk to her house. On her way there she passed Grace’s house. She looked at it, almost shaking, when she heard her name called.
“Alana!” Allie shouted from the porch. She motioned for Alana to come to her. Alana crossed her arms as she jogged to Allie. “Hey.” Allie hugged her.
“Sorry, I’m wet.” Alana smiled.
“What are you doing in the rain?” asked Allie. Alana opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. Allie looked at her confused.
“I, I went for a walk and it began to pour.” She smiled. She was terrible at lying and Allie knew that.
“Alana, its been raining for the last twenty minutes.” Allie stated.
“It was a long walk.” She tried to save herself.
“Alana, are you okay?” Allie asked.
“Yeah, yes, I’m fine.” She smiled an obvious fake smile. She knew Allie was getting onto her. “Well, I have to go.” She said and then scurried away.
“Wait! I thought you were coming over!” Allie shouted to her from the porch.
“Sorry! I have other plans! Maybe another night!” Alana shouted over the rain pitter pattering on the roof of the porch. Allie shook her head as she went inside. She sat across her Mother at the kitchen table. She sighed as she set down.
“What is it?” Her Mother asked as she set down her coffee.
“Alana,” She answered. “She’s acting really weird.”
“I’m sure its nothing.” Her Mother dismissed it. Allie nodded. “Have you seen Grace?”
“No.” Allie answered.
“You sure? She was suppose to come home right after school.” Her Mother asked again.
“No, I haven’t seen her.” Allie repeated.
“Okay. Oh, um, some kid, I think his name was Tyler, called you.” She guessed.
“Okay. Thanks.” Allie smiled as she went to her room. She picked up the phone and called Tyler.
“Hey.” She smiled.
“Hey.” He copied.
“What did you need?” She asked.
“Nothing.” He answered.
“Oh, okay. Have you seen Grace around?” She asked.
“Uh, yeah! I saw her walking home after I left the school after meeting you before your practice.” He answered.
“She never made it home.” Allie stated.
“Don’t worry. She’ll be home sooner or later.” He assured her. Then she heard voices in the back ground. “I’m going to have to call you later.” He said and then hung up.
Allie shook off the dis and