Paerl Jam Ticket Contest

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater held a contest for Pearl Jam tickets. Create a short story using at least 20 Pearl Jam song titles. This was my entry.

The way things happen in a young mans life are not always the way they are planned. Their parent look forward to them going to college getting good grades and getting a career, but nothing as it seems can be that simple. Here is the story of a young black man named Jeremy. Jeremy was not your everyday student, but he got good grades and tried to keep his nose clean. He woke up every morning and thanked god that he was alive. He was very popular with his peers and was the star wide receiver of the football team. Jeremy’s only flaw was that his best friend growing up, Tyson was a gang banger in the group calling themselves All or None. Tyson liked to get into trouble and Jeremy’s smooth talking usually got them out of it. Tyson’s nickname was Animal, because when he got into a fight it was like a caged animal was released. Tyson who was trying to earn his stripes with the gang decided that Jeremy and himself should go on a road trip. Jeremy being the better man and knowing that Tyson would wind up in major trouble, said yes to going. As they were driving up and down the coastline, Jeremy was getting an urge to stop and get something to snack on. So they made a stop in this backwoods town. Jeremy and Tyson went into a little convenient store. The was and elderly woman behind the counter in a small town Jeremy though, how quaint. Tyson had other plans. Tyson walked up to the woman, pulled out his .45 glock and told the woman to empty the register. Jeremy froze not knowing what to do. The woman emptied the register and gave the money to Tyson. Tyson then shot the woman in the head, blood splattered everywhere even on Jeremy. The two men started to run to the car when gunshots went off in their direction. The sheriff just happened to be pulling up as the shots were fired. Jeremy and Tyson jumped in the car and took off. The sheriff gave chase. Jeremy looking into his rearview mirror asked Tyson why would he do something like that. Tyson’s response was that he wanted to be the man of the hour with the All or None crew. They only talked about killing and he killed. He wanted the immortality of the gang and being the first person to kill out of all of them. Jeremy told Tyson this life is not for you. He had no choice though this is his life, Tyson thought. Jeremy just took a deep breath as he dove away for the sheriff that had given chase. As the chase continued, Jeremy sped through the town weaving around cars. Just as he thought they were home free, Jeremy swerved hard to the right barely missing a mother and daughter standing on the corner. The car rolled and crashed through the guardrail and dropped them deep into the woods. Jeremy tried to release himself from the mangled car, but his arm was broken and his leg pinned under the steering wheel. He looked over at Tyson, but he was already out of the car and running away. Jeremy heard the sheriff yell to his deputy; off he goes catch him he went around the bend. Jeremy was taken out of the car by paramedic’s and strapped to a gurney. He tried to tell the sheriff that it was Tyson who pulled the trigger not him. The sheriff didn’t care one bit. He was going to throw him in jail no matter what Jeremy said. Jeremy was thrown in jail. His cellmate was a man who went by the name of Ghost. Ghost was a psychotic you tried to organize a worldwide suicide, but was captured before he could initiate his plan. Ghost told Jeremy that he had found God while in prison and that it was God’s Dice that cause them to be in this place. God’s Dice was his way of saying fate. Jeremy just sat back and shook his head and realized that his life was now a life wasted. He knew he wasn’t getting out of jail. All he could think about was Tyson and how all this was his fault because he wanted to be a Glorified G.