location: north logan, in a quiet suburban neighborhood. nighttime, eleven or twelve o'clock. it is fall, and it is windy. young girl walks down the dark street, wind dishevels her short red hair, dark eyes strain to see into the night. she is upset, to many things going on in her life. tears well up in the corners of her eyes. she hates herself. suddenly, a large shadow falls upon the sidewalk in front of her. the stench of alcahol surrounds her. she stops and looks up. their eyes lock as he shoots her. she falls to the pavement, and the drunk man walks away from the scene. location: hospital room. flourescent lights randomly flickering. the room is silent, save for the constant bleep of the heart moniter and a few quiet sobs. the girl is laying on the hospital bed. her family gathers near, watching the heart moniter bleep in a straight line, and mourning. they cry and hug each other. the doctor and nurses stand outside the door, letting them mourn in peace. the girl is dead. her skin is beginning to pale. her little brothers and mother hug by the edge of the bed and cry. her dad and sister stand at the foot, hugging and crying. they remain like that for many hours, then retreat to the lobby to call extended family and make funeral arrangements. location:cemetary, under an oak tree. its leaves fall down upon the congregation. funeral. her friends attend. people walk past the coffin, saying there last goodbyes. "I love you" says one skinny girl, her hair long and dark. "I'll miss you" says another, redblonde girl. They hug each other and cry. a few more distant friends pass, feeling sad, and realizing that they did not know the girl as well as they would have liked. a tall young man with blonde hair passes. he says nothing, tears shed. he stares for a moment, then continues. the congregation all in black, quiet as the coffin is lowered into the grave. the girl is buried. a dark gravestone is placed at the head of the dirt bed. on top of the rectangle sits a stone cat, staring out at the other graves. friends gather in their groups and head off to different houses to remember with one an other. family sits in the dead girls room. quiet. remembering. what was she? this girl. was she important? was she special? did people really care?