The Bus Stop

Victor kept his head down as this priest said his final words of prayers. He couldn't bring himself to look at Frank's mom as Frank's body got lowered into the ground. They say real men don't cry, well Victor thought that was bullshit. He allowed the tears flow freely from his eyes as memories of how his best friend had past came flooding in.

Victor, an upcoming artist had gone to meet a music producer and he had asked his friend Frank, to tag along with him. He had this new song that he wanted to pitch to the producer.

Victor and Frank had both gotten on a bus heading for the producers studio when their bus got pulled over by the police. Victor remained calmed, he knew the usual routine. So when the police asked him to get down from the bus, he obeyed and did as he was told. The police frisked him and when they saw his phone, they started going through it. That was illegal but they were the ones with the guns so they could do whatever they wanted.

Victor knew what they were looking for. They were trying to find anything incriminating to have a reason to arrest him. A foreigners picture on his phone was enough to label him a fraudster. They couldn't find anything on his phone so they gave it back to him, then they asked Frank to get down from the bus.

One look at Frank's face and Victor could tell something wasn't right. He gave him the “What's wrong?” look and Frank gave him the “I have something on me” look back.

“Be fast will you?” The police shouted at him and Frank did just that. He ran.

Frank ran and the police followed. But Frank's speed was no match for them, so they used something that they knew was faster, they shot at Frank.

Victor remembered watching Frank's body hit the floor as the bullet went through his heart. It turned out Frank had some marijuana on him and he had been so scared of what the police would do to him.

Victor cleaned his tears as he slowly walked away from the burial ground. He had come to pay his last respect and he had done just that. No amount of tears would bring his best friend back, life had to go on.