Jack Lawrence

9/25/15
One day I was tubing with my two friends Brennan and Connor. Everything was great until I was on the tube and about 50 feet of rope separated me and the boat. Brennan and Connor told my dad to go really, really, really fast, which is what I told them to say because I love to go fast when I tube. When my dad goes insanely fast and when all of a sudden he can't stop; the boat is going across the lake at about 40 mph. I am freaking out cause I am on a tube and the 3 people that are on the boat can't control it!!! I hear my dad yell at Connor and Brennan and he said "JUMP!'' They all jump and the boat is still going for the side of the lake and I am too nervous to do anything at this point. The boat is still heading for the side of the lake when I finally have the courage to jump off. I jump off and see Brennan, Connor and Dad are about 150 feet behind me, and then I see that the boat crashed into the side of the lake. Brennan, Connor, and Dad are swimming to me. Then they catch up to me and we swim to the boat we got on land and we all said in unison ''Lucky no one was hurt''.

10/8/15

After me and my dad drooped of Brennan and Connor I walked into the door to my house and saw my mother. She said, " Hey Jack, how was your day?"
"Uhh it was not your average day you could say mom''.
She laughed "what happened''.
'' Well first it was really fun and we were having a great time'' I said. '' But then the boat kind of got out of control'' I said. She says ''what happened, is everyone okay, tell me right now''!!!!! I get really nervous and my dad could tell so he told her the rest.
My dad starts by saying, "Everything is fine Meg," which is my mother's first name. He says '' everything and everyone is fine, its just the boat is not''.
My mom is happy to hear no one was hurt, but she isn't thrilled about the boat. She says, "Well I guess its good no one was hurt, but what are we going to do about the boat''. I look up at my dad and I don't think he knows what to say. A few seconds go by and he finally says, " Well should we get rid of it or fix it up Meg, its up to you".

This was one of my spring weekends in Penn State last year. It all started when me and my 3 neighbors Brennan, Brody, and their dad Mr. Kevin and my dad all of the sudden got interested in paint ball. So we all started thinking about buying paintball guns but then we thought where would we shoot them? We couldnt shoot them in out yards cause our parents said what would happen if you break/shoot a window, car, the house, or the shed. We me Brennan and Brody argued with them and we were like "so what we will be careful." And they said so your saying if you guys shoot a window you guys will pay for it and then we were like no. So then we realized why they said no to shooting them in out back yards. We finally thought of our cabin up in Penn State could be a option. We just needed to find a date to go. We ended up buying the guns and ammo cause we knew we were going now. Brennan, Brody, Mr. Kevin and my Dad and me all knew there would be a lot of pain when we got shot and we were like so what it will be fun. We got our guns and ammo and planned to go on a friday to the cabin and stay for the weekend and leave school early that day. Friday comes as quick as a cheetah and we are all really eager and exicted to get there. We pack clothes, food, paint ball guns, 6,000 paint balls, utensils, fishing rods, bate/worms, and CO2. When we get there we find that we have to unlock the gate to get up the driveway to the house. While my dad is unlocking the gate he is getting attacked by gnats. he comes back in the car and we are all laughing at him cause he was making funny faces when he was attacked by gnats. When we get in the house we unpacked our bags and ran upstairs to the beds. Brennan and Brody were suprised to see that it was one big room filled with like 12 beds. I emediatly ran to the bed that i know is the best. It felt so good to get the best bed when they are clueless on what bed to get. I started to laugh when they get the really bad beds when there is another good one in the corner of the big room. When i tell you this room is as big as a elephant. then we alll have our beds we are called by our parents to go back downstairs to go unpack some more. When we are unpacked it was about 7:00 so we decided to go out to dinner at this place at the end of the road called Dones Bones. It was a BBQ place that was very good. A few minunites after we got home we had some snacks just cause and we talked about what we might do tomorrow. Then we played this game called Left Right Center witch is a game you can play and you can win a lot of money. We have a great time then we went to bed.
**2nd marking period here!!! True story**

When we get up in the morning we are planning to do paint ball and then going fishing. I really wasn't a big fan of fishing in a little stream. I really like fishing in the ocean but I was fine fishing in a stream. Me and brennan and brody got our fishing rods and headed up to the srteam. When we get there we see 3 trout. WE are really happy while trying to get the fish!!! We put rods in the water near the 3 fish and they just had to swim away! We all got upset Brody said "i really thought we would get that one" and me and Brennan laughed and agreed. I decided to start to go back to the cabin and brennan and brody followed. When we get back to the cabin we decide to get ready for paintball. Im at this point all excited and can't wait to go play paint ball because I had never played before. I first decide to get my gun and ammo. I started to load the ammo into a tube that I could carry around if I ran out. I decided to fill it all the way to the top cause then when I all run it won't make as much noise. Because it is compact in the container. So I load about 5 tubes of ammo cause we are expecting this to be long. Then I get this belt type thing that will wrap around my waste. It will hold the tubes that have the ammo. After that I look in my suit case to see what I'm going to wear. I thought it was going to hurt so I decided to wear I pair of jeans and 2 pairs of sweat pants. Then I decide to wear 1 long sleeve shirt, and 2 sweat shirts, and 2 hats to cover the back of my head incase I get shot there. The reason we are also wearing a lot of clothes is cause it isn't the warmest there it is like 45 degrees. Then I suit up and put my belt of ammo on. After that I get my gun i get the green rifle that has a little scope. Attach the Co2, test it, then I'm ready for battle. Then I said "hey dad where should I go cause I'm all ready." At this point I'm all freaking out in my head cause I can't wait to shoot my dad and friends!!! He told me just go out on the porch or near the truck in the driveway. I decide to go to to the truck and drop the tail gate to rest my gun and load up some colorful ammo. When I load up some ammo I decide to test my aim and color of the ammo cause I was curious. I decide to shoot a tree. I miss the first time just barely so I try again and i hit it. I was hoping the ammo would change colors but all of them had yellow paint in them, I was bummed out. About 5 minutes later Brennan comes out in all sorts of this cammo colored clothes with his gun. I said to him "Woah man that's a lot of camo." He said "yes it is I want to blend in when I attack all if you" Personally I thought it was too much but he though it was fine.
**3rd marking period starts here**
Then Brody and Dad come out in there cloths. Brody is wearing mostly black cloths and my dad is just wearing the normal which is jeans and a Deney Electric sweatshirt. We are all ready to go but we are waiting for Mr. Kevin. He comes out and says his gun isn't working. His gun is a double trigger gun, which means he can shoot faster. He goes back in and comes back out and says he needs some batteries. So my dad goes back inside the cabin and he says we don't have any batteries. Mr.Kevin uses a extra gun that he brought. He said "I brought it in case something like this happened".
Now we are all ready guns are loaded up and we head up the hill behind the cabin. My dad said to head up there because there is a small narrow field that is now covered in grass. It would be a good place to have a paint ball gun battle also cause there were trees on either sides and there were trees also that had fallen over. As we start heading up the hill Brennan, Brody and I since we are on the same team we whisper a strategy. We decided to have the left side of the field because of the bushes that were on the field, so we could hide behind them for a shield. Meanwhile Dad and Mr.Kevin are walking up the hill too and they are talking about work, (normal Dad and Mr. Kevin talk). We get to the top and it was very neat. I thought it was cool how the old road is now a narrow grassy field. Me, Brody and Brennan take positions on the left half, and Dad and Mr. Kevin go to the right half of the field. I called a time out and I said " I have something to say". We all gathered in the center of the field and i proposed an idea saying " You can't shoot at someone if you are really close to them because it will hurt a lot". We all agreed on not shooting some one if you are closer than about 15 feet. We resume back to our sides and Brody yells "GO".
Me and Brody take cover behind a bush, while Brennan takes cover behind a tree. Dad and Mr Kevin are hiding behind a fallen tree. The first shot is fired and of coarse it hits me right in the butt. It stung for about 30 seconds and then I look at my pants and there is just a yellow paint dot. I aim towards my Dad that is behind a tree. I shoot and I hit the tree that is right in front of him!!! He aims at me shoots and hits me right in the back! I was so mad and I thought '' If only I hit him the first time". Meanwhile I screamed as loud as a tigers roar cause I was startled by the bullet. I took cover while Brody was shooting his dad. It was hard for Brody to shoot at his dad because he was behind a tree that had a fallen tree in front of it. Next thing I know I hear Brody scream twice he was shot twice by his dad. A few seconds later my dad screams and I wonder why? I realized that Brennan had gone through the woods and came up on the other side of my dad and had shot at him. They go into their own little battle it looked like. Now I whisper to Brody " I think we should charge at your dad and take cover behind some trees and not some bush cause it will be 2 on 1". He agreed. We moved in and took cover. Mr. Kevin shoots at Brody and me. Now there is only about 30 feet between Mr. Kevin and me. Mr. Kevin gets up an`starts to go in some sort of shooting rampage!!! HE SHOOTS AT BRODY AND HITS HIM 5 TIMES! I could tell because of the popping sound it made when it hit Brody when he was on the run from his dad. Then Mr. Kevin turns towards me and I think " Oh NO"

**4th marking period starts here**
He starts shooting and I just bolt to the other side of the field. I have literally never run as fast as I did in that moment. I'm just about to the other side and I am yet again shot. It hits me right behind my knee and I almost fell. It felt like I got kicked in the back of the leg. I hear Mr Kevin do his kind of annoying laugh " HA HA HA HE HE HE". I was so mad I thought of running back at him and just pay him back for everything he did to me, but I knew what the smart thing to do was ( I knew he would shoot me even more). I kept running onto the other side of the field and then into the woods. After running for about 2 minutes, I encountered a waterfall. It was very quiet. All heard was the trickling water going down the mountain. There was a subtle breeze that felt good on my face after sprinting for a long time. Then I hear 3 bangs, and the water just darts up. I turned around and Dad is charging at me, so at this point I just didn't care and I went right over the waterfall. When I was jumping over the waterfall my foot got caught on a rock and I tripped but I caught myself. I kept running and made my way back to the far side of the field. I looked around and dad was no where in site. So I went out to the field and hid behind a tree and started to spy on what was going on. I first saw Brody and Brennan running back wards toward me.While they were running backwards they were shooting my Dad. I sprinted out at them and started shooting at them. My dad runs off and I go onto their side and hide behind a small pine tree that is on a small little hill. Meanwhile, Dad and Mr. Kevin start to look for me.They start wondering off to the opposite side of where I am. But then they turn around and look right at my direction but don't see me yet. I wait till they are close enough to fire at witch is about 50 feet. Once they were in range I prob my gun on a branch and just aim. I shoot, My gun jams up and I am panicing!!! Mr. Kevin ended up hearing me and he walked toward me but they don't see me. I try to un jam it, but I don't have enough time. I get up and I just had to slip on the wet soil that was behind me.!!! THEY HEAR ME AND THEY SHOOT AT ME!!! THEY ARE GETTING CLOSER AND THEY SHOOT AT ME RIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD!!! I started to get really mad cause I didn't have any hats on that covered the back of my neck!!! I started to cry because 8 bullets had hit my head. Dad and Mr. Kevin stopped and ran up to me to help I told them what had happened.
Brody and Brennan came up out of the forest and said "what happened". Then dad responded by saying '' UM yea we kinda shot Jack in the head". They started to laugh a lot and for a few min. Then I stopped and we were all silent. I started to bring my gun up to aim.
And I aimed right at Dad and Mr. Kevin. I shouted "get away". I was laughing under my breath, but still I was somewhat serious. I didn't fire cause i'm not that mean. They ran away and then we began fighting again. I moved out from the tree, and took a sneak attack route to try to get back at Dad.