  The War Has Just Begun The Witness (Part 2) and as she stopped, I saw vanessa clinching a small silver blade in her hand, smiling (like she always does). the gurl... once shouting, mouth wide, now scared, hands covering her screams, darted her eyes my way, while I sat, legs still dangling, fingertips cold, and body shaking.
The war has just begun. I, conscious of what was about to go down, ran up my stairs shouting, "momma, momma, come quick. " my mother with her hair wrapped up in a scarf, sucked her teeth and reminded me that her stories were on, and it had better be important. ... "momma, vanessa out there bout to cut one of dem gurls with a blade. " "What!!! " We ran back outside, witnessed the dark blood leaking from the corners of the gurl's mouth, and knew we were too late.
vanessa with her too bad to be good self stood there, not in shock... more like relieved. dabbed the blade on her skirt , and casually walked off. The other gurls ran home, kicking up dust for miles. My mother taunted vanessa, screaming cuss words, and telling her she "better get back here," couldn't' believe what had happened. And in the end,, We were witnesses to nothing at all.. Tremaine L. Loadholt 
