file cabinent

It was July Fourth 1983 in Wyoming, Utah. Fireworks lit up the night sky and children ran around at the town carnival. The warm breeze shuffled through the town at a steady pace. But not all the kids were at the carnival, at least not the older kids. The teenagers where having a celebration on the east side of town. Jimmy Dean’s parents left him home alone that day and he decided to have a house party. They were rich anyway he could replace anything that could possibly break. First all the teenagers reunited at the carnival and one by one slipped away to the party. The drinking games began and the keg stands were in full flow. The fire in the living room was the only thing that allowed you to visualize the couples making out on the couch. The sound of rock and roll filled the house and expanded outside to where the rest of the kids partied. A bonfire was made, and the wasted teenagers, falling all over the place, set the fire in the back of the property by the corn. The neighborly warm breeze began to pick up, and the sparks from the bonfire began to jump. Meanwhile at the town carnival the party was dwindling down as the fireworks came to the end parents started wondering where their young children were. “Have you seen Bobby? Billy? Willy?” the parents asked worrying about where their reckless children could be. They then heard, carried by the strength of the wind, music and yelling from the east side of the town. Then, out of nowhere, a shriek of horror silenced the air. The townspeople took off towards the house and the Fire department broke out into action. To the town’s people shock Jimmy Dean’s house had been set aflame by the sparks from the bonfire, the corn caught on fire as well. The Dean property was ablaze diminishing any object in its way. Parts of the house began to collapse, starting with the back wall which was first set on fire. The fire department worked but the wind prevented them from being able to halt the fire fully. It burned until early the next morning when the final sparks were put down by a passing rainstorm. The only thing that was left standing was the oak file cabinet next to the fireplace. Although it was ruined, the outer case remained standing. The files were burned and wet at the same time, and this was the only piece of equipment they were able to save from this dreadful fire. It stands now, in the house of Jimmy Dean, alone in the corner, a reminder of what he had done, next to the fireplace.