MY FRIEND JORDAN
Hello viewer, my name is David Hooker and I will like to tell a story of a friend that passed away.
THE BEGINNING
The first time I met Jordan and his twin brother Jacob was at a charter school called “Branch Park Academy” In that school I would make a few friends here and there, but at the time I had a hard time with finding someone with the same interest as me.
I remember the first time seeing the twins at lunchtime whispering to each other and sitting isolated from everybody else. They seemed very shy, I wanted to talk to them, but I didn’t want to make them feel uncomfortable so I just left them alone.
One day, we were doing a school project and Jordan was placed in my group with two other fellow students. I remember that I was helping out my classmates, but Jordan decided to do a crossword puzzle and stay out of the way. I decided to place my hand on his paper and ask him “Why aren’t you helping us out” I said it in a very stern and loud way. Jordan uses his pencil and cuts the side of my hand; I jerked my hand back than went to the principal’s office and told on him. She calls him in and says “Did you cut David’s hand?” Jordan says “Yes, because he was yelling at Me.” the principal looks at me and says “Why were you yelling at him?” I said “Because he wasn’t helping us with the project” She said “That’s no reason to yell at him, I have never had any trouble from Jordan until you enrolled into the school. He never has been to the office before you were here.” At this point I already know I lost the argument because of his good reputation at school, the principal says “Be nice to each other I don’t want to see either of you back in here.” As the day is coming to an end I walked to Jordan and told him “I’m sorry for yelling at you man. Do you forgive me?” Jordan says “Yeah.”
MY FIRST VISIT
The first time I visit them was in a word odd it wasn’t exactly the average visit. I remember being in the backseat I was sitting in the middle, Jacob was to my right and Jordan was to my left. Jacob was playing the Nintendo 3DS while Jordan was staring out the left car door’s window, Their Father, Mr. Johnson was driving while their Mother, Mrs. Johnson was cursing him out. She constantly pestered him about his driving, after she realize that I heard what she was saying she said “Everybody curses it’s not bad” so I was thinking that maybe it’s just and unhappy relationship those are common there’s nothing really out of the ordinary.
Later that day, I was examining the household and discovered they had a trampoline, I was a fan of WWE which is World Wrestling Entertainment so when I saw the trampoline the first thing I wanted to do was wrestle, but I didn’t quite have my balance when I got on it cause I wasn’t use to it. It was literally my first time ever getting on a trampoline so it was like a whole new feeling when I was on, one thing I notice is that they were doing back flips front flips and side flips, I was literally astonished by their athletic ability to do flips on an unstable platform.
By the end of that day I was thinking that this might be a friendship that last forever and at school we was known as Jacob, Jordan, and David three best friends, but to me we was known as The JJD three brothers with an unbreakable bond.
FRIEND MEETS BEST FRIEND?
Since I came over a lot it wasn’t a surprise that I would end up meeting another friend that they made before me. His name was Mychyl Conner, My first time seeing him was an ok experience, but I can tell from his perspective he will say otherwise. The look of confusion and jealousy was on his face, He didn’t like me that much he always will find a way to blame me for something, plus he had an annoying attitude that really got on my nerves, but I figure will have to get comfortable around each other if we’re going to be friends with Jacob and Jordan.
Jordan told me that he knew Mychyl ever since elementary school and also said they were best friend so technically I wouldn’t be on his level. The first thing that popped up in my mind is that I am going to be the nicest friend they could ever have that way I can be their best friend, So basically it became a challenge for me to see if I can out do Mychyl and make myself worthy of being labeled “Best Friend”.
AGGRESSIVE OUTBURST
Overtime I started to notice a particular pattern of aggressive outburst and it mostly happen when we wrestled on the trampoline. Now we all know the wrestling is a physical sport and accidents are definitely going to occur, but I had a since of humor for people falling, slipping, and making mistakes. So basically every time Jordan or Jacob made a mistake a hurt themselves I started laughing, but keep in mind that these are minor falls nothing severe in any way, every time I will laugh they will resort to actually punching me which actually hurt, bluntly stomping on me which also hurt, Throwing a toy ball at me which didn’t hurt as bad as the previous things they did.
Their not only aggressive to me, but to each other too Jordan and Jacob when wrestling will constantly punch each other stiffly to the point every time we were done wrestling they would have busted lips or bruises. Jordan once said that “if someone punches him hard he hits them right back” which means even when it’s an accident he still has to get payback.
After that I was starting to feel a little concerned about both of their aggressive behavior, but for whatever reason decided to ignore it instead of address it because I figured it was none of my business how they think or live. After a while of visiting them I think I might have known who they got that behavior from.
FAMILY DISPUTES
After visiting them for a while I started to notice a continuous pattern of Mrs. Johnson yelling at Mr. Johnson. She seemed to never be happy or satisfied with anything he did. My relationship with Mr. Johnson was pretty cool he seemed like a calm individual just trying to relax and have peace with his kids while My relationship with Mrs. Johnson seemed fake and forced it felt like she was forcing herself to be nice to me it never really seem like she actually care about who I was. I also notice that Jacob and Jordan got yelled at a lot at home she will give them chores and task to do and when they didn’t do it right she will start yelling at them and cursing. Mr. Johnson just seems to lie back while seeing his kids is mistreated. At this time I only see one authority figure that holds all the power of the household and it seems like it’s not going to get any better.
I ask Jordan has his mom ever did something crazy before and he said that she was arguing with his dad and it got so heated that she slapped him, then his dad picked her up and slammed her. There was also one time where she pulled out two knives on him when he forgot to get something she wanted from the store.
With the information I collected from Jordan I now knew that Mrs. Johnson is insane, but that wasn’t going to stop me from visiting my friends. Soon after all this stuff happen they said that they were moving to Wichita Falls which was at least 2 hours away from where I lived and getting a PS4 for Jacob, Mr. Johnson handed his PS4 down to Jordan. I made myself a promise to get a PS4; I wanted to stay in touch because none of us had a phone yet, so we were just going to communicate through the system.
PETS
My first visit to Wichita Falls, this time I was visiting for a week and one of the things that I didn’t expect to be there was there which a dog was. I like dogs, but I have a fear of a dog bite like I don’t want to be near one because I don’t like the possibilities of it biting me. They had a dog named Bosco that they claimed Mr. Johnson brought home unannounced, so Jacob and Jordan didn’t really want to take care of it because they figured we didn’t ask for it why should we take care of it, But Mrs. Johnson was very infuriated saying that she and the kids didn’t want the dog.
Mr. Johnson said he will take care of it, but they will have to be responsible for it when he is at work. One day she trapped the dog in the kitchen, so he wouldn’t roam around the house she set a chair laying on its side to block off one of the exits and did the same with the other exit, then later that week decided to put the dog back in its cage and send it to the pound.
CYBER BULLYING AND SPIRITUAL BELIEFS
After years of knowing them their Mom always controlled the way they eat, dress, and bathe. Mrs. Johnson believes that we are all versions of God and that we can fly and do other supernatural things. She was basically saying supernatural only seem supernatural because we think it’s supernatural, but if we think supernatural things are natural then we will be able to do things that are miraculous. She also doesn’t believe that the earth is round and she thinks Zeus is real. Mrs. Johnson has forced Jacob and Jordan to watch hours upon hours of spiritual cult leaders. Mrs. Johnson is mostly known for watching spiritual cult leader Eligio Bishop who is somewhat known for committing blasphemy and crossing borders illegally, He also doesn’t bathe because he claims he doesn’t eat anything that stinks therefore he doesn’t stink. Mrs. Johnson told them to not take any more shower and to use buckets if they have to poop or pee.
Mrs. Johnson also couldn’t afford to stay in Wichita Falls so then she moved to Weatherford where she will continue to control what they eat and how they live. Meanwhile Jacob, Jordan, and Mychyl continuously says that I suck at playing video games and every time they create a group in a game I’m always at the bottom, but when I talked to them individually, Jacob and Jordan say Mychyl doesn’t care about anybody, but himself and I am a lot better than him, and Mychyl is saying the Jacob and Jordan have a negative personality and they are trying to blame everybody but themselves.
In my head so much is going on cause when were together they pick on me when were not they don’t like each other so I try to set up a meeting on the PS4 to discuss the problem we have which didn’t work out because of dishonesty. They will continue to bully me and tell me they don’t love me or care about me, but yet I was still hanging around them hoping for a change one day.
Mrs. Johnson started talking about moving to Costa Rica because that’s where Eligio was at the time and they said no to her time and time again and lucky enough she listen.
ANIMAL ABUSE
Mr. Johnson will go on and get another Dog named Job, but this time he told them. Jacob and Jordan still didn’t want a dog they also stated they didn’t even care if it died. I have witness them physically abuse the dog all except Mr. Johnson. When it was a puppy Mrs. Johnson took the food while it was still eating it and when it snapped at her she punched it in it side which cause it to screamed then said one day she is going to kill the dog or get Jacob and Jordan to strangle it to death. Mrs. Johnson moved out of Weatherford because she could not afford it and moved to Henderson, Texas
Another memorable incident is when we were outside at night just talking while Job was chain to a Tree and he is limited to how far he can walk from the tree. Job starts nibbling on Jacob’s shoe because Jacob was standing near him, so when Job nibbled on Jacob shoe Jacob said “Seriously!” and kicked the dog in its side making him cough, even after that the dog proceeds to nibble then Jacob kicks it a second time in its side and it coughs, At this point I wanted to tell him to stop, but I felt like it wasn’t my place to do so. The dog proceeds to nibble and Jacob kicks it a third time this time the dog gags and I see saliva drooling out of the dog’s mouth, the dog finally walks away.
Mrs. Johnson says “One day she is going to kill that dog if it doesn’t know how to behave”. I honestly still worry about the dog till this day, but there is nothing I could do if she somehow ends up putting it down.
DEPRESSION
Mrs. Johnson was still talking about moving to Costa Rica, Besides that it started to seem like Jacob and Jordan gave up on their parents because they said all their mom does is scream and yell making their time worst, They also said their dad is no help because all he does is let her do whatever she wants. One time when I was playing GTA V on PS4 and I was in an online party with them, I heard Mrs. Johnson say “I don’t believe in Husband, Daughter, Mother, Son, stuff I don’t look at that, never have Never will. I believe we come from different stars and solar system. We are who we were created to be”. My first thought is that she completely lost it, but then she says “I am a controlling person, I am a vengeful person. They say let God take care of the vengeance, I will take care of the vengeance. I am not a respect of persons. If I’m God I’m supposed to be GOD!” At this point, I am seeing why they gave up on pretty much everything that has to do with love and care. A few months later, I was playing PS4 with them again in an online party a then in the background of their headset Mr. Johnson would get in a heated argument with Mrs. Johnson than Mr. Johnson will walk out of the house, but before he did he told Jacob and Jordan that he hates their Mom with a passion. Later that day, Their Mom screams and said that their Dad has been arrested in the Henderson County Jail, and then she said “QUIT PANICKING!” After that they muted their headset. A month later they couldn’t talk to me in an online party on PS4 because they said their Mom ordered weed cookies and got high off of them than tried to pressure them to take one.
One day, I ask Jordan if he was depressed he said “No, just disappointed” He also said “I’m sorry for all the mean things I said to you” I said “I forgive you” He said “Do you regret making friends with Mychyl” I said “Not really, because even know we get into it we still had some good times. Everything happens for a reason.” A month after that Jordan will take his own life at 17 years old with a shotgun that was hidden in a kitchen cabinet along with the ammo. I was confused, but then I remembered back in sixth grade they said their Dad was a Marine and he owned a shotgun. His mother revealed the location of the shotgun because she said they needed to know in case they got robbed, but Jacob says they have never been robbed at all. Nobody ever tried to break into the house; he also said that he forgot they had a gun in the house. The family found Jordan’s Journal and he’s been depressed ever since 2013 according to the journal. I wish he could’ve stayed on this earth longer and been able to experience whatever he wanted to do. I just wanted to write this down in memory of a kid that deserves greater than what he received.
Written by David Hooker a True Story about My Best Friend May 2, 2019
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