40 Wishes and Counting

The fun of 40 years....

SUBSCRIBE

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Contact me

The Start

November 6, 2017 By: Stacey7 Comments

The three girls had been planning this for months. The quarters were not the problem. They were all sitting in the bag waiting for the moment. The girls only needed to figure how to get in and out of the front part of the restaurant without anyone calling them out.

Then one day, they just decided to do it. They dressed a little bit older and all of them added lipstick as practiced. With heads held high, they acted like they belonged. Quickly they put in the quarters as fast as the machine would let them and hit the knob. The selection had been made months ago. They heard it fall to the bottom and one quickly scooped it out. Then they all ran out and didn’t stop for a long time.

Mission accomplished: They bought their first pack of cigarettes.

Back in the house with the parents not returning for hours, one took out a lighter. Shaking, it took a few minutes for them to be successful with lighting it. Turns out, you have to inhale at the same time. Giggling nervously, they all took turns practicing. We finally look cool they all thought to themselves. Little did they all know that this start would change so many things.

Five years later, they all went their separate ways as girls in high school often do.

One became a cheerleader. She was pretty and popular and barely looked their way anymore.

The second hung out with the so called bad crowd. Her eyes were dark and heavy with the makeup. Gone was the pretty pink lipstick they had used such a short time ago. She wouldn’t be caught dead at any function with cheerleading at it.

The third became a bit of everything. She played some sports but not enough to be noticeable. She was quiet and kept to her few friends.

Three years later, they all graduated. There were rumors going around but two didn’t pay any attention. It wasn’t their problem anymore.

Years later, she saw a friend of a friend who told her the news. The parents of the other let her know. At the funeral, the two stood silently together for the first time in a very long time as they buried their friend with arms around each other.

Gone too soon from an addiction that she could no longer fight.

Thoughts raced through their minds. Guilt filled their hearts. The tears fell as people watched them knowing that way back when, things were so much more innocent…

or so it seemed.

This is a fiction story for the November blogging challenge.

Follow me at 40 Wishes and Counting for more! Thanks for reading!

Recent Posts

  • All is Calm… December 21, 2018
  • Holiday Greetings from the Parenting Trenches December 17, 2018
  • Only A Drill December 12, 2018
  • The Biggest Hello September 23, 2018
  • 50 Minute Time Out August 15, 2018

Recent Comments

  • unusual poker-related itemspoker on Holiday Greetings from the Parenting Trenches
  • Cjristina on Holiday Greetings from the Parenting Trenches
  • Joanne on Holiday Greetings from the Parenting Trenches
  • Christina on Only A Drill
  • Christina on The Biggest Hello

Archives

  • December 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015

Comments

  1. CHRISTINA Jenkins says

    November 7, 2017 at 5:37 am

    I am enjoying reading your daily writings!

    Reply
  2. Carol Cassara says

    November 16, 2017 at 7:41 am

    An all too common and sad tale.

    Reply
  3. christina says

    November 16, 2017 at 1:24 pm

    Very well done, and timely unfortunately.

    Reply
  4. Molly stevens says

    November 17, 2017 at 5:10 am

    Such a sad reality for way too many young people today, Stacey. Oh, to go back to the days of innocence when smoking cigarettes was a big deal!

    Reply
  5. Rusty says

    November 18, 2017 at 9:33 am

    Brings back memories of those long lost days of innocence. I was ten or so and a friend had found a cigarette. We snuck down to his basement and lit it. I was too scared (or maybe even knew better) to try it so I pretended. Glad I never picked up that habit. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Em Linthorpe says

    November 20, 2017 at 3:52 pm

    Gosh, this really grabbed me! It’s such a well written little piece.

    Reply
  7. Jennifer says

    November 27, 2017 at 3:56 pm

    Surprised it said the story was fiction as I feel like I’ve seen this story play out many times throughout my lifetime.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Don’t miss a thing!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Welcome to 40 Wishes!

I am so happy you are visiting my blog! Please sign up to receive the latest postings. It would be great if it's not just my family following along (yes... family you are important, but you are kind of obligated). Lots of fun thoughts and adventures will be going on! Best part is, you don't have to be 40 to enjoy it.

Search

Featured Posts

Upon walking through the door, we were greeted by so many smiling faces. The crowd seems to get bigger each year. Christmas lights were strung around the room giving us the full effects of that magical look this holiday can pull off like no other. We moved through the bar area saying our hellos, filling […]

Archives

Recent Comments

  • unusual poker-related itemspoker on Holiday Greetings from the Parenting Trenches
  • Cjristina on Holiday Greetings from the Parenting Trenches
  • Joanne on Holiday Greetings from the Parenting Trenches
  • Christina on Only A Drill
  • Christina on The Biggest Hello

Alexa Rank

Tags

adoption cheers exercise fathers day fridge gardening getting lucky guy infertility journey lost car parking lot suburbs

Looking for something?

Copyright © 2019 · Modern Blogger Pro Theme By, Pretty Darn Cute Design