Wednesday, June 16, 2010

No Regrets (Short Story by me)

She knew she should have never gone there. Her sister, Renée, warned her over

and over, but Lauren didn’t want to believe her. Trying to convince Lauren about

anything was like talking to a wall.

Graduation was next week, so to celebrate the end of exams, it has always been a

tradition at Morris Mills High by the seniors to have a gathering at the abandoned

mansion at the ridge. Lauren didn’t really party throughout high school; or at all!

Because their parents have complete trust in their daughters, it didn’t take a lot

of effort for the girls to talk them into letting them go to events like this one.

Renée graduated in 2004 so she knew what this “gathering” was all about

because she had been there. Her friends talked her over, exactly like Lauren’s

friends did. It was only meant to be an innocent, fun night for the graduates to be

together for the last time. Renée could have told her parents what this event was

all about, but instead she wanted Lauren to learn a lesson out of all this. Lauren

heard it was going to be a drunk fest, but her friends convinced her that there

was going to be energy drinks instead. They obviously lied.

Lauren wasn’t used to seeing her classmates drunk and some, stoned out of their

minds. She wore a fake grin all night. Even though nobody would remember, she

didn’t want to come across as nervous. Clinging to her sober friends probably

wasn’t helping.

As she was watching girls she grew up with being taken advantage by just “some

guys”, it made her heart ache. These girls were so vulnerable. She had never seen

this wild side of them at school. Just as she decided it would be a good time to call

Lauren to pick her up, she felt two hands grasping her arms from behind. A couple

guys from her shop class who were not to be trusted, starting pull her by her arms

towards the fire pit.

They pushed her into the group of slutty girls standing around in string bikinis

with fake tanned skin and blonde hair. Confused, Lauren asked them what was

going on. The girls told her about another tradition they couldn’t break at Morris

Hills High. The tradition was that students weren’t allowed to graduate from

Morris Hills without getting drunk at least once. Lauren immediately refused.

From the few beers, one of the girls, Haylee Cosgrove, got too close to Lauren’s

face trying to tell her off while breathing a repulsive stench coming from her.

Lauren warned her to back off or she would slap her. The crowd laughed at

Lauren as she threatened Haley. Lauren did not have an aggressive personality

whatsoever. While Haley started to tease Lauren about being a goody-goody

Christian, without thinking, Lauren shoved her to the ground and ran away.

As she ran, she knew that wasn’t the way to deal with the situation but she was

under so much stress filled with several emotions. Once she ran far enough out of

sight, she flipped open her cell phone to call Renée. Renée had already been

waiting for Lauren at the end of the road. She predicted this would happen.

Shocked, Lauren asked her how she knew she was going to leave early. Renée just

smiled and said, “We’re a lot more alike than you’d think, sis, and don’t worry, I

won’t tell mom and dad. Instead, let’s go to a movie”. Renée wasn’t such a party-

pooper after all.

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