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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