Jenny was so happy about the house they had found. For once in her life it was on the right side of town. She unpacked her things with such great ease. As she watched her new curtains blow in the breeze.
How wonderful it was to have her own room. School would be starting; she would have friends over soon. There will be sleep-over’s, and parties; she was so happy, it’s just the way she wanted her life to be.
On the first day of school, everything went great. She made new friends and even got a date! She thought, “I want to be popular and I’m going to be, because I got a date with the star of the team!”
To be known in this school you had to have clout, and dating this guy would sure help her out. There was only one problem stopping her fate: Her parents had said she was too young to date.
“Well I just won’t tell the entire truth. They won’t know the difference; what’s there to lose?” Jenny asked to stay with her friends that night. Her parents frowned but said “alright.”
Excited, she got ready for the big event. But as she rushed around like she had no sense, she began to feel guilty about all the lies. But what’s a Sharwama, a party and a night ride?
Well, the Sharwama was good, and the party was great, but the night ride would have to wait. For Jeff was half drunk by this time. But he kissed her and said that he was just fine.
Then the room filled with smoke and Jeff took a puff. Jenny couldn’t believe he was smoking that stuff. Now Jeff was ready to ride to the point, but only after he had smoked the rest of the joint.
They jumped into the car for the night ride, not thinking that he was too drunk to drive. They finally made it to the point at last, and Jeff started trying to make a pass.
A pass is not what Jenny wanted at all (and by a pass, I don’t mean playing football). “Perhaps my parents were right… maybe I am too young. Boy, how could I ever be so dump?
With all of her might she pushed Jeff away: “please take me home, I don’t want to stay.” Jeff cranked up the engine and floored the gas. In a matter of seconds they were going too fast.
As Jeff drove on in a fit of wild anger, Jenny knew that her life was in danger. She begged and pleaded for him to slow down, but he just got faster as they neared the highway.
“Just let me go home! I’ll confess that I lied. I really went out for a night ride.” Then all of a sudden, she saw a big flash. “Oh, God, please help us! We are going to crash!”
She doesn’t remember the force of impact. Just that everything all of a sudden went black. She felt someone removed her from the twisted rubble, and heard, call an ambulance! These kids are in trouble!”
Voices she heard… a few words at best. But she knew there were two cars involved in the wreck. Then she wondered to herself if Jeff was alright, and if the people in the other car were alive.
She awoke in the hospital to faces so sad. “You’ve been in a wreck and it looks pretty bad.” These voices echoed inside her head, as they gently told her that Jeff was dead.
They said, “Jenny, we’ve done all we can do. But it looks as if we will lose you too.” “But the people in the other car?” Jenny cried. “We’re sorry, Jenny, they also died.”
Jenny prayed, “God please forgive me for what I’ve done; I only wanted to have just one night of fun, tell those people’s family, I have made their lives dim, and wish I could return their families to them.”
“Tell Mum and Dad I’m sorry I lied, and that it’s all my fault so many have died. This great tragedy really didn’t have to be, oh, nurse, won’t you please tell them that for me?”
The nurse just stood there, she never agreed to pass on the words of her patient in need. She took Jenny’s hand with tears in her eyes. And a few moments later Jenny died.
A man asked the nurse, “Why didn’t you do your best to bid that girl her one last request?” she looked at the man with eyes so sad. “It’s because the people in the other car were her Mum and Dad.”
This story is sad and unpleasant but true, so friends take heed it could have been you.
I love the storyline.
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