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The woman two doors down
Tragedy
 Created on 1-6-08
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Here it was again. Another one of her nasty coughing fits that left her struggling to breathe. Shelby lay down in her bed and just tried to calm her fit. She lay there coughing swearing she could taste blood. The doctors had told her it was all in her head. She grabbed a napkin and spit into it. Nope clear as day.
Shelby was eighteen when her life had taken a turn for the worse. She had struggled through pneumonia and bronchitis. She had it all the time and the doctors had told her parents that she wouldn't make it to twenty if it didn't cease. Shelby was seventy five years today. Her parents long gone, no children and no husband. She had been afraid to take those kind of chances just to leave someone behind. She thought it was a selfless act of her. Now she was just lonely and it hurt the worst on her birthday. She had no one special to share it with.
After she had calmed herself she headed to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Even though she felt like crap half the time she had aged nicely. Her stylist had done amazing wonders with her thinning white hair and had dyed it back to her original shade of beautiful golden brown. She smiled and whispered the prayer she said every year.
"Thank you God for letting me live life. It is ever so precious to me, I am forever grateful. I just wish I had someone to love that loved me back." Before she could finish her prayer her doorbell rang.
Hmmmm she thought to herself, I wonder who that could be.
She opened the door to find a beautiful teenage girl of at least seventeen. She looked like she had been crying and in need of a hug.
"Can I help you sweetie?" Shelby asked sweetly.
"I was just coming over to see if you wanted to go for a walk in the park. I have watched you since we moved in last week and have noticed you look awful lonely. My name is Carah and I was in my family room and started thinking just maybe you would like to."
Shelby smiled, "I would love to but I am afraid I am just to weak to do all of that. If you would like to come in you are more than welcome."
Carah looked up and smiled," That sounds just fine as well."
"Would you like some lemonade?" Shelby asked.
"No thanks, it's funny because I am highly allergic to lemons." She laughed.
"Carah, if you don't mind me asking why aren't you with friends? It's the weekend and most kids your age are out having fun." Shelby asked.
" Okay here is the deal. A bunch of kids at school were making fun of you and I told them that you were probably just lonely. They then started to make fun of me for defending you. I just can't stand others who make fun of people who have gone through life already and just want someone to love them as much as they love life. Do you understand?"
"Perfectly." Shelby smiled. " Carah do you smell something funny in here? Kinda smells like a skunk walked through,"
Carah moved in her seat uncomfortably and smiled, "Not really. I need to get going though. I just remembered I had plans for later today."
"Carah stop by again okay?" Shelby asked.
"Of course," Carah smiled and waved goodbye.
Carah walked down the road to her friend Sam's house. She could smell the pot a mile away. "Hey assholes did you save me any?" She hollered upstairs.
"Common Cara get your ass up here it aint gonna last forever." Hollered Jake her boyfriend.
" Just chill. I had to make a stop on my way here." Carah took the bowl and took three long drags of the joint handed to her. She held it in until she couldn't take it anymore. After she blew the smoke out she lit up a cigarette .
" So Jake want to go out tonight?" Carah asked, looking at him and Sam.
"I can't. I have to watch my little sis later," Sam smiled and gave her best friend a hug,"Sorry."
"Let's just go to my place to watch movies and chill." Jake suggested.
"Why? So you can pressure me to have sex with you again?" Carah asked.
"Baby I promised you I wouldn't ever again. I meant it." He smirked as he smacked her butt.
"MMMMMHMMMM sure whatever thats fine, but if you get all touchy feely I am out."
Carah had a bad feeling about going to Jake's house that night but she still went. Little did she know she would be making another trip to Shelby's house in the morning.
Comments
Please Login to post comments| On January 22nd 2008 PunkRockNerdxX Said : | |
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I like it! Can you please keep me posted? |
| On January 9th 2008 justlikeme1569 Said : | |
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I think its really good kmp please.! |
| On January 7th 2008 ZxBrooks2 Said : | |
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i really like it, keep me posted if you write more. |
