(This is a true
Story)
Jenny
was so happy about the house they had found.
For once in
her life 'twas 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'd have
friends over soon.
There'd be sleep-overs, 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 just got a date with the star of the team!"
To be known
in this school you had to have a 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 them 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, "All
right."
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 pizza, a party, and a moonlight ride?
Well,
the pizza was good, and the party was great,
But the
moonlight 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'd smoked another joint.
They jumped in the car for
the moonlight 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, ever
be so dumb?"
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
town.
"Just let me get home! I'll confess that I lied!
I
really went out for a moonlight ride."
Then all of a
sudden, she saw a big flash.
"Oh God, Please help us! We're
going to crash!"
She doesn't remember the force of
impact,
just that everything all of a sudden went
black.
She felt someone remove 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 wondered to herself if Jeff was all
right,
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.
But it looks as if
we'll lose you too."
"But the people in the other
car!?"Jenny cried.
"We're sorry, Jenny, they also
died."
Jenny prayed, "God, forgive me for what I've
done,
I only wanted to have just one night of
fun."
"Tell those people's family, I've made their
lives dim,
and wish I could return their families to
them."
"Tell Mom and Dad I'm sorry I lied,
and that it's
my fault so many have died.
Oh, Nurse, won't you please
tell them that for me?"
The nurse just stood there.....she
never agreed.
But 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.
"Because the people in the other car were
her
Mom and Dad."
This story is sad and unpleasant
but true. So young people take heed, it could have been
you
