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 dont
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.
They said "Jenny, we've done all
we can do.
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 oh
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.

DRINKING AND DRIVING IS NOT COOL!
BE CAREFUL OF YOUR HABITS AND
WHO YOU ARE HANGING WITH.
 
GIVE EVERYTHING A SECOND THOUGHT.

~~*~~

~~Author: Unknown~~

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