After that relieving swim, she throws on the extra pair of
sweatpants in her backpack. She heads out towards her bike but what
does she see? A note. "That's bizzar? Why the heck would
there be a note on my bike? Is this a prank?" All of this ran
through her mind as she cautiously tore the note off of her bike.
It read: "Have fun finding out what parts we took of your
bicycle :) Hope you don't fall ;P"
"This is why I hate people" She mutters under her breath.
Thinking it was just some kids goofing off and that nothing
appeared to be missing, she jumps onto her bike and ridese home.
Everything was going great unitl she went over a speed bump. Her
bicycle came crashing to the ground and fell completely apart. At
this point, she didn't think that things could possibly get
worse.
She was wrong
She left her bike on the side of the road and finished the stretch
back home on foot. As she aproached her house she wasn' even
suprised. It was egged and covered in toilet paper. Go figure. Oh
look another note. This one read: "Do you get the message now?
We don't like you. Leave us be. Love, your
ex-bestfriends" Giving up, she stormed into her
room. "Tomorrow has got to be better. It has to." She
convinced herself.
Once again, she was wrong.
Things continued to get worse.
She has reahed her final straw. Everything is too much for
her. There's only one way out. She has no body that she
feels she needs to say goodbye to. She went straight towards her
room with a bottle of her mom's perscription painkillers.
Once in her room, she goes to put the bottle down. But there's
something in the way. A Tiffany box. "Huh? MOM!!" She
yells. "What is it baby girl?" Her mom replied. She
strolled inot her mom's room and saw her laying on the bed.
"Mama did you put this box on my bed?" She asks,
revealing the tiffany box. "Yeah I did. Sit down baby. Your
grandpa gave me this ring on my 16th birthday. I was struggling in
high school at this time. It brought me out of my funk and now I
see you going through similar struggles that I was going through.
I'm hoping this can have the same effec on you as it
did on me. Tthis ring saved my life." Her mom told her as
she opened the tiffany box revealing a gold ring with two
diamonds and a saphire. This could not have come at a better time.
A saphire? Thats her birthstone and diamonds are her mom's
birth stone. There is no way that she can do this
anymore. Putting the pills back, she put the ring on her middle
finger of her right hand where it fit perfect. As
she went to school the following week, she wore the
ring each and every day. It truely is amazing the power of one
simmple gesture. Her mom still doesn't know how dire her
daughter's situation was but it's a good thing that
everything happened at the time that they did. This llittle
ring symbolize her strength and that her grandfather and all
past family was witwh her. She is no longer alone. She'll
always have someone with her. Moral of the story? Reach
out to someone. You never know their situation. It could
save a life.