Tell mom and dad I lied

Jenny was so happy about the house they
had found. For once in her life, she would
be staying on the right side of town. As she
watched her new curtains blow in the
breeze, she thought about how wonderful it
was to have her own room. School would be
starting and she would have friends over
soon. There will be sleepovers 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 with the star of the team !” To be
well-known in this school, you had to have
a clout and dating this guy would surely
help her out. There was only one problem.
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.” She got ready for the big event
excitedly. However, as she rushed around
preparing, she began to feel guilty about all
the lies. She got rid of her guilt by telling
herself she would have fun with the pizza,
the party and a moonlight ride out. Well
the pizza was good, and the party was great
but the moonlight ride would have to wait,
as Jeff , her date was half drunk by the
time.
Despite being half drunk, he kissed her and
said that he was fine. The room began to
fill with smoke and Jeff took a puff. Jenny
couldn’t believe he was smoking that stuff.
Soon, Jeff said he was ready to ride to the
point but only after he smoked another
joint. They jumped into the car for the
moonlight ride while Jeff was too drunk to
drive. They finally made it to the point at
last and Jeff started trying to make a pass
at Jenny. Jenny thought ”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
and said, “Please take me home
immediately , I don’t want to stay.”
Jeff cranked up the engine and floored the
gas pedal. 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 only remembered that
everything went black all of a sudden. She
felt someone remove her from the twisted
rubble and cried out, “Call an ambulance!
These kids are in trouble!” She heard voices
but it was only a few words at best. She
knew there were two cars involved in the
wreck. She wondered to herself if Jeff was
all right and if the people in the other car
were alive. She woke up to sad faces in the
hospital. ”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. However, it looks as if
we’ll lose you too.” ”What about the people
in the other car?” Jenny asked. ”We’re sorry
Jenny. They died.”
Jenny prayed, “God, forgive me for what
I’ve done. I only wanted to have just one
night of fun.” ”Tell the families of those
involved in the accident that I am sorry
I’ve made their lives dim and I wish I could
return their families to them.” ”Tell Mom
and Dad I’m sorry I lied to them and that
it’s my fault so many have died. Oh nurse,
won’t you please tell them that for me?”
The nurse stood there solemnly. She didn’t
give any promise . She held 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 grant that
girl her one last request?”
She looked at the man with sadness,
“Because the people in the other car were
her mom and dad.”