To Save a Life

Heather Neville grinned with anticipation and snapped the lid back on her watermelon-flavored lipstick. She usually didn’t wear lipstick; it was too much bother to apply it and her boyfriend Treyvon didn’t mind if she didn’t wear it. Today was an exception. Today she was going shopping with her friend Angelina. Angelina Harrison was unlike any of her other friends. Angelina comforted her, challenged her and complimented her. Heathers other friends simply dragged her down deeper into the pit of evil she was trying to crawl out of. Heather was attempting to break her habit of smoking and Angelina was always there to encourage her onward in the fight to live a better life. Angelina was her champion. Someday she would be like Angelina Harrison.

She heard Angelina’s SUV drive up outside her apartment door and she seized her stack of coupons and her purse off the cluttered counter and went to meet her friend. Hey, Ange! Wassup? This is so awesome of you to take me shoppin! I haven’t gone for like three days! Heathers easy laughter was contagious and Ange joined in. Wish ya had more days off so we could go shoppin together more! Ya always buy me lunch. How could it get better? The sweet scent of watermelon filled the air as Heather lathered the pink lotion on her hands.

Life was good. It was a chilly spring day in March, but she was going shopping. Of course life was good.