Julie has a hard life. No dad, three other siblings and barely enough money to eat. So what comes out of that? A suicidal 16 year old. She has to be careful however, if her attempt fails she'll be in the hospital and nobody can pay for that.
Her mother works as a waitress and her older brother is a car mechanic. She is a week into her new job as a waitress.
Today is Friday, Julie can tell that it's a good day to die. It's cold, and raining. Drivers already have a hard time, so no one will be able to stop when they see a girl fall from a bridge.
Julie lives in a big city, so there is a lot of traffic. And there is a bridge that goes over one of the busiest streets around.
The girl climbs over the rail and carefully sits on it. She prays hard to god that this works, because if it doesn't she's fucked. She thinks over her life, and remembers her childhood and all the funny stories.
Like the time when she dressed up as a hospital patient for Halloween and people thought she was actually hurt. She remembers singing loudly in the shower. She remembers her first day of sixth grade when she met some good friends.
She remembers the family moments, like when she helped her mom make a birthday cake for her younger sister's tenth birthday. When she cuddled her brother after he had a bad dream and told him that people with button eyes weren't real.
She then thinks to herself, and wonders if she really should do it. Should she really throw away her life? She feels like she's throwing away a good cake just because it falls apart when you cut a slice.
She glances down at the cars with their bright lights, and makes a hard decision.
She slowly stands up,
And turns around to climb down. Then she starts walking home, grabbing a pretty red flower for her mother.
