My Journal of Weekend Write-Ins

Victory

"Are you sure this is it?" Megan held the flashlight like a baton, hoping that she wouldn't need to use it. Thankfully the moon had lit their path.

"There aren't any other holes around here are there?" Jenny, Megan had recently found out, seemed not to be afraid of anything. She was the one that was leading the campaign.

"Jen, don't be snarky," Olivia apologized for her friend. "She's not normally this rude."

"Yes, I am. It was one of the reasons Zack asked me out," Jenny gritted her teeth for a second. Olivia bit her lower lip and Megan tightened her grip on the flashlight. "Anyway this is it. Who wants to go first."

When neither Megan or Olivia replied Jenny sighed. "Fine, I'll go first."

"Maybe there's another way?" Megan was not only not keen on the darkness but heights made her queasy. She took a step back from the hole. "I know it seems really bad, but maybe--?"

Olivia remained silent, while Jenny's eyes pierced into Megan. "He made a fool of us. Played with our emotions and then had the audacity to say it was my--our fault!"

"Still." Although she did feel the sting of Zack's betrayal, she wasn't keen on Jenny's solution.

"Maybe you can forgive his behavior but I want him to pay for what he did." Without warning, Jenny began to climb down the dark pit.

"Jen, hold on," Olivia attempted to stop Jenny from going further. "I shouldn't have told her about the witch. I thought it would be like in those retro movies, where they gave you a potion. But this witch actually wants us to gather the ingredients. Who knew revenge would be so complicated?"

Megan shrugged. They remained silent watching as Jen disappeared into the void. Megan felt her stomach constricted when she heard a loud crash.

"Are you okay?" Olivia shouted into the hole.

"Never- been- better," Jenny grumbled.

Not sure how long it would take Megan sat down in the grass.

"I just don't think he was worth this much effort," Megan whispered.

Olivia bit her lip and nodded. "When Jenny first told me, I felt like I had a hangover and I couldn't eat. Did you know I lost those pesky last ten pounds after I found out about Zack?"

"I did notice that something was different," Megan eyed Olivia. "Your hair is also different."

"Zack loved my long hair so I cut it and dyed it red," Olivia played with her newly chopped her.

"It suits you."

"I think so too," Olivia smiled. "Actually lately I have been feeling refreshed. Almost free. Being with Zack was exhausting."

"Yeah, he always had to be the center of attention. And worse he thought he was right, even when he wasn't," Megan rolled her eyes.

Olivia sat down in the grass too. "And he had a major inferiority complex. One time he had a fit when I beat him at Scrabble."

"With me it was Monopoly," Megan chuckled. My mom always said, 'Those who are sore losers, will generally always lose. Those who are sore winners will never taste true victory. But those that play with all they got, will always win.' With him, I gave it my all."

"Well, I think we won," Olivia stood up and cleaned grass off her jeans.

"I'm almost at the bottom and I can see the neon mushroom," Jenny's voice echoed. Olivia and Megan looked at each other.

"Will you tell her or should I?" Megan smirked.

"I will, but I want to see this neon mushroom first," Olivia winked.