{"id":799,"date":"2014-06-02T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=799"},"modified":"2015-03-27T12:45:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:45:59","slug":"flash-fiction-celeste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/flash-fiction-celeste\/","title":{"rendered":"“It was the greatest meal I\u2019d had in my entire life” — Flash Fiction by teens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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story by Celeste Rivera (teen)<\/h3>\n

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Have you ever had your friend ask you one of those questions that go along the lines of, \u201cIf me or your mom were about to die who would you save?\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Lauren and my friend Cassandra had started asking me those questions a lot recently. They were fine at first, but then I got sick and tired of them.\u00a0 The last day I saw Cassandra, she asked questions similar to the one I stated earlier. I was just completely fed up with them that I screamed at her, \u201cI\u2019D SAVE SAM (my boyfriend) SO I\u2019D NEVER HAVE TO HEAR THESE STUPID QUESTIONS AGAIN.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cassandra was never one to cry.\u00a0 She had forgotten how to at an early age, so she just plucked up her stuff and left. I didn\u2019t hear from her the rest of the day. When I got home, I tripped over a package at my doorstep and I muttered some few choice words under my breath. The note was from Cassandra the note read, \u201cSorry Lauren. I didn\u2019t mean to make you mad. Here\u2019s some food I made especially for you.\u201d I opened the box.\u00a0 In it was some meat and lots of it. Cassie always knew I loved meat. I giggled with glee.<\/p>\n

I grabbed the box and spilled out its contents on my kitchen table and began to prepare the meat.\u00a0 It took forever, but it was worth it. It was the greatest meal I\u2019d had in my entire life. I was trying to savor the taste until I felt something that wasn\u2019t right. \u00a0I pulled it out and it was an earring. To be exact: \u00a0Cassie\u2019s favorite. I shrugged it off. \u00a0Cassie wasn\u2019t the greatest cook. Just as soon as I had finished my meal, I got a call from Cassie\u2019s parents. They had not seen her all day since she came home crying. I winced knowing it was my fault.<\/p>\n

Three months later, no one had seen Cassandra. I told people about the meat and the earring and everyone began to get suspicious. They blamed me and now I\u2019m writing this journal entry in a mental hospital, because I have now been charged with the murder of Cassie Romano.<\/p>\n

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Written on\u00a0May 17, 2014, Teen Creative Writing Workshop<\/a>@\u00a0Central Library<\/p>\n

Writing prompt: \u00a0 \u201cIt was the finest meal she had ever tasted. \u00a0If only she had known what was in it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Untitled story by Celeste Rivera (teen)   Have you ever had your friend ask you one of those questions that go along the lines of, \u201cIf me or your mom were about to die who would you save?\u201d I\u2019m Lauren and my friend Cassandra had started asking me those questions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-cT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5600,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2020\/new-books-march-2020-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":799,"position":0},"title":"New Books — March 2020 edition","author":"Jane Gov","date":"March 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"New YA Books Most Likely Sarah Watson \u00b7 Poppy Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover From the creator of the hit TV series The Bold Type comes an empowering and heartfelt novel about a future female president's senior year of high school. 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