The Swaying Rope

It was around 6 at night when Casey and her nabor-hood friends ventured out of their houses and met in the park closest to them. Lizzy the oldest of the two pulled out a cigarett and popped it in her mouth and took a quick drag of it. 1

Casey groaned and said "Come on Lizzy, you know I hate it when you do that."2

"Do what?" Lizzy asked stupidly. 3

Casey rolled her eyes and their other friend, Sammy, who was a little younger then the both smiled and said "Stop it. You guys all ways do this. We meet here once a week and you two are always bickering over something!"4

"She's doing it on purpose! She just smokes around me to bug me. She does not need it!" Casey yelled with frustration over her friend.5

"Yeah, i do need it. And It's you who makes me do these things If you would just shut the hell up and leave me alone. This would never happen every freaking week!" 6

Casey grabbed the lit cigarette from Lizzy's mouth and through it to the floor and stomped on it furiously. "Their! Do you wanna smoke it now!"7

Lizzy stood dumb founded for a moment then regained herself. She pulled out another cigarette and lit it once more and blew out the smoke from her mouth right in Casey’s face. 8

Casey coughed violently as the smoke reached her lungs. She managed to choke out "Fuck you!"9

Sammy put a hand to her head and sat down on the grass and sighed. She remembered the old days two years back when Casey and Lizzy were inseparable. They would do everything together. They liked and did the same things. But that all changed Sophomore year when Lizzy started smoking and eventually started doing drugs. 10

When Casey first saw Lizzy hanging out with the stoners, she new something was up. So she followed Lizzy around till she saw from her own eyes Lizzy smoking pot and worse. 11

Casey is not even close to a perfect child either. She just promised herself she would never do drugs. When she was 8 she slowly watched her sister became dull, lazy, and just annoying. Till one night the police came and took her away. They found stashes of meth, pot, weed, and anything able to take, in her room.12

Her sister was sent to a rehab hospital. And even when she was finally off drugs, Casey refused to speak to her. She hasen't even said anything too her for years. When Casey told this story to Lizzy when they were in the 7th grade, they both promised each other they would never, ever try anything. And if they did, always tell each other. 13

That was the thing that pissed Casey off the most. Best friends don't brake promises. Ever.14

Sammy looked around where the always came. The field was huge. No one insight. No playground equipment, nothing. Only a few trees. ’ Why the hell do we come here anyway?’ Sammy thought while glancing back at the two girls. 15

“Remember when we used to be best friends, Lizzy? We were the best of friends.” Casey said.16

Lizzy through the cigarette bud on the ground “So?”17

Casey gritted her teeth and screamed “God your annoying!”18

“What’s your problem?”19

“Do you see what you have become, Lizzy? Look in the fucking mirror! You lost a lot of pounds, you have circles under your eyes, and you can barley stand up! You’re a mess! See what drugs can do to you!”20

Lizzy smiled showing off her yellow stained teeth then said “Yeah, I see what drugs do. And I like it.” 21

“Will you wake the fuck up! Your destroying yourself! Remember when you were happy. When you were clean.”22

“But I am happy Casey. And so should you be. For me.”23

“I can never be happy for you, Lizzy. Your going to end up like my sister. And when they come for you. Just remember. I won’t be their to hold your hand. I won’t even send you a get well card!” Casey screamed and marched off back to her house.24

Lizzy yelled after her “Well I don’t want a get well card! Fuck you Casey! The only reason your sister got caught was because she was a stupid little whore!” Casey just kept walking and Lizzy turned to Sammy who now stood up “God, what’s her problem?”25

“You’re her problem, Lizzy.” Sammy said and also walked off.26

Lizzy just frowned and pulled out another cigarette and started walking. 27

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The next week Sammy walked to Lizzy’s house. Lizzy opened the door and said “What’s up?”29

“Casey left a note saying to meet her at the field now.”30

Lizzy mumbled something and said “Fine.”31

They walked silently to the field. Sammy looked up and saw the clouds darkening and the wind started to blow. 32

“Seems a storm is coming.” Sammy said.33

Lizzy held down her hair and said “Crap. My hair is getting messed up!”34

Sammy said nothing and they kept walking. The stood were they usually met and looked around. They both turned to a tree behind them. Writing was burned into the grass with large letters which read “Best friends never brake promises. Ever.” 35

And hanging from the tree was a rope which kids use to hang themselves, slowly swaying in the tree in the warm breeze. The looked to the main road when they heard the sirens of a police cars and emergency trucks. The cars were slowly fading out of view. 36

Lizzy looked back to the writing “Best friends never brake promises. Ever.” Tears rolled down her cheeks and she fell to the ground full of dead grass and she sobbed into her hands. Sammy cried also, but Lizzy was going into hysteria.37

“I’m sorry, Casey!” Lizzy shouted into the dark sky. “Please don’t leave! I love you! God, bring her back! Please!”38

Sammy bent down and held her as Lizzy kept shouting “ Don’t leave me! I’m so sorry Casey! I promise I will stop! I promies! I will never ever do this again! Please! I love you! Don’t leave me!”39

Sammy pulled Lizzy up to her feet. Lizzy sobbed onto her shoulder. “It’s my fault she’s dead, Sammy. All my fault. Best friends never brake promises. Ever. Oh, Sammy! It’s my fault. She dead because of me. She’s never coming back. I killed her.”40

Sammy looked out into the distance as the wind blew her hair around her face. Sammy did not try to tell her otherwise. Lizzy did kill Casey. And their was nothing that could bring her back.
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