The A&B Building was made entirely from driftwood. Scarlett loved summer camp. The unusual architecture, the art classes, the great outdoors. Scarlett opened the door and saw Maggie, her fellow camp counselor for the summer. I didn’t think she’d come back.
She glanced down at the scar on Maggie’s lower arm. It was hardly noticeable any longer. And she and the other girls were just playing a harmless joke. It wasn’t their fault that Maggie was a loser. It was an unspoken camp tradition. The odd girl out always got hazed.
Charity, Regan, Laina, and Ashlee descended the stairs and stood behind Maggie. Scarlett smiled and waved. No one waved back. Laina locked the front door and turned out the lights. Scarlett tried to escape upstairs but she felt a pair of hands dragging her back. She’d scream but she knew it was useless. They were the only ones here.
She’d never been the odd girl out.
In response to Mondays’ Finish the Story Challenge!
Read Odd Girl Out pt. 2
Oh, this is delicious. Well done.
Thank you so much!
Pleasure was mine.
Ah, the bully gets a bit of her own medicine, everyone likes that! I like how you lead up to it, hinting but never quite explaining what happened to Maggie.
Thank you! That’s the fun thing to me about flash fiction, you have to let the reader fill in the blanks.
This makes me glad I didn’t have certain experiences. Good story!
Yes, high school girls can be so cruel! Thanks for reading.
Mean girls. Glad I never went to a camp with them. Interesting take on the prompt.
Thank you!
Great story! You give just the right amount of detail and end on precisely the right moment, which isn’t an easy thing to do.
Thank you!
What a story! Nicely done Jenn! I appreciate your entry into theMondays Finish the Story Challenge. Be well… ^..^
Thank you!
Nicely done! What goes around will come around?
It sure does! Thanks for reading.
Scarlett’s getting back what she dished out to Maggie so I can’t really feel badly for her. Great story!
thanks
This is quite scary because you never say what they do to each other. Nicely done!
Thank you!