Day 22

Start writing a story that...

Step 1: begins with the sentence: It's not funny
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"It's not funny," Julie said as her friends burst into laughter. "It looks like I peed my pants!"

The group of four girls stared at Julie's white shorts, wet from the log flume ride. Although they had all been on it, only Julie walked off with the embarrassment of a wet behind.

"Are you sure it was the ride?" Micah said. "The rest of us are fine."

Julie pretended to strangle Micah as the rest of the girls laughed.

"Okay, I'm hungry," Becca said, cuing a stop to the laughter. "Let's get fried dough."

The girls began to make their way through the Saturday crowds. They wore short shorts and graphic t-shirts, and smelled of sunscreen and citrus gum. At 17, they walked knowing they would be noticed, though they never let on. On the way to the food stands, they saw two teen boys watching them from the coaster line. They also saw a 16-year-old stare after them from the old-fashioned car line where he appeared to be stuck with his family. They kept walking without a hint of acknowledgement, but when they arrived at the fried dough line, each observer was discussed and assessed for potential followup. The teen boys in the coaster line and the boy with his family did not make the cut, but Cassie brought up the older boy they had passed in the hot dog line.

He appeared to be 19 or 20 and had longish brown hair two inches past his shoulders. He wore jean shorts and a black t-shirt, with a flannel tied around his waist. Micah was sure that she saw small hoop earrings and Becca remarked, approvingly, that he seemed clean despite his grungy apparel.