The Prompt
Write a story about a summer that never turned out the way it was supposed to.
Maggie had her entire summer planned out. She had two family vacations and had scheduled both her two jobs. As well as plenty of plans with some of her close friends. The mall, museums, new movies. It was going to be perfect. she had also planned her rest days and exercise days so she wouldn't be on the go all the time.
the summer started as planned in June and Maggie was enjoying it. she was working a lot and hanging out with her group of friends.
Then things started to go very wrong.
Her main job at a local pet store drastically cut her hours from four days a week to one. After she returned from her first family vacation.
Which she thought was weird but she went along with it. Especially cuz that meant she could work her second job more. No big deal. she thought to herself.
Then the second family vacation in July was canceled because not a lot of family could come. she was bummed but that was ok. The one for next year was already planned.
Then Maggie's friends began to get too busy to spend time with her and her second job wasn't as busy as it usually was during the summer. Everything was going very wrong and it confused her a lot.
By August Maggie's perfect summer was no longer perfect. she almost wanted to go back to college earlier to forget it all.
About the Creator
Paige Krause
Hi, I'm Paige, and I love to read and write. I love music and dogs. I will mostly write about my favorite things. Autistic and service dog handler. Enjoy my writings
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