The Crucible: A Short Story

Everyone has their own “Crucible” on this journey that we call life. Some are worse than others, but mine begins right around the last month of the 2015 school year. The genre of this story is romance. I got myself into a relationship, I wish I was more prepared for. I started dating this one girl, and we were together for quite a while. A lot of people would probably say we were too young for love, but trust me, it was real. I would say that some things may have been my fault, I was insecure. I was always scared that I wasn’t the one she wanted, or maybe she would cheat on me. Prior to the relationship, I considered myself as just a regular teenager. My only worry was my grades and sports. Then I started talking to her, and we didn't take …show more content…
I remember I had got into an argument with one of my closest friends, and I had been upset the whole day. She had gone out to a party that same night, and another one on the following night, and my worst nightmares came true. Things occurred that I pleaded to never happen. But, I was weak for her and couldn’t just let go of all the feelings I still had for her. I forgave her, but for some reason she didn’t want to talk to me. Why? I did absolutely nothing to make her stop wanting to talk to me. As time passed, she texted me asking me how I was doing, and of course, foolish me fell for her tricks once again. As usual the foolishness of my love leading us to getting back to the regular, arguing constantly. Almost sounds like a husband and wife story doesn’t it? If there was one female I thought could keep secrets and not betray my trust, it would be her. I told her all my secrets, thinking she would keep her word, but she couldn't match her words with her actions. At that very moment, I started feeling ambivalent towards her. Just like every story, not only one person is guilty of something. I was guilty of something as well, something way worse than what she ever