To Tempt God

Maggie sat on the steps of the old school building at Gutherie Job Corps Center in moonlight feeling sorry for herself. Luke walked up and asked her if she wanted to smoke a joint with him. She was lonely, frustrated, and depressed and glad to have the company. She gave the unborn child her womb and God a brief thought as if tempting God. She thought at that moment; she did not care what happened to her or her child. Luke curiously asked her how she got herself in this predicament and who the father was. She admitted that she had stupidly got drunk one night. Using that as an excuse she was hoping for some sympathy from Luke; but, he just looked at her like she was really using a lame excuse. He looked at her with an unsympathetic look; like she was stupid or something. I cut to the bone. It really hurt. Maggie had been hurt a lot in her life and you would think she would be use to it by now; but, she wasn't.