I got a text from my friend and she sends "hanging out by the bridge after school, you comin?" As I read this I am in my math class in the back corner gazing up at the clock which read 2:55. I have five more minutes, and this entire day I have had nothing but school work so I decided I wanted some "friend time". I shot my text to my friend accepting the invite.
"There you are! I thought you were going to stand me up" said a short blonde haired girl as I started to walk towards her.
"No I wouldn't- I said with a bit of a chuckle- "I just had to go to my locker first so I could drop off my textbooks, sorry I took so long"
"Oh that's fine as long as you weren't ditching your best friend, its all good" she replied as we started to walk off school property.
We were heading towards this old bridge where most people like to sit under neither. Over the years people moved rocks and even brought plastic chairs to kind of make a seating area, so we used that as our hang out. As we were getting closer I could see other human figures sitting on the rocks and chairs. I could tell my friend saw it to because she had a big smile on her face and started to walk a bit faster. As we got closer the people got more clear, and you could see more details. They were two older looking boys. You could see the detail in their clothing. I also could see what they were doing. Around their feet there were bottles. Beer bottles. In their hands they had cigarettes and blunts. Again my friend saw this as well and she walked faster and went up to them and sat down. Then even more to my surprise she took the cigarette from one of the guys and started taking puffs. After that she picked up one of the bottles and started to sip from it. I couldn't believe what was happening. I continued walking and just stood there.
"Oh how stupid of me- said my friend after taking another sip from the bottle- " Jade this is Brad and Charley, they're new friends I have been hanging out with and then I thought why not invite them here?"
"Here have a seat there's plenty to share" motions one of the boys to a rock beside him. Then with my natural instincts I just sat down with no thought. After I sat down that's when all the thoughts came into play. The thoughts of "Why am I hear?" or "What has gotten into my friend?".
"Here take some, before we take it all" said the other boy trying to hand my a blunt and a bottle. I just couldn't do it. "No thanks I'm okay" The boy had a confused look on his face.
"Oh come on its totally fine, just take it. We don't mind sharing" I started to feel even more uncomfortable than before, but I shook my head and declined.
"Why would you even bring her here if she is even going to have a sip or a puff? She's just a buzz kill" Charley said while looking right at my friend. She is now feeling embarrassed because she brought me and shot me a look while saying "I don't know, I thought she would be cool with it- now facing towards me she says - " Why are you such a buzz kill today? You are always up for adventure and trying new things, this is just like it" Now all three of them are bantering at me and pressuring me into doing these things,but being a human I make mistakes and give in. I did do the drugs they had there, and I did drink out of the bottle, and I hated every single moment of it, but I only did it because the feeling of this pressure from these people was hard, and just doing what they told me to do was the easy way out.
This story is not true, but everyone can face pure pressure. It is easier to give in to things whatever it might be, but it is not always the best thing. Stay strong, stand up for yourself and don't give in.