A FAMILIAR SCENE BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
“Why don’t you girls get along with June anymore?” Regina’s mother asked. Regina
and her two friends, Gretchen and Eve, stared at her in bewilderment.
They were about to go on a shopping spree. For weeks they had gone out
without June. “She has changed so much,” Regina answered. “Yes, she
spoils the whole atmosphere of the group,” Eve added. “Quite frankly,
mother, June has become this ordinary slut,” Regina concluded. Now it
was her mother’s turn to stare at the three girls in bewilderment. And
off they went.
About a month later, Gretchen accidently
ended up next to June in the bus to school. The silence between them was
awkward enough to make them talk to each other. Gretchen learned that
her pretty companion had been going steady with Lysander for several
months. And then it dawned on her: Regina had been gossiping about June
being a slut because June had run away with Regina’s big crush,
Lysander!
As soon as she had the chance Gretchen
confronted Regina. “I talked to June and she is still the same old
friend I knew!” she exclaimed. “You’re just jealous of her, that is the truth!
You two are the same, you want that Lysander guy as much as she does!
June in no way is a slut!” At that moment Eve stepped in to defend
Regina and claimed both of them would turn their back on Gretchen if the latter didn’t change her opinion on June.
All of a sudden the clique of three were
arguing about who betrayed who and they accused each other of being
delusional. Their internal peace at the expense of an outcast had been
broken. One of them had shown love for their external enemy, and had thus created internal enmity, within their own household. A new expulsion seemed imminent. Or would they all eventually be able to reconcile themselves with their former enemy?
