To Drown, To Freeze, or To Live
Prologue- To Drown
April 9, 2008
"And you'll get licked to death by dogs!" I prophesized to Amber, giggling. Maggie looked stricken at the thought (she was afraid of dogs), but Amber and Aili laughed. We were planning each other's fates at my sleep-over party that night. It was a Wednesday night, but we were on Spring Break so we decided to take advantage of it. "So, Maggie," I said once the chortling had subsided, "how will you die?"
She thought for a long moment. "I'll drown," she said finally. "That's a peaceful way to go." We pondered this. Our other deaths were silly. I'd fall off Mt. Everest when I pushed a guy I didn't like off and he pulled me with him, Aili'd get eaten by the toilet. The silence was unusual, and it unnerved me, so I struck up a conversation on a new topic.
As the night wore on, our words spiraled down to silence and one by one, my friends fell asleep. I stayed awake, however, pondering Maggie's words. To drown… I'd never thought much of it. I couldn't see that any death would be peaceful, exactly, but now I could see her point. To drown… Like the people on the Titanic. With that thought, I drifted off to sleep.
A/N-
The narrator of this story is Cindy.
Aili is pronounced I-lee, not Ally as most people think. It is a variation of the Irish name Eiley, as it is sometimes spelled.
Please excuse my mistakes on facts, both from the movie, and from life- my resources are limited!
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