Cherry Lollipops
Penny always liked cherry lollipops. It was the first ever flavor she had tasted. She remembered the day her father gave her a cherry lollipop for being good that day. She also remembered going to the doctor and searching through the lollipop bowl for a cherry one. She'd happily suck on it all day long, unless her mother forced her to throw it out.
"Penny Lou Pingleton!"
"Yes, Mommy?"
"Get rid of that candy this instant!"
"Okay, Mommy."
Tracy had always made sure to tie a cherry lollipop to Penny's birthday present each year. Penny would give her best friend a big hug for being kind enough to remember her. Even Amber gave her a cherry lollipop before. Amber despised that flavor very much, so she just tossed it at Penny.
"Take it, loser."
"Thanks Amber!"
Penny hadn't heard Amber call her a loser, but Tracy told her. Penny hadn't minded then, and she still didn't.
She saw cherry lollipops as a sign of friendship, not just a piece of hard candy.