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First things first: Sweetest Day is an observance celebrated primarily in the Great Lakes region and parts of the Northeast United States on the third Saturday in October. It is described by Retail Confectioners International, as "much more important for candymakers in some regions than in others (Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo being the biggest Sweetest Day cities)" and an "occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed." Sweetest Day has also been referred to as a "concocted Promotion" created by the candy industry solely to increase sales of candy. Persistent claims have also been made that Sweetest Day was manufactured by the American Greetings Company or Hallmark Cards in order to boost sales. In 2006, Hallmark marketed 151 greeting card designs for Sweetest Day. American Greetings marketed 178.
Mostly a regional celebration in the Great Lakes region and the Northeast, Sweetest Day now is beginning to be observed in other areas as well. Ohio is one of the top states for high Sweetest Day sales. They are followed by California, Florida, Michigan and Illinois to be in the top 10 for sales on this day.
Though not as more famous than Valentine's Day, over time, it is evolving to be another holiday in which to show romantic love or appreciation to friends.
Which is where our story begins.......warning, femmeslash hiding abound...........
--a440.
Prologue
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," said the minister, presiding over the Thomsons' funeral that day in the cemetary on the second week of September; a week ago, Kevin and Brittany had got in a fight which resulted in the old punching bag routine.
Though Doug Thomson reported the incident to the police and Brittany was arrested on assault and battery charges on the QB,
Steve Taylor springing for his daughter's bail, for Kevin, even the most stupidest citizen of Lawndale could see the writing on the wall, that he was too stupid to graduate, and too stupid for a blonde bimbo that almost had no patience.
As such, for the first time in years, Kevin did do something--only it was a stupid thing to do; he looked in his dad's cabinet with all hid guns and rifles, and found a Marlin .444 rifle Doug had kept loaded to scare off any robbers. That fact that was weapon was loaded did the trick--all the QB did was point the rifle upward,
bow his head close to the muzzle barrel of the Marlin, the rifle between his legs, then mutter, "God, forgive me for what I plan to do." Then by using his left toe, he depressed the trigger, blasting his brains out.
You can imagine the devistation of Doug and Charlene when they heard the noise of the gunshot and saw the grisly scene; instead of moving on with their lives and going on living after losing their only son, Doug and Charlene went to the garage where their SUV was, then Charlene attatched a rubber hose to its tail pipe and stuck the other end in the back seat window. Then, she and Doug got in, the former starting the engine, till bother died of carbon monoxide poisioning. The result was Lawndale's first triple funeral in the town's history, or as Daria put it, "a one way ticket to hell in triplicate."
As it turned out, it was (of all people) Daria and Jane that were passing by the Thomson house, and they smelled faint traces of car exhaust; Upoun opening the side door, they found the SUV engulfed in fumes and from there called 911.
Afterwards, when Daria told Brittany the news, the head cheerleader broke into tears and cried bitterly, totally devistated with regret, having fought and hurt her now dead boyfriend, but worst of all, was the fact, that on the third Saturday in October, that Brittany had planned to celebrate Sweetest Day with the QB, but now that he and his parents were dead, the blonde now had no one to celebrate it with, and worse still, she had bought something special for the occasion and she feared it would be wasted.
That is, until a strange thing happened..........
I wonder what that strange thing could be?
--a440.
Coming up: Who, Me?