Prompt: Dare

Word Count: 150

AN: When I was in 5th grade, we had this D.A.R.E. program in class... I don't know if anyone else did or if it's only in California or something, but it was basically just drug ed.

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Dare

"Drug. Abuse. Resistance. Education," the fifth-grade class chanted with their teacher during their weekly D.A.R.E. lesson. "Just say no to drinks."

"Good, everyone. Now let's watch the video and discuss what we've learned after," Ms. Cummings pressed play on her remote. The VCR crackled to life, and the class watched as a boy got drunk at a party and crashed into a tree on his way home. The ambulance sirens were blaring on the screen when Ryan noticed that one of his classmates in particular was trembling in her seat.

"What's wrong, Kelsi?" he whispered, gently touching her arm.

"I'm scared." She hugged her knees to her chest fearfully.

"It's okay," he said soothingly, patting her back. And when she leaned against him and clutched his arm at the gory parts of the video, he couldn't help but smile and think that maybe D.A.R.E. class wasn't so bad after all.