Vegetarian Meatloaf-Personal Narrative
Guests at the retreat center always ate meals in common, but they had an option to take those meals outdoors. Fortunately, it was chilly enough outside that no one else opted to join them on the porch, where they would have complete privacy. The porch light shone an iridescent glow on their table and the chill night air added a sense of urgency to their conversation, a sense of importance.
Dinner tonight was vegetarian meatloaf, which was a lot tastier than it sounded. Unlike most of her friends, Ariel had never quite managed to become a true vegetarian. She pretended to be most of the time, but occasionally she allowed herself juicy steak and once even a hamburger from a burger joint, during a meeting with a potential investor in one of her …show more content…
We're planning a charity dinner for the rainforest, in the Amazon." Why did she feel the need to explain? Her friend had probably been to the rainforest, multiple times.
"That's great. Everything you always dreamed." Donna was on the edge of tears again, her voice catching as she spoke.
"Yes. What's wrong, Donna?" Ariel asked. "You can tell me."
"Not over the phone. I can't – I just can't say it over the phone."
Ariel tried and failed to think what this could be about. She loved Donna, she really did, but her friend had always had a flair for the dramatic. She could still remember the time Donna had woken her in the middle of the night to announce she had been chosen to model for a shoe commercial.
"I'm sorry, Donna, but this is a really bad time. I mean, this is quite possibly the worst possible time for you to have called."
"I understand." There was a click. Donna had hung up.
That was the last Ariel would ever hear from her friend. She had kept meaning to call and then she had become distracted by her own problems. If only she had known at the time that they only had a few short years left, and that those years would pass so quickly.
Now, here she was, with Donna's alleged half-brother, eating dinner, not a care in the world.
"Five years," Ariel
Dinner tonight was vegetarian meatloaf, which was a lot tastier than it sounded. Unlike most of her friends, Ariel had never quite managed to become a true vegetarian. She pretended to be most of the time, but occasionally she allowed herself juicy steak and once even a hamburger from a burger joint, during a meeting with a potential investor in one of her …show more content…
We're planning a charity dinner for the rainforest, in the Amazon." Why did she feel the need to explain? Her friend had probably been to the rainforest, multiple times.
"That's great. Everything you always dreamed." Donna was on the edge of tears again, her voice catching as she spoke.
"Yes. What's wrong, Donna?" Ariel asked. "You can tell me."
"Not over the phone. I can't – I just can't say it over the phone."
Ariel tried and failed to think what this could be about. She loved Donna, she really did, but her friend had always had a flair for the dramatic. She could still remember the time Donna had woken her in the middle of the night to announce she had been chosen to model for a shoe commercial.
"I'm sorry, Donna, but this is a really bad time. I mean, this is quite possibly the worst possible time for you to have called."
"I understand." There was a click. Donna had hung up.
That was the last Ariel would ever hear from her friend. She had kept meaning to call and then she had become distracted by her own problems. If only she had known at the time that they only had a few short years left, and that those years would pass so quickly.
Now, here she was, with Donna's alleged half-brother, eating dinner, not a care in the world.
"Five years," Ariel