Too Young

Fbailey story number 238


Too Young


I knew that she was way too young but I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity. She was just so young and innocent. She was also all alone. I knew that because I had been keeping an eye on her. Her mother had dropped her off an hour ago and had never came back.

I watched her lying on the beach in her little girl bathing suit. It was a two-piece but by no means was it a bikini. It had “The Little Mermaid” cartoons on it. The best thing about it was that it was too small for her and it fit her really tightly.

I saw her looking at the concession stand as other kids were begging their mothers and fathers for something to eat. I took a five-dollar bill out of my pocket and walked up behind her. I tapped her on the shoulder and when she turned around I told her that she had dropped it. She very politely thanked me, took the bill from me, and then got in line.

After she got a hotdog, fries, and a drink she came over to the table that I was sitting at and sat down right across from me. She thanked me for the money and then she gave me the change. She said that she had not dropped it because she hadn’t had any money with her, but that she had been hungry. She introduced herself as Tamara, told me that she was thirteen years old, and that her mother had dropped her off as usual without any money again. Again? Well her mother was a single parent, she had a poor-paying job, and they didn’t have much money to spare.

Even though Tamara was thirteen years old she was only in the sixth grade. She had failed the third and fifth grades and had to repeat them. Tamara said that she didn’t like school and couldn’t wait to turn sixteen so that she could drop out.

The one thing that Tamara had going for her was her looks. She was a pretty little thing, her blonde hair was a very nice length, and her figure was not too bad either.

Tamara sure talked big for a little girl.