Writing Challenge #4

Juliet was the girl who always said too much. Everyone at school knew to stay away from her if they wanted a secret to stay a secret. It seemed to be that after almost any encounter with Juliet, she always ended her conversation with "Oops! I said too much". No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't contain any gossip information to herself. This often got Juliet into trouble. Juliet's best friend, Margo, wanted to help her friend so she could finally keep secrets. Margo had some big news but didn't want anyone else to know, except her best friend. Only her best friend was the person she absolutely couldn't tell! Margo devised a plan that would help Juliet get over her problem of constantly "saying too much". She would tell Juliet that she had a secret to tell her but NOT TO TELL ANYONE. The secrets would actually be little fibs about other people around the school. Margo thought that little bits of gossip would be easier to take in for Juliet. Then as Juliet got better at keeping them to herself, Margo would make bigger and bigger fibs until Juliet was ready to hear the real secret of Margo's. This was a fool proof plan Margo thought to herself. This way Juliet learns not to gossip and no one's real secrets were revealed and passed around. The first piece of gossip Margo shared with Juliet was, "Did you know that Mr. Rarston used to be a model?". This wasn't that juicy of information so Juliet kept it to herself. Margo was very pleased with this first result and a week later tried something a little bit better. She told Juliet that Rebecca didn't really have a boyfriend at another school, but made some guy up so people would like her. Juliet didn't seem that interested in this topic either, so this fib also stayed in her head and wasn't passed around. Margo thought that she was the biggest genius in the world for starting to break Juliet's habit. Margo decided to have a little bit more fun with the fake secrets. They then started pouring out of her and into Juliet's head. Mandi didn't go on vacation for spring break, she spent that money on a nose job.  Paul and Ruby are about to break up because Ruby found Paul cheating on her with Blair. Mrs. Phelps was seen at an AA meeting. These were the thoughts that consumed Juliet's brain after Margo told her them. Juliet wasn't sure where Margo was getting all this gossip from but she sure enjoyed drinking it in. Up until now Juliet had been doing really well at keeping Margo's lies a secret. She also wanted to not be the girl that always said too much, it made people not trust her which made her sad. She also didn't want to let down  her best friend. Margo had one more lie to tell Juliet before she told her the real secret. She had to make sure that Juliet was ready to handle it, even though she had been doing so well so far. Too bad the second biggest gossip in school, Vanessa, was on the prowl for more gossip to spread. Vanessa had noticed that Juliet wasn't talking as much as she usually did. She had a hunch that Juliet was holding in big gossip and Vanessa wasn't going to miss out on learning it. She walks up to Juliet and say "Hi darling! We haven't talked in a while, I have soooooo much to tell you. I've been hearing things!". Juliet was excited to hear everything that Vanessa had to share. Without even thinking twice, Juliet opened her mouth to tell all the gossip she had that Margo gave her. It all poured out from being contained for too long. Vanessa stood wide eyed as Juliet went on and on. Margo approaches the two girls and hears the end of the conversation where Juliet tells Vanessa the last "secret" Margo shared with her. Vanessa is grinning from ear to ear and quickly walks away to spread the news she just received. All Margo can think of saying is "Oh no, I've said too much".