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Ashleigh O. Br. Tom Am Lit./Comp – Period C November 20, 2007 The Devil and Ashleigh On a cold fall evening, I was in for a night of fun, games, and spontaneous events I eventually got myself into. I happened to be tempted by what my friend and I wanted to peruse so we could simply just enjoy ourselves, rather than thinking of the outcome or consequences it could have on us later. I had the choice to choose my options very wisely, but the possibilities of having the night of my life, took over me. And, this I believe was a temptation from the Devil himself. It all started at a Carmel home football game. I hadn’t seen my best friend, Nicole for a very long time, and we had planned to meet up at the game and then go to her house afterwards, for a slumber party. Eventually, once we did meet up, we didn’t suspect that our crazy night was just about to begin. Once we reunited with each other, we immediately became bored with the game and the thought of going on the guest team’s side, entered our minds. We went to the other side’s bleachers and sat on them while wearing our Carmel attire. Then, after the pledge of alliance, we yelled “Go Carmel!” We both knew that this was something wrong we were doing, but at that moment we didn’t care. And just the very fact that we thought about even going to other team’s side, was a hint that perhaps the devil had tempted me into doing something as cold as that. We dealt with the punishment of being asked to leave the game, due to our rudeness. So, afterwards we left the game and walked into the unfamiliar territory of downtown Mundelein. Our parents where not aware of our whereabouts, for they thought we were still at the game. This was another so-called sin, that the devil may have tempted me to endeavor. While we were supposed to be at my school, we were just wandering about in a location where we shouldn't have been. The thoughts that something dangerous could possible happen to us, ran through my mind a numerous amount of time. "What if we get caught and don't make it back to the game on time when it ends?” Nicole had said. "It doesn't matter. Nobody has to know we even left the school campus. We'll make it back in time and no one will suspect a thing.” I answered. So, as we roamed aimlessly around Mundelein by foot, we made stops at plenty locations. We visited fast food restaurants, grocery stores, a laundry mat, a roller rink, a hardware store, and even a few gas stations. This all occurred in less than 2 hours while we were wandering in Mundelein. It was at least 9:30 once we both decided to leave and attempt to return back to the game before it finally ended. We made our way by the past locations we stopped by, and then suddenly we saw places we didn't see before. Bars and restaurants were places we were now approaching, and we became very worried because this was something we hadn't come across before. "Maybe we took a wrong turn.", Nicole implied. "We couldn't have taken a wrong turn. We had been going straight the whole entire time, unless we're going the wrong way and we're lost or something.” I said. We both became very mortified at the thought of being lost in a foreign area, and not being able to make our way back to the game in time. We could possibly get in even more trouble if our parents found out what really happened. Maybe the devil was giving Nicole and I too many temptations. We kept on drifting for what almost seemed like hours, until we finally saw bright lights in the sky. We suddenly realized that we were getting closer to Carmel. Being ecstatic with our discovery we made our way closer to the school in a quick amount of time. Surprisingly, by the time we got to the game, we noticed something wasn't right. It was very quiet. Too quiet, too a point where it almost seemed abnormal. We looked around at our surroundings and it soon became clear to us, that the game had ended. Everyone was gone and had probably gone home. I looked at my clock on my cell phone, which stated it was at least 10:30 PM. Had the whole entire game really ended while Nicole and I made our enjoyable journey into Mundelein? Nicole called her mother to pick us up, and while she was on her way, we sat in the parking lot thinking to ourselves how lucky we were to make it out of Mundelein safe and sound. I guess we could say we were perhaps tempted by the devil, because we both did things we would never find imaginable of us even doing. Once Nicole’s mother picked us up and took us to their home, we watched television and ate snacks. We were behaving very well so far, ever since the game had ended. Once again, we got uninterested in what we were doing, and decided to run around aimlessly outside, after curfew. It was about 2 AM, and as we went outside, something that we were definitely not supposed to do, we thought everything was going by ok, and then suddenly a scary man appeared from the shadows. I imagine him as the devil himself just because he showed up at a time of me committing a wrong. Nicole and I became very scared and frantic and ran back inside. We learned our lesson, and realized that you can’t feel as if you’re entitled to whatever you want, whenever and wherever. We dealt with the consequences for most of our actions, and we decided that there wouldn’t be a point in committing even more wrong doings, due to our boredom and ignorance.