“A single action can cause a life to veer off in a direction it was never meant to go.” - Anita Shreve The world is now facing many difficulties. We are frequently been making everlasting stupid decisions. But these choices, that we will probably think are so dumb and superficial, will probably, not only affect you later, but they, perhaps, may next affect your family, friends, or even that person on the street that you didn’t even notice. We are all being influenced by those slightly made decisions in any other person’s ordinary lives, so we should be conscious of this and first think about our possible effects in our actions, not only on us but on the outside world, too. Andy Evans sexually assaulting Melinda causes her to become severely …show more content…
Melinda, when already starting healing herself, decided to write a note in the bathroom, so everyone could, anonymously, understand that Andy Evans was a horrible influence for everyone. She didn’t expect any major result because of this, but she definitely got one. After writing this note on the bathroom wall, numerous girls started adding to it and criticizing, even more, Andy’s attitude towards girls. This made other girls, that previously thought that he was an exceptional person, realize that he definitely wasn’t. “Rachel is in her glory. She ditched Andy in the middle of the prom. I'm trying to piece the story together from grapevine gossip. They say she and Andy argued during a slow song. They say he was all over her with his hands and his mouth. While they danced, he was grinding against her and she backed off. The song ended and she swore at him. They say she was ready to slap him, but she didn't. He looked around, all innocent-like, and she stomped over to her exchange student buddies. Ended up dancing the night away with a kid from Portugal. They say Andy's been really pissed off ever since. He got wicked drunk at a party and passed out in a bowl of bean dip. Rachel burned everything he ever gave her and left the ashes in front of his locker. His friends laughed at him.” Without Melinda’s decision of spreading her incident with Andy Evans with everyone, other people’s lives would’ve totally turned out differently. Rachel would've probably gotten into a similar case from Melinda’s, because of Andy, and other girls could’ve also experienced horrible situations, not knowing what Andy was capable of doing to