Kaitlyn's+Tale

** Friends or Foes? ****

This is the story about two young girls named Amelia and Jocelyn. They were both nineteen and were best friends who spent almost every waking moment together. Amelia was tall and slender with long, ringlet curls as golden as the sun. Her skin was fair with blushing cheeks and lips like rose petals. Her family was very wealthy and lived in the most exquisite house in town. She had an abundant amount of expensive possessions such as clothes and jewelry.

Jocelyn on the other hand, was entirely opposite from Amelia. She was short and frumpy with poofy brown hair. Her family was not wealthy at all. She lived in the poor part of town and had very few possessions. Despite her bland appearance and impoverished status, Jocelyn had a fiancé named Ben. They were madly in love and were to be married the next month.

Despite their close knit friendship, the past few months had been a bit rocky for the two girls. Jocelyn was preparing for her upcoming wedding, trying on dresses, and she noticed how difficult it was to find one that fit her short stature. This made her very frustrated and often, she would mention to Amelia how lucky she was to be tall and slender. She would say, “I wish I could be as beautiful as you”. In Jocelyn’s view, it also didn’t help that Amelia’s clothes and jewelry accentuated her allure. She felt like she should be just as appealing to her soon to be husband, but she did not realize that Ben adored her just as she was. Nevertheless, all Jocelyn could think about when she and Amelia were together was her lack of elegance and wealth. Jocelyn began to despise her own reflection in the mirror. Amelia’s beauty became her obsession, and her jealousy increased every day.

It was about the same time that Amelia began to wonder if people liked her for who she was or because of her looks and wealth. She noticed the unconditional love that Jocelyn and her fiancé Ben shared. He adored her and treated her as a lady should be treated. She longed for the same affection and wished she could find someone as kind and caring as Ben. She was tired of men always pursuing her, only to find out they were interested in her for the wrong reasons. Every day she would look at the pair and their awe-struck love for one another. Amelia thought to herself, “I have never had anyone as fond of me as Ben is for Jocelyn”. Each time she saw them together, envy welded up inside her. It reached the point where she could not even look at the pair without feeling extreme jealousy.

It came to the night of Jocelyn and Ben’s rehearsal dinner. Amelia was Jocelyn’s maid of honor, and as they were rehearsing for the wedding, Jocelyn noticed Amelia was not acting herself. She was standing with her arms crossed, rolling her eyes, and huffing and puffing as if she did not want to be there at all.  **  **When they were alone, Jocelyn confronted Amelia and asked her what was wrong. Jocelyn told Amelia that she was jealous that she was able to have a relationship with someone who truly loved her, and she felt like she could never be happy as long as she remained with Ben. Jocelyn then confessed to Amelia that she was jealous of her because she had everything. She told her that she felt she would never be happy as long as she remained rich and beautiful. After hearing both confessions from one another, they contemplated whether their friendship was worth the hateful envy they had for one another. They had a long conversation and ultimately realized that their own jealousies were petty and insignificant. They came to understand that their life long friendship was not based on wealth, looks or significant others. So they set aside their selfishness and reconciled their differences. The next day, Amelia stood in her position as maid of honor, while she and Jocelyn stared lovingly at each other as Jocelyn walked toward her down the isle to be married. **


 * Don't Let Jealousy Rule Your Life **

=“There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard”- Washington Irvin g =