[ WP ] what the world would be like if you had never been born .

*Names have been changed in case any of them happen to be redditors* 
 
 1991: 
 
 The first miscarriage hurt her deeply, she was wallowed in depression and misery for months before she got the news she was pregnant again. Her husband agreed to keep it quiet, just in case. She continued working as a photo-journalist. 
 
 That was her real passion, she was one of the best, able to get pictures that always went to the front page. She could talk her way in to the oval office for a private photo when the rest of the AP was stuck in the halls. But even with all of that, she wanted a family more, which made it all the more crushing when the doctor told her that she had lost the second child as well. 
 
 She continued to work, taking photos with angles most other photographers could only dream but the passion was gone, the drive was missing. It stopped being a life long dream and became regular work. Her marriage deteriorated quickly after, her husband grew bored and started looking elsewhere. She moved when an offer came through at another paper, and again to a better one, even winning a Pulitzer for photography for her work in India. She met other men, here and there, but a hole in her heart was left empty. 
 
 The husband, now ex, kept working in his sales job, he had all the money he needed, though he knew he was underpaid, so when an offer for a second job came up he passed on it, he didnt really need it. A promotion came soon after, but he was passed up for that too, `` not showing enough initiative''. He watched some of his coworkers climb the ranks, and though he was a damn good salesman, and even secured a promotion to supervisor after a few more years, the company fell on hard times and he was let go while the upper management job he lost out to received all of his clients. He vowed that if he had the job, he would divvy it up so he could keep the staff, but he wasnt the guy in the office, and the one that was felt differently. 
 
 Down on his luck, he was to take the server job he originally looked down on. 
 
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 2007: 
 
 Abigail had all he guys wrapped around her finger. It was easy, really. Pick up the weakest one first and slowly integrate herself in to the group. Being a girl who liked zombies and games made it hard early on, but she eventually learned how to avoid the jeers and build her own little army of the spineless nerds. Show a little T and A, a peck on the cheek here and there and voila, a mindless horde at her beck and call. It did become annoying when the one killed himself over her. And downright tiresome once the second one did the same, but she just kept a closer eye on the others, making sure to keep them all in line anytime anyone tried to interfere. 
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 Ed, Ryan, Conner, David. That had been the group since the dawn of time. They were the Three amigos plus another amigo. Half drugies, half gamers and half hardcore metal fans they never had a dull time. David drifted in and out of the group through highschool, finding the angst of teenage years harder to bear. The other three tried to pull together tighter, but when Conner changed schools, Edgar became more reclusive and Ryan more dangerous. Ryan was arrested not long after, going out to grab something to eat and getting in a fight with a gang member before killing him. Edgar wanted to stay in and listen to music, and no one else wanted to go with, so Ryan had carried a knife with him for safety, he never intended to use it, but he never intended to keep using it once the kid was down, or to try and swing it at the cop who was trying to talk him down. 
 
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 Lana had been single for far too long, she missed having someone to be with. Her ex kept pressuring her to get back together, she had felt weird about dating 24 year old before, but now that she was 17 and he was 27, it wasnt a whole lot better, but he was the only one that asked her out, so she reluctant said yes. She really hopped he had changed his ways. When she saw the bruises coming in again a month later, and heard his apology she really hopped he had changed his ways. When the bruises came in again a few weeks later and she heard his apology she really hopped... 
 
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 2010 
 
 Karen didnt know what to do anymore. Her brother beat her whenever he got the chance. Her father beat her whenever he was annoyed. Both felt like coming in at night and using her as they saw fit. Her mother turned a blind eye to all of it. She had hoped going off to college would be better. Making friends helped, but she never told any of them about it and she still had to come back every weekend or so to take care of the horses and other animals at her grandmothers farm. 
 
 2011: 
 
 Karen's funeral had a large turn out, and everybody made sure to console her mother and father and smirking brother for their loss and that if there was anything they needed and they would even drop all the charges for theft and forgery against the brother in their time of grief. The family thanked them and the brothers smile widened as he wrapped his arm around the shell that used to be Karen's younger sister 
 
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 The woman's parents, now well in to their 80's and retired, found themselves for the first time, completely alone. Their kids had all moved on and were busy. Their grand-kids were off doing their own things as well, too busy to even say `` hi'' every now and then. They grew reclusive, quiet and slowly but surely, weak. The woman's father had no one to pass on his stories to, to share his treasures and knowledge and not even his own son was remotely interested in taking up the mantle of the Fraternity the womans father belonged to and had been a part of the family for generations upon generations. 
 
 In his sleep, one night, the woman's father passed peacefully, having no need to stay around any longer. Feeling much the same and empty without her other half, the woman's mother did much the same not long after. 
 
 The fraternity the woman's father belonged to never saw the influx of members it needed and within the year had folded and merged with another branch, a decision that saved the the whole, but saw many others leave the fraternity for good. 
 
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 Rachel never did meet anyone that she talked to online, they all lived too far away or were far too creepy. Besides, she was moving back home a state away soon. 
 
 She picked back up teaching and, not being tied down to anyone, met another guy that she really enjoyed spending time with. Sure, they disagreed on a lot of matters, but there wasnt anybody else, so it seemed like decent enough reason to stick around. 
 
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 Gabby never did meet anyone that she talked to online, she never really talked to that many people online anyway, but the ones she did werent exactly the most comforting. Still in highschool, they kept telling her to date older men, to try all sorts of drugs and to drink like a fish. So she did, and when the downward spiral came, they offered more advice. `` party more'', `` date MORE guys!''. And on the cycle continued. 
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 2014: 
 
 r/writingprompts is just a few entries shorter. 

