Maybe switching?

I have been posting entries to Trifecta's writing challenge via wordpress. Not sure whether I want to continue there or move to blogger... This week's entry will be at blogspot, and I'll decide from there.

Scandal

Trifecta challenge word for this week: scandal

3   a: a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it
     b : a person whose conduct offends propriety or morality <a scandal to the profession>

"Y'all are some scandalous bitches," she said with a laugh after we all slammed down our shot glasses. It was something red this time; I had quit pretending like I knew what we were drinking by that point. I was still pretending like I was part of the group though, despite no real knowledge of their inside jokes. It seems like the "scandalous bitches" phrase was the aftermath of a cocaine binge some long-ago night. So I smiled and laughed along with her and all the others. A genuine smile surfaced when the fake one reminded me of one of the Madagascar penguins admonishing the others to "smile and wave, boys. Just smile and wave." I missed my children. What was I even doing at this club? The real scandal here was me: mother of the year, drunk and trying to fit in where I'd never belong.