#WritcoStoryPrompt125
Write a short story about how much easier it is to fix mistakes on a word processor or computer than it is in real life.
I was continuously typing & erasing the text, trying to type an assignment that I had to submit to the professor, it was frustrating now as I couldn't complete my essay on 'One Regret', I know such a detailed topic but it was my philosophy class, I had to finish it by today. While typing my phone beeped, indicating there was a message, I quickly grabbed my phone in hope that my brother or any of my family had messaged me, but no it was just an app notification. I put down the phone & again and started typing, this topic is very personal to me, and while typing I was just thinking if I could just erase those mistakes of mine like I am erasing any error from my assignment, a mistake, I was regretful till date, I had begged for forgiveness but maybe I didn't deserve to be forgiven, just if my life was like this computer where I could I just erase my mistakes & didn't lose my loved ones.
This was an incident that took place, some months ago when I was in my first year of college, I was a sincere student for whom priorities were fixed, to get good grades & a good job but this all shattered when I became friends with a group, whom my parents, brother & even my other friends disliked, they thought they were a bad influence but I didn't listen. I had many fights with everyone regarding this, it was like everyone was being pushed away & only that group was my friends.....
Once one college my friend gave me a packet to give to his friend which lived near my house, and I agreed.
While returning from college there was a check-post of police checking, they checked & found that packet, and they asked me what it was, & I honestly replied that I don't know, they opened that packet & checked, they found it was a drug which is very dangerous I was baffled by all these things, they arrested me & called my father to place station, they took my statement & after some hours my so-called group of friends was arrested, it was revealed they sold drugs, I was ashamed of myself for not believing my family and friends
After that incident, I got home & apologize to everyone but nobody talked to me, after many times apologizing my friends forgave me, but my family still ignored me, after some months they still were distant but started talking to me maybe they will forgive me one day...
I was recalling all this incidents in my mind while writing the assignments, and at the ending note I completed with that 'one regret which is caused by a mistake which can change many lives, I would take this regret & mistake as my life lesson as I can't reverse the time '

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