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Amanda found happiness in something. It was something very peculiar, and odd.
What did she find joy in? You may ask, well, to answer that question, she had found joy in milkshakes. A special type of milkshake—Ben & Jerry's milkshakes. Amanda never really liked icecream, or any sugary food—but when she tried the milkshakes, she realized she had been missing out.
There were 3 flavors—chunky monkey, which was banana flavored, cherry garcia, which was.. well, cherry flavored, and chocolate fudge brownie. Amanda never heard of these milkshakes, however, when she entered the grocery store one day to pick up a few things for her dad, she had come across the milkshakes. ‘Why not try something new?’ she thought. So, she bought two flavors. Chocolate fudge brownie and chunky monkey.
When she got home, she had put the two milkshakes in the refrigerator so they could be cool, and then she'd drink them. After a day or so, she took them out of the refrigerator, but then she realized.. what would she eat this with? She also remembered that she had no whipped cream or cherries—nothing to decorate the milkshakes with. Most of the cups were in the sink as well. Amanda decided to place the milkshakes back in the fridge, saving them for another day.
A few days passed, and Amanda remembered to get whipped cream and cherries for her milkshake. The dishes were also washed (her doing since her dad was passed out drunk), so she could finally enjoy her milkshake without any disturbance. She grabbed a cup, then opened the fridge to pull the Chocolate Fudge Brownie milkshake out of the refrigerator. She then shook the bottle before unscrewing the cap (it took her some time) and pouring it into the cup. Afterwards, she grabbed whipped cream and sprayed it on top of the milkshake.
As Amanda looked for a straw, she suddenly remembered something. Something important. She had to place a cherry on top!
So she opened the fridge, grabbed a cherry, and placed it on top of the whipped cream. Amanda continued looking for a straw, and after she found one, she had started to drink the milkshake.
It was good—really, really good. Better than anything she's tried before.
Amanda was happy in that singular moment. Once a week, she'd make a milkshake just for herself. She even tried the other flavor, cherry garcia, and she loved it just as much. She found a new joy, and she would cherish it.
A few years passed, and Amanda had remembered the milkshakes she once loved. She wanted to have one again, so she walked to the nearest store, and looked for them. But she didn't find them anywhere. Amanda frowned. What happened to them?
Amanda decided to ask a worker, and they had just said that they stopped receiving boxes of the milkshake.
Oh, so that's what happened.
Amanda went home with a heavy heart. She couldn't sleep, so she went on her computer. While on youtube, she came across a video. A video demonstrating a game called “Roblox.”
Amanda was intrigued, she searched the game up online and decided to download the game. Perhaps this would fix the milkshake-shaped hole in her heart.