"First Blood" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, originally published in the April 5, 1930 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, illustrated by Harry Russell Ballinger.
The story is about teen rebellion and centers on the Perrys, a wealthy family living in Chicago.
The young Josephine Perry joins her friend for a trip to see their boyfriends under the guise of seeing a movie.
At the close of the story she laments the fact a man she has interest in is out with another girl, all the while she cannot reciprocate another's feelings because she is emotionally truncated.
Thus, Fitzgerald began to use the profits from short stories to pay for medical bills.