DANA WAS SO HAPPY ABOUT THE HOUSE THEY HAD FOUND. FOR ONCE HER LIFE WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF TOWN. SHE UNPACKED HER THINGS WITH SUCH GREAT EASE. AS SHE WATCHED HER NEW CURTAINS BLOW IN THE BREEZE. HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO HAVE HER OWN ROOM SCHOOL WOULD BE STARTING; SHE’D HAVE FRIENDS OVER SOON. THERE’D BE SLEEP-OVERS & MAYBE A PARTY. SHE WAS SO HAPPY, IT’S JUST THE WAY SHE WANTED HER LIFE TO BE. ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, EVERYTHING WENT GREAT. SHE MADE NEW FRIENDS& EVEN GOT A DATE! SHE THOUGHT, “I WANT TO BE POPULAR & I’M GOING TO BE BECAUSE I JUST GOT A DATE WITH THE STAR OF THE TEAM!” TO BE KNOWN AT THIS SCHOOL, YOU HAD TO HAVE CLOUT & DATING THIS CHICK WOULD SURE HELP HER OUT. THERE WAS ONLY 1 PROBLEM STOPPING HER FATE. HER PARENTS HAD SAID SHE WAS TOO YOUNG TO DATE. ” WELL I JUST WON’T TELL THEM THE ENTIRE TRUTH. THEY WON’T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, SO WHAT’S THERE TO LOSE? JENNY ASKED TO STAY WITH HER FRIENDS THAT NIGHT. HER PARENTS FROWNED, BUT SAID, “ALL RIGHT.” EXCITED, SHE GOT READY FOR THE BIG EVENT, BUT AS SHE RUSHED AROUND LIKE SHE HAD NO SENSE

SHE BEGAN TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT ALL THE LIES. BUT WHAT’S A PIZZA, A PARTY, & A MOONLIGHT RIDE? WELL, THE PIZZA WAS GOOD & THE PARTY WAS GREAT, BUT THAT MOONLIGHT RIDE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT. FOR ALICE WAS HALF DRUNK BY THIS TIME. BUT SHE KISSED HER & SAID THAT SHE WAS JUST FINE. THEN THE ROOM FILLED WITH SMOKE & ALICE TOOK A PUFF. DANA COULDN’T BELIEVE SHE WAS SMOKING THAT STUFF. NOW ALICE WAS READY TO RIDE TO THE POINT, BUT ONLY AFTER SHE’D SMOKED ANOTHER JOINT.

THEY JUMPED IN THE CAR FOR THE MOONLIGHT RIDE, NOT THINKING THAT SHE WAS TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE. THEY FINALLY MADE IT THE POINT AT LAST, AND ALICE STARTED TRYING TO MAKE A PASS. A PASS IS NOT WHAT DANA WANTED AT ALL. AND BY PASS I DON’T MEAN PLAYING FOOTBALL. “PERHAPS MY PARENTS WERE RIGHT…MAYBE I AM TOO YOUNG. BOY, HOW COULD I HAVE EVER BEEN SO DUMD?” WITH ALL OF HER MIGHT, SHE PUSHED ALICE AWAY: “PLEASE TAKE ME HOME. I DON’T WANT TO STAY.” ALICE CRANKED UP THE ENGINE & FLOORED THE GAS. IN A MATTER OF SECONDS THEY WERE DIONG TOO FAST. AS ALICE DROVE IN A WILD FIT OF ANGER, DANA KNEW THAT HER LIFE WAS IN DANGER. SHE BEGGED & PLEADED FOR HER TO SLOW DOWN, BUT SHE JUST GOT FASTER AS THEY NEARED THE TOWN. “JUST LET ME GET HOME! I’LL CONFESS THAT I LIED. I REALLY ONLY WENT OUT FOR A MOONLIGHT RIDE.” THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE SAW A BIG FLASH. “OH GOD, PLEASE HELP US! WE’RE GOING TO CRASH!” SHE DOESN’T REMEMBER THE FORCE OF IMPACT. JUST THAT EVERYTHING ALL OF A SUDDEN WENT BLACK. SHE FELT SOMEONE REMOVE HER FROM THE TWISTED RUBBLE, & HEARD, “CALL AN AMBULANCE! THESE KIDS ARE IN TROUBLE!” VOICES SHE HEARD, A FEW WORDS AT BEST. BUT SHE KNEW THERE WERE 2 CARS INVOLVED IN THE WRECK. THEN SHE WONDERED TO HERSELF IN ALICE WAS ALL RIGHT, & IF THE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER CAR WERE STILL ALIVE. SHE AWOKE IN THE HOSPITAL TO FACES SO SAD. “YOU’VE BEEN IN A CAR WRECK & IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD.” THESE VOICES ECHOED INSIDE HER HEAD, AS THE GENTLY TOLD HER THAT ALIC3E WAS DEAD. THEY SAID, “DANA, WE’VE DONE ALL WE CAN DO. BUT LOOKS AS IF WE’LL LOSE YOU, TOO.” “BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER CAR!” DANA CRIED. “WE’RE SORRY, DANA, THEY ALSO DIED.” DANA PRAYED, “GOD, FORIVE ME FOR WHAT I’VE DONE. I ONLY WANTED TO HAVE 1 NIGHT OF FUN.” “TELL THOSE PEOPLE’S FAMILY, I’VE MADE THEIR LIVES DIM, & I WISH I COULD RETURN THEIR FAMILY TO THEM. “TELL MY MOM & DAD, I’M SORRY I LIED, & THAT IT’S MY FAULT SO MANY HAVE DIED. “OH, NURSE, WON’T YOU PLEASE TELL THEM THAT FOR ME?” THE NURSE JUST STOOD THERE; SHE NEVER AGREED. BUT SHE TOOK DANA’S HAND WITH TEARS IN HER EYES. & A FEW MOMENTS LATER, DANA DIED. A MAN ASKED THE NURSE, “WHY DIDN’T YOU DO YOUR BEST TO BID THAT GIRL HER 1 LAST REQUEST?” SHE LOOKED AT THE MAN WITH EYES SO SAD. “BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER CAR WERE HER MOM & DAD.”