All around her people were preparing for the party tonight. There was a tense vibe around the school, because some people still needed to find a date. The popular kids had decided that it would be fun to bring a date to the party, which made the wannabe's want a date as well, and because there are a lot of wannabe's, you would be the outcast if you didn't bring a date. But Lucy didn't care, she was an outcast anyway. She actually didn't want to go to the party at all, but she had promised her best friend, and you never let your best friend down. Even if she lets you down every now and then. You see Summer was a wannabe too, and if you want to be popular you can't always spend time with your best friend 'the outcast'. And that's why, I, Lucy Parker don't want to be popular.
She had tried though. A few years ago on her fourteenth birthday, she had decided that she wanted to be one of the cool kids too. Summer hadn't been there to celebrate her birthday, because she was invited to another party, Johnny's party. Lucy was so mad at Summer, that at first she never wanted to see her again, but at the thought of that Lucy felt lonely and sad. The only way to spend more time with Summer was to be a cool kid, so she decided she was going to play the game and be one. But that was a disaster. She had to pretend to like everything the other liked, even if she absolutely hated it. The game was simple, one misstep and you're out, but it took a lot of energy to think about everything she did and said. And the price of the game, she had to pay, because when she turned fifteen, she had a breakdown.
