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Prologue to "A Small Change"

It wasn't supposed to happen. I didn't know how it happened, it just sort of came up in a conversation with my mom. It's not like I wanted to join. It's not even what I WANT to do, all we have to do is go back to yesterday...

Caitie, I'm telling you, Val's doing GREAT with this EMT squad. I mean, it gives her an adventurous life!" My mother yelled to me.

"Yeah, but it's NOT my thing! I don't want to be the overachiever-preppy type!" It was true, I didn't. Although, it is a reason to be close to Jamie. I thought on it for a while. I just don't know how it came up. My mother patted my shoulder and waved out my door with a warm smile.

I lay on my bed and stared at the ceiling. Should I join? "Jamie's in it, Jamie's in it," was always a voice from the back of my head. But, I don't want to turn into a overachiever, like Val. I don't know how we've stayed friends forever.

I threw a pillow at my door with frustration in the thrust. I hated making choices that usually end up being the wrong thing. As Jamie always tells me, "It's life. Deal with it." I always shrug it off, but maybe I should listen to him sometimes.