Want to know where I've gotten all those "inspirations" I keep talking about? Well, you've come to the right place.

Inspirations:

Miranda:

Life As A House - Movie made in 2001. Kevin Kline (George) and Hayden Christensen (Sam) star. Basically, George (Sam's father) dies. I seriously recommend this movie and any of my other inspirations.

Degrassi: The Next Generation: Tears Are Not Enough Parts 1 and 2 - I have not seen these episodes because my cable company took The-N away, but I know what happens. Craig's dad dies in a car accident. Also, in the show, Terri's mother died of cancer. It was never dealt with in an episode, just mentioned.

My Life - I haven't had any relatives die, but there are a lot of kids in my grade that have lost parents or siblings. I figured it was pretty common. I went with it.

Kate:

Degrassi: The Next Generation: Shout, Shout Part 2/She-Bop, How Soon Is Now - Episodes dealing with Paige's rape.

Speak - Book by Laurie Halse Anderson. Melinda gets raped before her Freshman year of high school. Has trouble dealing with it.

Parker:

Life As A House - (Again, I know) Sam is an addict in the beginning of this movie. He doesn't really O.D., he just sort of stops using.

Rats Saw God - Book by Rob Thomas. Steve is more of a stoner in this, but it's still drug use. He again, just sort of stops.

My Life - Sadly, the people I know that are in that position, can't just sort of stop. A lot of them have O.D.ed in the past and haven't stopped. But, that's a different story. I didn't want to make Parker into that, so I didn't.

Veruca/Larry ( Which is actually more Larry):

Degrassi: The Next Generation: Take My Breath Away, Careless Whisper, How Soon Is Now - Ah, the glorious Marco/Ellie saga. Marco is gay and is using Ellie as his cover. Poor Ellie.

The Laramie Project - If you haven't seen this, I demand that you do. Warning: You will cry. If you don't, you aren't human. It's this weird documentary/movie set in Laramie, Wyoming. For those of you who can't remember why they should know Laramie, Wyoming. It's where one of the biggest hate crimes of took place. The beating and eventual death of Matthew Shepard. And one last bit: My school is doing this for the fall play! I'm tres excited.

Dawson's Creek - As much as I don't want to admit it, it did give me inspiration. While on vacation last month, I watched an old episode on TBS. It was the Jack writes the poem and all hell breaks loose one. Good episode. Back when they were still good. It's where the "FAG" written on the locker idea came from.

Lizzie and Gordo:

My Life - I've never cheated on anyone, no one's cheated on me. All that good stuff. But, friends have cheated on their boyfriends/girlfriends and such.

And the big kicker: Boy Meets World: Does no one remember Cory cheating on Topanga with Lauren? Honestly, people. Senior year ski trip. Cory gets injured. Stays with Lauren. They kiss before he leaves. Topanga finds out. They break up. Months later, she kisses Ricky and realizes she will only love Cory forever. Come on, now.

And I just wanted to include this last part. In every story I write, I always include actual occurrences. I do tend to change them to fit the characters and their situations though. Do you like them? Should I stop doing it?

Here are the things that are "factual" that have been included in the stories:

Friends or More?: Their Graduation Dance.

How Did We Get Here?: Matt and Melina's date.

Poolside Interests: Seventy-five percent of this story is my life.

Dealing: Going to D.C. Crashing a wedding. (L/G episode) I also included a conversation I had in Parker's episode. (The one she eavesdrops on)

Should they stay? Should they go?