A Rose's Thorns

by Nayeli Gold

This is the Sequal to 'How Are You', but this is still understandable without having read 'How Are You'. I hope you guys enjoy! It's still in the eyes of Joe, Laura, and recently added Sara! Chapter ten is FINALLY up! Yay!

5. Lacking in Prayer

*** Hey guys!  Yes, that's right, I'm back yet again.  Chapter five is here!  So umm…without further ado…Here you go! ***

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Chapter Five: Lacking in Prayer

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Hey God.

You know what I've discovered?  I've found that it's a whole lot harder to continue praying when things are going well for a long amount of time… maybe it's because we feel like we don't have to depend on You anymore…and I know it's wrong, but I've begun to find myself lacking in the prayer department.  I think that we…I rather, just simply for get to pray.  Well, anyway, I'll keep trying!  Please help me to keep up my conversat6ions with You.  For now though, I can start off by thanking You!

Thank you for Laura.  She's been great…about everything.  A great friend, great love, and a great teacher.  Yes, she's even been helping me in school!  Thanks for George, mom's new boyfriend.  He really does like her, and You have no idea how good…not to mention unusual this is for her.  Okay…well, You do know, but…oh…just thanks!  Oh!  And thank you for Amy, my new goldfish.  Laura got her for me, saying I needed a pet.  We made fun of that one movie…what's it called…?  Umm…oh yeah!  How to Lose a Guy in Ten days.  We said that Amy is our 'Love Fish' instead of a 'Love Fern'.  Nah, but I'm just happy to have Amy…even though she's just a stupid fish, it's good to talk to her.

Trevor and Sara are doing wonderfully.  You should have seen Trevor at his baptism!  Okay…You did see him…hehe, sorry.  Anyway, he was so cute!  He made this adorable pouting face when the preacher placed his hand upon his head…I can't believe I'm an uncle!!  At seventeen!  Ah well.

Well, I'm gonna go now.  I'll talk to You later God!

~Amen~

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*** Alrighty then!  What'd you think?  Well, I'm going to move on to the reviewer thank yous!  Adios! ***'

~Mlle. Verity le Virago~ Sara is in between 19 and 23.  I haven't really decided… She's Joe's older brother.  She was pregnant because…well, I would suppose she got pregnant by her boyfriend and then he dumped her.  The father did not want the child.  Sara did not bring him to court.  She had instead just wanted to kill herself.  Now that the suicidal idea is gone…I may bring that into play later on… Thanks for reviewing!

~FireLady03~ I love the new name!!!  So yeah, I'll call you Friday again, okay?  Thank you for complementing the story and Brittany…you were right about the fish!!! You hit it on the spot!  T'was a symbol!!!  I have a habit of throwing them and a whole bunch of other stuff in ever since AP English…Arg.  Lol.  I'll talk to you soon!

Sigh….Only two reviews…oh well.