THIS IS THE DISCALMER FOR THE WHOLE STORY: I OWN ONLY STARRY, BECCA, and other characters u don't know. But Hellpless-pyro-911 owns L character. I let her be in my story.

Life Lessons

Steve was home and I was happy. I had just turned in my paper. Mr. Jonn smiled at me. "this is a great paper." I grinned and walked home. I went into my room. I lived with the Curtis', so my room was Pony's closet with a bed and a shelf, with a curtain for privacy. I closed the curtain and opened Becca Book. It was a bunch of letters I wrote to her over the years. When it filled I was gonna give it to her. I made today's entry.

Becca,

sigh life is really hard. Steve is home but he drives me nuts. I met a new friend. Her name starts with an L. I met her at the dingo. She works there. You are still my BFF though. Johnny's okay. Yer dads being worse though, Darry says you and I can share my "room" won't that be fun. I HATE EVIE. She is a little slut. Steve is gonna dump her so… WINK ,wink lol. And today I handed in that essay. Mr. Jonn says I could win. I hope so! I miss u lots.

Luv Letta

I smiled. The phone rang. " Lo"

" Hi Starry Rose?" " You won!, you can give a speech , and some one has requested you sing."

" Okay, tomorrow?" I asked he said yes. I ran over to tell Pony. He was in the lot. "PONY I WON MY ESSAY WON!!!!!!!!!" I was so happy. He hugged me hard. I hugged Johnny and kissed him on the cheek

NEXT DAY STARRY GIVES HER SPEECH

I stood on stage and took a deep breath. " Hi my name is Starry Rose Randle. And I won the essay contest. A lot of people wonder why I wrote my story about an 8 year old girl named Anna. Who was raped. I wrote this story because I knew every other one would be happy. But I know life is not always happy. Everyone is all 'stories should be happy' but I wanted a story that was real. Some of you are thinking no it's not real DUH it's a story she's crazy. But I'm not. My best friends have lives that aren't real to the rich kids. My best friend was sexually abused, and her brother is beaten, I have friends who's parents don't care. Or whose parent tries to support life as a single mom." I looked at Two-Bit and his sister Alice, or Ali. " I have friends who have to rely on each other, because drunk rich kids killed their parents. And I have a friend who was badly beaten up by socials. Or rich kids. I long to find him again. He has never been the same. People asked me to sing a song that is happy I made the decision just now to make this up. Hear goes. I'm gonna sing this one to a very important friend." I looked at Johnny. And began to sing.

"Autumn leaves,

April flowers,

Always come back,

Glowing eyes of charcoal black have faded,

People say they pity me but whyyyyyyyyy,

Cause we don't always have to cry,

We don't always get our way,

But we can't fix it.

Who are you to think to say,

Glory lives are easy, if you can pay."

I finished and my eyes scanned the audience, I saw something that surprised me more than my standing ovation. Dallas Winston in the back. Grinning at me. I ran of the stage, eyes following me as I ran to him and hugged him hard. " I didn't think you would come."

" Kid you're my little sister" he said before lifting me up in the air to my applause. I grinned life was good. I didn't see the knife blade held by the shadowy figure coming towards me…

OOOOOOOOOH a cliffy aren't I mean. Cacles REVIEW IF U WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS…