Fiction for young adults: it was the first day of my junior year today, and I already knew what was going to happen. It was as if the script for my life had been laid out for me from the beginning. Before I turned the corner, I already had a good idea of who would be lurking behind the gym. precisely the same individuals as in the previous year. Thankfully, I was also aware that the only individuals who could brighten up my day would also be present at the event. When I looked over and saw Megan and Emma continuing their conversation on the bench where we had left off before the summer, I couldn’t help but crack a grin. The school had a lovely campus, but for some reason, all of the students and faculty preferred to congregate in the narrow passageway that ran between the gymnasium and the road. The opening in the chain-link fence served as our window to the outside world. “hello, ladies!” I made an effort not to gaze at the other kids as I went along and waved to my friends Emma and Megan as I passed them. My strategy for survival for the last two years had been to remain unseen, and it had been successful up until this point. “sophie!” they both said at the same time before rising to their feet and falling into a group embrace. “You all are such a disgrace! This summer, you did not respond to the majority of my emails. Despite the fact that Megan and Emma were two of my closest friends, it had been two months since we had last spoken. They were both actors and had been shooting in the desert of New Mexico on a film that had a limited budget.