I glanced at my schedule one last time, just to double check that I had my poetry class next.Sighing slightly, I hitched my bookbag up on my shoulder and headed over to the building."Ali!" I heard a voice call behind me. I flinched and turned; there was m...

Sara and I had been close friends since our sophomore year of high school. I guess that's where I should begin.You know how close friends get, how you get to be physically as well as emotionally close, and you are so comfortable around them you feel like...

The lounge music was slow and steady. A low murmur of talk filled the room. The gentle clink of glasses. My leg twitched nervously as I waited. Self-concious thoughts ran through my mind: How is my hair? Am I wearing the right dress? I had never had parti...