August 1st
My friends are gone, safely back in Stoneybrook. The house seems empty with just me, Dad, Carol and Gracie. Jeff isn't going to be back until next week.
I learned a lot about my friends. I learned a lot about myself. And I have myself my first ever boyfriend! My first ever real boyfriend, anyway. Christian is just fantastic. Who would have thought regular old Dawn would attract a guy like him?
I know that things happened that I don't know about. But can you do? Things change. People change. I don't know why I thought they wouldn't change. That I thought they would be the same people that I left in Stoneybrook.
But the changes didn't stop us from being friends. In fact, I think we're closer now than we ever where when I lived in Stoneybrook. I get emails daily from at least one of them, where twice a month used to suffice. I guess now that's we're apart, we're really together. All the changes in the world couldn't stop us from being friends. Would would have thought that after all the boys, all the fights, all the trouble, and a country between us we could still be friends?
I guess it just goes to show you that you really can be friends forever.
Carol's calling me. I better go.
-Dawn
Dear Dawn,
Now
that I'm away from the atmosphere, I just had to tell you how sorry I
am for acting like I did. I don't know why I thought of you that way.
Or why I acted that way. I guess, maybe, I was just nervous about
starting high school, and instead of talking to you about it, I just
got defensive.
I hope you'll forgive me.
Your sister,
Mary Anne
Dear Claudia,
I
told you I'd write! My first letter of many to you. Things are already
moving. Amalia got a call from that woman from the Bash, Rainah. She
said that she'd been trying to get in contact with Amalia for ages. It
turns out a label is interested in the band and Raniah wants to
represent us - along with Amalia. She seems totally serious about
having Amalia on board.
I have no idea what's going to happen. My
parents are completely for it, but Bruce's parents are still pissed
about the whole club-ticket thing, so they're weird about letting him
do anything. And Maggie's parents? I have no idea if they've said
anything at all. So who knows. But it would be nice to see minors in
the music world who actually play instruments and don't just sing and
dance.
Anyway, I gotta go. Amalia has reinstated daily practices, and that's where I'm off to.
Love ya,
Rico
Dear Claudia, Kristy, Mary Anne, and Stacey,
I'll
bet you guys didn't expect to hear from me all at the same time! I just
had to let you know that BRENDAN'S DAD IS HOME! He's not in
remission or anything, but he's home and that's good news. I just
thought you guys should know, since you were all there for me (and
Brendan). Believe me, it's way better hanging out at Brendan's house and not at the vending machine room at the hospital.
Hopefully this won't be the last letter I send to you, but
I'm going to be super busy. It looks like Vanish is getting onto a
label (an independent, small label, but that's how big ones pick you
up) if we can get all parental permission. I'll even get to still be
manager. I wonder if Dawn would mind if I represented Christian too.
TTYL!
Amalia
Justin,
I
just had to let you know that when I went for a training session at the
high school for the lacrosse team, and the coach didn't want to say
anything for sure since the actual tryouts aren't until school starts,
but she said that I was on the top of her list to get in.
And I told her that I had a great coach.
-Kristy