Sabrina,

I miss you so much, dear! I got your thank you note today, after failing my road test and a whole ordeal with Olivia (she's my friend, and I love her dearly, but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to deal with what she did), it was a wonderful pick me up.

Olivia and I have been getting along great. While her and I were getting close, I met a guy, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about him since I met him. You probably know him; his name is Richard Manner. I planned to ask him to homecoming yesterday, and when I was about to ask him, Olivia said to wait until he was in a better mood.

So she comes up to me today in band while I'm putting my flute together, and she breaks it to me that she is going to homecoming with Richard. It happened last night. She was trying to hook me up with Richard earlier, so I was pretty much destroyed, kinda like the him and Meredith thing last October.

Then, I failed my road test within 10 minutes of starting. When he came up to my window and said: "you obviously know you failed..." I started crying.

In the lighter side, my panel Rotary interview is on Sunday at one. I'm not nervous, I'm just worried about different things right now (Like Olivia and Richard). I need to focus on my interview though...whatever.

I'll talk to you later. Oh! By the way, you're exchange replacement, Minase, is adorable, and she's become as close as you are to me!

Bye.

Stephanie

I'm really sorry to hear that things didn't work out with Richard, but I'd like to try to explain what happened. (I received an email from Olivia telling me about it). Last year, before school got out, she and Richard became pretty good friends. She's had a crush on him for a while, and when she realized that he was actually interested, she didn't really know how to deal with it, so she just treated him the same as always. I think they saw each other a few times over the summer, but I was a little distracted so I'm not sure. And Olivia was pretty surprised, too...Richard asked her, it wasn't the other way around. So...I regret saying this, but even if you did ask him to Homecoming, I think he would have refused, because I know he was planning to ask Olivia. *hugs* I know how that's really rough...when I had a crush on Kaitie's brother, she tried to set us up, and instead he asked Cat (who was one of my best friends at the time) to prom. I was basically crushed. But...I knew that Cat really didn't intend for it to happen, so we're still good friends. I realized later that Kaitie's brother is really kind of an ass. ^_^; I can assure you that Richard isn't an ass, but it's kind of the same. You'll realize that he's not right for you. Either that or Olivia will screw up royally (which is possible, he'll be her first boyfriend, so she doesn't really know what to do...) and Richard will be a free man again.

Almost everyone fails their road test a time or two. Was it the parallel parking? That was what almost killed me, and it was only by a hair that I actually passed. (I probably shouldn't have, but the guy was pretty nice about it) So don't worry about it, ya know? You can take it tomorrow or next week or whenever you can schedule another one. It's really not a big deal, and the only loss is about $25 for each test. *grins* Cheer up, you know? Failing a driving test isn't something to stress about. Chelsea failed hers twice? I think...and I know some people who failed five times before passing. *giggles* It's kind of amusing, when you're not the one who failed. *hugs* But it's really not a big deal.

I thought the September Rotary conference was already over with? Why do you have your panel interview on this Sunday? Unless you didn't go to the conference with the other students...Or is the conference this weekend? I can't remember, but I thought it was two weekends ago. Anyways, you'll do fine as long as you show then you're flexible about your religious/cultural beliefs and are willing to go to ANY country, not just your first choice. (That was really tough for me, but I suit my country well, so I didn't have to worry too much.)

Anyways, I hope you're doing well. I would absolutely love it if you'd keep me posted on the latest gossip and who's going out with whom. ^_~ I'll get the other side from Olivia and Chelsea, whenever they email me, and maybe even Shannon Shomo, too. I really hope your Rotary Interview goes well!

Love and Hugs,
Sabrina

Tears are running down my face. I miss Sabrina so much. I don't think I realized how much she actually means to me. I want to go back in time and try and be with her more. I know it's for a year, but it seems like forever.

I'm jealous of Richard. Olivia is a nice girl, and I think we all know I have had feelings for a girl before; Fuka. Now I'm past Fuka, and Olivia is right there. I don't want anything other than to be together to cry, to laugh, to hold each other when we need it.

I suppose that's what me and Sabrina had, and that's what I miss. It's all coming together...