A Day To Remember
Prologue
The day before my 16th birthday was one I'll never forget.
It was June 7th, 2006. The time where leopard print with red shoes was the "it style", and where Justin Timberlake, Nelly, and Rihanna were the biggest and newest artists in the country.
But for me, it was the first day of the rest of my life. Or at least that's what I thought then. I was one day away from my 16th birthday, and I was going to have the BEST sweet sixteen party ever. Even bigger than Stacy Cummings's party was the month before. It was all planned. My entire high school was invited. I needed this party, it was the one thing I could do to make myself popular. Freshman year was coming to an end, and I barely got by with my best friend Shelby by my side.
Shelby Rae; the most beautiful girl on earth. (I secretly think she's an angel) I met her in Kindergarten, and she's stuck by my side ever since. Shelby played volleyball, and was star of the track team, giving her the potential of being the most popular girl at Truman High School. But she didn't want that attention. Stacy did. And lucky for Shelby, Stacy loved Shelby. But, she hated me. We've been enemies since 2nd grade when I drew all over her American Girl doll with a purple crayon. But, hey! I only did it because she was the only girl who could afford one, and she bragged about it, too! I also hate her because she's dating her long-time boyfriend, Jordan Wright.
Jordan. Don't even get me started about him. We met in preschool, our mom's were best friends. He was my neighbor, too. To me, he was Justin Timberlake, maybe even better. He was the boy-next-door. I fell in love with him the day he moved in. Unfortunately, he's had his eyes fixed on Stacy since first grade. He should thank me though, I got him where he is today. He didn't have a dad, he left Jordan and his mom when Jordan was only three months old. So my dad was like a father to him. He taught him football, made him rake our leaves, even bought him his first car. My dad, Ryan Peterson, is a wonderful man. Never once did he complain, or show us how tired he was. He is a great person. I miss him. He left for Iraq when I was 7. When the world was perfect, and I didn't have a single care in my life, then my dad left. The Jordan met Stacy. And my mom lost her job. And my dog, Taffy died. I couldn't get up in the morning. I cried myself to sleep. I was like that for at least a year. And I had no one. My mom was always gone at job interviews. Jordan, my best friend at the time, left me for football and Stacy. My dad was overseas, and Shelby was in Africa, doing missionary work with her parents. I became very independent.
Back to the present, 9th grade was almost over. I got through it with Shelby by my side. I don't understand why she never left me for the popular crowd. She knew she could, but she never did.
My house looked amazing; disco balls, strobe lights, Rihanna music, and all the food and drinks you could imagine. If everyone I invited showed up, this would be the party of the decade! I had to invite Stacy, unfortunately. I knew if she wouldn't come, there would be no chance of Jordan coming.
Next thing I knew, the door bell rang. I opened my front door and saw hundreds of people waiting outside. Let the party begin! (:
*Hope you enjoy my first novel!!!! Tell my what you think! The main character (or the narrator) is named Emberlyn Peterson, by the way(:
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<<< I got the brains, she got the beauty (:
Avary, and Shelby {ShelbyRae35}
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