Thank you. To say that I'd appreciate it---well, it would be a huge understatement.

[jerk jocks, snobby cheerleaders, and trying and failing to keep Rue's hands off of every substance there was]

Count yourself lucky. I tried to talk mom into letting me take one of those computer-based home schooling programs but no luck. Someone had to keep an eye on Cassie.

[she loves her big sister, she really does. she just wishes Cassie would quit getting herself into situations with guys who didn't deserve her]