Hey. I'm Nicole. I'm, like the most popular girl in school. Loads of friends, tons of reputation, I should be the happiest girl in the world, right?
Well, you're wrong. I've got a deep secret. I guess there's no harm in telling you. Ok. Here goes.
You see, my grandmother has been sick for a while now. She has Alzheimer's, and now she's been diagnosed with leukemia cancer. So, basically, she can't remember who I am, who her children are, and who her husband is, and she's sick from a really bad disease. So, it's pretty bad. I haven't told anybody in school. I don't want them to think I have a weakness. If anybody even mentions her, I'll tear up and look like a complete loser. That would be a nightmare. Sitting alone, like those girls Leia and Claire. Speaking of them, me and Jess, Sophie, Ellie, and Ava bumped into them the other day in the hall. They were probably off to the library or something, knowing Claire. Anyway, I was talking to Jess, Sophie, Ellie, and Ava, telling them how good I was at playing the clarinet. But really loud, so that, like, practically everyone in the hall heard me. That's when they passed us. It didn't seem important, but that moment would be very important in the future. In fact, it would probably lead to, like, the most important thing I would ever experience in my whole life. And all because I was bragging I could play the clarinet, and Leia just happened to be there.
