Chapter seven

Today is my birthday!!! I'm now 16. My *sweet* sixteen isn't happening. I'm not getting a party. With my dad spending thousands of dollars a year on alcohol we don't have money for a big party. So Paige took me to the spa for a pedicure, manicure, back massage and a tanning session, which was really nice of her. We had lots of fun hanging out and laughing. I have really grown to love her and I don't know what I would do without her. She has been my rock to hold on to when the going gets tough. When I got home my mom told me that we were going to go take my drivers test...which I passed!!!! She said she would give me $100 for gas, which was my birthday present, and then for the rest of my life I was responsible for paying for it. I also got a car from my mom's side of the family. I guess they all pitched in money to pay for it which was really nice. Well my mom has 8 brothers and sisters that helped, then my grandparents and mom pitched in and then I gave the rest. It costs $34,900. It is a silver Toyota Sequoia with black insides. They got me such an expensive car so that I could take around my family in it. It will kind of serve as a family car but it will be mostly mine. That night Paige came over and we went up to her cabin in Salt Lake City. It was really nice. The next day we we drove home and went to church on Sunday. On Monday when I went to school I got the biggest surprise. Our school was celebrating Valentines on Monday the 17th because we didn't have school on the 14th, for my birthday...YES! because there was a Quality Teaching Day. Well I got a note in my backpack that I didn't notice until I got home. Paige texted me and told me it was there and some “certain someone” had stuck it there. I had no idea what she meant but I opened it. The note said something so unexpected I fainted. When I woke up I was on my bed and Paige was giggling.