[i]''I've got it relatively easy. It was not always the case, but that is what made me so open to what happens around me. During my time growing up I've seen people going through all kind of problems, but that is part of life. I think what a person goes through is what defines that person, let it be bad or good. People say that some person grow to be bad because of this or that thing he or she lived in their life, but I don't think it's the experience itself that makes someone good or bad. It's the people around them.[/i]

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Lindsey was sitting in the school's cafe, yet so many books were opened on the small, round table she was sitting at that the coffee she bought hours ago could hardly find itself a place among all this mess. She never had been truly gifted for class, despite her relatively good grades, Lindsey needed to study harder than most for it to get through her head. Her parents were having great hopes for her and she was the one who convinced them to let her stay in a public school instead of sending her off to a private college. They were refusing at first, but decided to change their minds after seeing how insistent she were. The only condition was that she continue having high grades and study hard to not disappoint them. Refusing to change school and lose what friends she had here, Lindsey accepted...but never would she have imagined how hard it would have been. 

''Ugh...Are my friends worth that much of a headache?'' She told herself out loud while letting her forehead drop on the book she was stuck on for the last fifteen minutes or so. She was, of course, sarcastic. Lindsey was a loving person, which was the reason she refused to change school. It was a ridiculous problem that, at her age, she shouldn't even be concerned with. Despite knowing how silly it was, Lindsey could hardly just clap fingers together and change who she was. That was also a fact she accepted long ago. 

 ''Hey there Lindy!'' a girl voice said from behind her, soon a friendly hand landing on her shoulder while the newcomer went around the studying girl's table, all smiling. She was Kimberly, one of Lindsey's best friend. ''Still studying? You need to give it a rest and take some time for yourself, you know.''

''Kim, not now...I'm not nearly as ready as I need to be for next week's finals...pleeaase.'' She said with a smile. Her friend too often tried to break her concentration and make her hang out, but it hardly worked. ''You've got it easy, you never need to study to get great grades. You know that I'll be put in another college if I get bad grades so drop it.''

''Lindsey, dear, you've been studying ALL week. Today is Friday, why can't you drop it just for now? There's still all week end left after that! Tonight we could go out.''

Lindsey sighed and rolled eyes. Kimberly was not one to drop it easily, which probably was the reason they remained so close up to this day. With Lindsey's thick head, she needed a friend to take care of her. ''You won't drop it until I come with you, right? And you'll make sure I can't concentrate?''

''Yup.''

Lindsey sighed and closed her book. ''Alright then...I hate you.'' then began packing her things to leave the cafe. Both friends just laughed at Kimberly's success while leaving the cafe. It's true that one needed rest once in a while, after all. They would probably be heading towards downtown to a restaurant of some sort or a club, or both seeing as Kimberly was one person who loved to hang out.