About one month later, Desteny was shopping with her friends Brianne and Liz(short for Elizabeth).
Desteny had been wrong. Though she was not totally over the sadness of losing John, she had realized that John would have hated seeing her so sad. She started going out with her friends again and she knew that John was looking down at her and smiling.
At that moment, Desteny and Brianne were having a fight over which was better, Desteny said jeans and Brianne said flares, when Melody came running up to them.
"There you guys are. Desteny, I've been trying to get ahold of you all day. I called you but your dad said you were here so I had to come see you. I mean..."
"Melody!!" cried Desteny, throwing up her hands. Melody looked at her blankly. "Get to the bloody point."
"Oh ya, right. Guess who is having a surprise concert in a month." Melody paused for effect. "The Backstreet Boys!!" she finally squealed.
Desteny and Liz cried out with delight, jumping in the air but Brianne asked "That's it. That's the big fuss. Big deal!"
Melody, Desteny and Liz gave her dirty looks. Melody, Liz and Desteny had liked the Backstreet Boys since they had heard Quit Playin' Games(With My Heart). The Backstreet Boys had only come to Sunship twice but the 3 girls had gone both times and had a blast.
"Alright, I can't wait to go," cried Liz, claping her hands together. "Wait a minute. These tickets are really hard to get," said Melody, getting serious.
"Hello? Any one in there?" Desteny said, knocking gently on Melody's head. "Does the name Billy ring a bell. Remember, my brother said he can get us tickets to any concert we want for free," said Desteny.
"That's right," cried Melody. "I forgot about you hotshot brother. The one with 'friends in high places.' For once he'll come in handy." Desteny gave her a playful shove.
"Hey," cried Brianne. Eveyone turned to her. "I thought was came here to shop, not to talk about any Backstage Boys." Brianne put her hands on her hips, pupously messing up the name. Two bags of clothes smacked her.
About one month later, on a beautiful summer day, Desteny and Melody were walked in down mainstreet, happily out of school, looking at the specitly shops and talking excitedly about the upcoming Backstreet Boys concert in a week.
"I still can't beileve Billy got us tickets to the BsB concert," Melody sighed happily.
"Billy said it was really hard just to get two tickets to just one out of their 4 shows," explained Desteny.
"I guess your brother came in handy for once in his life," laughed Melody.
Desteny rolled her eyes. "You said that the first time I said Billy would get us tickets," she pointed out.
Melody ignored her. "Hey, lets go in Stats. It's one of my favorite shops," suggested Melody.
"Aww, Melody. We've been down here for an hour and a half. I'm tired and all shopped out," cried Desteny.
"Ya, and your point is?" asked Melody, as she reached for the door handle.
Desteny gave her a bad look but followed Melody into the store. 'I guess I could get a new shirt or a pair of cut off jeans," thought Desteny.
Desteny wandered off over to the shirts and started looking through the racks. As she turned a corner and saw the last person on earth she wanted to see, Sandra Alice, the biggest snob in the school. Sandra hated Desteny because she had gone out with John before he had met Desteny. Sandra had been in love with John but he had dumped her for Desteny and Sandra was furious.
Desteny quickly turned, hoping Sandra didn't see her, but her hopes dived down when she heard Sandra's snooty voice. "Desteny, dah-ling. Over here."
Desteny shuddered but her manners won over her dis-like for the girl. She put on a smile and turned around. "Hi Sandra," Desteny replied, trying hard to keep the smile on her face.
Sandra came over and put a sympathetic smile on her face. "And how are you doing. I mean, with John dead."
Desteny whinsed at the reminder of John. "I'm doing better." Desteny said through clenched teeth.
Sandra looked over at her friends with a sly smile, as they gigled, then looked back at Desteny. "You know, there are some really mean things going around about you and John." Sandra paused, her eyes burning into Desteny's eyes. "Like..." Sandra took a step forward. "John never loved you. Barley even knew you were alive. He was just using you because he knew he could control you."
Each thing Sandra said, Desteny felt like she was being punched in the stomach. Desteny felt her knees getting weak as tears threatened to fall. She was still really sensitive about John's death.
Sandra, seeing this, took another step aorward, her face twisted into an ugly sneer. "Some even say, he meant to get into that accident. He was so disapointed in you, and couldn't get rid of you, he commited suside." Sandra smiled eviliy.
Tears ran down Desteny's face as she took in what Sandra said. She then had a total break down. Sandra smiled cruely and walked away, her friends in tow. Melody noticed what happened and stormed off towards Sandra, a pissed look on her face, understanding that Desteny would need sometime to recover.
Desteny couldn't take it any longer. She ran blindling toward the door of the store.
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