"For questions 1-15, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices provided, and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 16-20, solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to the directions before question 16 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use any available space in your test booklet for scratch work...."

"What the heck are you doing?" A voice suddenly asked. It caused me to flinch and drop my workbook. I turn to face the owner of the voice to find my roommate, Julia.

"N-nothing, just catching up on some homework from last semester" I explain, holding up a textbook. She reads the cover before giving me a look.

"You do realize it's spring break right?" She questions. I answer by nodding "Then why the heck are you doing work? We have all of next week to catch up. Besides, there aren't any test when we get back"

"I just thought it would be a good idea to get-"

"-Get out for once? Well, I'm glad we're on the same page!" She exclaims happily while pulling me up from my chair.

"Wa-wait! I never said I was going to go anywhere!" I yell stumbling as she pulls me to her side of the room.

She pushes me down to sit on her bed before she goes over to her closet to flip through some of the many outfits she has. After many rejected dresses, skirts, and shirts she pulls something out with an 'Aha!'.

"Here, put this on while I do your hair and make-up!" She orders, tossing the dress on my head.

"H-hold on, Julia!" She ignores me as she looks around for a brush and make-up "Julia! I said I'm not going! Are you listening?"

"Hmm? All I heard was 'Julia!' 'I'm!' and 'Going!'. The rest was just a bunch of mumbles" She says while grinning wide. "Lighten up Lil', I'm just joking!"

"So I don't have to go out?" I ask hopefully.

"No, you're still coming"

I sigh loudly as my clothes are forcefully stripped from my body.

"Woah! Hey! I-I can get dressed by myself! JULIA!"

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"Why are you hiding? You look hot!" Julia says trying to encourage me.

"I don't want to look hot! I want to go back to my room" I complain. I was hiding the lower half of my body behind a wall and I was pretty sure my face was burning red "I didn't even know dresses came this short"

It felt like my meek attempts at pulling the bottom of the dress down was making it shorter. After four more attempts, I gave up and continued to hide. I began to sweat even more than before when I saw a car pull up in front of us. The window rolled down and inside were four more people that looked our age.

"Hey, Jules. Ready to go?" The guy driving asked. Then his eyes shifted to me. "Who's your friend?"

"That's my roommate Lillian" She leans in as if she was keeping what she said a secret "She's never been to a party in her life"

The people in the car all gasped and looked at me horrified.

"That can't be true"

"No way!"

"How does she live!"

"Hey, kid!" A girl called out of the back window "Get over here! We're gonna make sure you never forget this night!"

"Um Julia, I-I still don't think I should tag along. I don't want to ruin your night of fun" I say slowly backing away from the car "You guys go ahead without me-"

Just suddenly grabs my arm and pushes me into the car. Once I gain my balance I sit up and try to open the door but a clicking sound indicates that the door had been locked. I whip my head around to face the driver as he smiles back at me.

"Sorry kid, What Julia says goes" He apologized

"Isn't this kidnapping though!?" I exclaim.

"Relax kid," A girl told me, placing her hand on my shoulder

"And stop calling me kid. I have a name!"

"Oh yeah, I guess we never did go over introductions. Guys, this is Lillian"

Julia gestures to the girl behind me.

"That's Candice but everyone calls her Candy"

"Whats up?" She greets.

"The guy driving is Ashton"

"Sup'"

"Don't fall for the cool guy act, he's actually a big softy" Candy whispers to me.

"I HEARD THAT!"

"The guy over there trying to not make eye contact is Grant," Julia says pointing to another boy who was facing the window. "Can you at least say hi?"

"...Hello"

"And the last girl here is Quinn" The girl who Julia was pointing at seemed to be glaring at me.

"Uh hi?" I say.

"Children shouldn't be allowed here," She says harshly. "She's only a first year"

"Hey don't be like that Quinn. Aren't I a first year too? and we get along" Julia says with a disappointed look.

"That's because you can't pass"

"Well you caught me there"

I sigh and lean back into the seat. This is going to be a long night, isn't it?

"We're here" I look out the window to see a large building with flashing lights emitting from it. People were outside lined up to go in and other people were coming out.

"Don't you have to be over twenty-one to go in?" I ask.

"Don't worry you're twenty-one...Is what we're going to say if they ask" Candy says slyly.

I awkwardly laugh at her joke but when no one else laughed I realized.

"Wait, you're serious?"
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I ended up getting in without any suspicion but I still feel nervous. Every time a security guard passes by I imagine him grabbing my arm and saying

"Wait, you're not twenty-one!"

I jump to and turn to find someone standing there.

"Waititsnotwhatyouthinkicanexplainipromisjustdontsayanythin!-"

"Calm down Lillian" Ashton appears "I just wanted to play a little prank on you" He explains while laughing.

"That wasn't funny" I mumble while pouting.

"I just wanted to help you have fun that's all" I ignore his excuse and continue to pout. He frowns and sits next to me "Listen, it may not look like it but Julia really cares about you. In fact, she's actually worried"

"Why would she be worried?"

"She says you always stress yourself out with work and never relax. That can't be healthy" He leans his head into his hand and glances at where Julia was laughing and talking with the other three. "She's like a sister to us, and we hate to see her get upset. Even if it's for someone else's sake"

"I'm sorry" I apologized, turning my gaze to the floor.

"Hey now. Don't go making that face. We aren't blaming you so chin up" He says winking at me "Besides, Your one of us now too, so we don't want to see you upset either"

I can't help but smile at him as he stands up and reaches out for my hand. I take it and he leads me to the rest of the group.

"So you finally got the party pooper to join us? Good job Ash!" Julia praises him as she pulls him into a headlock and ruffles his hair.

"Argh! Not the hair!"

"Well aren't you a lady killer~" Candy teases as she nudges Ash's side.

"What are you talking about?" Ashton questions. He blushes when he realized. "That was- it's not- Really Candice!?"

"I don't think that was his intention Candy," I say also blushing "He was just helping me feel better"

"Oh, I see. So it was THAT kind of situation" Candy teases again.

"Candy!"

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"BEST. NIGHT. EVER!" Candy cheers as we speed down the road.

"Okay, I have to admit that was kind of fun" Grant mumbles.

"Kinda Grant?" Candy asked leaning closer to the quiet boy.

"Fine it was really fun," He says cracking a smile.

I laugh with everyone else. Tonight was actually fun. We danced, sang, laughed and talked. We just talked and talked and talked. About random topics and not about homework or studying. I looked at Julia who had her poked Quinn's leg from the front of the car. Quinn, of course, was still in a bit of a bad mood that I had to tag along. But one look at Julia made her smile too. It's weird that I never noticed before but Julia had a weird talent for lifting people's spirit. She did the same to Grant who actually started to chuckle.

"You finally see what I was talking about now, right kid?" Ash says turning his head from the window.

I nod before I realized something.

"Hey, how come you're not driving?" I asked while looking at Candy who took sharp turns.

"I had one too many tonight. Thought it would be best if someone else drove, but Candy's the only one with a driver's license" He explains holding his head.

"Don't you think we're going a bit too fast?" I ask.

"It's fine Lil I know what I'm doing," Candy says waving her hand.

"I still think you should slow-"

"I said it was fine-"

"CANDICE!" Quinn screamed.

Candy whipped her head back around the last thing I saw were headlights on a very large truck.

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I groaned and tried to sit up but something was keeping me down. I tried to focus my eyes on what was lying on me but I couldn't. I tried again and when they did focus I wish they didn't. The car that we were previously in was tipped over on my legs. I started to scream out but my voice only came out as a whimper.

"J-Juli?" I whispered but I couldn't find her. I couldn't make anyone out in the dark.

"Quinn?, C-Candice? Grant?"I kept calling out names but no one answered. My eyes started watering. "A-ash? Anybody!"

"Lilly?"

"Candice!" I yell as I turn my head in the direction it came from. In the dark, I could see someone dragging themselves over. "Wait don't move you'll hurt yourself even more!"

"What's the point I'm already dying," She says with a bit of humor in her voice but it's faint and getting even fainter as she comes closer.

I wish I had the strength to cover my gaping mouth when I saw her condition. Her head and arms were bleeding and it looks like her face was burnt by the airbag and her leg was clearly broken.

"I-I'm sorry"

"Huh?"

"I said I'm sorry" She repeats while crying hysterically. "I'm so so so so so sorry!"

"Candy. It's not your fault-"

"IT IS! If I just listened to you and slow down we wouldn't have... And the others would be alive"

"You mean they all?..."

"I already checked. Quinn's head in the windshield, Grant stopped breathing the minute I found him, Ash's body is on the side of the road and Julia! She!- I- I'm so so sorry!" Her body is shaking like a leaf. I want to reach out but I can't get to her with the car on my legs.

"Candy it's okay. It wasn't your fault you hear me? Whoever was in that truck was in the wrong. It's not your fault. Please stop crying" I tell her but I'm starting to bawl myself. I hear her sniffle and stop. "Good girl. The truck is gone so someone must have reported it they had to of."

I reach my hand as far as I could.

"We're gonna wait together okay?" She places her hand in mine and nods "Don't let go of my hand. If I start to let go I want you to squeeze as hard as you can okay?"

"G-got it," She says with determination.

"No matter how long it takes I want you to stay with me until they come"

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A few hours have passed. And they passed in silence. Candy hasn't been talking but I can feel her breathing. Then it starts to slow down and her grip on my hand starts to get loose. I squeeze it but she didn't squeeze back.

"Candy?" I call her but there's no answer "Candy! Candy please answer me!"

"Huh?" She pops her head up" What's wrong Lilly?"

"You scared me. I thought you were gone" I say with a smile of relief but my tears were still falling.

"Oh sorry. I was...just a bit tired" Her voice was getting lighter and her sentences are slower and spaced out.

She won't make it.

"Oh, that's all!" I say with sudden optimism "Well if you were tired you should have just said so. Get some rest"

"Are you sure?" She asked.

"Yup. it's no problem. I'll...wake you up when someone finds us okay?" I give her my best smile.

"Alright I'll see you then," She says smiling back.

"Yup and we'll have to plan to meet up after this is all over okay!"

"Yeah" She lays her head down and drifts off.

My smile falls as I watch her face get softer and softer until it relaxes completely. She moves her lips a bit. My eyes widened and I just started crying on the spot.

"Thank you, Lilly,"

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I still haven't let go of Candy's hand as I lay there. I'm going to join her soon anyway. But...

"I never wanted any of this to happen... I just wanted to have fun for once without having to worry about homework and test" I whisper to no one. "I-I'm not ready to die yet. I want to spend more time with them" I look up at the sky to see a star fly by.

"I just want one thing. Please give me...Give us all one more chance with life"

"Just one...one more chance"

As my breathing fades and my vision darkens I saw another shooting star. And another, and another, until the whole sky is filled with shooting stars as they cross each other.

Then it goes white.

"Wish Granted"

Author's Note

So new story... well it's more like a re-write/ Re-interpreted of my really old deleted story "Autumn Leaf" I think it went pretty well.
Except for the part when I literally started crying while typing this...

I hope this becomes a hit and people don't criticize me for not have ponies yet.