Quarter 2 Post 5B

I'm reading Just Listen by Sarah Dessen and it is getting very good!

Annabel is friends with Sophie and Clarke, but Sophie wants to go off and be more wild and Clarke does not. Annabel is stuck in the middle of it. This may be only one night, but it defines their personalities and interests on a larger scale and this is the night and decision that changes everything.

"She started toward the front door, and for a second, I just stood there. Everything about the Reynoldses' kitchen and this night was so familiar: the smell of pizza in the oven, the two-liter Coke on the countertop, Clarke in her spot on the couch, my spot open and waiting for me beside her. But then I looked down the hallway to Sophie, who was now standing in the open door. Behind her, it was just barely dark, the streetlights flickering on, and before I could change my mind, I walked toward her and stepped outside" (72). Annabel makes the ultimate decision to go with Sophie and go to a party where she knew there was going to be alcohol and older guys at the pool which they aren't allowed to be at night. She didn't know that this would ruin her friendship with Clarke, but it eventually did. She regrets this night now and thinks that her life would be completely different if she hadn't followed Sophie. Would you have been tempted to follow Sophie if you had no way of knowing that one decision would drastically change your life?