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She Made Me Do It! Diane is a high school junior
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She Made Me Do It!
Diane is a high school junior. Although she is quite smart in school, she has
struggled with fitting in and making friends since she started high school. Most of
the girls in her high school tend to shy away from her since Diane would rather
e library than hanging out at the mall like everyone else on a Friday
This ongoing inward struggle has been progressively eating at Diane for quite
some time. Discouraged by how she feels about herself, she doesn’t let anyone
rents. One Thursday afternoon out of the blue, Jan, a
popular girl with whom Diane had never really talked before, strikes up a
conversation with her. She asks Diane if she would be interested in going to a
party at Dan’s house on Friday night. Dan is the
quarterback for the high school
football team. Dumbfounded, Diane readily and excitedly agrees to go to the
party. Jan smiles and tells Diane that she will pick her up at 7:00 PM sharp on
At the party, Diane immediately feels out of place and a
including Jan, is drinking and several guys are out back by the pool smoking
marijuana. Jan returns from the kitchen with two beers in her hand. She hands
one to Diane. Reluctantly, Diane takes it and begins to drink. She hates the taste
of it, but feels obligated to go along.
Before she knows it, she has had 3 or 4 and is really beginning to feel light
headed and queasy. About that time, Jan tells her the time and that they need to
leave. When Diane returns home, her parents are waiting
hear how everything went with her new friend. When they see Diane staggering
up the sidewalk and trip on the front step, they become concerned.
When Diane walks through the door, they immediately smell alcohol on her
t angry. Diane becomes defensive. She tells her parents that she
was only trying to fit in, she was tired of always feeling like the outcast at school,
and not having any real friends. She says that she couldn’t help it and that Jan
Diane is a high school junior. Although she is quite smart in school, she has
struggled with fitting in and making friends since she started high school. Most of
the girls in her high school tend to shy away from her since Diane would rather
be found in the library than hanging out at the mall like everyone else on a Friday
This ongoing inward struggle has been progressively eating at Diane for quite
some time. Discouraged by how she feels about herself, she doesn’t let anyone
know, not even her parents. One Thursday afternoon out of the blue, Jan, a
popular girl with whom Diane had never really talked before, strikes up a
conversation with her. She asks Diane if she would be interested in going to a
party at Dan’s house on Friday night. Dan is the quarterback for the high school
football team. Dumbfounded, Diane readily and excitedly agrees to go to the
party. Jan smiles and tells Diane that she will pick her up at 7:00 PM sharp on
At the party, Diane immediately feels out of place and awkward. Everyone,
including Jan, is drinking and several guys are out back by the pool smoking
marijuana. Jan returns from the kitchen with two beers in her hand. She hands
one to Diane. Reluctantly, Diane takes it and begins to drink. She hates the taste
of it, but feels obligated to go along.
Before she knows it, she has had 3 or 4 and is really beginning to feel light-
headed and queasy. About that time, Jan tells her the time and that they need to
leave. When Diane returns home, her parents are waiting up for her, anxious to
hear how everything went with her new friend. When they see Diane staggering
up the sidewalk and trip on the front step, they become concerned.
When Diane walks through the door, they immediately smell alcohol on her
breath and get angry. Diane becomes defensive. She tells her parents that she
was only trying to fit in, she was tired of always feeling like the outcast at school,
and not having any real friends. She says that she couldn’t help it and that Jan
