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 \nPart II(Devon)  \nChapter 3:The Epiphany  \nChapter 4:Revelations  \nPart I(Dacey)  \n# Chapter 1:The Punch Line\n\nThere's nothing worse than being locked up in that prison the county calls school.Luckily,I've got my guitar at home and my best friend,Devon Thompson.I'm Dacey Franklin.I'm sixteenand a junior in high school,just getting ready to end this year and become a senior.Devon's a seniorright now and eighteen,so Ive seen how crazy senior year can really be.Even though school ends inabout a month,I still don't think I've seen it all quite yet  \nDev sent out her applications for colleges long ago and is still waiting to hear from her firstchoice college.I know this sounds kind of mean,but I secretly hope she doesn't get in and gets intoany of the others.The reason for that is because it's four whole hours away from the little town thatwe live in.We live in Salisbury,Maryland and VCU is all the way in Richmond,Virginia.Youguessed it;VCU.We've been best friends ever since we were little tots in those Pull-Ups still tryingto learn how to do a number-two.  \nIf I remember correctly,I was three years old and my mom was walking with me as I waslearning how to ride a tricycle,but when she let go,I totally lost control of it and the next thing Iknow,I was side-down on the pavement with a bleeding knee.Devon and her mom just happenedto be on the other side of the road and saw me fall,so they decided to come over to help.Apparently,my mom and her mom happened to be coworkers,so they just chatted about theirjackass of a boss while I was crying my eyes out.Luckily,Devon was actually paying attention to me.She happened to have a bandage on hand,so she smiled sympathetically at me.Once she bandagedthe scrape,I immediately stopped crying.It was the sweetest thing ever.Since then,we started  \nhanging out at each other's houses and also discovered a shared passion,which is singing.You'lalways find us in one of our bedrooms singing duets of our favorite songs from our childhood.  \nSo today,as we were walking back from school,I asked Devon to swing by my house to seemy homecoming dress that I bought for my senior year homecoming next fall,which is monthsaway.I know it's five months away,but the dress was on sale and I fell in love with it.  \n\"I still can't believe I don't have a boyfriend,\"Devon complained.\"Is it seriously that hardto just go up to a girl and ask her out?Or am I just not pretty enough?”  \n\"Stop being a nut,\"I replied.“As pretty as you are,I think you should be grateful you'resingle now.\"Remembering a memory,I cringed then stifled a laugh.  \n\"Oh,come on,Dace!Fernando wasn't that bad.\"  \n\"Not that bad?!”I exclaimed.\"Dev,he was a total man whore and you know it!Rememberhomecoming last year?”  \nBy the way,this Fernando person we're talking about was my homecoming date last year.Hewanted nothing but someone to grind with.He thought I was a \"spicy little number\"with long,black hair.But,I told him I wasn't interested.Even after that,he kept bothering me at school,until Ieventually had to get my counselor involved.Only then,he got the message!  \nDevon and I finally reached my house and trotted up the stairs into my spacious pink room.In a nanosecond,I pulled out the short,strapless,satiny aqua-blue homecoming dress out of mycloset and said,\"Voila!\"Devon stared at it in awe.  \n\"Dude,you are so going to rock that dance!\"she exclaimed.\"You're going tohomecoming!”I swirled around and high-fived her.  \nSince it was Friday,we had our weekly sleepover.We have this little \"tradition\"of havingFriday sleepovers every week and we alternate houses.This time,we were at her house.Weweregiving each other mani-pedis  \n\"So have you gotten to know about VCU yet?\"I asked,pr","cbCaiteUtURWD4Lt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiteUtURWD4Lt","pdf",1941414,"English","# Chapter 1: The Punch Line","[{\"question\":\"Who is Dacey Franklin and what point is she at in school?\",\"answer\":\"Dacey Franklin is sixteen and a junior in high school, preparing to finish the year and become a senior.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does Dacey worry about Devon choosing VCU?\",\"answer\":\"Dacey fears that going four hours away could lead to something happening to their friendship and driving them apart.\"},{\"question\":\"What do Dacey and Devon bond over?\",\"answer\":\"They share a passion for singing and often spend time in their bedrooms performing duets.\"}]","Confidence - Chapter 1 - The Punch Line | PDF",1790636669,92]