3 Waiting for My Birthday

My name is Ashley Beckett. I'm seventeen and waiting to turn eighteen so that I can become an adult and finally be allowed to date. School is less of a pain now that we're all way past middle school drama (of course not everyone). Only one more year of it to go it and then freedom! Everything is happening so fast. Everything except acquiring my dream redhead.

There aren't many redheads at school and narrow that down to juniors and seniors and you've got slim pickings. Of those meager choices most guys in that age range are jerks or jocks and usually both. Even if I could find my redhead, I'd at least need a partial approval of my parents. Ugh. Why is life so complicated? I'm sure when I turn an adult it'll get better.

This semester is almost over and then maybe just maybe I'll meet someone during the summer. I don't tell anyone about my dream because of all the "talks" and teasing I could get. My younger brother Samuel has tried teasing me about boys but had no fun with it, so I've been safe from him. I tend to be a more closed person. Some might call it "guarded", but I like to think of it as "containing the fire". If only I had another fire with me and we would blaze well together. Summer is just around the corner thankfully.