After Jeff and I broke up, Frank was always around. He still picked me up in the mornig for school, and we spent most of our free time together. He was my best friend. His friend Conrad spent a lot of time with us too.

It was 1976, The Bicentennial Year. Frank was a Senior and I was a Junior, so there were all the activites at school like the bonfire, homecoming, prom and grad night at Disney World. We did it all together.

On April 23rd we were at his house, and he got down on one knee and proposed to me. Of course I said yes. When we told his Mother, she said "We'll see." I thought she liked me? A few days later we had 'relations'. Maybe that was the reason for the proposal, I don't know. I didn't really know him at all as it turned out.

We started planning for prom from the begining of the year. I was sure that we would do the whole coloniel theme, but by the time we got to prom everyone was tired of the bicentennial. I had my dress hand made, and at the last fitting it was too tight. I started exercising every day, and dieting, but I could not get into that dress, The prom committee didn't go with that theme. Mom took me to buy an new dress.

When we got to prom Frank took off with Conrad. My friend Sherri and I sat there toasting her promise ring. I never danced with Frank once, but there was this guy that was a really good friend. His name was Pat. He never let me go to a dance that he would not dance with me at least once. We never dated or anything, he was just a really good friend. From the 6th grade up.

Grad night was a hoot. We went on every ride we could, and they had just completed space mountain. A roller coaster. I never really cared for roller coasters. I begged Frank not to make ride. We saw a sign that said if you were pregnant not to go on it. I joked and said, "I can't go on it, I might be pregnant." We went on it anyway, and when we got to the bottom he promised me he would never make me do anything like that again. He thought I was going to jump.

We had a farewell assembly where they gave out predictions of where everyone would be in 10 years. They said Frank would be the Editor and Publisher of Cookie Cooks Cook Book.

We moved into the house Mom bought, with the money she recieved from her Fathers estate, just after graduation. Mom bought me a Toyota Corolla. It was a cute little car, and I liked it. I didn't drive it much at that time, Frank took me everywhere.

He was working as a bag boy at a grocery store with Conrad. Conrad was off work one night, Frank had to work. Frank told me that Conrad was lonely, since he broke up with his girl friend. He wanted me to go out with him. Show him a good time. I asked him what that meant, and he said, "Anything he want's you do!"'

We went to Fort Pierce to eat and then walk on the beach at night. Later Conrad started rubbing me and putting his hands in my shorts. I made him stop and we came home. He went home and called Frank and told him he thinks he lost his class ring in my pants. Frank's mom was sitting their listening when he asked me to check. Much too late I realized he just set me up. I was really angry, and hurt.

Vicki moved in with her 4 kids, her and John were fighting. He had threatened my Mom, and had beat Vicki black and blue. I swore if he came around I would kick his arse. I did not like him at all. His daughter had been here, and she told Vicki that her Dad had sexually abused her and beat her Mom like that too. Always when he was drunk, and he was drunk alot. Vicki didn't believe her either.

John came around one night and the kids were terrified. They told me some of the stuff he did with them. I tried to tell Vicki. She didn't believe them either, and we got into a big fight. This was Friday July 2nd. In the fight, it came out that I thought I might be pregnant, and she could not wait to run to Mom.

Mom was beside herself. She called Debbie. Debbie and Buster came over. They talked for a while and told me to call Frank to come over. Frank had seen this coming so he brought Conrad with him.

Frank suggested an Abortion. Mom suggested sending me off to a home for un-wed mothers. Debbie suggested she and Buster could adopt the baby. NO ONE seemed interested in what I WANTED.

Eventually Frank suggested we could get married and live with his parents. His Mom could take care of the baby while I went to school and he worked. I told him, that I was NOT going to marry him just because I was pregnant. I had seen that go bad too often to want that for us. I said he should go on to college, and I would finish high school. Then MAYBE we could get married.

The arguing went on until about 3am. The only thing that was decided by everyone else, was that nothing was going to get decided right now. Everyone went home. When Frank walked out the door, I asked him if I would see him tomorrow. He said no probably not. I asked him if I was going to see him again, and he said no probably not. He was walking away, and was not going to look back.

The great Bicentennial Celebration fell flat for me. I could not believe that this 'man' that I had loved, had just walked away from me. This was a time when I needed him the most. True to his word I did not see him again.

I went to the Doctor in July and she told me my due date was January 27th. I told the Doctor to mark it on her calendar NOW, this baby WOULD BE BORN on January 18th. She laughed. She did not know the significance of the day.

My stoy is becoming very real during my Senior Year