Diamonds on the Inside

When you live in a small town, you often find that you life is being dissected, piece by piece, by the community. In high school, I was in what one would call the "cool" or popular crowd. I wore whatever brand name clothes were popular at the time, only hung out with the coolest people, and of course, I only dated guys from inside my little clique. I was named Class favorite all 4 years and was also on Homecoming Court my senior year. My life, in a teenage world, was good. Yet, as we all know, no one can be truly happy when living in a cookie cutter type world.
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