Rumors started spreading that we were dating, and sexually active. Now, she and I both were the school sluts.

There was this one girl at my school who didn't really have any money. We soon found out that she was a prostitute, and only thirteen! Nobody wanted to be near her, people said she had AIDS, and there were more cuts on her wrists than I could count. She was the school slut. Guys still dated her, but only because she was "experienced". We all hated her. I started to feel bad for her, so I sat with her. She had told me that she was going to commit suicide, but she that had second thoughts after I became her friend. Then, rumors started spreading that we were dating, and sexually active. Now, she and I both were the school sluts. Ten years later, we are both still close friends, married to wonderful men, with children. When we showed up at the reunion, people were shocked, and nobody said a word to us. My middle school and high school experience was hell, but you can get through it if you have good friend(s). - Clarah May