Darlene

"Are you sure that you want to do this, girl?" my best girl friend, Diana, asked, putting on my tiny clip on micro-phone piece on my shirt. "I know that you are deathly afraid of singing in front of people.""That's why I am doing it, to conquer a fear." I smiled. "I want to start off the summer by doing some-thing brave and out of charac-ter.""I applaud you for that, girl." Diana smiled. "Go get 'em, girl."Rolling myself out on stage, I could not help but smile. After all, me being brave and singing was not the only surprise that I had for the audi-ence.