One Saturday night after dinner, the Rivers Family gathered in the family's home theater room which Aiden and Niara had built with the house before Athena was born, because both of them loved watching movies. That night's screening featured one of their mom's favorite movies, Mean Girls. Charmaine, six years old, in the innocence of her youth and being the youngest, was constantly guided by her parents and siblings while they watched. "Why is prom such a big deal?" She wondered before she stuffed more popcorn in her mouth. "It's not," Athena answered with a shrug. "Why?" Charmaine asked again. "Yeah, prom queen, why?" Her brother Richard smirked. Athena was easily the prettiest girl in school and, with her kind nature and intelligence, she was loved by all her schoolmates and teache

