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Me, Beatrice Ston ** **  e : ** My friends call me Trixie. I'm fourteen years old and I am a freshman at Bethel High School. I was smart and pretty, and even hung out with the popular crowd. But the night I was raped that all changed. Being pretty and popular was no longer what I wanted.
 * __MAJOR CHARACTERS:__

I realize that I was naïve, thinking that I was invincible and that everything was perfect. But I know now that I was wrong. Now, I do my best, to "[be] very brave" (Page 67), although on the inside I'm scared. It "fears me...to be alone" (Page 66) and I "[jump] at [my] own shadow" (Page 95).

I "[began] to divide [my] life into //before// and //after//." (Page 63) Both times were different. Before, I was independent. I wanted to do things on my own and grow up. Afterwards, all I wanted back was my childhood. I started to be dependent on my parents again, never leaving their side. ** My Mom, Laura Stone: ** **​**Mom is a professor at Monroe College, where she teaches about Dante and the //Inferno.//

Mom was faking. She hoped that everything was fine and wanted to show that she was alright, hoping that "distance would...[lighten] how she felt" (Page 98). But, that didn't help, and it wasn't fine. I know that she loves me and wanted our life to go back to the way it was, but its different now. Mom is so loving that she does what is needed for the family including not going to work to support me.

Mom was very secretive before the incident, she thought that "what we didn't know couldn't hurt us" (Page 254). She would keep many things from us, in hopes that we wouldn't know what she was doing. But after, she was very supportive, saying, "We'll get through this" (Page 72). She was trying to make up for before.

** My Dad, Daniel Stone: ** Dad is an artist. He draws for Marvel, a comic book manufacturer. The comic books always had deeper meanings; they just weren't Superman saving the old man; they were more complex; the drawings were symbolic to events happening to him.

I have "always seen [my] father as a hero." (Back Cover) Dad is really brave, he would do anything to stand up for me and protect me. He is also forgiving, he "[tries] to figure [things] out" (Page 385). Instead of jumping to conclusions, he is patient and does his best to forgive and fix any situation.

Before, Dad saw me as his little girl, thinking that we were very close. He believed everything I said was correct, he was very trusting. But, afterwards, he started to wonder how I grew up so fast. He began to realize that "...everyone lies" (Page 192) even me. He began to be more hesistant, trying not to believe everything out of my mouth.

**__MINOR CHRACTERS:__** ** My Ex-Boyfriend, Jason Underhill: ** Raped me, and was killed after the Winterfest **The Detective, Mike Bartholemew:** Interviewed me, and found evidence for the case
 * My Best Friend, Zephyr Santorelli-Weistein:** Host of the party, supportive of me before and after
 * My Counselor, Janice:** Went through the same thing, helped me when my mother wasn't present