All teenagers knew this was true. The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what door hadn't yet been slammed in your face. For years, parents tell you that you can be anything, have anything, do anything. That was why she'd been so eager to grow up - until she got to adolescence and hit a big fat wall of reality. As it turned out, she couldn't have anything she wanted. You didn't get to be pretty or smart or popular because you wanted it. You didn't control you own destiny, you were too busy trying to fit in.
