Did the stuff that happens to Roo in The Boyfriend List really happen to you?
No. I made it up, based on my memories of how horrendous people sometimes are to each other in high school, how much fun and also how evil gossip can be — and how much first love can hurt. But the story about Roo getting a half-carnation from Jackson on flower day really did happen to me, my senior year. (You can read that excerpt here, if you haven’t already).
