11 I couldn’t put off school forever. Although now I wish I had. One of the disadvantages to being a semi-celebrity like me is there’s no use trying to hide. The minute my mom helped me out of her car this morning, everyone was on me. “Cara this! Cara that! Cara Dara!” Noise, noise, noise, everybody shut up. I almost begged my mother to let me get back in the car and escape home again. But I guess it comes with the territory. I’ve worked hard to get where I am. You know, David Mayer may have acted like we were all hicks when he showed up freshman year, but the truth is Pinedale High is on the map. We’ve won enough state championships in football, soccer, skiing, softball, baseball, and basketball to make sure of that. College recruiters have the school on speed dial. Parents uproot the