Dang, I really liked it. Hope you got an A.

Seriously, though--I think this was very smoothly written, and I like the way different parts coalesce: you juggle different moments in time very well here, and I was never the least bit confused. Also like your characters, especially the mother--she was pretty complicated, but you captured her well. I especially like the last lines she utters, "Don't be ridiculous! I treat you like every mother treats her daughter--" it's so sad to think that she doesn't even realize what she's doing. Your dialogue is very natural too.

Stacey's teenage melodrama is effective too--out of curiosity, did you intend for it to seem a mite over-the-top, or is that just how I'm reading it? Either way, I still felt genuinely sorry for her. I especially liked the walking to school scene--talk about tough. That mother is a horrible creature.

I liked the ending too--it could've been black humor (girl planning suicide loses chance when hit by car) but the addition of the mother/daughter relationship just makes it too sad for that. Poor Stacey. At least she's in a better place now.

Anyway, sorry for the long review--this was a good story! Def. going on my favorites list :)

Regards,
E.