re talking about all these pranks we would play on the cast and crew, and the cast party to be had, and all the fun... He told me about all the traditions that go on backstage and it was "going to be the best time," he said. He told me that I had to make it up to him, that in our junior year we would both go out for the fall play. He hadn't told anyone that he wanted to do that. He really wasn't sure whether he was going to do drama or football... He wanted to do both but it just wasn't possible. So I promised to keep him happy. On April 23rd, the night of Sadies, I don't' think anyone saw it coming, not even Adam, but it was that night that he was physically gone forever. That week, life as I knew it had ended and I was just lost. It was Adam who re-established my faith and got my agnostic self into church again. It was Adam who got me to audition for Drama, and yay for me I succeeded in getting lead roles. It was Adam who inspired me Freshmen year to take on the Leadership class, and it was Adam who opened me up and got me to wear colors instead of black all the time. Life was a burnt out candle before Adam stepped into my life, and for the short period that I had him on Earth, life was bright again. I didn't know how hard it would be without him. I didn't realize that I had to prepare myself for tragedy. I didn't know how dark the sunniest April afternoon could be. How sad a comedy musical could seem. Or how solemn school could sound after he departed for Home. I know that Adam still watches over me each day. In fact, this is the second time I'm writing out this testimony because my original has mysteriously disappeared... There isn't a day that my heart doesn't find him, whether it be on Whittier Blvd, the way we drove home; the tables at Rocky's where we ate and lamented over our worries; school sections of the quad and classrooms where we played poker... Adam has looked out for me on the road, during auditio...
