Mean Girls

I wish so much that we could just fast forward about five years so Caroline could skip all of the struggles with "mean girls." She seems to draw their attention wherever she goes and they hone in on her and make her their target--at school, at sports practice, at the pool, anywhere a group of girls is gathered. She is a beautiful girl physically, but moves awkwardly like she isn't comfortable in her own skin, and she talks much older than she is. Having no clue how to relate to other girls her age (you would think this wouldn't be true with three sisters!) she tries way too hard to "fit" in or does the opposite by ignoring subtleties and doing whatever she wants to do, which may be completely socially unacceptable in the mind of other teen girls. She was told to "go fetch" last night when her lacrosse ball landed at the feet of one of those "mean girls." I wasn't there but if I had been, I am not sure I wouldn't have gone over to "Molly" to give her a piece of my mind. I can see the pain in Caroline's eyes. I want to get her out of this place so she can start fresh, but I know that no where she will live will be devoid of "mean girls."