When she asks you to stay with her that night in the hospital, do it. She dies and you will regret it forever.

 Talk to him. Don't be afraid. You eventually do go to prom with him. He gets in a car accident and dies a month later. Cherish every moment with that boy.

 Don't text and drive.

 Go to McDonald's with your dad. Your grandparents can wait, but that would have saved your dad's life.

 Make the most of your Daddy. He'll be gone before your 11th birthday.

 Don't tell your "friends" about any of your problems or what's going on in your life. People are scared of what they don't know. You're going to be left alone.

 Don't agree to try it; you're just trying to impress him. There will come a day you will not miss him anymore, but you will always miss the drugs.

 Those five minutes before you left the beach where you looked at the time and thought you can stay for a few more minutes? Don't. It would've made all the difference. You were never one to live in the past but after that, you will be.