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Two friends at a North Texas high school vowed to make up for their classmates' cruel prank by awarding the Grand Prairie High School homecoming crown to one of their best friends.
Lillian Skinner, 17, is described by friends as "just an amazing girl" and "one of the nicest people I've ever met."
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But Skinner's sweet and innocent nature also made her the target of a recent prank in which some unnamed girls told her she had been nominated for the homecoming court alongside her longtime best friends, Alvarez and Naomi Martinez, also a GPHS senior.
After learning of the prank, Alvarez and Martinez, who have been friends with Skinner since 7th grade choir, hatched a plan to pass their crown to Skinner should either of them be named homecoming queen.
"We promised each other and we were like, 'No matter what, no backing down. If one of us wins we're giving Lillian the crown,'" Martinez said.
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Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Grand Prairie is a stone's throw from where I live.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)That is true friendship.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)this story renews my faith that yes, there ARE people out there - evenly in deep red places like Texas - who were raised well, and who not only refuse to validate human abuse, but who openly defend the principle of being a good member of society.
K&R
TBF
(32,060 posts)wildeyed
(11,243 posts)As pretty on the inside as they are outside.
Hari Seldon
(154 posts)How could I not?
polichick
(37,152 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Mean People Suck
There is a shining light on a hill somewhere in Texas. God bless all the little children.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)should be damn proud. What a beautiful story about truly beautiful people.