steffie giles (sloan) was the coolest at st. cecilia academy

i'd write a short book about steffie giles sloan if i could bring myself to focus.
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driving around listening to courtney love, girl with the most cake, in 1995.
she had incense, and cigarettes, and a magnificent sneer.
she married into the cain-sloan department store family.
which must have incensed all the nay-sayers.
she was best friends with andrea broadbent, ballerina, the summer andrea was killed in a bad car accident.
then i became katie broadbent's friend, and steffie giles friend, as we processed the loss.
i used to sit beside andrea broadbent in chemistry.
the last time i saw andrea, she had done a dance performance at montgomery bell academy's new theater.
the second to last time i saw andrea, she said: i admire you so much, because yr the baddest raddest actress.
this based on her seeing my belle of amherst, emily dickinson solo acting piece.
and i told her i admired her so much for her dancing.
i asked her to demonstrate the famous hopping from giselle.
i had seen her dance in the corps de ballet of giselle.
which now come to think of it, is rather tragic, as giselle is about the spirit world, or fairies, or dying princess ghosts!
oh my god!
we never got over andrea.
none of us!
we dont have to!
her sister vivi---vivian survived the accident, but andrea's skull was smashed into vivi's face---requiring reconstruction.

a van smashed into her, on the drivers side. he was drunk, supposedly.

who could handle a sister's skull smashed into your face?
fthat!

oh my god.
steffie was chill. smoked her camel cigarettes behind the school.
drank mellow yellow.
wanted to weigh 100 pounds.

invited a crew of like seven dudes to be her prom dates, to refute claims she was a lesbian due to her short hair cut.

its true, i had a crush on her, and katie, and andrea before she died.
i havent seen steff since 1995. i'm glad this picture is on the internet.
and glad she looks so happy.
she had such cool style.
Steffie Sloan

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