I hadn't exactly planned on becoming an angel.But then I hadn't planned on dying at 13, either.Well,you don't,do you?

　　If I'd thought about it ,I'd have said that kind of thing was strictly for Venetia Rossetti. Venetia was a big hit with all the teachers at my school and WAY more suitable angel material than yours truly.

　　But there you go. Venetia's still on Planet Earth,writing her little poems about rain and violets. And I'm,well-not!

　　Know what I thought,when I got knocked down?

　　Now I'll enver get the chance to prove Miss Rowntree wrong!

　　See what I mean? My last moments on Earth and that's all I could come up with. I am SO not poetic.

　　I wouldn't want you to get the idea I was a totally bad person. I didn't torture small animals, or go raving about our estate, scaring old ladies. I just couldn't get psyched up about school stuff, like exams or team games, or figuring out what I was going to do when I grew up (though as it turns out, I didn't really need to worry about that).

　　Shortly before I died, Miss Rowntree caught me flipping through a magazine in class. Honestly, you'd think I'd committed a major crime! "When will you realise there is more to life than makeovers, Melanie?" she yelled.

　　But I do, Miss Rowntree, I do, I thought. There's watching MTV. Hanging out with my mates. Ooh, and flirting with boys. And most sacred of all, yahoo! SHOPPING!

　　我变成天使啦！

　　说真的，我从没想过自己会变成天使。

　　我才13岁，还没有玩够呢，像我这样的女孩子，谁都不想当天使的，对吧？

　　如果谈到最有资格做天使的，我觉得应该是维尼西亚才对啊！

　　维尼西亚是我们学校老师中最有气质的一个，说真的，她比我们任何一个人都适合做天使！

　　不过现在说这个也没什么用了。事实是，维尼西亚还活在地球上，继续写她那些关于雨丝啊、紫罗兰啊之类的小诗。

　　而我呢——从地球上消失了！

　　通俗地说，就是死翘翘啦！

　　知道我被车撞的那一瞬间在想什么吗？

　　我想的是：

　　从今以后，我再也没有机会给班主任伦翠老师挑刺儿了。

　　知道了吧，我待在地球上的最后一秒钟，脑袋里转的就是这个，一丁点儿诗情画意都没有。

　　告诉你，我可不是坏女孩！我没折磨过小动物，没在别人墙上乱涂乱画，没有吓唬过老太太……

　　总之，我没做过什么坏事儿，我只是对学校里的那些个破事情不太感兴趣，像什么考试啊，集体活动啊，还有长大以后要做什么啊等等，我才不认为自己有必要去考虑这个呢！

　　就在我离开人世前的几天，一次上伦翠老师课的时候，因为正在偷看时尚杂志，我被她逮了个正着。敢在伦翠小姐的课上看闲书，这可是犯下了滔天大罪。果然，伦翠小姐黑头黑脸地咆哮道：

　　“美兰妮，你什么时候才能明白，生活中有比扮靓更重要的东西呢？”

　　有，伦翠小姐，我当然知道有：看音乐电视，与室友逛街，哦，对了，还有看帅哥……不过，最尖叫级的应该算——购物！