. >> mollie also played drums in the high school band, but her friends, brooke ostrom and stephanie chasak say what mollie really loved was cruising down the highway singing along to bands like the spice girls. that's mollie behind the wheel. >> she loved her car a lot. i remember one night when she decided, i'm going to name my car jabbar. and after that, she called her car jabbar macar, and it was the funniest thing for no reason. >> smart, funny, and a car owner, all of which made for one very popular teen. she had a lot of friends? >> yes. >> oh, yeah. >> a lot of friends. >> yeah. >> she never let anybody leave from hanging out with her without giving them a hug and saying "i love you," ever. >> which was certainly true when it came to the newest member of mollie's unusually large posse of friends, 18-year-old kristene chapa. >> could you tell they really liked each other? >> yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> mollie talked about her a lot. >> she lived in a neighboring town where she was earning a reputation as a softball superstar. >> kristene was a softball icon for this time. >> britney selby