Clara's Diary (Completed!)

Chapter 32 (part 1)

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYBODY!! AT LAST, I'VE UPLOADED THIS CHAPTER. I'VE REALLY BEEN WAITING TO DO THIS, SINCE I FINISHED THIS PARTICULAR CHAPTER AGES AGO!

ADMITTEDLY, I HAD SOME HELP DOING IT, FOR WHICH I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FRIEND, SANJANA. THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED SOLELY TO HER. I SUCK AT DESCRIPTIONS, AND SO SHE DID ALL THE WORK.

THANK YOU!! ENJOY READING!!:):):)

SATURDAY, THE 29TH OF AUGUST

Good morning again Lola!

Today is D-Day. Of Dan's stupid pool party, I mean. When I told my mom about it yesterday night, she was literally in raptures! And when I told her that it was Dan's birthday party, she insisted right away that I accompany her to the mall to buy some decent clothes.

I agreed, because, you know, it was true. I had literally NOTHING to wear, Lola! And I can't exactly be expected to stand around looking like a buffoon as Rosalie parades around in a skimpy bikini, can I??

So, I ended up giving the mall a visit. My mom picked out a bright yellow sundress, and I was like,

"MOM! This is a pool party! NOT a beach party" The stupid dress hardly came up to my knees, and I found myself blushing at the mirror. My mom, however, is pretty persuasive, and after a prolonged argument, I finally consented to buying the abomination, silently promising myself that I would NEVER wear it.

I actually wandered into the bikini section, and saw Rosalie and some other bitches standing over there, chattering. I hid behind a HUGE one-piece in the grannies section, and stared. Rosalie moved away separately, and started checking out the padded bikinis. I mean, seriously, the PADDED ones! And when she picked up quite a flimsy little gold two-piece, the salesperson said she wasn't exactly sure if it would *stay* on her. Bwahahahahaha!!!!

After they'd left, I went and asked the sales lady for something that would suit my not-so-taut tummy. She surveyed me up and down, then proceeded to give me something that looked like a one piece, but had slits on both sides. It was bright yellow, and had a string of stones that ran round my middle. I tried it on, and yeah, i knocked myself out. I looked OK. Better than anything my mom would have picked out, anyway!

I proceeded to billing, and it's set me back by about 35 dollars...whatever, you know. I then ran to look for my mom. Knowing her, she'd be in the 1990's Jane Fonda clothing section.

I found her, and skidded over.

She had selected this really awful yellow sundress, and forced me to buy it. I mean, are we living in the twenty first century or what?? My mom said,

"Clara, it's his birthday right? We ought to get him a present!" and she gave me this dumb smile.

Okay, whatever I may do, I will NOT be giving the Dan Man a present. But, of course, my mom had her way (the real truth: I'm an IDIOT when it comes to standing up for myself!!!!), and I soon found myself in the Gift Shop, surrounded by an array of things that I would never give Dan.

There was a joke shop opposite, and over there, I spied a shirt, on which it was written,

"I'M THE BIGGEST PIG IN THE WORLD!!"

The font even changed color every few seconds, from yellow to pink to blood red. HOW PERFECT WAS THAT??

When I suggested it to my mom, however, she looked quite mortified, and ushered me away from the store.

Soon, she spotted a T shirt and said that it would suit him perfectly. I mean, how does she know? I see him every day, and I think EVERYTHING looks pretty bad on him!

What I hated about the shirt: It actually looked good and I knew that it would suit Dan.

As we left, I sighed at the pig shirt longingly. If anybody deserved it, it was Dan!

Oh Lola, I'm ACTUALLY pretty excited about this whole party thing! I guess it's because this is my first ever high school party! AND it had to be Dan's party. Pretty ironic, isn't it??

Oh God! I hope nothing embarrassing happens at the party! I am still not sure whether I should be going because, after all, Dan is my NEMESIS!!

Oh God now that I think about it,

"I, CLARISSA PARKER am going to DANIEL JACKSON'S pool party which is supposed to be held in Dan's house where the whole grade will be present!"

Oh God (OK, so that's THREE 'Oh God's in a row!), this is NOT good!! Knowing what I do about Dan, I know that he'll be sure to have a plan up his sleeve! I better be careful!

Lola, I'm really soo tired of worrying about what's going to happen in Dan's party... I'm SO nervous that I might actually poop in my pants AGAIN. But hey, I ain't wearing pants this time right?

But I'm going only because Julie is. And Jordan too, though I still don't get why Julie doesn't seem to like Jordan much! But all the same, thank god he was invited!

Yup, it happened yesterday... Dan decided to invite him over too... I wonder WHY???

Its 4:30pm now Lola ... I better take a quick shower before Julie comes home at 5 pm!!! Byeee Lola!

Urghh!! Why is it so hard to find a dress to wear Lola! It's been an hour since Julie has come home... she's been searching for a perfect outfit for me to wear (between you and me, I stuffed the yellow dress deep inside my closet! NOBODY can find it now!!)

Julie keeps complaining about each and every outfit I choose so I let her search!

Oh god! This is NOT good Lola! Julie is now holding up the very same yellow sundress that mom forced me to buy! Oh gods, please tell me Julie's not thinking about what i am thinking ... aaaaah!!

Julie somehow forced me to wear the yellow Sundress (because, as afore mentioned, I'm actually a very easy target!) with some kind of stripy white sandals (which I had no idea I had!) She had covered the mirror so that I didn't see myself (Really Lola, Julie loves suspense!!)

After about an hour of Julie's hard work, she finally let me see myself...

Lola the girl in the mirror was okay ... I mean, it was very pretty and all that, but....I really wanted to wear that one-piece, but without hurting her feelings. So, i wore the one-piece below my sundress...you know...just in case. In WHAT case, you may ask, Lola. Well, in this perfect imaginary world of mine, that case would be Phil...yeah whatever this is R rated, so I ain't gonna elaborate on what kind of shit I dream about. Believe me, you really DON'Twant to know!!!

My black hair was slightly curled at the ends ... thank God, Julie had used only a little bit of makeup: a thin layer of eyeliner, some light silvery eye shadow and some mascara. She said that my eyes were really pretty and that a tad of eye makeup would bring them out. I have NO idea what she meant, but I looked CUTE!!!

And Julie is wearing just a pair of denim shorts with a lacy sleeveless pink top with pink wedges ... she's left her short hair loose and she's wearing hardly any makeup!! She looked so fresh and nice, Lola.

Mom gave me a big hug and she took a few snaps! She was so happy, Lola! I think she's more excited about this party than I am (I wonder WHY??)! She warned me to be back by 11 though! In my perfect world, I wouldn't EVER be back before the sun rose, and......mmm. Yeah, I'm leaving. Bye.

So... it's 7:00 now, so I gotta go!!

SO...WHAT HAPPENS AT THE POOL PARTY? READ PART 2 FOR MORE!!!