8 am
I met Melanie and Elsa in class. But there were two more girls hanging out with them today. Hadn't they said that they rarely took new people into their group?! I went and asked them who those girls were, and "those girls" asked the same regarding me.
Melanie replied to me, "These are our friends Finn and Zandra. They both missed out on school for a while because they were down with chicken pox."
Zandra shout-whispered, "Melanie!! I told you not to tell anyone besides Elsa that we had been down with chicken pox!! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SECRET - we were going to pretend we had broken our legs while scuba diving..."
Melanie retorted, "But that would have been a lie!! Anyways, I only told Jade, no-one else."
Elsa confirmed, "Yup, just Jade, and that's because she's our friend. She's a new girl who came while you were away. It's OK - you guys can trust her!"
The conversation was interrupted by out teacher, Miss Trudy, who entered the class at that moment. Oh, and did I mention she was accompanied by Mr. Davis, our school principal?!?!
Mr Davis said, in his loud, booming voice, "I'm just here to announce the final list of names of the people who have signed up for The Bang. The auditions for the program will take place on Wednesday, during lunch. As you know, 7 talented musicians will be chosen to perform and compete. The students who have chosen to audition are Mia Twiggs, Lily Hope, Shanaya Gomez, Finn Banner, Holly Madigan, Tally York, Tracy Horowitz, Jade Blackwood (that's me!), Alex Smith, Jimmy Newton, Francis Waldgrave, James Struttfield, Jack River and Albert Gunn. I hope to see all of you there!"
BOY AM I EXCITED!!
10:45 am
Zandra texts me in class:
ZANDRA: Hey, sup?
ME: Should we rlly be talking in class? WON'T WE GET CAUGHT?!?!
ZANDRA: It's OK. Everyone chats in class, the teachers don't care anymore...
ME: So you've known Melanie and Elsa for a long time, have you?!
ZANDRA: (with an air of tension that I can feel across the room) Yes, I have. You clearly haven't!!
ME: Hey, why're you being so mean and cold?! It's not like I'm trying to break you're friendship, if that's what you think!!
(no reply)
ME: You seem nice!! So, let's hang out together sometime and get to know each other, huh?!
(that would easily get me time in North Korea - I could literally feel her breathing down my neck, hissing from the phone.)
Finn interrupts out not-so-friendly conversation:
FINN: LOOK UP!!!!!!! QUICKLY!!!!
ME: Hey, calm down. What's the matter - I was just chatting with Zandra!
FINN: And why were you chatting in class?! You're sure to get caught!! NOW LOOK UP!
ME: Zandra said everyone chats in class and the teachers don't mind -
I looked up.
And Miss Trudy was mad at me. She had been staring at me in class for ages, apparently, waiting for me to pay attention. She said in a mocking way, "I wonder, Miss Jade Blackwood, if you could pay some attention in class - so you could get that half mark you missed out on last time, the mark only you are capable of getting in this class? At least the other students pay attention and try - You just get marks because you're naturally smart and you're not at all hardworking or dependable". I gulped. Hardworking and dependable had always been what people had described me as at the core. "From now on anyone seen with a cellphone in class will get detention with Mr. Davis," Miss Trudy finished.
Oops!!!!!
I mumbled an apology. I don't feel like writing about this anymore :(
1:20 pm
Finn said, "Hey, Jade!! You seem really nice - I think we're gonna be great friends."
I replied, "Sure! Hey, you like music too?! I sing - what about you?"
"I play the piano, and I just started training for vocals, so I'm quite bad at singing," Finn replied.
"Nonsense! I'm sure you can sing really well!" I assured her.
GOSH SHE WAS SWEET (unlike someone who mirrored my previous impression of the popular crowd)!!
NOW I HAVE EVEN MORE FRIENDS!!
7 pm
Finn texts me:
FINN: WTF was that in class?! From what I've seen and heard and seen, you're a model student at heart. I don't think Zandra likes you - she seems to want you in trouble...
ME: I guess not, but why?!
FINN: I mean, she is a bit of a drama queen sometimes, tho she's always really nice to me.
ME: But not to me. Whatever - I still have you three <3
FINN: Love ya!
ME: LYT GTG TTYL XOX BYE!!
FINN: Same to you bye!!
My dad was calling me down to help him make a triple fudge brownie! Dad loves cooking :D
YUM!!
11:30 pm
I stayed up late, thinking about school. Mostly everyone seemed nice. Alex seemed like a great future bf. I wondered when he was going to ask me out - and how should I reply?? Play it easygoing and sweet or hard-to get...
Zandra... Maybe - and this thought took some time to solidify - she was jealous of me... I mean, I had never thought about myself as someone you would want to be, but think about it - I'm phenomenal at studies, sports and music (if I may say so myself), apparently not a social loser - maybe zombie nerd was just an epoch - and I'm not half ugly or unattractive, am I - I got the body, and while I'm no Harley Quinn, I ain't bad from the face, I guess... Speaking of hotties, Shanaya Gomez - OMG that girl's a flaming hot bomb. But she seems really quiet and unaware - tho I've seen the way guys look at her, if only she opened up a bit she could overthrow Melanie and Elsa (and now me, I suppose) as ruler of sexiness. But isn't that exactly what I was a while back?! I mean, I was shy and quiet, clearly - and now look at me - turns out I had hottie + coolkid potential (IK it's an oxymoron). So maybe... I was more attractive as a shy girl and if I stayed that way Alex would have asked me out?! Nah, he wouldn't know I existed if not for my outgoing new self. Coming back to Shanaya, she seems nice - let me try to talk to her sometime, maybe coax her out of her shell...
Aaaahhhh... so sleepy!! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
oops, sorry - I dozed off while writing...
