The main character's Dawn Grace Jones. She's 16 yrs old and is a Sophomore.. She has just moved to New York. She's got a father, who is a workaholic and a mother. Her sister Deborah(Deb or Debbie) is studying medicine in Paris. Her mother's best friend, Elizabeth Brown ( Liz) lives with them along with her daughter, Meryl, since Mr Brown's a drug dealer and is now in jail. Meryl considers herself as a sister to Dawn(they are more than best friends). In her previous school, Dawn has been betrayed by the most popular girl, Hilda, who thought that Zack, Dawn's best friend at that time, spent time at her place very often(Dawn), rather than at hers(Hilda)...So, she cut her hair irregularly at night and in the morning, when Dawn woke up, she nearly fainted...Her hair was like a mess. Her father brought her a dirty wig that she had to place on her head... At the school in New York, almost everybody hates her..she's in love with the most popular guy, Dylan, who hates her as well...What will happen to Dawn when she reveals the truth to them? What will happen when she finds out that Zack is in fact Dylan's cousin?
Suddenly, my eyes fluttered open as the alarm clock buzzed into life. I signed. Six o'clock sharp. I quickly put on my soft slippers and ran towards the bathroom where I glanced at myself in the large round mirror. My piercing blue puffy eyes moved up and down at my slim body. Pulling a face, I started applying a creamy lotion on the oily parts of my skin after washing my face. As I took a glance at my straight, beautiful blond hair, my eyes started watering and the flashback started... *FLASHBACK*
"You better stay away from my man!!", hissed Hilda, the most popular girl from Sweet Valley high school, which is my ex-school now. Then, she prodded outside of the cave(used to be my favorite place in the school). It was found behind the school, covered so thickly with bushes and creepy plants that it was hardly noticed. "HILDA!! WAIT! You don't understand!" I said, and started sobbing. Hilda kept on walking in front.
"NO!", I screamed and fell down, watching my tears forming a pool glumly. Well, the thing was that she thought I was going out with her boyfriend Zach, who, in fact was my best friend ever...He always supported me everywhere in every state and his parents loved me like a daughter. She could not face the fact that Zach often come at my place. Slowly, I stood up and sniffed. I wiped my tears away with my sleeve and moved out of the cave towards the class. Jeez, people were staring at me as if I was a zombie or something. I knew that my mascara was smeared all over my face, but right then, I was focusing on the incident... Zach saw me and started approaching me, but, I could not bear it and just ran to hide at the canteen as fast as my legs could carry me...
"Zach can never reach me, now!", I thought while scanning the place for Zach " I hope...so..". I was wrong, definitely wrong. Sometimes I was cocky, since the best runner among girls, but Zach was the best one among boys... I saw him walking to me. Before I could make a move, he grabbed my arm and lifted my chin up. "What..wha- Dawn..why are you crying?" He was looking at me, confused and tilted his face. I thought he was going to kiss me and tried to pull away. Okay, I knew he had a crush on me, and I liked him too..but we could not destroy our friendship..
Plus, I could feel Hilda's gaze burning on me. "I-I c-can't!!", I stammered and half-whispered. He held my arm tighter and brought me to our favorite spot, where he exclaimed, "SPILL! NOW!!". I should tell him everything now, I knew, he was serious and I never refused anything to him in my life. I then muttered everything to him in a low voice, while sobbing. He held me tight in his arms and all I could do was crying in his shoulders...we stayed like that for a dozen of minutes...Later, that night, I fought hard to gain some sleep, but, in the morning, I woke up early, only to find..WAIT!! Am I DREAMING?? I pinched myself very hard and..wailed.. NO WAY!! This could not be true!! My Hair!!! MY HAIR!!! OMIGOSH!!! What happened to my hair? Where was my straight, beautiful blond hair gone? It was...ruined!!! Oh dear!! I LOVED my hair so much!! I took great care of it!! I had inherited my mother's hair...But how did it happen... I could not stand it...I stared at my destroyed hair in my cupboard mirror..no, perhaps this mirror was mad...i hoped that some fairy or witch did some magic on it..'cause this could not happen!! I took a breath, closed my eyes and opened it..this time, it was really...damaged!!
Who could have done such an evil thing...it was horrible!! That person should die, DEFINITELY!! I stood still, watching my hair...perhaps I was dead and...this was my ghost looking at me? My poor hair was cut irregularly, my fringe was like grass in a stable...they were..as if...dry..could it be that there was a problem with electricity?..and then my hair turned like a..a..nightmare?
I glanced around me and I saw a pink sheet of paper on a small table near my drawer..I frowned..I recognized this paper..hmmm..it was..erm..I frowned deeper, and thought about it...oh no!! HILDA!! A SHEET OF PAPER FROM THE FAMOUS DIARY OF HILDA!!
But WHAT was it doing here? in my room?? It was folded..I opened it, hoping it was not one of the pranks that Hilda played on me...
It said:
'Dear Dawn,
Do you like your new hair?? Yummy.......Awwww...wonderful, isn't it? Ewwww...you know what? You better not tell anybody about this letter..otherwise..I'll get your father sacked!! He works in MY sweet father's company, you know that? Just tell your parents it was you who was trying to cut your hair and..accidentally, you put your hair dryer nearer and it went like that..never mind, you don't need to know how I did that, but it cost, got that, silly boyfriend stealer??SLUT!!! ARGH!! GO TO HELL!! I'm warning you again, don't tell ANYBODY about it, not even Zach!!! AND don't waste your time calling your parents at school..remember MY father is your father's boss!! So..I'll leave you now so..sad... Enjoy yourself very much with your hair . ok? I'll see now..how many boys will get over you!! We can play a game, you know, how about the one who gets most boys wins??!!
Bye!! *ENJOY*
Lovely *Hilda*<3
I nearly fainted..I was gaping at the letter, my eyes wide open!!
"But who was she to do such a stupid thing to me? AND how dare is she!! As if she was my mother, telling me what to do, warning me...And ..WHAT THE F*CK? She and her stupid winning-over-boys games!!! She was the most stupid, meanest, ugliest and most horrible person I've ever seen in my life!!! UGH!! I HATE her!!! Now..look at what she has done to me!! She'll regret later..I'll surely teach her a lesson...But what will happen to my father then?" I was thinking, but then, out of nowhere, I noticed my vision was blurring..and I started to cry..I felt the veins in my temples throbbing, my heart was filled with pure anger..I became red like a tomato. I gazed at myself in the mirror, still crying..I was like a clown!! My eyes was bluest than ever..my nose was the reddest than ever..my lips..my hair!!!
I started crying deeper and deeper...I felt more pain...I wailed and screamed. I could not control my anger anymore...I could do nothing than crying, worse like an abandoned baby and clenching my fists, so hard that all my veins and arteries were visible, with the bitchy Hilda's paper inside.
I stayed like that until my mother came...I was sitting behind my bed..she saw me..wonder what she did? Duh..she screamed and went green and fell heavily on my bed, unconscious...why? did I look like a ghost? Luckily, my dad was still at home..he gasped and stayed still a few moments..
"Dawn..I-is th-that y-you?! Oh My!!", daddy half-whispered and carried my mom to her room.
