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April 4th: The Truth About Betty

Sunday, April 4th: 9:10 pm

Diary,

Sorry for the wait, diary. I kind of got tied up so I couldn't write until now. After the pool, Liz wanted me to come back to her house to meet some friends for ice cream and I just couldn't say no. At first I didn't like Liz too much, but after today, I've realized that she's actually a pretty cool girl. Too bad she can't see Flash for what he really is.

Okay. Enough chit-chat. Let's get down to the juicy bits: I got the lowdown on Betty and Peter!

Liz met me at the pool at around 2:30. Dressed in a turquoise tube-top bikini, she pulled up a lounge chair and began to lay out with me. Liz is a pretty girl, no doubt. She's got a sort of California look to her. Blonde, tall, and very tan. I had never noticed how tan she was until now. Silently, and somewhat bitterly, I told myself that it was just the turquoise of her bikini that made her look so tan.

We said our hello's, made some small talk, blah blah blah. You know how it goes. After awhile we went quiet as we soaked in the cancer rays. This silence gave me time to figure out a way to bring up Peter and Betty.

"I was surprised to see you at Peter's." Liz said, completely out of the blue. It was like she had read my mind!

"Oh?" I smiled over at her for a second then rested my head back against the lounge chair again. "Well, my Aunt Anna is neighbors with Peter's aunt and I was just saying hello."

"Really?" I could tell from her tone that she was confused about something. "Then why did his aunt say that you were there to see him?"

I had my super big Jacky-O sunglasses on so Liz couldn't see when I squeezed my eyes shut. I had completely forgotten that when Aunt May had introduced Betty and Liz to me she had mentioned that I was there to see Peter. I had no way of covering that one up so it was time for a subject change!

"So, Liz… I didn't know that you and Betty were friends." This would definitely get her off that subject. It was public knowledge at Midtown High that Liz hated Betty. No one really knew why. They used to be friends but ever since Betty dropped out, Liz seemed to have nothing nice to say about her.

She coughed loudly. "Puh-lease! I'm not friends with her. She thinks we're still friends but I can't help what she thinks."

"I didn't know that." I lied. "Isn't she going out with Peter?"

"Yeah." There was a deep undertone of disgust in her voice. Could it be possible that she was jealous…? No, that couldn't have been it. She was going out with Flash, the guy she had been chasing after ever since he hit puberty. I only knew this because all that time that she had been chasing him, he had been chasing me.

There was silence and then Liz suddenly blurted out, "But I think she has a thing for Ned Leeds."

My eyes widened. I turned onto my side so that I was facing her. Slowly I lowered my sunglasses so that I could peek over the top rim. "Who is Ned Leeds?"

"A guy she works with at the Daily Bugle. She still calls me every night to gossip. It used to be all about Peter but lately it's been more about Ned." Liz also turned onto her side. "She has been moaning and crying about Peter a lot lately. Says he's hiding something from her." She shrugged her shoulders. "Peter is Midtown High's only professional wallflower. How much could he be hiding?"

I busted out laughing. How much could he be hiding?? Golly. If only she knew...

We kept on talking but the conversation slowly steered away from Peter and Betty. Eventually we started to get too hot so she invited me over to her house where a few friends were going to come over for ice cream.