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April 10
Today was my birthday, and my aunt bought me a journal. She told me to write in it, so I can look back at my life as an adult. Why would I want to look back at my miserable, lame life?
Eh--let's get this over with. It is a journal with a painting of shopping bags and high heel shoes on the front, and thick pages with pre printed lines; not only do I like the bags and shoes, but the pre printed lines are a major plus.
Mom and Dad bought me some clothes, and gave me a gift card to the nearby Victoria's Secret. They finally let me step in there now that I'm fifteen. They say the mannequins are inappropriately dressed for young girls like myself.
Bull crap.
Anyway, who cares. I have no idea how long this journal will last, but if this is meaningful at all, I'd like to call this diary: "The Lame Journal of My Lame Life."
There you go.
It is Sunday night, and I have to go to school tomorrow. How great does that sound??
I'd rather be at one of my Grandma's Incense User Tutorials at her shop of creepy and exotic items. Man. I get
shivers thinking about it. And a headache, too. Whenever I walk in there I'm overwhelmed by the smell of 50 different incense cones burning at the same time.
Okay, now I feel nauseous.
Well, goodnight then.
April 11
My lame life has taken a new turn for the absolute worst. No, I didn't drop my phone in the toilet (man, that would suck major amounts of butt), and no, I didn't stain my favorite pair of Juicy Sweats.
My crush, Patrick Davis, rejected me in front of all his friends.
All I did was say "hey," and he started busting up laughing and saying, "Wow, that girl really thinks I like her."
Okay, first of all, what he said was so...un-clever.
Why do I always fall for the biggest jerks of the school?!
Well, at least I got an A on my Algebra test.
An A-
I didn't even study for that quiz.
I'm pretty sure I fell asleep during the lesson. As a matter of fact, my friend Toni had to wake me up when the bell rang for 7th Period.
Did I mention that I'm in science class right now? I'm supposed to be studying about Nicolaus Copernicus. No need to study. My teacher only gives a pop quiz to the kids who are failing.
Unlike myself, who has a B in the class.
Maybe I'll paint my toes tonight....
April 12
Well, I feel like crap.
I ate some chicken at school, and now I have food poisoning.
So, since I'm not going to school today, and my incense smelling grandmother is coming over to make sure I don't cause trouble, I'll probably be stuck grooming Zen Gardens (Thanks to grandma!). I mean, how relaxing does that sound?!
Hell, she'll probably feed me her baked fish burgers and cranberry jelly.
Aren't grandma's supposed to bake you cookies and banana bread??
I guess I'm stuck in the wrong family.
Here comes grandma with a bowl of pudding.
My grandma's freaking weird.
How does pudding help food poisoning?
April 22
My friend Tallie and I decided to go to the Braum's today, and use some of our allowance on banana splits. I wanted to talk to her.
She came to school with a teary face, and red eyes. She usually talked non-stop, but today, she didn't say a word.
Tallie said one thing to me during 7th period: "I brought my allowance. I'll buy Soft Serve after school."
I bought Coconut, and Tallie bought Strawberry.
I finally asked her, "Whats wrong?"
She sighed.
"My parents were talking to me last night and they said they weren't getting along well. Mom said that my sister and I are going to go live with her in an apartment on the other side of town," Tallie burst into tears, "While they finalize the divorce."
My eyes felt hot with tears. I was sad for Tallie and her sister, but her parents loved each other. They never fought.
I didn't know what to say.
"Why don't you and your sister come to my house for the weekend. My mom won't mind, we can go ice skating at the galleria. Or just watch movies. Whatever you want to do." I smiled, all though my heart was torn in half for Tallie.
Tallie came to my side of the booth, and wrapped her arms around me. Her whole body trembled, and she finally whispered, "Thank you Zoe."
I walked home with Tallie, but we didn't talk much. The apartment was about a mile away, so we walked there, and told her sister that she was coming to my house for the weekend. They packed silently, and I dialed my mom, asking her to pick the three of us up and take us home.
Tallie and her sister talked a lot more once they got to my house. We watched movies, bounced around on my trampoline, and made each other laugh.
It was a relief to see my friends smile again.
I was afraid they never would after this.
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