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Chapter 3

You b***h! Of course I was wearing the Prada. That's why they did it.

‘I don't think you'll need that muffin,’ said Melanie, Ashley's other best friend, which ruined my whole day on the spot.

Am I fat or something????!!! Luckily Linda was there right away and helped clean up the mess and myself. It was so embarrassing.

‘It wasn't that bad, I don't think Tun saw it, he wasn't looking and I was standing way behind. Anyway, this can happen to anyone,’ she tried to console me when he finally sat down.

‘Sure, with anyone. But it happened to me! She paid her revenge for the Prada. Damn p***y! I had no idea that she also wanted to buy the same shoes. From now on I want to be wearing, heels, but I I swear I will repay my debt to her,’ I was so frustrated that I almost cried.

I didn't even dare to leave the cafeteria until they were gone. The cooks daughter was just coming in with another unimportant girl who works for the school radio. I saw her looking at me strangely but I didn't say hi. Why should I greet the cooks daughter anyway? Her mom is our employee. Sure.

After all this I decided to cheer myself up a little bit. I called dad to talk to him about my new car. But he had no time for me. I called mom too but she didn't answer, only wrote a message saying that she was at the hairdressers. After that she's going for massage then meeting her friends, so she would come home only in the evening. I asked Lynn to come over, but she had to rush home. So I was totally depressed when I drove home. I was hoping that she would invite me to her place but in vain. :( Strange, we used to hang out more frequently at each other's houses, but now days we only go to cafes or to the mall. Even if I invite her over she never comes and she never invites me. I don't even remember what her house looks like. Maybe her interior designer screwed something up and this is what she is hiding? I need to talk to her ASAP.

Fortunately, Candy finally replied, which made me forget the whole accident and we talked throughout the night on messenger and it was so good. I wish I could be at college and leave this boring city. I might as well finish this diary as nothing really happens to me, every day is the same, so why should I bother to write it down? But no, I swear that I will stay and write only when something important happens but I will stay on. Mom usually says that I never complete any task and I give up easily. Well, I'm gonna prove her wrong.

LAURA - Friday, September 16

I was in the bathroom with Lynn when we heard two seniors talking about the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. They said it is very exciting, full of s*x and so on. I know mom also has this book but she told me that I was not allowed to read it. Funny. Didn't you hear about Amazon.com? When she was reading the second book I had already bought the e-book version. I will finish with all three before she is even done with the second part. I will tell Lynn about the book. She's not very interested in the topic, and she is said to be reading something else now.

After school we had ice cream together and we decided to go jogging tomorrow. Fancy the idea of the two of us running. Two fitness ladies, LOL. But we have to start somewhere. I didn't tell Lynn, but I was hoping that Tun would show up and take off his T-shirt again...

LAURA - Saturday, September 17

It's quite embarrassing but I had to cancel our jogging. First of all I have my period and I have cramps in my stomach (strange but sometimes it is right on time and occasionally it is one or two weeks late.) The truth is I cannot put the book down. It is one thing that I have never been with a boy, but that doesn't mean that I don't lust for it. I search the net and found that at my age, a lot of people already have s*x and even more do it to themselves. I don't know how to do it, but if this book continues to be like that, I will try m**********g as well. It is quite detailed about where everything is, and although I find the story quite incredible and can't imagine myself doing certain things, I would try to discover my body... I have just looked up what dildo means. Oh my God, I have found so many pictures! I'm not prepared for this! I should just be reading without looking at the pictures.

Shit, I have to delete my browsing history before mom finds out what topic I've been searching for. She would definitely be outraged.

ARLENE - Friday, September 23

Contrary to my expectations, I developed quite a normal life here in CV. Well, at least for the time being since I've only been here for a month. And also compared to the previous months and years. I talked to mom a lot in the evenings about old stuff, and I really have to admire her strength. I hate my father and I will never forgive him what he did. Mom says that it would change and one day I will wake up without being angry. And this will make it easier for me too. Well, I don't know. Maybe in the remote future.

Linda is still super cool. I got to know her family who are also pretty kind. They live in a huge house with a pool and all that but everybody looks like an ordinary person, just like me. Her two younger brothers made an absolute mess in about three minutes, but when they calmed down they were pretty cool too. Especially when Linda closed them out of her room, which is like a five-star suite, so that we can have our privacy and also had the opportunity to surf on the Internet. Later Myron came over, and the way those two looked at each other... they were very cute. So this is love. And he's really cool. It's one thing that he's crazy for Linda, but you can talk to him and he answers and asks questions, plus has a very good sense of humor.

‘Have you told Arlene how we got together?’ he asked Linda who blushed.

‘Well, not really. You want something from the kitchen?’ And she stood up and was about to leave the room.

‘Come on,’ Myron grabbed her arm and she was passing by and pulled her back jokingly into his lap. ‘You won't get away with it so easily. Sing my little bird.’

‘All right, all right. I'll sing,’ and she was trying to get away but had no chance.

‘Come on, please. I really want to hear the story,’ I joined the conversation. But Myron pointed at Linda smilingly indicating that it was up to her.

‘OK, Linda gave in. ‘It's not a big deal. It happened in the school radio. They put out an ad about the new position and since I always wanted to work for a radio, I applied. Myron had already been working there for a year. That's where we met. That's it.’

‘Is that it?’ I was surprised as it wasn't a big deal really.

‘Sure, she didn't give you the details,’ Myron tickled Linda who escaped to the other couch laughing out loud. ‘We also posted as a gag that we are only looking for applicants interested in 18th century classical music. So only those who are familiar with the age and the greatest composers are welcome to apply. Linda spent the next couple of weeks studying Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn. She would listen to their music and learn about their lives. She borrowed all the books on classical music from the library and spent day and night reading them.’

‘Only the days, not the nights. But seriously Arlene, they really had a very genuine ad. They listed one by one what they needed, what the expectations were and so on. I had had no knowledge about classical music, but I wanted to get it. So what else could I have done? Jeez, even now when I think of it I could tear you into pieces,’ Linda threatened her boyfriend, but we all laughed.

‘And how did it end? Why did you choose Linda?’

‘Because she was the only applicant,’ Myron laughed. ‘For the others Mozart was too big of a task. Plus she totally aced the test. Imagine we had a test too.’

‘Yeah, a lot of musical questions. I was sweating like a pig and then I saw the final question. “Would you be mad if you found out that all this was a gag?” I was about to explode then I calmed down and they told me that I was accepted.’

‘Then for weeks we didn't dare to tell her that she was the only applicant. We called her smartie. But before our first date I admitted everything. Since then she's been in love with me, I can't even send her away,’ Myron went at his girlfriend then seconds later a pillow nearly missed him.

‘That's enough,’ Linda laughed. ‘You see Arlene? I'm blessed with such a man. He lies, he fools me and spreads rumors about me.’

They were very funny together, just like two puppies. They seem to love each other. Myron brought a movie and we laughed and laughed. We had a really good time. Myron would get 10 points out of 10 from me but I know that he would get 50 from Linda at least.

On my way home I was thinking what to do next. I guess I would have to invite Linda over but... I will ask mom whether we should have the Brooks' permission for that.

LAURA - Monday, October 3

Colorful posters appeared all over the schools about the launching of the school’s new website and its own intranet mailing service. We haven’t had such things for months now. Hyper-super experts are said to have been working on it, and it will be more secure than the system at NASA! There was a huge scandal last year when a couple of seniors hacked the previous prehistoric system, and then changed their grades and later changed the grades of others for money. They were so good that for a semester no one suspected a thing. Then a couple of teachers got suspicious about some students suddenly becoming so smart. I’ve heard that Tun also paid but he was never found. True or not, only they know. Nevertheless, the two resourceful initiators got away with it and only the good grades were deleted. They also needed to take some extra exams in all their subjects. Had it been in a different school, they would probably have been kicked out, no matter whether they were seniors or not. But not here. Their fathers are influential people. One is a congressman, and the other is the head of the software company which helped to develop this new IT system for the school for free. So the guys are probably hacking something at their colleges, but my school is happy with the new program. I only know this unofficially from mom, who goes to the same club as the mom of the software guy. She always says that it is all about contacts, so she seriously takes care of all of them and is in touch with many important people.

So I’m curious what this new website will look like. We already know that it is unhackable, and only teachers will have access to the grades. There will be separate security levels for students, parents, teachers and admins. I’ve also heard that the school hired some kind of psychologist, and we can write down our problems in secret. The source of the writing will be untraceable, but I doubt that this precaution is necessary as nobody will use it. The worst thing about the new site is that parents receive an email about all and everything that happens to our accounts. I’m totally mad about it. It can be a grade, a tardy, a detention, anything. And it is all because of those two idiots who manipulated the grades. Well-done, you stupid! We suck here, while you probably Laugh my asses off at your colleges. (Instead of ’suck’, I should use ’feel awful’, and also use ’have fun’ instead of laugh my asses off… Mom says I should be more feminine when choosing my words. Why does she interfere with everything? I don’t know. And when will I ever be good enough for her in ANYTHING??????