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Chapter 1
Boy Trouble
"Hey. I am SO mad at my teacher because while I was waiting for him to start talking, I began reading and got lost in the book. I wasn't aware that he had started talking so he yelled at me IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS. The popular girls started snickering and he sent me into the hall. Yesterday he gave us our homework and today he told us we HAD to get them signed but he never told us yesterday! And I got my first "missing homework" stamp! Anyway, while I was in the hall lashing at myself for how stupid I was, my crush, Michael, came up to me and asked me sincerely, "You alright, Reilly?" and I rudely ignored him! So tomorrow I'm going to explain why I ignored him and I'll apologize. And also, Craig is going around and telling everyone who me and my best friend Ali have crushes on!! Ali has a new crush, or shall I say, two! Well, there's William and, the new unexpected crush, Conner! I mean, William is drop-dead GORGEOUS but no ones better then Michael, in my mind. But, I mean, I've always noticed Conner's cute and all, but he's not really a crush. Well, anyways... there's nothing much more to talk about today, so see ya tomorrow!"
I finished my sentence and closed my journal. I flushed red with frustration as I recalled the incident with my teacher. I will never think he was the best teacher any more. NEVER. No matter what he did that was so cool and awesome and even if the popular girls loved him. I didn't care. Then, while I was upset with my teacher, the phone rang. I ran to pick it up and noticed the caller ID. It was Ali.
"Hey! What's up?"
"We have a MAJOR problem...Craig. Around 20 people just called me and asked if the rumor is true."
"Oh no."
"Oh yes." Ali replied.
"This is terrible! What if Michael thinks I'm a freak!?!?! Then he'll NEVER ask me out to the winter dance!"
"You think you're having problems with Michael? William doesn't even KNOW I like him! NONE of the boys in school like me and you know that!"
"I know, but..." I said.
"No! Reilly, HALF of the 10th grade boys drool over you! And you just brush past them like they're a pile of junk!"
"Ya, because none of them are Michael!" I argued.
"Ya, but half of them are drop-dead GORGEOUS!" she argued back.
"Well I only have my eyes on Michael, and YOU know that!"
"Well what if Michael ends up not liking you? Then what? All of the others are gonna think you're a jerk for ignoring them and you're gonna end up with no one!"
"Well.... I have college! College boys are WAY cuter anyways!" I was getting annoyed now. This convo was taking WAY to long and my mom would kill me for being on so long.
"Well, yea but..." She sounded desperate for a better comeback.
"Well, gotta go. Homework. Bye."
I hung up the phone and went downstairs to grab a snack. When I arrived at the kitchen I noticed my cell was ringing. I got a text from William. Uh oh. I checked it out. It said,
Hi. I heard Ali has a crush on me. Don't worry, I wont tell anyone about it and I won't tell her I know. Just our little secret, ok? :-P well, see ya in school. Bye, P.S. Craig told me. He's such a pain right? Lol! Well, can't wait to see you in school!
Oh. My. Gosh. He didn't. William was just... flirting with me.
Chapter 2
An Accident (and MORE Boy Trouble)
When my mom drove up to the hidden drive way of the Catt's home, I thought of how I was to explain the incident with William's text. We should be alone, of course but, I had to be careful on how I worded it or Ali would have a mental break down. Well she would have a mental breakdown anyway, but still. But then I remembered what he said at the end of the text. "Just our little secret, ok?" Wow, that made things a whole lot easier. I just won't tell her. It would be better for ALL of us if she wouldn't know. So then I just casually strolled up to the large, but neat, yellow house hidden behind many oak trees. Ali had a family of six, including her two dogs, Brown and Martha. Her mom named Martha because at the time she was in her "Colonial Phase." It's when your parent or parents either read a book, see a marathon, or any other way, find out about the colonial days and suddenly are fascinated by EVERYTHING. Like the names, the culture, everything. Most parents soon get over it or they stay stuck with it forever, like my dad. He loves history and museums and such. But, I'm not so interested in history so whenever he offers to go to any boring types of museums, I pass.
I rang the door bell and inside you could hear the sound of Beethoven. Did I mention Ali's dad is a professional Clarinet player? Well, because of how much his salary is, (which I can tell you, it's A LOT) they could afford this house. While I waited patiently, I wondered if I could really trust William. I guess I could because he's my neighbor and we HAVE known each other for a while...
In the middle of my thoughts I was interrupted by Ali's mom opening the door.
"Reilly! It's nice to see you again!" she said as if I haven't seen her in a while even though I saw her this morning.
"Hi Mrs.Catt. I'm grateful to be here."
"Oh, my you have such fine grammar! Ali should follow in your shoes!" I was a bit surprised and taken aback since I've known Ali and her mom since preschool and I've been talking like this FOREVER.
"Thank you!" I said, blushing.
"Well don't just stand out there in the cold! Come in!"
Actually, it was the middle of spring, so it wasn't really cold out. Just a breeze here and there. Before I walked in, I removed my shoes.
"Oh! And so polite!" (once again, I was surprised)
"Ali's up in her room. I think she's doing homework."
"Thank you once again Mrs.Catt!" I said, before heading upstairs. I heard Mrs.Catt muttering to her self how proper I am. It's not much though. I'm just an avid reader so my grammar is immense. I knocked on Ali's oak door. "Come in." She called. I opened the door slowly. I found her lying on her stomach upon her bed trying to figure out her homework.
"Hey. I need help on the math. One day you miss school and you miss a WHOLE lesson. Ugh."
I thought about the text and remembered to let go of it.
"Um..." I hummed as I walked over to Ali's bed so I could see which question she was on so I could help her.
"Number four is x to the fourth power times 5 divided by 8 which is 48.24."
She scribbled it on the paper. As the first 5 minutes went by while I was helping Ali with her homework, the fact that William was just flirting with me via text kept popping up in my head. I wanted to forget about it but you can forget about THAT happening. And I was worried. What if Ali WAS to find out? Would she get mad at me for not telling her? Who would tell her? What if it was William? What if it was Craig? Once again I was interrupted with my thoughts by Ali asking me about the last question. "You SURE this is right?"
"Yes. I'm sure. I even checked it with the calculator. Everything's FINE."
"Alright, let's go check on our website and see if anyone viewed our last vlog."
