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E. Harpel

Beginning

"Who would ever think so much went on in a young girl's soul".

I ended my journal entry with an Anne Frank quote. This quote relates to me so well. No boy could ever imagine what goes on inside a girl's soul. Not to mention any other girl know what is going through a girl that is not herself. Oh, that was deep.

I laughed to myself. I thought about if it made sense. I concluded that it did, and shut my journal. I uncovered myself to put the journal behind the painting on my wall. The painting was designed to have a secret compartment for something like a journal. I bought it myself so no one would acknowledge that it was capable of doing so. It was near eleven o'clock. Quickly I did my nightly routine and climbed in bed. When I was relaxed, thinking about scenarios in my head that could never happen, I feel under the heavy wave of sleepiness.

Ch. 1

I awoke to the sound of Indiana's popular hip hop, R&B station. It was five o'clock in the morning. I groaned, another day of school. I thought to myself. Getting up slowly, I did the usual teenage girl routine of getting ready. It was a half hour past six in the morning before the bus arrived.

When the bus parked at school, Alexa, Megan and I started walking up to the school. No one was talking due to the fact that we all had headphones in, and we were searching for the special somebodies. That was another one of my routines. Every time I got off the bus I looked for him to no prevail. His bus is down at the far end. I still look though, just in case I'm lucky.

Someone poked me. I took my headphones out. "What Megan?" I snapped. I didn't mean it to be so harsh. She ignored my sharpness. "There is your lover, Damon!" My heart jumped a little. "He is not my lover. He doesn't even think of me in the same way. How many times does he have to prove that?" I replied remember the hurtful things his silence said. Alexa was not paying any attention to us.

"I don't see why you like him. He is a jerk to you, Aleah!" Megan has restated this fact so much that it has been getting annoying. "I know, I know. I don't understand either." I replied back. We were walking through the double doors then to the locker hallway. I walked to my locker while Alexa and Megan grouped with their own set of friends. I saw Lacy out of the corner of my eye. I miss being best friends. I wonder if she still feels the same. I doubt it, it has been five years. Ever since that fight we had in fourth grade, I haven't really said a word to her. I loved her like a sister. She obviously didn't feel the same or she would not have picked Kenzie Knots over me.

She was with her boyfriend, Cal. She had moved onto bigger and better things, surely she wouldn't want to be friends with me again. As I put my books away, I tried to make these thoughts go away. Oh Damon looks nice in...NO! I shouldn't think about him either! The thoughts in my head were almost always about him. I needed to get over him. I need to find someone new.

Britney Cole, my favourite out of my friends, walked towards me. I shut my locker. "Do you want to go to the library?" I mumbled. "That sounds fine." She agreed. "You do not have to ask, Aleah. We go there every morning until the seven minute bell has rang. She stated.

"I'm sorry; I just don't want you to feel like I am controlling you." I retorted.

"I know that is not your intention." She comforted me.

Together we ambled down the hallway, giggling about an inside joke I remembered, and turned into the library. The library had its usuals. All the computers and most of the tables were taken every day by the same people. We were the only ones missing until we took our place at an empty table diagonal from Damon's usual computer. "It seems like everywhere I go, that he is always there too." I groaned. "Maybe you and Damon have some sort of magnetic pull towards each other!" Britney laughed.

I laughed as well. "Here comes Saraya. I need you two to help me!" I rejoiced.

Saraya Hawthorne was in ear shot of me, so I continued as she sat down besides Britney. "I need to get over Damon, so I am going to find someone new before I go crazy." My voice was hushed because Damon could hear us if I talked normally. "How about that guy?" Saraya pointed at a guy who had short blondish-brown hair, blue eyes, and of course a jock.

Before I said anything, Damon looked back. He was not looking at us like I expected he was going to. I realized that he had been turning back to look at the table next to us for quite some time now. I looked at the table's occupants. Mira Manuals was sitting there with all of her friends. He seemed to be looking at her. I heard someone snap. The finger snap came from Britney. "Aleah Hartnett, you don't like him anymore!" Britney scolded… Right, I do NOT like Damon Sandsmen anymore! I made a mental note in my head and turned my attention towards Luke Williams. I admit he was really attractive. I am surprised I had not noticed him before. "But, he's dating Mackiley Bons." I sounded antagonized. "That can change." Saraya smiled a devious smile. "I've never heard you talk like that before, Saraya!" "Well, when it comes to helping friends out, I will do anything to help." She smiled warmly at me. "Thank you!" I exclaimed.

The seven minute bell rang. "I did not even notice that the fifteen minute bell rang yet." Britney fumed. "They need to make it louder." She kept on ranting.

All of us got up, and headed for the locker hall way. I didn't notice until it was too late that Damon accidently bumped into me. "Oh I'm…" He stopped when he recognized my face. He gave me a, oh, it's you look. Then he hurried through the door. "Thanks for the apology." I said sarcastically. My best friends had scowls on their faces.

"That is why you shouldn't like him." Megan suddenly appeared from behind me.

"I know, I have a plan." Britney, Saraya and I continued to tell her my plan until we had to separate because of our classes.