Dear Journal,

Even though the other children like to push me around and spit in my eyes and my hair and beat me, I think I'm doing alright at this school.

Because, there's someone I truly do like.

Her name is Tyra, but she doesn't like It if you call her that. Well, I'm sure she wouldn't mind If April--that girl being her close friend--called her that, but us boys, oh, we're simply not allowed to do such a thing. We call her by nickname…'Multi'. Oh, she's ever so nice to me!

"Hi Pip", and "Hey Pip, can I see your homework?" and "HEY! Pip is British, not French! Can't you decipher accents?!" (Yes, she knows that I am NOT a filthy French person! Isn't that amazing?!)

Sigh…If I had courage enough to talk to her, I would. Oh, I swear I would!

But I can't say that I do…

Oh, but I won't let it get me down. I'll talk to her, by tomorrow at the latest! Yes, I will make Multi a friend of mine! And maybe, some day, we could be just a little more than that.

-Philip "Pip" Pirrip