Title: Laura's Journal

Chapter: My First Day

Prologue:Today's my first day of high school. It's gonna be tough trying to make friends here. I, Laura Jones, does not know what is ahead for me.

Dear Diary,

Why did we have to move? How will I ever get any friends? All of these magazines feel like no help! Well, Here I go for my second year of high school.

I put my diary away and went into the kitchen for some breakfast.

"Laura!" My mom said, "The bus comes to pick you up in 20 minutes! You better hurry up and eat quickly!"

As I sat down on a chair, I couldn't help to think about who I'll befriend or which clubs I should join. My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the my older sister.

"Daydreaming again?" She said.

"Shut it!, Jasmine!" I retorted.

"Make me!" Jasmine yelled back.

"Stop it!" Our mom yelled.

It turns out that our bickering took more than 10 minutes. I hope Jasmines proud that I didn't get enough food to eat! We both had to board the bus and go to school.

At School...

As I unload my books into my locker, I couldn't help but stare at some guy that walked past me. How could he completely ignore me?

I took out my diary from my locker and wrote:

Dear diary,

Is it love? or...lust? How can I just like somebody I don't even know? I have no friends here!

~Laura~

When the bell rang, I walked to my homeroom class.

In Homeroom...

I saw that cute guy from earlier. I decided to sit exactly next to him. Sadly, a brunette beat me to it. She didn't seem nice.

"Hey, Tyler!", the brunette said flirtatiously, "Wanna go hang out sometime?"

I was upset when I heard him agree to her. I just sat down to a redhead.

"Hey, I'm Kate." Kate greeted.

"Laura." I responded.

"So you're the new girl?" She asked

"Yeah" I responded.

"Alright class!" The teacher said. "We have a new student today!" "Why don't you introduce yourself?"

"I'm Laura Jones." I said in my seat, proudly.

"Very good!" The teacher said, "Now, in this lesson, we will be learning..."

At Lunch...

"Hey Kate! I have a question" I said

"What is it?" She said

"Is Tyler uh...dating anyone?" I asked nervously

"He is." Kate said, "Clarissa Brooks." "She's so popular."

"Oh." I said, upset, "Is she in any clubs or teams?"

"Of course!" Kate exclaimed, "She's the Head Cheerleader."

"Do you know how I can get into that class?"

"Tryouts are tomorrow."

"Please sign up with me!" I begged.

"I was gonna say that!" Kate said happily.

Right after we finished hugging, Clarissa and Tyler approached us.

"Oh, look it's the loser duo; Kate and the new girl!" Clarissa insulted.

"Relax, Babe." Tyler said, pulling Clarissa into a peck on the lips.

As the lunch bell rang, Kate and I walked into our last period classroom.

"That was really bad for you...right?" Kate asked, worried.

"I guess it was...I...don't...know." I said

"Well come on now!" Kate reassured, "The day is almost over. So, then you can-"

"Date Tyler..." I interrupted,"..Err...I wasn't gonna say that..."

At Home...

I immediately ran to my bedroom and sobbed softly on my pillow. Then, I picked up my diary and wrote:

Dear diary,

The hottest guy at school has a girlfriend! :(

How can I ask him out now? Life STINKS! I despise Clarissa :(

~Laura~

After finishing up some homework, I decided to take a nap on my bed. I just didn't want to think of anything right now. I couldn't sleep because the doorbell kept ringing! I went outside to see who it was. It turns out it was Kate.

"Hey, Laura!" Kate greeted me, "You ready to go to the park?"

"I never said I wanted to go to the park." I pointed out.

"Too bad." Kate said, "Were going! Now, go get dressed!"

I went into my room and changed into a purple tube top, denim short shorts, and purple sneakers. I also held my hair back into a ponytail.

I walked back outside to meet up with Kate.

"That's the spirit!" Kate said, "Now, let's go!"

"Kay, No thanks!" I said, exhausted.

"I said, Let's GO!" Kate yelled, pulling me to the park.

When we finally got to the park, I saw Tyler and...Clarissa sitting on a bench together. I was gonna go talk to him but, that wasn't what Kate and I came here for.

"Kate!" I exclaimed, "Wanna race around the park?"

"How unbelievable!" She said, "Your crush is siting right there and you wanna race? How nice!"

We ran 3 laps around the park. On the 1st lap I saw Clarissa walk away from Tyler. I used this as an opportunity to gain his attention. On the 3rd lap, I pretended to trip over his lap. Tyler came over to my aid.

"You OK?" Tyler asked.

"Yeah." I responded.

"What's your name?"

"L-Laura."

"Tyler."

He looked into my eyes passionately. I could tell that he wanted to kiss me – well, at least I wanted to. Unfortunately, we were met by an angry Clarissa.

"Get away from my boyfriend!" Clarissa yelled at the top of her lungs.

"Can you stop that!" I retorted.

"Make me!" Clarissa yelled yet again.

Clarissa pulled Tyler into a kiss right in front of me. She spilled her coffee all over my top.

"How could you!" I cried.

I ran away from the scene with Kate. Tyler was trying to pull away from Clarissa's kiss but she wouldn't let him break away.

"Why did you take me here?" I sobbed, "I just wanna go home!"

"OK.." Kate sighed.

She started the car engine and drove me home.

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