A/N: So I finally struck gold in this one again. At least, I hope I did. Sorry it took so long to update it. I'm just a little creative machine the past few days. :P as always, I don't own anything.
September 23, 1962
Dear Diary,
It's been an exciting past several days! First of all, after the hop I was about to go home, when the producer from the Corny Collins Show stopped me and asked me what my schedule was like and what days I was available and all these weird questions about my free time and my class schedule. I told him I spent most of my day in detention and asked him why he was asking me all of these questions, and that's when he told me the best news of my life: I get to be the new cast member on the Corny Collins Show! I'm so excited I really can't contain myself! He told me that I needed to come down to the studio right away, we needed to discuss my contract and other business. I really can't believe this is all happening!
But more importantly, my head and my heart are confused. That Seaweed boy that I mentioned the other day, who showed me that really cool dance, it's called "Payton's Place After Midnight", why it's called that, I don't know. In fact, I don't really know why most of the dances are called what they are, like "the Mashed Potato", that just doesn't make much sense to me. But anyways, he showed me the dance and he told me to go out there and dance it. I wanted him to come dance with me, but he couldn't because of the stupid segregation thing. It's so ridiculous that we have to be separated by color, why can't we all just live as one big mass of people? It's so frustrating. ANYWAYS, I went and danced, and I saw Link watching me, looking at me and singing. My heart was thumping away, his eyes are probably the most attractive part of him, that and his hair. I love that curl of his. I was so confused today though, because I wanted to dance for both of them, and I want to like Link, because that's what my head is telling me, but I also want to like Seaweed, because that's what my heart is telling me. But I also noticed Penny taking some interest in Seaweed. Which make me feel a bit sad to be honest. She has the easier time with boys than I do. She's a bit skinnier than I am, which tends to help, but I'm not going to let that get in my way. The thing I like most about Seaweed is that he's just so genuine. He doesn't tend to put on a show, which Link does sometimes. And he's interested in what you're saying when you talk, and he doesn't always tend to direct the conversation towards him, which Link often tends to do I've noticed. And also, when I was dancing, Link's girlfriend Amber VonTussle (I'm rolling my eyes here) got really mad at him because I was dancing almost specifically for him, which it so appeared, but we both know otherwise that I was dancing for both Seaweed and Link. I feel a bit guilty though, because it's all thanks to Seaweed that I'm on the show now. I mean, after all, it was his dance. I should thank him when I see him in detention next, which should probably be tomorrow. I don't really understand why I get sent there so often, it's not like I'm really doing anything wrong. So I've fallen asleep a couple of times, but who can really blame me? The classes are so boring. Especially history. History is always a good place for a nap.
Well diary, I'm not so sure about you, but I know I'm exhausted. We have dance rehearsals everyday after class, and as a member of the council I get to miss 8th period, which is fine by me, because that's math, and I really despise math a lot. But we have dance rehearsals during that time, and then we go on the air and dance for a good hour. Oh it's always a long day, but I'm having a lot of fun, and all the council kids are super nice to me. But diary, I should really go to bed now, because as I mentioned, I'm very tired.
Till next time,
Tracy