Disclaimer: I do not own any recognizable character names, places (and so on). I do not own Holes, not the movie nor the actors just a very old copy of the book!

March 16, 2001

Holy Macaroni Batman!

I can't believe three years have passed since I've started here at John Andrews. So far it has been everything I imagined and more. I love all my art classes but lately I have been excelling in photography and drawing. I think my most difficult class is Alternative Mediums; man some people use the weirdest things to create art, and I'll have to figure out my own alternative medium as part of my senior portfolio…ugh!

Speaking of senior project, our teacher in charge of the art program informed us that we would be expected to work on our portfolios during the summer. Then throughout our senior year each of us will get to present our work in our own gallery showing! How exciting is that! We even get to charge admission and send the proceeds to a charity of our choice (though the one I want to use is the Haley Richards fund but alas Mr. Doyle forbade it).

Of course I haven't told you what my topic is yet… half our class received "The Glamorous Aspects of Society" was I one the lucky ones to do such a project? No! Of course not! While Briana and her slunkies are off visiting exotic places and starlets I will be stuck…. Well I don't know yet… but whatever it is it will have to do with the "Unglamorous Aspects of Society". Pauly got his topic too and he decided to help out at a homeless shelter psssh way to be original. I only wish I thought of it first! Sigh.

Your lowly sidekick,

Robin

xoxoxo

Haley entered her home with a frustrated groan as she tossed her bag off to the side and collapsed on the couch. This had to be one of the longest days ever, she finally got her senior project create a portfolio based on something that society turns a blind eye too. At first she was excited about it, who wouldn't want to create art that would change the world, but as she listened to the other kids in her class ideas started disappearing left and right. Some even right off the list of suggestions, even though everyone knows that the most respected art works are not assigned but discovered, at least according to Mr. Collins.

Then on top of that Briana and her whiny slunkies had to bombard her at her locker, "so Haley do you need help figuring out what your senior project is going to be on? May I suggest the city dump; you know where you get those clothes?"

Haley had snorted at the thought of it, had Briana seriously thought that was going to insult her? So in response she had shut her locker with a loud enough bang to make Briana jump and gave her a smile and sweetly said, "Thanks for your concern Briana but I already decided on what I'm going to do" and took off for the school exit.

Now she was stuck at home trying to figure out what her topic was going to be… by Monday. It was going to be a long weekend. Haley sighed and buried herself deeper into the couch as she heard her dad, Jonathan; enter the house with his usual greeting, "Hey Pumpkin! How was school?"

Haley groaned and buried her face into the couch pillow, "horrible" her voice muffled out.

Her dad frowned with concern as he quickly sat down his things and moved towards her, "Why? What happened?" he asked comfortingly.

"We got our senior projects I have to decide on an unglamorous aspect of society, something that high class society looks down on, by Monday!"

"Well, what about the City Dump?"

Haley threw him a disgusted glare and then sighed, "Besides the fact that Briana Kingston suggested it to me? Marcia claimed it already."

"Homeless shelter?"

"Pauly"

"Fast food restaurants?"

"Uh… Dad! This is art work not undercover health food critics! Plus I want it to be something shocking, something that speaks out, something original and… I've got nothin'."

He chuckled a bit before frowning in thought "I think I know someone who can help" he said softly.

She glanced at him curiously as he moved off the couch with a deep sigh and walked slowly over to his phone book. He jotted down a number before sitting back down beside her and handed her the paper.

Haley frowned as she glanced at it, "Aunt Lou? How could she help me?"

"She's the warden of a detention camp a few hours away from here. If anyone can provide you with the kind of material you're looking for it's her. Though, knowing Lou she'll only agree if she's going to get something out of it."

Haley stared at the number and chewed her lip in thought. Aunt Lou was her mother's older sister and despite the fact Haley's mother had taken off years ago she still received a birthday card every year from this mysterious Aunt Lou. But that didn't settle the uneasy feeling she had as she stared blankly at the number.

Jonathan wrapped his arm around his daughter's shoulder and pulled her into a hug, "sweetheart, think of it this way not only will you be able to get the shocking material you want, you'll be able to meet your mother's side of the family, maybe even learn about who she was as a child. It may also answer some of your questions about her and you'll only be hours away so if you need to, you can always come home."

She nodded her head, "I'll think about it" she promised as she continued to stare at the paper in her hand. Her dad smiled and kissed the side of her head, "good. Now how does pizza sound for dinner?"

Haley grinned and pushed herself off the couch, "perfect, it'll give me time to go for a run while we're waiting for it"

Her dad chuckled and watched her as she hurried up the stairs and to her room; he knew he had done the right thing. There were questions she had that only Louise may be able to answer, he sighed once again before he arose from the couch to get the pizza delivery number off the refrigerator door. Comfort food, that's what they needed, yeah pizza sounded good.

AN: Just to make sure no one is confused, Haley doesn't like to write Dear Diary, she finds that to be so unoriginal so she labels every entery to any random character depending on her mood. Don't fret there will be actual scenes and chapters but I find these Diary enteries to be really fun tansitions.