Hiya girls! Sorry it took me some time to update but… I had a kind of writer's block. I mean I knew exactly what should happen in the chapter but I couldn't find a way to write it. At least not a way which satisfied me. But I've done it finally. Though I'm not totally and completely happy about it, I think it's good enough now to post it so that you won't die waiting for an update.
As you will notice, it's not yet the final instalment. The next update should be, though.
Thanks for all the nice people who reviewed!
Jackie, I'm so sorry that you've had to wait so long.
Annamillion, the reason Mia thought Michael liked her car is that… Mia is terribly dense! Also, I agree with you, I should have more reviews. ;) Thanks for helping me getting more by reviewing.
DISCLAIMER: Gosh, I'm so tired of that damn discalimer. But anyhow I do not owe much. I got inspired (Huh… more than inspired) to write this story because of the wonderful books of Meg Cabot.
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Gosh, we have had so much fun sending Lana's picture to the whole school via e-mail!
Actually Michael didn't even have to work much on it. It took him like five seconds to hack into Josh's account and have the picture sent from it.
I can't wait until Lana and the rest of the school find out about it!
Wouldn't it be great if we could witness some Lana-Josh interaction? Yay, I want some cat fight!
But let's see how it will all go.
I must confess I am still a bit afraid of what could happen to me if Josh found out it comes from us.
I mean he has been threatening me. Kind of!
Although I'm sure Michael is stronger than Josh, I don't want him to get involved in a fight.
I mean, even though I have been fantasising for a whole week that he would so totally reduce Josh's face to pieces.
Plus what if Josh broke Michael's nose! I mean Michael's nose is just so perfect!
Nobody would want something happening to Michael's nose!
Oh but, I'm so stupid! Why do I even bother worrying about that!
I have Lars to take care of that kind of things!
Josh isn't that silly! He wouldn't try anything, knowing there's Lars around!
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I'm in G&T now. Although the period is almost finished…
Some students have already checked their e-mails by now and there's a lot of whispering going around.
In fact there was already a lot of whispering during History! It's a bit of a re-run from last Friday.
But apparently, Lana is still totally blind to the facts! To the picture thingy, I mean.
Which I guess is good in some sort of a way. I mean despite the fact that we're all desperate to know what's gonna happen between Josh and her.
But the thing is she's still noticed that people are actually whispering about her and I can see she's going to go psycho soon. Well, at least that's what it seemed like an hour ago.
She's been checking her make-up and her hair every five minutes. To see if people were not whispering about that.
I also saw her inspecting her teeth with attention in order to get rid of any little piece of salad which might have been left there.
And she asked one of her friend if there was a stain on her skirt or something.
I know that's gonna sound completely demented but I, for once, almost wished Lana were in G&T with us.
That way I might have witnessed her reaction… And now I'm just afraid that all the action is gonna happen right now and I won't ever know…
Ok, I will know cause gossip really travels quicker than light in this school.
But I was kinda hoping I could witness the events.
Ouch!
Lilly, yes LILLY, just sent me a note.
Well, she threw that little slip of paper at my face… I was too caught up in my writing to notice it coming. And let me tell you: it really scared me to death.
I mean I was there, all calm and peaceful, writing quietly in my diary (and holding Michael's hand (with my free hand) who, Michael -not my hand!- by the way was checking my Algebra homework meanwhile) when suddenly some piece of paper violently hits my face.
I nearly jumped!
I wouldn't have known whom it was from if Michael had not exclaimed: "Damn! Lilly, stop being such a child!"
And I have to confess that, like Michael, I thought Lilly had just been throwing the slip of paper out of meanness. Although it's the kind of activity elementary school students would have. Not high school students!
But Lilly's ways have always been mysterious and… wiggy.
Anyway, after a closer look at the slip of paper, I noticed Lilly had been scribbling something inside.
So apparently she's no longer avoiding me.
No, she's trying to confront me… in a rather unpleasant way:
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING WITH MY BROTHER?
SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE LEARNT YOUR LESSON ALREADY? YOU'RE TOO YOUNG FOR SEX!
I HOPE YOU HAVE AT LEAST LEARNT WHAT THE WORD CONTRACEPTIVE MEANS!
And I definitely think avoiding was better!
And maybe she didn't throw the paper at my face because of a mean and childish game but the content of her message is still terribly mean…
I was about to write something back to her when Michael stopped me:
"Mia, don't bother answering to that! Lilly would just be too happy to keep arguing and insulting us. No, the best is to ignore her. That way you won't step down to her level… On top of which Lilly always gets mad when she's being ignored. It will serve her right!"
After two seconds of reflection, I decided Michael was right. And I just put the note aside…
Much to Lilly's dismay.
After which she started raging and throwing tons of notes (all written with capital letters, since it expresses anger best, I guess).
So much for the let's -not-give-her-the-chance-to-insult-us-more theory!
She took the opportunity anyway!
#2
SO? WON'T YOU ANSWER MY NOTE?
#3
YOU, LOSERS!
Jeez! Lilly seriously needs to chill! What's her childhood trauma anyway? Is it linked to 8 years old Michael's re-looking of her little ponies (after which most of them turned bald)?
#4
AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED RECEIVING LANA'S UGLY PICTURE (SO I CAN PRACTICE DARTS EVEN MORE). I'M NOT STUPID ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY BELIEVE JOSH SENT IT. I KNOW YOU (ESPECIALLY MICHAEL) ARE BEHIND THAT: GUYS; YOU'RE IN FOR MAJOR TROUBLES! ALTHOUGH IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO PREGNANCY!
Ouch again! The beginning was almost civil. I even thought she was trying to be nice… until I got to the last sentence.
#5
YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF YOU I WILL HAVE TO INTERVIEW LANA TONIGHT! JUST BECAUSE I HAD WANTED TO HELP YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE… BUT YOU DON'T EVEN CARE, DO YOU? SPEAK ABOUT FRENDSHIP!
Come on! That's just too unfair! If she was half as assertive and consumerism-free as she claims to be, she would have been able to pull out of it.
#6
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE I WILL WANT TO EDIT ALL THE MEAN THINGS LANA WILL SAY ABOUT YOU!
As if I was not already fully aware that they were going to stab me in the back. I'm telling you, they're gonna become friends before long. Well… secret friends as Lana wouldn't want to be seen with a nerd like Lilly at school.
#7
AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND!
Who is she kidding? She has totally lost her waters.
She's the one who deserted and betrayed me for no real reason. At least for no logical reason.
But thankfully, Lilly calmed down after that note.
I don't know if she just got tired of it or if she realised she was being completely immature and ridiculous or even if Tina forced her to stop… but I am happy she did. Stop, I mean.
Five minutes to go before the end of the period.
I'm kind of nervous knowing Grandmère's press conference is not very far away.
It's scheduled to start at exactly 5PM. And believe me, it better be! Or I kill Grandmère for letting me stress longer than necessary!
But knowing her she'll ask for extra make-up and to change her gown for the 11th time and to have Rommel put on a nice red and shiny pillow before they can start. Which might delay the beginning of the Press conference!
I don't know if it will be broadcast live. But I'm almost sure it will be all over the news tonight and tomorrow morning.
I wonder what kind of nasty comments the tabloids might come up with.
Although maybe they'll be too scared of Grandmère to even try to write something nasty.
Providing Grandmère won't come up with the nasty bits herself. Which I think she might, knowing her as I do. Sigh of despair.
Oh my God, I knew that would happen!
Why, oh but why? Couldn't she have waited five more minutes?
Well, apparently not. She just checked her e-mails. Lana, I mean.
How do I know it? Well, simply enough, because I can hear some hysterical screaming in the corridor. And I could recognise Lana's voice. I mean after all I have heard it a million times before.
Although usually it was in situations which turned out bad for me, not for her!
Hey, I so welcome the change!
Anyhow, I kind of guessed –not too difficult- that the only reason she would have been screaming was that she eventually discovered the picture.
Although there were other remote possibilities… Like, she would have broken her nail or something.
Everybody in G&T (me and Michael included! Oh and even Lilly!) grabbed their bags and books and other stuff as quickly as possible and rushed out of the room to try to see what was going on.
I mean, yeah, the period was not officially over but there were only a couple of minutes left and it's not like Mrs Hill is gonna check on us anyhow.
In fact she'll most probably not even be curious enough to leave the teachers' quarter and see what's going on.
She wouldn't even react if an elephant were walking around the school. Except maybe if it were eating her lunch.
We discovered Lana in front of Josh's locker. Unfortunately, that also means nearby my locker –which might be out of reach for some time, as I wouldn't want to approach Lana when she has that murderous light in her eyes!
She was screaming all kind of bad words and hitting Josh's locker with her bare hands. Not a good idea if you want my opinion.
Hello! There is no way she's gonna succeed to hurt the locker. Most likely, she'd just hurt herself badly!
From that moment on things went very quickly. So quickly I'm not sure I didn't miss something.
So Josh turned up all worried (and slightly disgusted with Lana's looks and attitude. I mean it's not very good for his reputation if his prospective girlfriend is seen acting like a loony in front of his locker. And as we all know the only thing Josh is really concerned about is his reputation, so…).
"What's wrong with you, babe?" he asked, embarrassed.
At that point Lana seemed to calm down. Which was somewhat of a disappointment.
She took Josh's head into her hands to apparently start… making out? Gosh, I was shocked! I mean, so she is less dumb than I thought and was able to realise it couldn't be from Josh.
I was getting all suspicious, wondering if Lilly had sent her an e-mail telling her what she had figured out herself.
But then, instead of swapping spit, Lana just pulled her hands down very violently. Scratching Josh's face with her long and super sharp nails in the process.
Oh, that was turning uglier than I thought! Maybe I should not have wished for a cat fight, in the first place.
Of course Josh, who had absolutely no idea why Lana would do something like that, started screaming and cursing as well. And yeah, and he slapped her.
Principal Gupta, who had come out of nowhere, started screaming too.
Really, who ever said that Albert Einstein High is the peaceful environment students need to succeed well in their studies?
Hello! It looks much more like we are being cast for "The Days of our Life" than anything else!
And we are in a private school! I wonder what it'd be like in a public school…
Although to be honest, I'm totally responsible for the situation. So I'd rather shut up already.
Anyway, Gupta tried to clear out what was going on and Lana started to explain Josh had sent a picture of her green hair over the net, yadda, yadda, yadda.
And of course Josh denied it (genuinely. I mean he couldn't know) and said Lana was crazy.
So Gupta decided to bring both of them to her office.
Which was a relief as I finally could go fetch my things in my locker.
However Lana turned back just before entering Gupta's office and screamed "Moscovitz!"
At which my heart skipped a beat.
Had she understood that Michael was behind all that? Was Michael going to be in trouble because of me? Why had I been so foolish? Why was life always so unfair?
And then Lana added "Don't forget about the show! I want to do it tonight!"
Oh yeah. Right! She was speaking to Lilly. Phew!
Wait! What if Lilly tells her the whole thing tonight!
Oh no! I'm doomed stressing and worrying about that now. Great! My life will ALWAYS suck.
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I'm on Ronnie's couch right now. With Michael, Ronnie, mom and Fat Louie.
So yeah, the couch is pretty crowded. I'm actually amazed it didn't collapse yet.
Michael insisted that I sit in between Ronnie and him as he didn't want to sit by Ronnie.
He thinks Ronnie is trying to hit on him.
Which I hope is not true. But if it were, I couldn't really blame Ronnie. I mean, Michael is so hot!
Things are going rather well considering that:
- Michael put his arm around my waist and keeps playing with my hair.
- He also kisses me in the neck when mom is not looking.
- Neither mom or dad have received a phone call from Gupta, which means our role in the Lana/Josh mess hasn't been discovered. Or if it has, Gupta doesn't care.
- We are eating some delicious Chinese take-away
- Michael didn't get mad at me when I told him I'll have to go to a ball with René on Wednesday.
- He agreed to my idea of us touring Europe during summer.
And most importantly:
- Grandmère behaved herself during the Press conference which we just all watched together on the cable TV.
Ok so she said I'm an over-sensitive child… but other than that nothing nasty. I mean at least about me.
She explained the situation to the press, mentioning that Lana was a mythomaniac girl in need of attention and that she had invented the whole story to get that attention.
She then added lots of not so tender details about Lana and had left her daughter behind for more than a month in order to have fun abroad.
Come on Grandmère, dad has never been a whole lot with me either! Are you gonna comment about that as well.
Although why am I complaining? She's insulting Lana and her mother after all!
Plus it might bring Lana's mom back to the States quicker. She, too, is very attached to her reputation.
Grandmère also said that she had been too hasty in bringing me to the hospital and that the only reason I had been crying was because she hadn't believed me when I said I was "innocent".
Ok so she portrayed herself in a better light than she should and she didn't tell the real reason I had been crying is that she had treated me like shit but anyway…
At least she admitted she had been wrong in something. Which certainly cost her a lot! Pride-wise, I mean.
She also added that they at first hadn't wanted to speak about the incident to the press as they had judged the rumours insignificant but considering the proportions they were taking, they'd finally decided to react.
I was right about one thing though… there on the screen everybody could see Rommel sleeping on a red and shiny pillow!
Mom was not completely pleased by the press conference, however. She said Grandmère should have tried to sound more convincing. And also that dad should have spoken as well.
But well mom is quite shaken today as she met Kenny's mother at the hairdresser today… Apparently Kenny's mom had been gossiping about what a terrible heartless tramp I am.
Mom was almost crying when she came back. Although it mostly has to do with her hormones. You know, because eof the pregnancy.
Anyway, I just hope Grandmère's intervention will help shut the stupid rumours down.
Also I hope that Tina and Lilly will come to their senses when they will see that on TV!
Oh yes! My cell-phone is ringing! It might be one of them, who knows?