Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, except Taryn. The rest of the character belong to Meg Cabot, etc.

Mia Thermopolis-PRIVATE DIARY!!!!!!!!!!!

November 14

My mom's getting really big. I mean it. She's got this bump. I guess it's kinda cute. And it is cute the way her and Mr. Gianini act around each other. I've never seen my mom act like that before-act like she's in love. It's very cute. Sometimes Mr. Gianini will come home and give her flowers for no reason. Or when Mom is talking about how she feels so fat, Mr. Gianini will tell her she's beautiful. Just little stuff like that. Of course, it still grosses me out that my mom is dating my algebra teacher, but I guess I can live with it. Anyway, the disappointing thing is that the principal found out, and she switched my class! So now I'm with some old chick, Ms. Adams, who SERIOUSLY needs a Tic Tac. She's also not as good as a teacher as Mr. Gianini was. I guess I didn't realize how lucky I was that he was my teacher until he wasn't my teacher anymore. But it's okay. Because everyday in class, I take the notes and listen, even though I don't get it, and then at night, after dinner, Mr. Gianini spends about half an hour with me, explaining more thoroughly what Ms. Adams was trying to explain. Then I sort of get it. Well, I get it more than I did with Ms. Adams.

I suppose since Mr. Gianini and my mom are married now, and he's not my teacher anymore, I could start calling him something else. He told me once that all of his friends call him G. I could do that. Ha, that's kinda funny. G. Maybe I will call him that. That's good. Because it's not Dad, which I do not want to call him, Stepdad is too long, and I don't want to call him by his first name, because he WAS my teacher at one point, and it would still be kind of weird. So I'll call him G. Yeah. I like that.

Hey, look at that. I got through one entire journal entry without mentioning you-know-who. Well, it's a small one, but still. It is an entire entry. I'm rather proud of myself.

Except that I just mentioned him. Crap.

Michael Moscovitz-Online Diary

November 14

Okay, this is getting out of control. Taryn is acting like we're boyfriend and girlfriend, just because I kissed her on the cheek. Today, I was standing in the hall outside of calc, talking with Gretchen, a girl from my government class. We're just friends, and we were just talking about gov, our projects, our teacher, etc. And then Taryn comes stomping down the hall, grabs my arms and says "What do you think you're doing, Michael Moscovitz?" I just kinda stood there, at a loss for words.

"Ummm…talking to Gretchen?" I said, wondering why she had used my full name. Her face turned bright red and got all twisted up.

"How could you do this to me?" she hissed. Before I could ask her what I was doing wrong, she ran down the hall into the ladies room. I looked over at Gretchen blankly.

"Uhhh…do you know what just happened?" I asked her. "Cause I sure as hell don't." She bit her lip.

"Are you going out with her?" she asked. I shrugged.

"Well, we're going to the dance together, but I thought we were just going as friends," I explained. Gretchen nodded.

"Yeah. Taryn can be very possessive. It's one bad trait that people usually don't see. I'll go talk to her. I'll just tell her that we were just talking about class and there's nothing going on between you and me," she said before going down the hall to the bathroom. I just nodded and then went into my classroom, still pretty shocked.

So…Taryn the magnificent has a bad trait. Thank God. I was starting to wonder when I would find one. Although, this one is pretty big. I mean, she got this possessive, and we're just going as friends. Imagine what she would be like if we were actually going out! I would never be able to do anything! She would probably get mad at me for talking with Lilly!

Gross.

Forget I said that.

Anyway, she would probably get mad at me for talking to all of my friends who are girls-Gretchen, Blaire, Nikia…

Mia.

I don't think I could not even be friends with her, just for the sake of a girl that I don't even like that much.

God, listen to me! I sound like a girl! Taryn and I are NOT going out, and I will never ask her out, and if she asks me, I'll say no. It will never be escalated to that level.

End of story.