A/N: Sorry I've been taking so long!!! This time it wasn't my computer's
fault, it was mine. I've been REALLY busy lately…badminton practice just
started (yes, badminton is a varsity sport at my school) and I've had a ton
of homework lately. But I'll try to write a lot on this story this weekend,
maybe even finish it…GASP! Although I'm not quite sure yet how I'm going to
end it…anyway, to answer a question…no, I did not make up Kenny. He's in
the second book. Mia gets a bunch of emails from someone named Jo-C-Rox or
something like that, and she thinks it's Michael, but it turns out to be
her lab partner Kenny, and at the end of the book, she starts going out
with him. Okay, now that that's over with…here's the next chapter!!!!!
PS okay, I just wanted to say that I use the movie "An Affair to Remember" in this chapter, but I'm not sure if that's the title of the movie that I'm thinking of. The movie that I'm thinking of is when this guy and girl meet on a cruise and fall in love, and they make arrangements to dump their lovers and meet on the top of a building, but on the way there, one of them gets injured (the girl, I think) and so on and so on. If anybody knows if that really IS an Affair to Remember, please let me know! Thanx!
Disclaimer: Here's a special treat…today I'll do the disclaimer like Charlie Brown's teacher…Waah waah waah waah waah waah….ROTFL!!! okay, sorry.
November 18, Home from Lilly's House
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
I've thought I've been shocked before…when Mom and G started dating, or when I found out she was pregnant. But that was nothing compared to this.
Let me start from the beginning…
I went over to Lilly's place around 8, when I was sure that I wouldn't catch Michael leaving as I came in. We went in, and just talked and stuff, and started watching some TV and eating crap food and all that good stuff. We didn't really talk about anything in particular, but we never really stopped talking…you know what I mean? Anyway, that is SO not the point…at about 11:30, we were watching An Affair to Remember, and I was crying…of course. I swear, I cry at every single movie! Unless it's a comedy…AHH! I really have to stop getting off topic! Okay, we were watching the movie, and Michael came in.
"Hey," he said, but Lilly and I immediately shushed him. He took off his tie and sat next to me on the couch, reaching over and taking a handful from the bag of chips that was sitting in my lap. Then, I noticed him looking at me, seeing my crying, so I tried to quickly wipe all the tears off my cheeks. The only problem was that I was crying so uncontrollably that after one brush of my hand it was completely soaked. I swear, I couldn't get myself to stop! He turns away for a second, and when he turns back, he gives me a tissue.
"Thank you," I whisper, feeling more than a little embarrassed as I used that to wipe my face. About ten minutes later, the movie ended and Lilly got up and turned on the lights.
"So…how was the dance?" I asked Michael. He shrugged.
"It was okay…do you always cry like that during movies?" he asked. I could literally feel my cheeks turn red.
"Well, I, uh…"
"Yeah, isn't it sappy?" Lilly said loudly. Michael shrugged, not even looking at Lilly, just at me.
"I don't know. I think it's kind of…sweet," he said. Lilly started going off on some tangent about how I was just a sentimental something-or- other…I don't know, I wasn't really listening. I was just kinda looking at Michael, who was looking at me.
"Hello? Are either of you even listening to me?" Lilly yelled, tearing our eyes away. Michael cleared his throat and then stood up.
"Well, I'm going to bed. I'll see you tomorrow," he said, taking off his sport coat as he walked over to his bedroom.
"Night," I said.
"Yeah, night," Lilly said. She watched him go, and once his door closed, she narrowed her eyes at me.
"Okay, I'm getting sick of this, Mia. Admit it," she ordered. My heart rate automatically sped up.
"Admit what?" She groaned and rolled her eyes.
"You are head over heels for my brother," she said.
I stopped breathing at the moment.
I was sure that she was about to storm over to me and kick my scrawny ass.
"I…you…bu…" I stuttered, unable to form actual words.
"I'll take that as a yes," she said. Suddenly, I realized that Michael was only a few rooms away.
"Shh, he might hear you," I hissed. She flopped down on the couch and flung an arm over her face dramatically.
"This is so not happening to me," she said. I bit my lip.
"Okay, okay, Lilly, I admit it. I do like Michael. I have for a really long time now." She groaned again. "But it doesn't matter, because I'm never going to act on it, because he doesn't like me. It's just a stupid crush, and it's only a matter of time before I get over it," I explained. She sat up.
"Well, now I have something to tell you," she said. My breath caught.
"What?"
"Michael likes you too."
Okay, I don't even know what to write here to express the emotions running through me at that moment.
I think this does some explaining…
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, that works pretty well.
"I figured it out awhile ago and I confronted him about it," Lilly barged on once she realized I was incapable of speech. "He admitted it, and then I freaked out. I told him that it was too weird, that it would be like my brother dating my sister, so I told him to stay away from you and just…stop liking you," she explained. Immediately, I was convinced she was lying to me.
"No, you're lying. Lilly, this isn't a nice thing to do to me," I said, feeling a little disappointed that he didn't really like me.
"No, I'm not lying! Why would I make something like this up? Just to torture myself?" she said, shaking her head. It hit me like a ton of bricks.
"And you told him to stay away from me?" I asked, getting a little angry at her.
"Well…yeah." Suddenly, it dawned on me.
That's what I'd overheard. Michael didn't like Shameeka, like I'd thought. He liked ME.
ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suddenly I was incredibly angry at Lilly for ruining this chance for me. How dare she do that? Michael and I could have an incredible relationship but she was ruining it just because she thought it would be weird for HER???
"I can't believe you did that, Lilly!" I said.
"Hey, I'm not the one putting the moves on your brother!"
"I don't HAVE a brother!"
"That's beside the point!"
"Look, Lilly, I'm sorry. That was the reason I didn't want to tell you, because I knew it would make you uncomfortable. But I can't believe you FORBADE Michael from liking me!" I yelled.
"Well, I'm sorry I did that!" she yelled back. We both stood there for a moment, angry as hell.
"So we're both sorry!" I yelled.
"So I guess we can just forgive each other!" she yelled back. We looked at each other, then just busted up laughing, falling to the floor in conniptions.
"Seriously, Lilly, I really am sorry that I have feelings for your brother," I said once our laughing had eased up a little.
"I'm sorry that I've ruined your chances with Michael," she said. After that, we hugged and then went to sleep.
Can you believe that?
Well, at least I have some closure now. I know that Michael did like me at one point, but he doesn't anymore. And I'm okay with that.
I guess.
Michael Moscovitz-Online Diary
November 18
I am going to kill my sister.
I seriously am.
I've joked about it before, but now I'm dead serious.
I overheard her fighting with Mia last night after I went into my bedroom, so I listened at the door.
She told Mia that I liked her.
AARRGHH, how could she do that?
But it's not like I could go out there and stop her. Mia knows now, and I never want to show my face at school ever again.
PS okay, I just wanted to say that I use the movie "An Affair to Remember" in this chapter, but I'm not sure if that's the title of the movie that I'm thinking of. The movie that I'm thinking of is when this guy and girl meet on a cruise and fall in love, and they make arrangements to dump their lovers and meet on the top of a building, but on the way there, one of them gets injured (the girl, I think) and so on and so on. If anybody knows if that really IS an Affair to Remember, please let me know! Thanx!
Disclaimer: Here's a special treat…today I'll do the disclaimer like Charlie Brown's teacher…Waah waah waah waah waah waah….ROTFL!!! okay, sorry.
November 18, Home from Lilly's House
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
I've thought I've been shocked before…when Mom and G started dating, or when I found out she was pregnant. But that was nothing compared to this.
Let me start from the beginning…
I went over to Lilly's place around 8, when I was sure that I wouldn't catch Michael leaving as I came in. We went in, and just talked and stuff, and started watching some TV and eating crap food and all that good stuff. We didn't really talk about anything in particular, but we never really stopped talking…you know what I mean? Anyway, that is SO not the point…at about 11:30, we were watching An Affair to Remember, and I was crying…of course. I swear, I cry at every single movie! Unless it's a comedy…AHH! I really have to stop getting off topic! Okay, we were watching the movie, and Michael came in.
"Hey," he said, but Lilly and I immediately shushed him. He took off his tie and sat next to me on the couch, reaching over and taking a handful from the bag of chips that was sitting in my lap. Then, I noticed him looking at me, seeing my crying, so I tried to quickly wipe all the tears off my cheeks. The only problem was that I was crying so uncontrollably that after one brush of my hand it was completely soaked. I swear, I couldn't get myself to stop! He turns away for a second, and when he turns back, he gives me a tissue.
"Thank you," I whisper, feeling more than a little embarrassed as I used that to wipe my face. About ten minutes later, the movie ended and Lilly got up and turned on the lights.
"So…how was the dance?" I asked Michael. He shrugged.
"It was okay…do you always cry like that during movies?" he asked. I could literally feel my cheeks turn red.
"Well, I, uh…"
"Yeah, isn't it sappy?" Lilly said loudly. Michael shrugged, not even looking at Lilly, just at me.
"I don't know. I think it's kind of…sweet," he said. Lilly started going off on some tangent about how I was just a sentimental something-or- other…I don't know, I wasn't really listening. I was just kinda looking at Michael, who was looking at me.
"Hello? Are either of you even listening to me?" Lilly yelled, tearing our eyes away. Michael cleared his throat and then stood up.
"Well, I'm going to bed. I'll see you tomorrow," he said, taking off his sport coat as he walked over to his bedroom.
"Night," I said.
"Yeah, night," Lilly said. She watched him go, and once his door closed, she narrowed her eyes at me.
"Okay, I'm getting sick of this, Mia. Admit it," she ordered. My heart rate automatically sped up.
"Admit what?" She groaned and rolled her eyes.
"You are head over heels for my brother," she said.
I stopped breathing at the moment.
I was sure that she was about to storm over to me and kick my scrawny ass.
"I…you…bu…" I stuttered, unable to form actual words.
"I'll take that as a yes," she said. Suddenly, I realized that Michael was only a few rooms away.
"Shh, he might hear you," I hissed. She flopped down on the couch and flung an arm over her face dramatically.
"This is so not happening to me," she said. I bit my lip.
"Okay, okay, Lilly, I admit it. I do like Michael. I have for a really long time now." She groaned again. "But it doesn't matter, because I'm never going to act on it, because he doesn't like me. It's just a stupid crush, and it's only a matter of time before I get over it," I explained. She sat up.
"Well, now I have something to tell you," she said. My breath caught.
"What?"
"Michael likes you too."
Okay, I don't even know what to write here to express the emotions running through me at that moment.
I think this does some explaining…
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, that works pretty well.
"I figured it out awhile ago and I confronted him about it," Lilly barged on once she realized I was incapable of speech. "He admitted it, and then I freaked out. I told him that it was too weird, that it would be like my brother dating my sister, so I told him to stay away from you and just…stop liking you," she explained. Immediately, I was convinced she was lying to me.
"No, you're lying. Lilly, this isn't a nice thing to do to me," I said, feeling a little disappointed that he didn't really like me.
"No, I'm not lying! Why would I make something like this up? Just to torture myself?" she said, shaking her head. It hit me like a ton of bricks.
"And you told him to stay away from me?" I asked, getting a little angry at her.
"Well…yeah." Suddenly, it dawned on me.
That's what I'd overheard. Michael didn't like Shameeka, like I'd thought. He liked ME.
ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suddenly I was incredibly angry at Lilly for ruining this chance for me. How dare she do that? Michael and I could have an incredible relationship but she was ruining it just because she thought it would be weird for HER???
"I can't believe you did that, Lilly!" I said.
"Hey, I'm not the one putting the moves on your brother!"
"I don't HAVE a brother!"
"That's beside the point!"
"Look, Lilly, I'm sorry. That was the reason I didn't want to tell you, because I knew it would make you uncomfortable. But I can't believe you FORBADE Michael from liking me!" I yelled.
"Well, I'm sorry I did that!" she yelled back. We both stood there for a moment, angry as hell.
"So we're both sorry!" I yelled.
"So I guess we can just forgive each other!" she yelled back. We looked at each other, then just busted up laughing, falling to the floor in conniptions.
"Seriously, Lilly, I really am sorry that I have feelings for your brother," I said once our laughing had eased up a little.
"I'm sorry that I've ruined your chances with Michael," she said. After that, we hugged and then went to sleep.
Can you believe that?
Well, at least I have some closure now. I know that Michael did like me at one point, but he doesn't anymore. And I'm okay with that.
I guess.
Michael Moscovitz-Online Diary
November 18
I am going to kill my sister.
I seriously am.
I've joked about it before, but now I'm dead serious.
I overheard her fighting with Mia last night after I went into my bedroom, so I listened at the door.
She told Mia that I liked her.
AARRGHH, how could she do that?
But it's not like I could go out there and stop her. Mia knows now, and I never want to show my face at school ever again.