A/N: I wasn't going to post this yet, but the characters took over my mind
and forced me to type it out and upload it. Please, be kind. I don't
usually write this style, but after I wrote up my character descriptions, I
realized that I would need to alter my fanfic writing style just a little
bit and make it sound more like something out of my diary. (Don't ask.)
But anyway, on with the story!
Disclaimer: Alexis/Hope is MINE. Nobody else in there is mine. Oh wait, Tyler and Maddie are mine too. But that's it. I think. Wait...I don't know how to think. GREAT, NOW THE WRITER'S CONFUSED...
'Why doest his always happen to me? Why? WHY?? I always end up falling for two guys at the same time. Always. It's pretty much a given. Introduce me to two guys and by the end of the week, I'm head over heels for both of them. And to make it worse, I'm one of those people who wear their hearts on their sleeves, so I might as well have a sign above my head that reads 'HOPE MATTHEWS LIKES HARRY POTTER AND DRACO MALFOY.' Yeah. Both of them.
'How, you ask? Well, dear diary, if you'd just flip back a few damn pages to the last time I wrote in here, you'd know.
'I don't mean to snap at you. It's just that I'm frustrated. I need to vent. I think I'll go lock myself in Myrtle's bathroom and scream. Loudly.'
Sixteen-year-old Alexis Hope Matthews slammed her diary shut viciously, smiling grimly at the loud 'click' that the closing lock made. She then stood up and proceeded to follow through with her plan.
"Myrtle, I need to let off some steam," she said as she entered the bathroom.
Myrtle appeared, floating above her stall. "Again?" she whined, a look of annoyance flitting across her face. "But you just let off steam this morning!"
"Yeah, yeah," Alexis muttered. To Myrtle, she said, "Well, I need to scream again, so if you'll excuse me, I'd like to be alone."
"Oh, all right," Myrtle grumbled. "Can I come back to see you get yelled at?"
"Whatever the hell your transparent little heart desires," Alexis replied in a sickly sweet yet sarcastic tone.
Myrtle responded by sticking out her tongue and disappearing through the door.
"Well, here goes," Alexis said, taking a deep breath. She then let out a long, high-pitched shriek. Several minutes later, Myrtle reappeared.
"Boy, are you gonna get it," Myrtle said triumphantly. "Snape heard, McGonagall heard, and Lupin heard. They're all coming."
Sure enough, McGonagall, Snape, and Lupin all came bursting into the bathroom a few seconds later.
"I should've known," Lupin sighed upon seeing Alexis.
"Alexis Matthews!! Explain yourself!" McGonagall ordered, looking sternly through her square-shaped spectacles.
"Don't call me Alexis!" Alexis said crossly, glaring at them. "It's Hope!"
"Hope, then. What is going on?" McGonagall asked, looking even more stern. Snape remained silent.
Alexis (or Hope, as we must now call her or die), shrugged. "I felt like screaming."
"Detention!" Snape said icily. "That's the fifth time this week!"
"Really, Severus," Lupin objected. "I believe it's only the fourth."
"No, you're both wrong," Hope put in. "This is the thirteenth time this week, but only the fifth time you've caught me."
McGonagall sighed. "I'm afraid Severus is right. Detention."
It was Hope's turn to sigh. That was how this whole thing started, wasn't it? With a detention. No, actually, it wasn't. It had started all because of that stupid foreign exchange student thing. If she hadn't come to Europe and that Parvati Patil or whatever her name was hadn't gone back to the States, none of this would've happened. She'd still be back with Tyler (her former crush) and Maddie, her best friend.
Well, I'm here now, and for the rest of this year and next year, she reminded herself. Better get used to it.
Disclaimer: Alexis/Hope is MINE. Nobody else in there is mine. Oh wait, Tyler and Maddie are mine too. But that's it. I think. Wait...I don't know how to think. GREAT, NOW THE WRITER'S CONFUSED...
'Why doest his always happen to me? Why? WHY?? I always end up falling for two guys at the same time. Always. It's pretty much a given. Introduce me to two guys and by the end of the week, I'm head over heels for both of them. And to make it worse, I'm one of those people who wear their hearts on their sleeves, so I might as well have a sign above my head that reads 'HOPE MATTHEWS LIKES HARRY POTTER AND DRACO MALFOY.' Yeah. Both of them.
'How, you ask? Well, dear diary, if you'd just flip back a few damn pages to the last time I wrote in here, you'd know.
'I don't mean to snap at you. It's just that I'm frustrated. I need to vent. I think I'll go lock myself in Myrtle's bathroom and scream. Loudly.'
Sixteen-year-old Alexis Hope Matthews slammed her diary shut viciously, smiling grimly at the loud 'click' that the closing lock made. She then stood up and proceeded to follow through with her plan.
"Myrtle, I need to let off some steam," she said as she entered the bathroom.
Myrtle appeared, floating above her stall. "Again?" she whined, a look of annoyance flitting across her face. "But you just let off steam this morning!"
"Yeah, yeah," Alexis muttered. To Myrtle, she said, "Well, I need to scream again, so if you'll excuse me, I'd like to be alone."
"Oh, all right," Myrtle grumbled. "Can I come back to see you get yelled at?"
"Whatever the hell your transparent little heart desires," Alexis replied in a sickly sweet yet sarcastic tone.
Myrtle responded by sticking out her tongue and disappearing through the door.
"Well, here goes," Alexis said, taking a deep breath. She then let out a long, high-pitched shriek. Several minutes later, Myrtle reappeared.
"Boy, are you gonna get it," Myrtle said triumphantly. "Snape heard, McGonagall heard, and Lupin heard. They're all coming."
Sure enough, McGonagall, Snape, and Lupin all came bursting into the bathroom a few seconds later.
"I should've known," Lupin sighed upon seeing Alexis.
"Alexis Matthews!! Explain yourself!" McGonagall ordered, looking sternly through her square-shaped spectacles.
"Don't call me Alexis!" Alexis said crossly, glaring at them. "It's Hope!"
"Hope, then. What is going on?" McGonagall asked, looking even more stern. Snape remained silent.
Alexis (or Hope, as we must now call her or die), shrugged. "I felt like screaming."
"Detention!" Snape said icily. "That's the fifth time this week!"
"Really, Severus," Lupin objected. "I believe it's only the fourth."
"No, you're both wrong," Hope put in. "This is the thirteenth time this week, but only the fifth time you've caught me."
McGonagall sighed. "I'm afraid Severus is right. Detention."
It was Hope's turn to sigh. That was how this whole thing started, wasn't it? With a detention. No, actually, it wasn't. It had started all because of that stupid foreign exchange student thing. If she hadn't come to Europe and that Parvati Patil or whatever her name was hadn't gone back to the States, none of this would've happened. She'd still be back with Tyler (her former crush) and Maddie, her best friend.
Well, I'm here now, and for the rest of this year and next year, she reminded herself. Better get used to it.