Mia's POV

May 4, G & T

If I ever thought things would go perfectly in my life, I was so wrong. But then again, I hadn't met Sierra, either.

Sierra, I learned, is apparently a princess of a country that borders Genovia. This country is bigger and more powerful than Genovia. Cheri, I think it is. Pronounced Cha-ray. She is also living in Manhattan.

What's weirder, she also goes to my school. Okay but get this. She's a senior. Sierra Tremont, a senior, is in all of Michael Moscovitz's classes.

I'm going to be totally calm about this. And I was going to be until I noticed who he was sitting with at lunch. SIERRA TREMONT!

Okay, okay. So maybe Sierra is gorgeous, with brown hair that is streaked blonde (but on her, it looks really, really good). She's not five- foot-nine, and she doesn't wear size ten shoe. I don't know how tall she is or what size shoe she wears, but it is not as huge as mine.

When I asked Lilly about it, she just said, "Michael said he was working on a project with her. Are you gonna eat that?"

Don't think I despise her being here. I don't, really I don't. If anything, I am glad people are finally noticing someone else for a change instead of me. She's a royal and she just moved here, so now she's in the paper. Grandmerè doesn't like this, but Grandmerè doesn't like anything.

Whatever project they're working on, I most certainly hope it's a project full of worth and I hope it's not worth a lot of their grade because they don't look like they're working on a project. They look like they are having lots of fun, they're both laughing and Sierra's flashing the smile that she gives tabloids everywhere.

I'm going to go confront Michael. Maybe he will tell me the truth, if Lilly can't. I most certainly hope she's telling the truth, though.

May 4, Still G & T

Okay, here's what happened with the conversation. Also, further proof of why I need to self-actualize and be more assertive.

Me: Hi, Michael. Hi, Sierra. How are you two doing today?

Sierra: Fine, thanks, Mia. How are you?

Michael: Mia, we're kind of busy here.

Me: Oh, I'm sorry if I was interrupting anything. (Sits down) What are you working on?

Sierra: Michael is showing me how to make computer programs. Oh, the people in Cheri would love this!

Michael: I bet they've never seen anything like this before.

Sierra: No! I mean they're very advanced in technology, but they're all still using Windows. (Giggles)

Me: Michael, can I talk to you?

Michael: About what?

Me: In private. If you don't mind, Sierra.

Sierra: Well actually - oh, let me guess. You're the girlfriend, aren't you?

Me: So he's talked about me.

Sierra: Oh no. But the girlfriends are the only ones who come to talk to the guys about me and about their jealousy.

Me: (Getting redder) I'm not jealous!

Sierra: Sure you aren't. Your nostrils are flaring. They must flare when you lie, don't they?

Me: No, only when snobby girls annoy me.

Sierra: I'll give you five bucks to go away.

Me: You have a worth of 5 billion dollars!

Sierra: Hey, I can't give it all away, can I?

Me: Are you donating money to Green peace? Are you a vegetarian?

Sierra: Oh, of course. My grandmother passed a law recently that vegetarianism was a law in all towns of Cheri. They have to go out of the country to eat meat, but then again, no one wants to.

Michael: That's funny.

Sierra: Isn't it?

Me: How much are you donating to Green peace?

Sierra: Twenty -

Me: I'm donating two hundred a day. You're only donating twenty?

Sierra: Twenty hundred a day.

Me: Oh, my, gosh!

Michael: That's cool. Twenty hundred. If I had that much money, I don't know what I'd do. Your dad must be really rich.

Sierra: Oh, he is. But he doesn't like it - he doesn't like bragging, I mean. He says that the people, who flaunt it, like the Renaldo family, won't wind up like we will.

Michael: Yeah, those Renaldo's flaunt too much.

Me: I'm part of the Renaldo family!

Sierra: Oh, are you? I haven't noticed.

Michael: Sorry, Mia. (Shrugs)

Sierra: Can you excuse us? We're really busy.

I HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE SIERRA TREMONT!

May 4, G & T Again

Lilly says I'm just jealous that Sierra is more developed than I am. Well, it's true, she is. She doesn't have triangular hair, she isn't totally flat - she wears a C cup - and she is a good friend of Coco Chanel. She's too young to wear black but she still does and looks good in it, too.

Guess what else. She got into the college Michael's going to! It's so unfair! And why is she spending all her time with him? Is it because she thinks he likes her? Well, he doesn't, he's in love with me!

Or, well, he was.

Lilly says, honestly, he does have her at their house a lot. "But she's nice," Lilly said. "She really, really is. Maybe you didn't talk to her right."

Talk to her right? How can you talk to someone right? I hate Sierra Tremont, no matter what Lilly says. Why is she invading on my boyfriend? Why must she torture me like this?

May 4, French

I'm refusing to write in French, even though this is French class. I hate, absolutely hate Sierra Tremont! Turns out she's doing Peer Assistance and Leadership (PALs) for extra credit, therefore she comes into the classes that aren't as intelligent as we should be and help us out. She did this for thirty minutes in French until Mademoiselle Klein said, "Votre aide ne sera plus nécessaire, Mademoiselle Tremont. Merci de votre aide. Vous pouvez être écartés pour classer maintenant. This means Your assistance will no longer be needed, Ms. Tremont. Thank you for your help. You may be dismissed to class now.

Which makes me mad. Even Mademoiselle Klein, who I thought had enough intelligence to ignore Sierra's kiss-up ways, has fallen for Mademoiselle Tremont.

I tried to tell Tina who she was during fifth and sixth period break, but I couldn't find her.

Tina, did you see her ? - MT

Yeah, I did. She's pretty. - THB

She's pretty but her personality is ugly.

No, it's not. She's nice. You're jealous because she has bigger breasts than you do.

I'm ignoring your last comment, and she's spending too much time with Michael !

I thought Lilly said they were working on a project.

They -

May 4, World Civ

Okay, so I admit it. I got in trouble with Mademoiselle Klein for writing in my journal and now I have to write a stupid FIVE HUNDRED WORD ESSAY ON WHY TO PAY ATTENTION DURING FRENCH CLASS AND NOT WRITE IN MY JOURNAL !

I have too much stuff do to.

HOMEWORK

Algebra: none, Mr. Gianini was nice to us

English: Read pgs. 1-100

Bio: Read chapter 14

Health and Safety: Chapter 2

G & T: make sure Sierra Tremont knows Michael is my boyfriend

French: Écrivez l'essai de 500-mots dessus pourquoi il est important de prêter l'attention pendant la classe française et de ne pas écrire en mon journal

World Civ: Chapter 14