03-24-05 Dear Diary,

Awesome Saturday! First of all we had waffles with strawberries and whipped cream for breakfast. my favorite. Then they told all us newbies that since we still weren't allowed out in the city by ourselves that we would be out with the teachers in groups doing fun stuff. Now organized fun is usually not my thing, but the options were all tempting. Miss Summers was going to the mall to go shopping and would take us along, I would have gone as shopping is one of my weaknesses if I didn't think Miss Summers would have kept an extra close eye on me. Mr. Harris was going to a Cavaliers game, which is where Demi was going, to pursue her little crush, so I wasn't. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were going to Lake Erie and I really wanted to go because I'm dying for a good swim but the last option seemed like the best. Mr. Johnson was going to Cedar Point, an amusement park that he'd not yet visited. It had the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world and a bunch of other really cool rides.

Stacey, Pilis, Kim, and two other new girls named Mai and Armelle were the newbies that were going. A lot of other slayers came because the park is so cool so Mr. Giles came along as well. On the bus ride I sat between Stacey and Fiona and Nikki, Pilis and Malaya sat in the seat in front of us. I felt so stupid in the little school bus like on Dumb and Dumberer, but those are the only kind the academy has because it's such a small school and several students are rarely going to the same place. We had so much fun on the ride there, driving Mr. Johnson and Mr. Giles crazy. I think Miss Summers told Mr. Giles to keep an eye on me because he was looking at me wearily the whole time. I never once got in trouble back in Boston, and now my first week in to school I'm considered a problem student. How cool is that?!?!

When we got to the park I saw more rides than I've ever witnessed in my life. I couldn't wait to get on the Power Tower; I love drop rides. That was the first one the six of us went on. It was so cool, what an adrenaline rush. Pilis was freaking out though, she had never been on rides like that before and she practically had a heart attack. Then we got in line for millennium force. When we were first in line and we saw the people getting out of the cars we noticed that Mr. Johnson and Mr. Giles had ridden the coaster. They had their arms wrapped around each other and were screaming their heads off at the last drop. Then when they got off Mr. Giles pushed off Mr. Johnson and straightened his collar while Mr. Johnson looked all hurt. I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants right there. After that we went on the Wicked Twister and then the Top Thrill Dragster we rode four times. Then we went to get some lunch and, well, some boys.

In the café we went to there was a group of really hot guys, five of them. They were all checking us out so we went over and started flirting with them. They were all seventeen. Yes! Older guys! Me and this guy named Josh really hit it off. Well we all ended up totally making out with them, except for Stacey who went over and flirted with the teenager behind the counter. He gave her free lunch and then took his break and they went off to hit some more rides together and I didn't see her again until the end of the day. The rest of our boys and us went on a bunch of rides and Josh was totally impressed at how easily I braved the crazy coasters. Before I went back to the bus we exchanged digits and he said he'd call my cell sometime this week. Eeeeeek! I'm so excited. We lucked out that they all lived in Cleveland. Stacey is head over heals for the guy she met, his name is Paul. Hmmm we may soon have new boyfriends. I didn't even think of Billy the whole day except for just now. Well the bus ride back was pretty quiet because we were all tired. Mr. Giles kept avoiding Mr. Johnson's gaze, which was funny.

Back at school I bumped into Spike in a hallway, literally. My brain totally stopped functioning and I just stood there looking up at him. He said some words, but I have no clue what they were. Then he started waving his hand in my face to get my attention and all I said was, "huh?" That was my brilliant response! Huh? Ahhh, I'm such an idiot sometimes! Finally he just brushed past me muttering under his breath about teenage girls and hormones. I hate it when adults think we're just giant bodies full of lusty hormones! Just because it's true in a lot of cases doesn't give them the right to say so!

Josh called me tonight at nine. I wasn't expecting him to call so soon but we talked for like two hours, which is a lot considering I was exhausted from all those rides. He is so interesting though! I guess he wants to be a professional baseball player for the Indians or a writer. I told him that I wanted to be a sports journalist and he thought it was so cool. He didn't make any sexist remarks about it at all. We talked about so much. I just wish I could tell him about being a slayer. It makes me have to tell so many lies to keep that a secret. I guess that's just a burden all of us have to face. It must have been a thousand times worse when there was only one slayer. Well anyways, I really like him and I can't wait until I get to see him again. Although considering we aren't allowed out on our own, that could be a problem. But hey I'm Miss Problem Child now so I'm sure I can figure something out. I don't know if I can wait a whole week to see him, it'll just have to be sooner.

~Abby: A Vampire Slayer~