The CracKing Diaries 2: Michael in the Spotlight

Disclaimer: None of the Princess Diaries is mine. It all belongs to the brilliant Meg Cabot . . . except for Lauren Hill, Cameron Smith, and anyone else who doesn't seem familiar. I also may have taken some quotes out of Friends from TOW The Morning After. All Friends stuff belongs to the guys who created it. That's all. So don't sue.

A/N: Well I've started my second installment of The CracKing Diaries. Finally. Before you continue I suggest you read The CracKing Diaries. It's the first part of the series. Anyway I'm hoping I'll be quicker about finishing it than I was last time because I now have a computer that isn't constantly freezing or in my brother's room all the time. YAY ME! Anyway I hope everyone had a happy holiday, or whatever . . . And that's it, on with the story . . .

P.S. I got the idea of this chapter when I was watching Friends TOW Ross and Rachel take a break and TOW The Morning After, so it may seem similar. I just needed Felix and Lauren to break up for an ultra long time (I know I'm evil). Tell me when you review if you want them back together.

Ch. 1 The End of Lauren-and-Felix

Homeroom, Monday, October 20

I am so BORED! I swear this is like torture I'm just so anxious (the eager one) about seeing Mia this morning in G&T.

I mean, who wouldn't be, after that phenomenal night we spent, dancing at all the slow songs, and talking at all the fast ones. Right?

I couldn't see her this morning, because I over slept and someone (coughLillycough) didn't wake me up in time for me to go in the limo. I'm blaming Lilly because, when she broke my alarm clock by throwing on the ground and stomping on it until it stopped ringing one Saturday morning at like 3:30 a.m., (I was at Felix's for some reason I can't remember) she swore she would wake me up every morning. Which she has done faithfully, every morning, that is, until today.

My parent's told me as I rushed out this morning that I got what I deserved for not buying my own alarm clock, and showing responsibility suitable for a person my age, and not forcing my younger sister who has enough problems of her own to wake me up every morning.

When I replied, "Well, she's the one who broke my alarm clock."

They answered with, "Are you sure that's what's really bothering you Michael? Do you have any other problems that you would like to discuss with us? I know that young men, very much like yourself, at this point of their life, begin to have certain . . . curiosities about the opposite se-"

"Stop shrinking me! I'm fine! I'm late to school!" I yelled as I ran out backpack in hand.

Whatever. It's not like I'm the one with problems. It's my deranged sister who has problems. I mean she broke into my room, and destroyed my alarm clock, just because she didn't feel like pressing the off button. Jesus, sometimes I wish I was an only child.

Lunch, October 20

Next period I'll see Mia.

God, I don't even know how to act around her anymore. Should I still treat like my little sister's best friend or what?

I can't even help her in Algebra next period, because of my webzine Crackhead, Damn.

Wait, what's going on? Did Felix just tell Lauren to shut up?

Oh crap, he so should not have said that. No, No, No! I better go find cover.

Still Lunch, October 20

Oh God, I can't believe that just happened. It can't have.

Let me explain, when I left off Lauren had just been told to shut up.

She got really pissed and said, (in this way that only she can do its like she sounds calm, but you can tell she's angry, but it's so scary, you can't help but do what she says) "Felix can I see you outside? NOW?"

The whole computer club table grew silent. They knew what happened when Lauren got this pissed. Unfortunately Felix didn't.

He said, "Sure." And followed Lauren out into the hall. The computer club lunch table is the closest table to the door so we could hear shouting (From both Lauren and Felix though mostly Lauren). We couldn't make out the words though.

So after about five minutes of yelling, we finally heard Felix yell something then . . . silence. Thinking Felix had won or they had made up I got up and Cameron (She's joined the computer club and forgiven me about the whole dance thing, she's also become "mates" with Lauren) and I walked into the hall.

We found Felix with his nose bleeding, knocking on the girl's bathroom door.

"Lauren? Come on. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, it just . . . happened. Lauren? Come out? Please? Come on. It's really hard to stop blood from dripping on the floor, and knock on the door at the same time. Look, it was after we had that huge fight remember? I was Lonely. Confused. I didn't know if we were ever going to be back together again. Lauren? Come on. It was a mistake! I made one little mistake! It was only one night!"

"What happened?" I asked as soon as I reached him.

"Nothing." Felix said defensively.

Lauren opened the door long enough to say "Nothing. NOTHING? So you call sleeping with your ex-girlfriend Maria, NOTHING? You Jackass! I HATE YOU!"

Felix looked uncomfortable as Cameron and I both exclaimed, "WHAT?"

"You cheated on Lauren with Maria? You said you were only going to talk. That's not talking dude." I said thoroughly disgusted with my best friend of about eight years.

"It was a mistake. I admit it. And it meant nothing." Felix said ignoring me, and going into the restroom.

Cameron and I exchanged looks and followed.

Lauren had come out of the stall and was yelling at Felix.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! AND YOU!" She glared at me, "YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS, AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MY BEST FRIEND! HOW COULD YOU?"

"WHAT? I didn't know about this, Any of it! I would never do that to you Lauren!" I snapped.

I saw some of her anger diminish, and tears form in her eyes as she hugged me and said, "I know."

Felix stood rooted to the spot looking miserable, "Lauren, I am so sorry. I-I Love You."

"What? You love me? You think, that just because you said that, it's all going to vanish? That just because you said that," she paused for a moment as she began crying, "all the hurt's going to go away?" Lauren wiped her eyes and looked at Felix who was now staring at the floor.

"I'm sorry I have to be the one that tells you this, but that's definitely not how it works."

"Umm, I think Cameron and I are just going to leave you two alone." I said slowly backing out the door.

"NO! STAY! You're not the one who needs to leave. Felix is. We're done here."

"So you forgive me?" Felix asked hopefully.

"No, we're done here." Lauren said, she had stopped sobbing, and now just had tears silently streaming down her face.

"But." Felix whispered, "We're supposed to be together, Lauren. I was stupid. Really stupid. I am so sorry. Don't think I expected this all to go away immediately, I knew it would take a while to heal, and forget. But I totally didn't think that just because of one little storm you're gonna abandon the ship. Abandon us."

Lauren looked ready to say something more, but Felix interrupted her.

"Lauren. I know we haven't even been dating that long. For like what? Almost two weeks? But, you can't tell me that it hasn't been the best fucking two weeks of our lives. That it doesn't mean anything. That it didn't feel like we had been dating since we had first met, just eight. Who would have ever thought you could meet your soul mate when you were eight? It killed me when you first went out with Josh Ritcher back in the 6th grade. I wanted to hang myself when you told me and Michael about your first kiss with Trevor Dye, back in Middle school. I mean we'd always be close. And you could tell me things that you couldn't tell Michael about. Then when we started going out, it was bliss. Utter complete heaven. Sure we had our share of fights, but we would always make up. Always. I had never felt that way with anyone. Ever. With Maria it was just a fling. One single night. With you I wanted it to last forever." As Felix said this, he started to cry. He took several deep breaths and bent down on his knees which is saying something, because it is filthy on the bathroom floor. "Please, Please Lauren?"

Lauren shook her head as she started crying again too. "No. No. No. No. Felix I can't believe you really mean all this. If you really wanted this, this relationship to last . . . you should have . . . never even gone to Maria's in the first place. You should have had faith in our relationship. Believed that we would get back together. If you had just kissed her then . . . maybe . . . it would have been better . . . I would have forgiven you in time. But to find out the way I did. With you shouting at me! I just don't think I can ever forgive you. Ever. It's over. It's over."

"What? It can't be over. It just can't."

"Then how come it is?"

Well that's it. The last part of the chapter I got from Friends so don't sue me. I just love that line. I realized about halfway through the chapter that Lauren and Felix hadn't really been dating that long, and I hadn't had Michael talk about them being a happy couple, enough for you guys to really get a sense of what a perfect couple they were. I was also trying to make you guys sympathize with Felix by the end of the chapter but I don't really think I did that well I mean what Felix did was horrible. And Michael did seem really girlish. Urggh! Whatever, I did my best. I didn't really have a lot of Mia in this chapter but you'll see her a lot more in the next chapters. Anyway bye. And HAPPY NEW YEAR!