STRANDED!

This one time, at band camp, I didn't own anything except what you don't recognize. Guess what. I still don't!

Mia pov

"Oh, my God!" Tina was coming up the hallway toward where Michael, Lilly, Grandmere, Lars and I were already waiting. Wahim followed closely behind her, carrying yet another of Tina's bags. Tina's parents had insisted that, even though Lars would be with us, Tina needed her own bodyguard.

"Sorry I am late, you guys.I am soo excited!" I should have accepted that limo ride you offered, Mia."

"That's okay, Tina." I said. Grandmere gave me the evil eye for daring to invite a friend who was fifteen minutes late on my summer vacation to Genovia. I looked away, not really wanting to get into that. Lars wanted to get going, so we boarded my private jet and took off.

Mia's Diary

Oh, god. I am sitting next to Michael. That is both really good and really bad. Yeah, you see I have loved Michael for like forever, and I can't let him know because I am his little sister's best friend. And I will never be anything else. sighs I really am pathetic. The only thing I want right now is to lean over and kiss Michael. Woah, did I just write that? Well, I guess it is true, and you are the only one who knows of my true feelings, diary. Except Tina, who totally guessed, but she said she could keep it a secret. God, I hope so. That would be soo embarrassing. And if Lilly found out, I could only imagine how much she would freak. Michael smells really good. He smells like soap, like he always does, but it never gets old. God, I am really pathetic I love him so much. I am going to stop writing until I can write about something else.

Mia's Diary-forty-five minutes later

The ride has gotten really bumpy. Lars said we were going through a storm. Oh, no. He just popped back out of the pilot's cabin to tell us to buckle up. We are going to attempt to land on a desert island!

Michael's computer journal-

Ahh, I am in heaven. Sitting next to Mia. Well, kind of more like heaven and hell at the same time. Mia's bent over writing in her diary, making sure I don't read it, so I don't have to worry about her reading what I am typing right now. You see, I have loved Mia for years, but I am her best friends older brother, and even walking around with my shirt off when she spends the night at our house (Yes, I know I am pathetic) has not changed her mind. Oh well. Mia just looked up from her diary. I wasn't paying attention. I just caught the end. Lars was saying that we were going to land on a desert island. Joy. It looks like I will have a more interesting summer vacation than I thought. It's a good thing I decided to bring you. Then I won't forget anything. I have a feeling I won't want to...

-SAVE. EXIT PROGRAM-

Mia's diary

We have been on this island for what seems like hours. Michael looked at his computer and said we have really only been here a little over twenty minutes. Well, maybe we can find something to make the time go by faster. At least it isn't unbearably hot out here. Tina just suggested we play truth or dare. Oooh, she better not do anything to let Michael know that I like him. I would kill her. That being if I don't die of embarrassment first. A few minutes ago, Grandmere decided to walk around the island, commanding Lars to come with her. She said she wanted to see if there was anything worth seeing on this terrible island, but it was probably since she was dying to get away from my "vulgar" friends and the "ridiculously immature games not fit for a princess to play." Oh, too bad. I am really going to miss her. Not!

Mia's POV

"Truth or Dare...Lilly." Tina said.

"Dare." Typical. Lilly is not scared of anything.

"Okay, I dare you to go eat that plant over there that Michael said earlier was edible."

Lilly gave Tina a look, like "that's all?" and went over to complete the dare without a word. She came back over to the kind of circle we had situated ourselves in and sat down.

"Mia, truth or dare?"

I debated. "Truth" I said. That was kind of risky because I couldn't lie, since they all knew about my nostrils. I wouldn't lie anyway. Wait, except if they asked if I liked anybody. I couldn't answer that since the love of my life was sitting right across from me, looking kind of bored, since he hadn't wanted to play. Tina had talked him into it. I seriously hope that she doesn't ask anything like that. I would die. God, why did I pick truth? They might ask like how far I had gone with Kenny.. Oh, crap, Kenny. If they ask who I like I will have to say Kenny, since he is kinda my boyfriend. It really is bad of me, but I am really glad he didn't come. I really hadn't wanted to invite him in the first place, but he is my boyfriend. That's not to say that I didn't jump for joy when he told me he had a couple anime conventions coming up that he absolutely couldn't miss. I noticed that everyone was staring at me like they were waiting for me to come back.

"Earth to Mia." Lilly said

"Anyone home, Thermopolis?" That was Michael. God, he is so cute when he is teasing. Oh, who am I kidding? He always looks cute.

"What were you thinking about, Mia? Kenny? asked Tina, with a glint in her eye, and a small dart of her eyes toward Michael.

"Sorry, I wasn't really thinking about anything in particular. Now, what was my question?"

"How far have you gone with Kenny?"

I freaked. What was she, a mind reader? An evil one, if she was. I couldn't answer that, especially with Michael sitting right there.

"Umm, do I really have to answer that? I mean, isn't that kind of a personal question?"

Lilly looked at me weirdly. "Duh, that's the point, Mia. We are playing Truth or Dare."

Michael spoke up then.

"Personally, I really don't care to know how far Mia has gone with Showalter." Why does Michael have to be so nice, to top it all off. He is so perfect, it's not even funny. I love him so much. I wonder why he did that. He probably just didn't want to know if his little sister's best friend had frenched her boyfriend. Yeah, that was definitely it. He certainly wasn't jealous. He continued "I don't want to know how far anyone of you has gone, for that matter. Can't we just stick to 'Would you rather...' and 'If you were stuck on a desert island' questions?" He then seemed to realize what he had said. We all looked at each other, and started cracking up, even though it really wasn't funny, if you thought about it. Tina said, when the laughter had died down,

"Okay, I guess, although the other way is definitely better."

We all agreed. I tried not to show how relieved I was. Tina insisted that since we had new rules, we had to start over. She, of course, would go first.

"Mia, truth or dare?"

"Truth." I figured it would be a lot safer this way.

I thought wrong.

"Who would you rather kiss, Michael or Prince William?"

I was going to kill Tina. She knew, and was deliberately torturing me. Forever the romantic, she was sure that Michael liked me back. Well, so much for safe. I have no choice but to lie. God, if they see my nostrils, I will be as good as dead. Michael will know how I feel about him, and be disgusted. And my secret would be out. And then later, when we get back, somehow it would reach Lana, and she would torture me. I could imagine it. "Oh, poor Mia." She would say, in her most bitchy voice."You couldn't even get that geek to go out with you?" Okay, just cover your nose so they won't see you, Mia. Play it calm.

I did this as best as I could.

"Prince William, duh. Who wouldn't?"

I tried to joke to make sure they didn't notice my shielded nostrils. Apparently it worked, because Tina then told me to pick someone.

The rest of the game went without incident. We only played for about ten minutes or less. The only interesting thing that happened was when Lilly dared Michel to get up and do the Macarena. He looked so adorable. He got up and totally blushed, although it was hard to tell from the bright sun. He did it though. Grandmere and Lars are walking toward us. Maybe they found water or something.