I didn't feel like studying (nothing new there), so I thought I'd be nice for once. Thanks for all the reviews and good wishes, my exams are going terribly…but that's not your fault…ok, here goes.

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10 February – 6:30 am

Ahhh, Thursday. I can see the light at the end of a long boring tunnel…ok, well, not that boring, this week wasn't at all bad.

I was just checking my emails…my cousin from San Diego sent my a funny e-mail

From : hotstuff (at) hotmail. com
To : crackhead (at) yahoo. com

Boris Yeltsin called Clinton with an emergency: "Our largest condom factory has exploded!" the Russian President cried. "This is my people's favourite form of birth control! This is a true disaster! Our population will explode unless you help us!" "Boris, the American people would be happy to do anything within their power to help you," replied the President. "I DO need your help," said Yeltsin, "could you possible send 1,000,000 condoms ASAP to tide us over?" "Why, certainly! I'll get on it right away!" said Clinton. "Oh, and one more small favour, please?" said Yeltsin. "Yes?" "Could the condoms be red in colour and at least 10" long and 4" in diameter?" said Yeltsin. "No problem," replied the President. With that, Clinton hung up and called the President of Trojan. "I need a favour. You've got to make 1,000,000 condoms right away and send them to Russia." "Consider it done," said the President of Trojan. "Great! Now listen, they have to be red in colour, 10" long and 4" wide." "Easily done. Anything else?" "Yeah," said the President, "Print, 'MADE IN AMERICA, SIZE--SMALL'!"

And I got another SMS from Mia, it came last night but I guess I didn't notice:

Hey Michael, I just thought
I'd remind u 2 plz bring
ur laptop 2moro…so don't
4get.Oh,& thnx 4 helping me
out with Kenny today.
Good nyt & sweet dreams.

Belated sweet dreams to you too, my princess.

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10 February – 1:00 pm

What am I doing home at this time? Well, I got suspended…until Monday!

Well, the day was going quite well, Judith avoided me. My first class was G & T, so Mia and I worked on the presentation (I did remember the laptop), it's going ok, I suppose. Lilly is back into her ignoring, know-it-all younger sister mode, so things are cool again…it's when she's paying attention that I should be worried.

So we had lunch at 12, I sat with the rest of the CC. Judith sat as far away from me as possible. We were all just talking about ordinary, boring things: what we were gonna do this weekend (a lot of these guys are trying to out-do that monopolistic Bill Gates.) and then the topic turned to the VD dance.

So the conversation turned out like this:

Trevor said "I'm going with that Jasmine chick from Trinity, I hear she frenches on the first date."
Kenny laughed and went "Way to go, dude!"
Matt laughed too "Hah, I'm going with Melissa-"
Kenny turned to him "That sophomore chick with the huge knockers?"
Kate (the only other female besides Judith in the club) just turns away "God, you guys are so gross, don't you care what the girl is like on the inside?"
Most of the guys at the table turn to her "NO!"
She gets up in a huff, picks up her tray and walks off with a parting "You Pigs!"

The expression on her face was so funny; the whole table bursts onto laughter.

Then Trev says to me "So Mikey Boy, so who are you going with?"
Judith speaks for the first time that day "Michael isn't going with anyone"
"You ain't?" Trevor asks me
I think about Mia, could something have happened yesterday? "I dunno" I reply noncommittally.
I wasn't really paying attention to the conversation going on between Kenny and Matt until Matt whistled.

"So you'll be going with princess Pucker-up?" he asked Kenny
Kenny nodded "Yeah man, if she'll kiss that ass-hole, imagine how far she'll go with me…"
Matt whistled again.
Trev turns to them "Who are you talking about?"
"Kenny's gonna do it with Mia after the dance" said Matt

I don't remember a thing after that. I remember the football coach trying to pull me off Kenny as I punched him in the face. Kenny had a split lip and fractured nose, I had…nothing. And since I refused to tell Vice-principal Gupta why I had beaten Kenny up, all the blame fell on me. All she could do was call my parents and give me the 5-day suspension.

Mum and Dad are furious, the lectured me the whole way home on how violence doesn't solve anything. They both tried to psychoanalyze me, but how can you psychoanalyze someone who doesn't want to talk? They eventually gave up and sent me to my room with the scary (roll eyes) warning: We'll talk later.

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10 February – 6 pm

Principal Gupta just called, Kenny's parents have decided not to press charges but they hope I get some counseling.

Well, it's kinda obvious why I got so pissed off at Kenny. What the hell does he think Mia is? Some cheap whore? Judith? I'm gonna kill him next time I see the little -beep-!

I'm gonna go online to check my e-mail…brb

Oh man…I just logged on to my messenger, Mia was online and even though I like her a lot, I really don't feel like talking to her. But before I could log off, I got an IM from her so I had to talk to her.

FatLouie: Wait Michael! Don't log off!
CrackHead: I wasn't gonna log off
FatLouie: Liar!
CrackHead: Ok, whatever Thermopolis. What do you want?
I know I was being a jerk, couldn't help it.
FatLouie: Sorry, are you busy?
CrackHead: No
I should've said yes, why can't I just lie like normal people?
FatLouie: Oh, good.
A few moments pass
CrackHead: So Thermopolis, are you gonna say anything?
FatLouie: Yeah, erm, I heard what happened in school today…
CrackHead: So…what?
FatLouie: Did you really get suspended?
CrackHead: Yeah
FatLouie: I'm so sorry
That girl is the limit! I'm being an ass and she's still nice to me!
CrackHead: Me too
FatLouie: For what?
CrackHead: I was being a jerk before, sorry
FatLouie: No problem…can I ask you a question?
CrackHead: Shoot
A few more moments pause
FatLouie: Why did you beat Kenny up?
Did I really have to answer that?
CrackHead: Temporary Insanity ;-)
FatLouie: Oh come on Michael, in all the years I've known you, you've never lost control like that. Lilly's supposed to be the crazy Moscovitz!
This was the perfect opportunity to change the subject
CrackHead: Lol, tell me about it, did I tell you about the time she tried get a petition against Michael Jackson because she thought his 'Thriller' song scared little kids?
FatLouie: No, you can tell me about it later. Don't change the subject.
Damn!
CrackHead: Er, what was the question again?
FatLouie: MICHAEL!
CrackHead: Ok, ok…I don't suppose you'd believe that I was possessed?
FatLouie: Lol…No
CrackHead: Really Mia, you don't want to know…
FatLouie: Listen, if you don't tell me, I'm sure there's lots of witnesses…I think Boris is friends with Trevor, who you know was sitting at your table. Do you really want me to find out from Boris?
I contemplated this, Mia would eventually find out, but how do you tell a girl that her boyfriend was boasting about having sex with her?
FatLouie: Michael, you there?
CrackHead: Sorry Mia, my dad wants to use the phone
FatLouie: MICHAEL MOSCOVITZ! DON'T YOU DARE LOG OFF!

I logged off.

I'm a coward, I know.

COMPUTER SHUTDOWN

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Ok, that chapter kinda really sucked…I can't really see Michael as a rebellious teenager, but whatever…he's not perfect, lets just say he's having an 'off' day…pretty much like me. I'm sorry; I'll make the next chapter better.

Next Chapter: Michael's stuck at home; maybe he gets a few visitors?

Oh, a few mistakes were mentioned in the reviews. I know my story is far from perfect, and it's hard to keep continuity between the actual book and fanfictions…so I don't try. The date is irrelevant and has no connection with the real books. Let's just assume I'm rewriting the 3rd book in my own time-frame. Do you want Michael and Mia to get together or not? Also, I try to get the characters personalities as close as possible to the ones in the book, but I have artistic license to manipulate some of them…that's why Judith's a crackwhore and Kenny is a jerk-off. Someone had to be the villain!

PS: Hope you don't get insulted by my descriptions of the villains, apologies if you do.