Hello all, thanx for the reviews; you guys are all so sweet!
My exams are finished, I don't care how I did…the main point is that I'm free 4 a month! Can life get any better?
Anyways, hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
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11 February – 11 am
I just woke up…everyone's gone to work or school. What am I supposed to do? The possibilities are endless…I could update Crackhead, I could write a new song, I could experiment different gravitational pulls or I could just commit suicide for being such a pathetic coward who can't talk to a girl!
Oh man, that IM conversation with Mia was horrible…what am I gonna say when I see her next?
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11 February – 3:30 pm
Well, I spent my day exactly like I said I would; website, music and a bus downstairs has eggs and tomatoes splattered on it…yeah, everything except the suicide thing.
Lilly's home, I know this because she literally hopped around the house yelling "I knew it, I knew it…I am so good!"
I came out of my room and asked her "What do you know?"
She cackled "Everything"
I laughed, I can't remember the last time Lilly was so happy, "What've you been smoking?"
Her face became all prim and proper "Excuse me Michael, you know my feelings on drugs, they will influence my IQ negatively and maybe even allow you to be more articulate and mentally stronger than me."
I rolled my eyes "Lilly, it was a joke"
"Oh" she blinked
I cleared my throat "So what do you specifically know besides 'everything'?"
She started to walk towards her room "None of your business"
I followed her "Oh come on, Lilz, you're like a mouse on steroids, you have to tell me what made you happy and weird so I can use it against you."
She laughed now, "No" and she walked into her room
"Lilly, you know you want to tell me…" I wheedled
"I-well, it's about…No, Michael I can't"
She was gonna crack, Lilly can't keep a secret
"Yes you can, I bet it's a really important secret…"
"Yeah…" she said slowly
I nodded "Uh huh, and whoever told you the secret must think that you're really important to tell you something like that…"
She nodded too, even more slowly
"I'm sure that person wouldn't mind if you told me, right?"
Like a zombie, she shook her head
"So would an important person like you tell me the important secret?"
She suddenly shook her head, and slammed the door in my face "Nice try Michael!" she shouted from inside.
Damn, I almost had her. Oh well, She'll have to come out eventually.
Food, I need food! I'm gonna ask Maya to make me something.
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11 February – 4:30 pm
I feel better; I have gotten my nutritional intake.
Lilly just left, after shouting "Michael, I'm going out!"
"Tell someone who cares!" I yell back
Since she's not here, I can walk around with my shirt off.
Now what do I do? Did I mention I'm grounded? I've watched all my DVD's, I'm gonna see what Lilly has…
5 minutes later
My sister, despite her IQ and declaration of unconformity, has a unique collection of DVD's. She has all these chick-flicks that make you wanna barf. Mean Girls? Sleepover? The Prince and Me? And every single James Bond film ever? This is like a revelation…MY SISTER IS A GIRL!
There's that doorbell again…Maya went out to get me some soda…Why can't people leave me alone to my ramblings? BRB
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11 February – 6 pm
It was Mia…'nuff said.
Hehe, and Lilly has all these Orlando Bloom and Brad Pitt DVD's hidden in the back of her cupboard, behind all the tapes of her show. This is hilarious…I wonder if she has a diary…but knowing Lilly, she probably keeps all her feelings in her head. Freud would say she's emotionally challenged.
COMPUTER SHUTDOWN
11 February – 2 am
How can I ignore that visit from Mia? It keeps replaying in my head!
What can I say? I'll write it all down and then maybe, I can make some sense of it:
Ok, well, doorbell rings and I go to answer it (grumbling the whole time), I open the door and Mia's standing there.
"Hey" I say nonchalantly
"Hi" she says nervously
"Lilly's not here" trying to ignore the fact that Mia is looking so pretty…sad.
She looks up at me "er, I'm not here to see Lilly"
"My parents aren't here either" I reply quickly
She cocks her head "Michael, can I please come in?"
I sigh deeply "Yeah, sure"
Mia steps into the apartment, and glances at the mess that I've made of the living room. "You've been busy?" she asks me
"Yeah, there's not much else to do besides watch TV."
"I suppose so…" she breaks off and that uncomfortable silence descends again.
"Why are you here, Thermopolis?" I tried to seem aloof, as if it didn't really make much difference whether she was here or not.
"I was wondering about our presentation" she says quickly, a little too quickly.
I crossed my arms across my chest "Is that all?" I ask skeptically
She was quiet for a few moments, and then said "No…it's around the whole school that a senior beat up a freshman…though very few people know why…would the senior like to tell me why?"
"No, the senior would not" I say
She shrugs "Ok, Lilly and Boris know, but they say I should find out from you. If you don't want to tell me, I can always call them." and she waves her cellphone in front of me.
I don't know what to say to this, but I hope she's bluffing, "Go ahead"
"Okay" and she flips the thing open, apparently, Lilly is on her speed dial coz she just punches in one or two buttons and lifts the phone to her ear.
"It's ringing…Oh, hey Lil, yeah, I'm by your apartment…uh-huh and Michael is not being co-operative…so do you wanna tell me why he beat my poor boyfriend up-"
She had to break off there because I grabbed the phone from her "Lilly, if you dare-" and I had to break of there because there was no-one on the other line. Mia had tricked me.
I gave the phone back to her "It's for you" I quipped
She grabbed the phone and punched me on the arm "Michael, enough. Kenny told me that you just became a wild beast and attacked him for no reason at all." She looked up at me with puppy dog eyes. Another one of those facial gestures that can drive a guy crazy. "I'm not sure I believe him...so please tell me"
"No ways"
Mia's eyes narrowed, "Fine, then you can consider this friendship over"
"Fine" this was killing me, but try to understand the situation that I'm in.
"I'm going" she threatened
"So go" I turn away
"I will" she retorts, but she's still standing there.
I turn back to her "Thermopolis, what the hell is wrong with you girls? If you're gonna do something, do it. Instead of standing there just talking."
I guess I must've hit a nerve or something because, very unlike Mia Thermopolis, she lashed out at me. I was surprised, but I still grabbed her hand before it could make contact with my face.
There really is something wrong with girls, you try to be nice to them, they don't listen. You're not nice to them and they still don't listen and finally, they try and hit you.
I guess this must've been a big deal to Mia, especially since she resorted to violence. Our faces are barely a few inches from each other and I let out in a low voice "Fine Mia, you want to hear why I beat up your boyfriend? (I'm pretty sure I pulled a face when I said 'boyfriend') He said he was gonna sleep with you on the day of the dance. Happy?" and I dropped her hand.
Mia backed away and I knew I was right when I didn't want to tell her, because her eyes filled with tears and she left in a hurry and I couldn't do a single thing to comfort her.
Ok, so I've written it all down and I…don't know what! That encounter could not have gone worst. I'm going to see if I can actually get some sleep.
COMPUTER SHUTDOWN
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Now imagine that slapping scene and afterwards in your minds eye (Don't forget that Michael has his shirt off ;-).) If Michael seems masterful, then that incident achieved its purpose.
Hope you liked this chapter…only a few left now.
Next Chapter: Mia breaks up with Kenny and what part does Lilly play in this whole saga? Stay tuned