Entry 6:

'Tis the season for tragedy. 'Tis the season for great things. For me, things are pretty good. Marco and I dated, but he decided he was gay. I pretended to be his girlfriend, because that's just what kind of a friend I am. It came tot eh point, where I couldn't and wouldn't pretend. Finally, Marco came out and I don't have to pretend to be his girlfriend. It sucks to be Marco's first and last girlfriend. But I'm over him and I have a new a boyfriend. (Hopefully, he won't become gay) His name is Sean Cameron. He's a rebel like me. We met at Saturday detention. He told me that he didn't find me scary because of my scars. He seemed real and a total match to me. Now, we're officially a couple.

Things for Ashley are different. Craig, Ashley's "love", cheated on her with Manny after a fight. Manny Santos is the new hot chick, or who I like to refer to as the boyfriend-stealing slut. It's different if they just kissed or went on a date, but Craig got Manny pregnant; ouch! Eventually, Manny got an abortion.

Now Ashley wants to get revenge and yada, yada, yada. Since Craig and her both love music, they both signed up for the battle of bands competition. Ashley being so dark presented the lyrics to the song we were going to sing at the competition. No one understood them and/or made fun of them. Craig especially got a few laughs; ouch-er.

The day before the competition we heard each band play. Craig's band, Downtown Sasquatch, was just 3 guitars and a drummer playing notes. Yeah, they were definitely going to win; yeah right! Then it was our turn. We sang our new song "Mr. Niceguy". You can probably tell who that was about and how that went down.

The night of competition, we all knew, or at least thought, we would win. That was until Craig wrote a kick-ass song that totally rocked. Craig just wanted Ashley to forgive him; that's why he wrote it. Ashley wanted to hate it, but she couldn't, and you could tell. Downtown Sasquatch won; ouch-est. But I guess behind all the hatred, Ash found this little tiny opening to forgive Craig. That's the night everything worked out for Ash, and I think that's what makes it such a special night.

I think I also realized that night that we all have just enough religion to hate, but not enough to love. Also, that blame is just a waste of time. Blame is only good for wallowing in.

The so insightful writer,

Ellie