Dear Diary, October 31, 1954

I know it has been awhile since I wrote in here but I have been really busy lately. I have been hanging out with Buzz and the others and that keeps me pretty busy.

Anyway, I have to tell you what happened. It was the most dangerous, exciting and reckless night of my entire life.

At around seven Buzz came to pick me up. Like usual all the other kids we're in the car and ready to head out.

It's Halloween so the boys decided that we should do something special. Crunch got this idea that we should pull up into the alley behind the police station, sneak around to the front and mess with one of the cars so that's what we did.

We stopped at a store on the way and got some toilet paper and eggs. After we got our "supplies" we drove down into the back alley and crept slowly around the side of the station until we could see the police cars parked in front. The boys spotted one of the cars that were parked in some shadows. It was the only one they could possibly get close to without being spotted.

I wanted to go with them but Buzz told me not to. He said that he didn't want me or the other to get into trouble.

I don't know why he was being so protective. We usually joined in with almost everything.

It didn't take the boys long to finish. All of us girls watched them wrap toilet paper around the antenna and bust eggs all over the rest of the car.

After they we're done they started running back toward where we we're hiding. Moose threw an egg at the glass door that was used as the entrance to the station. As soon as the egg hit the door we heard someone cry out from inside the building. As soon as we heard that everyone started running back toward the alley and Buzz's car.

Buzz started the car as soon as everyone was inside and started speeding down the alley. I turned my head to look back just as a police officer ran out into the alley and watched us racing away from him.

Buzz didn't slow down until we we're out of town completely. He looked into the rearview mirror and smiled at Crunch.

"What should we do now?" Buzz asked. I turned and looked at Crunch. He had this strange smile plastered on his face.

"Let's go to the graveyard and see how brave these girls are," Crunch replied, smiling mischievously down at the girl in his lap. She just giggled and kissed his cheek. I glanced over at Buzz and he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and gave me a quick smile as we headed off toward the graveyard.

It didn't take Buzz long to drive to the graveyard. When we got there everyone climbed out of the car and stared out over the jagged rolls of tombstones.

Buzz went over the game rules quickly. Each couple had to go out into the cemetery and the last couple that back to the car was the winner.

I was scared but I knew that Buzz would want to win. Buzz would have to win to keep his reputation with the other boys so as I looked around at the faces of the other kids I promised myself that I wouldn't let him down.

Crunch held up his hand.

"On the count of three," Crunch said, "One…two…three!" As soon as he said the word three we all started racing out into the graveyard. Buzz grabbed my hand and pulled me quickly behind him to the far side of the graveyard. When we got past the last grave marker he sat down and pulled me down onto his lap. He wrapped his arm around my waist and kissed my cheek.

An hour later we we're still sitting in the same place. We we're one of the only two couples left in the cemetery. The other couple was Crunch and his girlfriend. We we're all about to call it a tie and go back to the car when the flashlight shined down into my eyes. The police officer glared down at me and Buzz.

At the police station I was the last one called in to talk to the officer for the juvenile division because the officers we're having such a hard time getting a hold of my parents. Buzz and the others had already left so when the officer called me and my parents into his office we we're the only ones left waiting. As soon as we entered the office my father started speaking to the officer.

"She's never been in trouble like this before. Well, there was that one other time but before this fall everything was fine," my father said. The officer, Ray, nodded and sat down at his desk.

"It's the crowd she's been spending time with," Ray said, glancing at me, "she needs to make some new friends." My mother laughed like the officer had just said something incredibly funny. He looked up at her curiously.

"What she needs is punishment," my mother replied before turning and giving me a cold glare that I had only seen a few times in my life. She had never looked at me like that. She was always looking at my father when she did that.

"Well, we could always keep her in juvenile hall for a few days," Ray replied. I glared at him and opened my mouth to speak but my mother spoke first.

"That might be exactly wha..," my mother started to say when my father interrupted her quickly.

"That won't be necessary," my father said quickly. This time he got my mother's glare. The tears streamed down my face and I suddenly felt like I could not hold the pain in any longer so I turned to face the officer.

"She doesn't want me there," I cried. My mother looked over at me with a shocked expression on her face like she had no idea what I was talking about but I knew she did. The officer talked to us a few more minutes before he agreed to let me go home with my parents. At the time it was the last thing I wanted to do.