Hi everyone, this was just something I came up with one day and I thought it might be cool to make it into a story. It's a one-shot but I might make it longer if I get good reviews. It's in Susannah's mom's POV. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Do I look like Meg Cabot to you?

Secret Diary

Hi, I'm Carol Ackerman. What the heck am I doing? It's stupid really. Introducing myself to a book I mean. It's not like you can talk back. Anyway, my husband Andy gave me this when I confided my worries about Susannah to him. He said that his sisters never confided in anyone about their problems and just wrote in diaries instead. When I asked him how he knew that they kept diaries he just looked embarrassed and muttered something about it being a brother's duty to read their sister's diaries. I told him I hoped he wasn't going to read mine but he just wandered off as if he hadn't heard me. Men!

I'm getting really worried about Susannah. She only just comes home in time for dinner and when I ask her where she has been she just looks at me as if she knows something I don't. It's so infuriating. I wish I could read her mind so I would know what is going on with her. I just don't see where I went wrong. I mean, I was so popular in high school and Susie is just so… not. It must be embarrassing for her that even her own mother has noticed how unpopular she is. Sometimes I see a lot of her father in her. He was never popular in high school either and he was always running off unexpectedly too. It makes me feel so helpless not knowing what my own daughter gets up to. Jake used to keep insisting that she was in a gang but I'd always dismiss that idea instantly of course but now I'm not so sure.

It seemed like just yesterday that she was a happy little toddler without a care in the world. Now she looks as if she has the weight of the world on her shoulders. Even though now she has Jesse, she still hasn't changed except for the fact that she seems a little happier. I don't think I trust him though. Don't get me wrong, I like him well enough. He seems really sweet and anyone can tell that they are absolutely smitten (A/N I love that word!) I just think he may be a little too old for Susannah. I mean, she's only sixteen after all and he should be in college. One has to wonder what a college age boy would see in a high school girl. Especially my Susannah. I mean she is pretty but everyone else her age just seems to think that she is some sort of social freak and I just don't understand why.

Oh well, I think I shall dwell on all this later. I have to go and clean Susannah's room. It's been such a mess lately.