Okay here's Star...they never mentioned her last name did they? If so...I never caught it. Ah well, enjoy anyway...
Dear Diary,
Poor, poor, poor Paulina! Manson's going to pay! I bet my pretty, freshly manicured nails on it! As soon as I see her at the carnival, I'll give her a beating she isn't going to soon forget! I just wish she would stop obsessing over Danny Phantom. He's a dead guy and a guy I really don't think she's going to have a chance at getting. Don't get me wrong! Paulina's really pretty, but don't you think that girls should date guys that are…you know…living? I almost told Paulina that. I was soooo close, but the fact that I would end up a loser scared me out of it. Isn't it good to know that I have such good common since? Okay, I know Paulina told me NOT to tell anyone about her current situation…but I couldn't help it! People should know what kind of creep that goth loser is! But that's okay…Valerie can keep a secret…
"Hey Star," Valerie Grey said, sitting across the table next to me. I quickly looked around to make sure Dash or Paulina wasn't around before I responded. Don't get me wrong, I like Valerie. She's been my friend since like, Jr. High, but I didn't dare be seen with her in public…well, as long as my real friends weren't around.
"Hey Valerie!" I smiled, "Are you still working here?" I knew the answer; she was wearing her uniform for goodness sake! But hey, everyone needs a good warm-up conversation to start some real gossip right?
"Yeah, I am," she didn't seem upset or embarrassed which really surprised me. Did she like working here? Uh! And I thought I needed to feel sorry for Paulina!
Speaking of Paulina…
"Hey Val, did you hear what Manson did?" The girl across the table piped up. Sure she was a geek now, working at the Nasty Burger for minimum wage, but she was still a girl. And no girl could resist a juicy story…
"No, why what happened?" Of course she didn't know what happened. Come on, Paulina told me, her best friend in the WHOLE world. Got that? I am Paulina's friend. BEST FRIEND that she tells EVERYTHING to. Now that we got that out of the way…
"Well, long story short, Manson hit Paulina!"
"WHAT!" To be honest, I didn't expect this kind of reaction from Val. I thought she hated Manson. She did after all have a crush on Danny right? The same Danny that Valerie liked…I just ignored her outburst and continued my story.
"Yup! She got her good too. Right on the lip. Poor Paulina…"
"Poor Paulina?" Valerie asked, somewhat calming down but still a little jumpy, "Why Paulina? That pretty, preppy Hispanic girl needs some since slapped into her!"
"What?" Okay, my turn to be surprised, "What do you mean? Paulina is the nicest person I've ever met!"
"Paulina? Hah!" Valerie laughed. She was laughing at the prettiest, sweetest, most popular girl in school! "Face it Star, even you got to admit, Paulina's shallow."
"She is not!" I had to defend my friend. The friend that made my popularity the way it currently is.
"Star, she asked Danny to go to the dance only to dump him cause she wanted to get even with Sam, she again tricked Danny into dating her and dumped him again but this time pretended that she didn't even know him, and not to mention that stupid crush she has on the ghost kid…" She banged her fists at Danny Phantom's name. I don't know why, but she did that often. That's another thing that made Valerie so unpopular…she hated people that were! Like the ghost boy. No one would care about him if it wasn't for Paulina and even Dash claims to have been saved by him. But Valerie? She hated him, for reasons I neither cared for, nor wanted to know.
"Paulina liking Phantom doesn't make her shallow!" I spat, she looked at me, hatred flooding in her face. I didn't care. I didn't care that this loser hated me! It gave me a reason to actually finally pull away from her!
"Don't you ever say that…thing's name in front of me again!" Her icy words scared me for some reason. The moment they actually hit me, I just managed to shake them off.
"Valerie, Paulina is-"
"Paulina! Paulina this! Paulina that! STAR, WOULD YOU JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO YOURSELF FOR ONCE?" I was speechless. What could I say? What was she getting at?
"You, Star, you are your own person! You are not Paulina, and I know that because you are nice, you are sweet, you are pretty, and YOU had the guts and heart to still be friends with me after I got kicked off the A-list…" I was still lost for words. Not for the same reasons though. Valerie…was right. As much as I hated to admit it, as much as I hated going behind my friend's back like that…she…was right.
"Grey!" A man behind the counter caused both me and Val to jump, "Your shift!" Valerie turned to me and smiled. She said something, but I was too deep in thought to catch it. It was most likely a 'well, got to go, talk to you later Star' because she left soon after. A few minutes of staring into space I finally got up and walked out of the Nasty Burger.
Satellite, Shadow…
It all made since now.
I was being made fun of cause I could never do what I actually wanted to do. I always agreed with Paulina, I was always with her…I was never…me…
The scary thing is though, the more I think of it, the more I don't know what me is. Every time I try to decide something for myself…I always end up asking…well, what would Paulina do? AHHHHH! I don't know who Star is! I only know Paulina! Valerie was right, Paulina this, Paulina that. That girl is the center of attention no matter what happens! It's not fair! She has me so twisted in her shallow (that's right I said shallow) plan that I can't even think for myself! Maybe I can figure all of this out at the carnival…
SHOOT! The carnival! I totally forgot I promised Paulina we'd go beat up Manson…er…Sam. I gotta get used to that. Maybe she'll get over it…who knows…if Danny Phantom shows up…I guess anything can happen…
After the carnival though, I am defiantly going to be the real me. Not a shadow of Paulina…me, me, me!
You can count on it!
Star
Valerie's up next! Just 1 more day til the carnival! Hurah! haha. Alright I'm going to be gone for a week but I'll try to update soon. Hey, this stories easy just cause the chapters are so short. Well, hope you enjoyed and like I said, I'll update as soon as I can!
-angelofsuspense