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Chapter 2. The Second Entry
I shut the door quietly behind me and walked over to my bed. Sitting down, I pulled Hope's diary back out and flipped to the second entry. I had to turn my lamp on. Her hand writing, while very pretty, was small. Curling up beside the lamp, I started to read.
September 18th, 1958
Dear Diary,
I have decided to write once a week. It's too hard to write once a day. And it makes my hand hurt. I think that once a week will be plenty long enough. Anyway, about my week.
Not much has happened sense I last wrote. I got an A on my spelling test! I hate spelling. I'm not very good at it. I don't know how I did so well.
Kenny has a new girlfriend! I guess she's ok. She's very pretty! All though she isn't very nice. Her name is Ashley. I don't really like that name. It's a very common name. I like mine better. Hope! Isn't that pretty!
I asked Mommy why she named me Hope. She pulled me close to her heart and told me about the day I was born.
She said that when I was born, I came too early. I was really small and not very healthy. The doctors said that I wouldn't make it. But Mommy and Daddy fell in love with me the first time they saw me. And they didn't want me to die. So they kept hoping and preying and they never lost faith. Somehow, by some miracle I survived. And so, Mommy named me Hope because she never lost hope. She said that I was almost named Faith but she never wanted to lose me, so she decided on Hope.
Isn't that nice. My name has a good story behind it. I bet Ashley doesn't have a story behind her name.
Kenneth was named after Mommies brother. He died in World War 2. I think that his name is nice too.
I just remembered, you don't know what I look like. So I'll tell you. I have curly dark-red hair that reaches my waist, and my eyes are green. I'm really short and people always call me cute.
Well, I better go. I'm tired. And it's a school day tomorrow.
Good bye,
Hope
I could feel the corners of my mouth twitch up in the first true smile I had had in a long time. The trivialness of the whole entry was almost funny.
I felt tired, and, amazingly, relaxed. My mind was calm.
I stood up and walked over to my computer. I opened one of the drawers under it. Carefully, I slid the diary inside. I stood there, for I don't know how long, just looking at the small diary of a girl who I had never met. Finally, I closed the drawer and walked back over to my bed.
It was time to face my nightmares. But for once, I wasn't quite as afraid.
I hopped into bed and reached over to flip off my lamp. I pulled the covers up and snuggled in for the night. Here we go again.
I was sitting on the couch in the living-room. Beside me, sat an adorable little girl with red curls and dark-green eyes. She was smiling brightly at me but I could barely see it, I was crying so hard. One of her tiny little hands rested on top of my knee, I could feel how warm it was.
"Don't worry Izzy, everything will be ok." He's just being stupid! He'll be back, they all will!
"Ha!" I'll believe it when I see it!
My words sounded harsh, even to my own ears. But I didn't care. Even though I knew her words were false, hearing them made the slightest flicker of hope show itself in my crushed heart. If I allowed myself to hope, then it would only hurt me worse when he never returned.
"Izzy"
That one word seemed to express all of her emotions. She reached up and hugged me. I found myself returning the hug, I never wanted to let go.
It was at this exact moment that my alarm-clock decided to go off. I woke up with a gasp, not so much out of shock or annoyance, but out of pure amazement. I had actually slept through the entire night. I couldn't remember the last time I had been able to do that.
Throwing off my blankets, I swung my legs over the side of my bed and stretched my arms over my head. I felt relaxed and refreshed, ready to take on the world. Well, maybe not the Earth, but I could at least, take on my world.
Standing up, I grabbed my bag of toiletries and headed toward the bathroom to get ready for school.
As I showered, I thought back to my dream. It was unsettling. Normally when I dream, I know that I'm dreaming, but last night, I hadn't noticed. But it wasn't just that. The girl in the dream, I was sure that she was Hope. I don't know how I was sure, but I was.
What had she called me? Bell, no. Isa, no. Isabel, no.
"Izzy!"
I was so glad to finally remember the nickname, that I said it out loud. I wasn't sure I particularly liked the new nickname, but anything was better than "Isabella." It was to long and sounded way to fancy for a plain girl like me.
Stepping out of the shower, I quickly pulled on some clothes and brushed my hair and teeth. Glancing at the clock, I noticed that I still had twenty minutes before I even needed to think about leaving for school. The way things had been lately, I'd be upset with the spare time. But now, I was grateful. I had time to read another diary entry.
Walking over to my computer desk, I snagged Hope's journal and sat down to read. I flipped hastily to the third entry and began to read.
This entry wasn't very important. I didn't find out much, just that Hope had a crush on another boy in her class and she wasn't sure what to do about it. I found her childish problem funny, and I forced a laugh. The thought of crushes made the gaping whole in my chest throb.
I put the little book back in its hiding place and quickly walked down stairs. I picked up my keys and headed out the door.
A/N I'm sorry for the crappiness of this chapter. I've been sick for the last month and no one knows why. I feel like Hell, and all I have to do is play on my computer. The only reason I posted the first chapter was because I was bored and I'd already written it. I am truly sorry for how bad this chapter is. I could really use a beta reader if anyone is interested. You'll get to meat the entire new vampires chapter after next, well, one of them at least. But next chapter is very cool. I already have it planned out in my head. You're about to find out some really important information about hope. Oh that reminds me, I'm assuming that all of you already have figured out that Hope is a vampire. I'm not sure what her power should be though. And her mate needs a power too. I've got some ideas but I want to know what you guise think. I'll put a pole up and everyone can vote. You've got till Friday. Wow, this author's note is really long! Thanks for all of the reviews, I love you guise!! Please keep reviewing, I swear they make me update faster.
Later,
Mariah