Journal Entry #2

Dear Journal,

Ugh, this is horrible! I'm sick with a cold and the stomach flu! Blech! I've never been sick before in my life yet here I am, stuck in my bed at home while Benny is at school without me! He needs me there because well... he doesn't exactly need me, but it's just... I wish this pencil had an eraser. By the way, guess what? My cousin and her boyfriend did the deed! You know what I mean, right? The s word...? ...sex. Yeah, that. She said it was painful which freaked me out because 1. you don't just go and tell your innocent, naive, and inexperienced cousin that! and 2. I have low pain tolerance. I'm rather afraid of sex now! (insert sniffles) Now Benny and I can't have our children, Luke and Leia! NOOOOOOO! (insert bawling eyes out)

Sorry you had to wait for me. I went haywire over the sex ordeal, and Stephen laughed at me because of it. So I spent another hour crying my eyes out. School is about to start, and I see Sarah so TTYL! (That stands for 'talk to you later'.)

Love,

Alana.

"Sarah!" Alana called, waving her hand to catch the fledgling's attention. The caramel-skinned girl's faded gold eyes blinked in bewilderment before smiling uncertainly at the naive girl. "Hey! I was wondering do you have anything I get eat for breakfast? Stephen ate mine when I was in the bathroom, changing my shirt 'cause my cat peed on it." She smiled sheepishly, and Sarah tried to process what she had just told her.

"Um... sure?" Sarah mumbled, handing her a bag of chips," Here, you can have these. They're not exactly a healthy breakfast, but they're all I got until lunch. And you have a cat?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah! Shadows doesn't like coming out in the light sometimes though. I dunno know why, he's just like that."

"Ah, I see. By the way, have you seen Benny and Ethan? I've been looking for them, but I can't find them."

"Shouldn't they be by their lockers by now? I mean, they usually go straight to the lockers, don't they?" Alana continued to dig through the almost empty bag of chips casually as if what she had just said sounded stalkerish. Sarah raised a dark eyebrow. "What? I have my ways to find out these things."

"Oh, gosh. You sound like a stalker, Alana." Sarah gave her a pointed look which Alana returned with a pout. "What? You do! ...d-do you stalk Benny and Ethan?"

"No!" Alana wrinkled her nose," Just Benny." There was pause, and Sarah smirked slightly. "WAIT, NO! I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT! SARAAAAAAAH!"

Sarah tossed her head, laughing evilly at her discovery. Alana whined and stomped her feet repeatedly, pouting like a child throwing a tantrum. Sarah turned as she caught someone moving their way, and she mildly surprised but mostly amused to see Benny speeding their way, looking pissed.

"Alana," Benny said curtly," we need to talk." He glanced at Sarah.

"Okay." The blond replied, waiting for him to talk.

"Alone." Alana blinked in shock but nodded, and Benny grasped her wrist, dragging her away from her friend. Alana waved back at Sarah who stared after them, dumb-founded.

Once they were alone and Benny was sure they were, he rounded on Alana, looking absolutely livid.

"Did you know?" Benny hissed, dangerously close to the shorter one.

"Know what?" She asked curiously. Benny watched her for a second before sighing and slumping his shoulders.

"So you don't know." It was more of a statement then a question. Alana shook her head, frowning. Benny threw his head, giving a pitiful moan. "We're getting married."

There was a thick silence before Alana promptly fainted from a shock and a nose bleed from imagining her decked out in a white wedding dress and Benny in a black tuxedo, close to kissing. Benny stared at her unconscious body for a moment before picking her up bridal style.

"The things I do for this girl," he grumbled, glancing fondly down at her. "Seriously. Stephen's gonna have my head for this."

The walk to the Nurse's Office wasn't long, but many people were staring him down and Sarah and Ethan were teaming up on pestering him on what had happened. Benny wasn't letting anything out which annoyed the two and made them pester him more until he snapped, yelling," JUST GET TOGETHER ALREADY!" and it made the fledgling and the seer blush like tomatoes.

After explaining to the nurse that Alana fainted from a nose bleed, Benny laid her down in one of the unoccupied beds. Sighing solemnly, he briefly mourned that his womanizing days are over, but when he looked at Alana's sleeping face, he gave her a small smile.

At least it'd be worth it.