A week later…

September 12

Ugh it's only been the first week of school and so much homework?! Ugh wow… I can tell 8th grade is going too S-U-C-K

SUCK!

But we are already having a field trip next month so that's nice. I think they do all the fun stuff in the beginning of the year, but I don't know why. Why can't they do it throughout the year? It would make school much, much, less boring for me.

Anyways I'm sitting here in Math (My worst subject) and class is about to start. I guess I'll write some more later.

See ya.

I closed my journal and quickly put it back in my backpack besides my desk. I looked around the classroom with a disgusted face. I wonder why I hate school so much. But I want to do well and get a good job when I grow up. I actually want to be a writer when I grow up, but I'm still a little shy to show anyone my stories or poems yet. The only one who reads them is my mom, and sometimes my best friend Tania. They say I am amazing, but I just don't think I'm good enough yet. I need to work on detail and expressing the feelings more, no, a lot.

Anyways a lot has been happening; I made friends with one of the "popular", girls. Her name is Mia and surprisingly, she's actually NICE. I never knew popular girls could be nice… She seems to be Glitch's brother, that dude I met on the first day of school last week. Okay maybe he is KINDA cool, I talked to him today while switching classes.

"Ey! Uh… LESLIE!" he shouted to me and stopped walking with his friends and came over to me by my locker.

"Hey." I replied.

"Whatchu' have next shorty?" He said and I blushed. I HATE being called shorty! I really, no I am DESPERATE to be taller! I need to be taller, seriously!

"Don't call me that…" I groaned.

"Why? It's true." He smirked at me.

"I hate being short! Everyone makes fun of me for it!" I said then closed my locker shut.

"Nah, short girls are cute." He said then looked back at his friends which were calling him to come back over. "But ey, see ya around." Then ran back off to his friends.

Short girls are cute? That is so not true! Then I walked back off too my class with an nasty attitude.

And that's how I got where I am now. I laid my head down on my desk. I felt like smashing my head against it though because of the comment Glitch made.

Short girls are cute, PLEASE! I hate being short! Matter of fact, why did God decide to make me short? I wonder why…

But Glitch is kinda cool and laid back. I hope to talk to him more maybe even hangout but just as friends.

He is so not my type!

Then the math teacher walked in and then class has begun.

Later in History

"Okay class in five weeks, the History fair is here! That's when you'll present your projects for everyone to see!" My history teacher started. "I will be pairing you up with a partner and five weeks should be enough to get your project D-O-N-E done! After I assign you your partner you guys will spend the rest of the class planning what you are going to do! And remember make it good and neat! You're representing our school! Now lets see…"

I shot a look at my best friend Tania which was glaring back at me with hopeful eyes.

"Please let me be partners with you!" I whispered and she nodded back. Wow she heard me.

"First… John and Adam." The history teacher started calling out names of who was going to work with whom. I silently sat and waited patiently for my name to be called out.

"Tania and…" I sat up in my chair a little bit more when I heard my teacher call out my best friend's name.

"Tania and Mia!" he said. I groaned at threw my head against my desk lightly. Then I looked back up at Tania across the room. She was making a pouty face as she got up to go to Mia's desk.

This sucks! Now who am I going to be with?

"Leslie and let's see…" I looked straight at my teacher with a deadly glare. He smiled back at me. "How about Glitch? Leslie and Glitch!"

I turned around to the back of the classroom to see Glitch smiling and waving me over. I got up and walked over to his desk and as I did everyone was making kissy faces and singing

"Leslie and Glitch sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" or saying

"A match made in heaven!"

"They'll be dating in no time!" I heard one kid say. Then I turned to them and said…

"You know, you guys are REALLY immature! You have no idea. Never seen a guy and a girl get paired up to do a project together?" I said then marched off to Glitch's desk.

He was still smiling bright at me. "So what do you want to do?" he asked me.

I shrugged "I don't know, History isn't really my thing. How about Pocahontas?" I suggested.

"Weird…" he said.

"What?" I asked him nervously. Was my suggestion THAT bad? Does he not want to do a female?

"I was thinking the exact same thing!" he exclaimed and gave me a rough slap on the back. I held back from yelping and gulped.

"Nice!" and I saw Tania and Mia smirking at me. I rolled my eyes. Then the bell rang.

"Anyways, probably on Wednesday you should come over to my house and get started. Hopefully my parents won't mind having a dude over." I said to him then gathered my things.

"Awesome! Can't wait to start…" he said.

I gave him a fake smile.

Out of ALL the kids in my class, why him?