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Tuesday, September 14, 10.15 pm, in the limo on the way back from Michael's house

All right. I'll pick up right where I left off.

When I came out of the bathroom, Michael had thrown on a shirt. 'Wanna stay over for dinner?' he asked. 'Just like old times?' I asked. 'Sure,' he said. 'Mom and Dad are both out (yes, the Drs. Moscovitz have moved back in together), so we're going to be ordering in.' 'Oh,' I said. 'Hey! Did you know that Number One Noodle Son has started delivering?' 'Oh,' said Michael. 'Cool. Let's order from there, then.' 'OK. Cold sesame noodles for me.' So Michael ordered cold sesame noodles for me and a chop-suey for himself.

The food arrived pretty fast. Michael got us a can of Coke each. We ate, and then Michael asked me if I wanted to watch Star Wars. I was like, 'Sure!' So we watched the movie, sitting on the couch, just like old times. About halfway through the movie, Michael paused the movie, then took my hand in his. 'Mia,' he said. 'Yeah?' I said, looking at his hand on mine, then at his face. 'I want to say that I'm really sorry. For everything.' 'Oh, Michael,' I said. 'It was my fault more than it was yours.' 'Whatever it was,' said Michael. 'I'm just happy that we patched it up.' 'Me too,' I said, dreamily. Once again, I caught myself staring into Michael's dark eyes, which always suck me into them like a pit bog. An amazing pit bog which I never wanna come out of. Michael leaned towards me slowly and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back.

After a few minutes, we separated. 'Thanks, Michael,' I whispered. 'What for?' he whispered back. 'For…everything.' 'I love you, Mia.' 'I love you too, Michael.' He smiled at me.

Then we finished the movie, and Michael and I kissed goodbye. 'Bye,' I whispered. 'I'll see you tomorrow. Will you drop by at the limo to say hi in the morning?' 'Yes,' he replied. 'I'll wait for you.' Then he paused. 'But I thought…Lilly and you had a fight?' 'Yes, we did,' I said, a little uncomfortably. 'But we cleared it out.' 'OK,' said Michael, kissing me again. 'See you tomorrow.' 'See ya!' I saw that Lars was beginning to look impatient, so I gave Michael a last quick peck on the mouth and ran out to the limo and hopped in.

Lars was looking like he wanted to ask me something. 'Uh,' he said to me. 'Princess. May I ask you something if Your Highness will not take offence?' 'Oh, Lars,' I said, tiredly. 'You've got to stop calling me "Your Highness". We're like friends. What is it?' 'Princess, I thought you and both the Moscovitz siblings had a fallout?' he rattled off quickly. 'Oh,' I said. 'That. Yeah, we did. But we cleared it out. Everything's good now.' 'Oh,' said Lars. 'All right, Princess. That's all. Sorry for interfering.' 'That's OK,' I laughed. 'Feel free.'

Something just struck me – I told Michael that I was well and truly ready to Do It with him, but I know for myself that that was a lie – I was just trying to stop him from leaving for Japan. So now I don't know what Michael will say!!!! I can't possibly tell him why I had offered to sleep with him, can I?

Hey. Wait a sec. I agreed to have sex with Michael at that time to stop him from leaving for Japan, so who says that I can't be ready now? Hmm… But I guess it would be unfair to break my promise to Tina for us to be the Last Virgins at AEHS till the night of our senior prom, now that my circumstances aren't mitigating, as Tina had said.

I have to speak to her AS SOON AS I get home.

Tuesday, September 14, the Loft

Mom was too busy eating ribs with Mr. G, uh, Frank (MUST REMEMBER TO CALL HIM FRANK!!!!), watching TV to pay any attention to me, so I didn't get scolded for getting late.

I dialed Tina's cell phone number as soon as I got to the Loft. But she wasn't receiving it, so I decided to text her.

Mia: Tina! Y aren't u receiving ur cell phone?

Tina: Mia…sorry! What happened? U seem desperate.

Mia: Well…I am! That is y I messaged u. But v can't talk abt this over text messaging. Call me.

Tina: OK, Mia. I'll call u.

My cell phone rang, flashing Tina's number, a minute later. I received it. 'Hello, Tina!' 'Hi Mia! What's the matter? You sound urgent.' 'Well…it isn't exactly urgent,' I said. 'But it's important.' 'OK,' said Tina. 'Shoot.' 'OK. Remember when I told you that I was going to offer to make sweet tender love with Michael so that I could stop him from leaving for Japan?' 'How could I forget! What about it?' 'Well…' I said, not believing Tina hadn't guessed. 'But I obviously couldn't tell Michael why I was offering to give him the Precious Gift of my virginity, I had to tell him that I genuinely wanted to do it. So now what? He didn't go to Japan, so now he's going to want to Do It, right? And he thinks that I was actually ready to sleep with him! But I can't have sex with him, because you and I have to be the Last Virgins at AEHS!' I knew I was blabbering incoherently, but I didn't care. I had to get it all out of my mouth.

Tina took a deep breath. 'Mia,' she said. 'Tell me. Are you ready to give up your Precious Gift?' 'Um…' I said. 'WHAT?' 'Do you feel you would be ready to Do It if you weren't bound by your promise to me? Ask yourself and tell me.' 'I…' I didn't know what to say, because I didn't want to hurt Tina's feelings. But I thought it would be better if I just told her the truth. And I knew that Tina, of all people, would understand. So I went, 'OK. But please don't get hurt, Tina.' 'I won't! Tell me.' 'Well…' I said. 'I guess, yeah. That night, I went through a lot mentally, and gave it some serious thought. So I guess if I had the liberty, I'm ready.' Tina took another deep breath. 'OK. Mia, I think we both should forget about the Last Virgins promise.' 'Oh,' I said. 'OK. Are you sure?' I asked just to make sure. 'Yes, yes! I'm sure, Mia. Seriously.' 'Oh, Tina, I love you!' Tina laughed.

'So…' I said. 'Then, I mean what should I do? Should I go up to Michael and talk to him about it? Or should I wait for him to ask me?' 'Um,' said Tina. 'Actually, Mia, that depends on you, whether you want to do it that badly.' 'Oh,' I said. 'OK. Thanks a million, Tina. I'm forever indebted to you for the amount of love advice you've given me so far!' 'No, problem!' said Tina. 'That's what I'm here for!'

GOD, I love Tina.

Wednesday, September 15, Homeroom

Sorry I couldn't write in the morning on the way to school…Lilly wouldn't let me. She said that she had enough of me sticking my face in my journal all the time!

So we talked. Lilly told me all about what she did in the past few days – she watched dozens of videos and movies and sitting around.

Now that Lilly's got no boyfriend, she says that it isn't any use getting up early to get ready properly. So, just like she had started to do after her breakup with Boris, Lilly had pinned back her now-blond hair in about 20,000 multicolored barrettes, and hadn't bothered to wear her contact lenses – just her glasses. Thankfully, Lilly hadn't started rambling on about the latest medicinal development or political scandal as soon as she hopped into the limo. Instead, she simply talked about school, like a normal girl, for ONCE.

Michael was waiting right there with Lilly, just as he had promised. I'll probably be saying this for about the trillionth time, but well – Michael looked so adorable, standing there, all newly shaven, wearing jeans and a gray sweater.

As soon as the limo pulled up by the sidewalk, Lilly opened the door and just popped in. She was about to shut the door, but Michael caught hold of it just in time. 'Lilly,' he said, patiently. 'I want to say hi to Mia.' I smiled, going pink. 'Oh, OK. Just make it fast. And don't get all lovey-dovey, we don't want to get late for school,' she snapped at Michael. Lilly can be such a pig sometimes.

But Michael paid no attention to his sister, like always. Instead, he just shut Lilly's door in her face (leaving her looking flabbergasted. HA.), came over to the other side, to my door, and opened it. He leaned in and kissed me. 'Hello, Mia,' he said. 'You wanted to talk to me?' 'Oh,' I said, trying hard to not blush. 'Yes. Actually, uh, could you meet me at Ray's Pizza for a little while after school?' I calculated that I could speak to Michael for a few minutes. I'd just have to give Grandmère some excuse for being late to princess lessons. 'Um,' Michael paused for a moment. 'OK. I guess I could drop by for a pie.' 'OK,' I said. 'I'll see you then! Don't be late!' Well, I guess that was a silly thing to say, because Michael is never late. Anyway, Michael was like, 'Bye! See you later.' He shut the door, then I told Hans to move.

Anyway…the bell's rung…more later.

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