Chapter 2:
January 3, 2002
Dear Diary,
I've never written in a diary before, so I'm not quite sure how I should be doing this. Perhaps I should introduce myself before I begin. I'm Katherine Elizabeth Bennett—Kay for short. I'm 18-years-old and in love the most wonderful man in the world—my best friend, Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald. There's just a few problems. First off, Miguel is dating my cousin, Charity. And secondly, I'm dating Miguel's friend Reese.

I don't love Reese. I've never loved Reese. In fact our entire relationship is just one big mistake. Miguel is the man that I belong with. Miguel and I are soulmates—not me and Reese.

But if I love Reese, why am I dating him? The truth of the matter is that it all snowballed. I didn't mind "dating" him at first. I thought that it might make Miguel jealous, and then he'd leave Charity for me. By the time I realized that that wasn't going to happen, everyone thought that Reese and I were an item. And I mean everyone. So it was just easier to stay Reese's "girlfriend" until I could make Miguel mine.

But I am running out of ideas. I've tried everything. I dumped fish guts on her at Prom. I did my best to get Charity committed so that she and Miguel would be separated. I even went so far as to sell my soul (bad idea) to split them up. But did any of this work? Of course not!!

But I think that I have finally come up with a foolproof plan. And, with any luck, everyone should end up happily ever after meaning that my soul will remain squeaky clean…

Kay walked through the front door and stalked up to her room. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Miguel had disagreed with her and had never even listened to her arguments!! That had never happened before Charity came to town.

Kay had thought that she had hated her cousin before. After all, stealing the man of her dreams, didn't quite earn her loads of brownie points.

But now she was turning Miguel, her lifelong friend, against her! By the time Charity was done, the only friends she would have left in the world would probably be… Reese.

She shuddered at the thought. She couldn't bear to live a life without Miguel and his friendship. Hell, she was barely coping now without his love. But without him there as a confidant and a sounding board… well, she might as well be dead.

That was why she had to come up with the perfect plan to separate him and Charity. But there was a slight problem.

She had just gotten her soul back a few months ago after trading it to Hecuba for Miguel. It was pure and holy—for the first time in a long time. Kay had spent the last few months trying to stay out of trouble and trying to give up on Miguel so her soul would stay pure. Now that she had decided that she couldn't give up on Miguel, she had to find a way to do it while still being good.

But that was sure to be an impossible task, wasn't it? How do you split up a couple without doing something bad? There was no possible.

Kay sighed loudly. There had to be a way, and she wouldn't give up until she found it. If she was anything, she was crafty… and she was determined.

~*~*~*~

"I'll be right back," Kay whispered as she stood up in the movie theater. "I need to run to the bathroom."

Moments later, she exited the theater glad to be out of there. Lord of the Rings was a great movie that she would ordinarily enjoy watching, but as of this moment, she was too busy thinking about how to split up Charity and Miguel to concentrate on a movie. The action sequences kept distracting her from her goal, her aim, the one thing that she had wanted for years.

Running her hand through her shoulder-length mane, Kay decided that she really needed some water. There had to be a water fountain in the theater somewhere.

Preoccupied with her own thoughts, Kay barely realized that she was not the only one in Harmony who had come to see a movie. That is, she didn't realize it until she crashed into someone who was heading to a movie of their own.

"I'm so sorry!" Kay apologized, turning to see who she had run into. Her jaw dropped when she saw how gorgeous the guy was. She had never seen him before, but she was certain that he belonged on a cover of GQ. With his bronze skin, scruffy brown hair, and sparkling green eyes he was, without a doubt, one of the hottest guys she had ever seen.

"Don't worry about it," he replied in a clipped British accent. Kay almost swooned right there—not only was he sexy, but he was European!!

"Thanks," Kay replied, flashing him a grateful grin.

"I don't believe we've met," he stated thoughtfully. "I'm Christopher Mitchell."

"Kay Bennett," she replied, shaking his outstretched hand. "So, did you just move here?"

Christopher didn't respond. Rather, he just stood there with a dazed look on his face.

"Christopher? Are you ok?" Kay asked worriedly.

He blinked and returned his attention to Kay. "Yes, my apologies. I just had a bit of a…" he trailed off. "Kay, can I trust you?"

"Of course you can!" Kay replied curiously. Was there something wrong with him? Did he have some dread disease or something?

"I just had a premonition," he confessed. "I know that it sounds weird, but…"

Dammit! Kay swore within her mind. Here she thought that she had met the perfect guy… but he turned out to be a male version of Charity—premonitions and all.

"No, that's not weird at all. Actually, my cousin gets premonitions and stuff too. I thought that it was really freaky at first, but I'm used to it now. Tell me, what was your premonition about?" Kay probed curiously. She knew that Charity's premonitions were sometimes triggered by contact with a person or object. Maybe his had been about her.

"Well, actually, it involved you," he informed her. "You seemed very happy, very much in love with a splendid chap."

"Really?" Kay asked excitedly. "Who was he? What did he look like?"

Christopher shrugged apologetically. "I'm afraid I didn't see him all that well. I just saw the vague form of a man and you… My apologies, Kay."

"Don't worry about it," Kay replied. "I'm sure that I'll find him soon enough. Well, I had better get back to my movie before my friends send out a search party. I'm sure I'll be seeing you around, Christopher."

"It was splendid meeting you, Kay. Cheerio!"

Kay returned to the movie encouraged by Christopher's premonition. If he saw her in love with a "splendid chap," it was sure to happen. Soon enough she would come up with a brilliant plan that would finally make Miguel hers.