4th September

Alybu (haha!), New Mexico.

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If you could see me now, I'd have the most amazing smile on my face. And for absolutely no reason at all. I just woke up this morning and realised that Albuquerque is the place where I can finally begin living my life. They know nothing about me; I can, if I wish, become a new person. I don't necessarily want to do that - I'm alright as I am, thank you very much - but I do have the chance to change, if I want to.

So, I just woke up smiling. And haven't been able to take it off since, really. I got some weird looks in the corridors today, but that's not unusual so it didn't bother me. I'm just happy.

There's only been one dent in my happiness today. And that nearly ruined it all, but I figured I'd just let it pass.

But for you to get it, you'll have to know a little bit more about my past.

When I lived in LA, my best friend was called Anna. She was a sweetheart, one that never put herself first, and listened when you needed her to. She was truly the best friend you could ever find. I also had another friend. His name was Drew. We'd known each other since we were small, because of our mothers being friends in hospital. So it came to no surprise that through my childhood, wherever I lived they would come visit for a few weeks, and we'd be joined at the hip.

Until now.

Drew has just announced to me, over email, that he won't be seeing me ever again. Nice guy he was. He has informed me that he is 'in love' with Anna, and will be spending every holiday with her. Well, it just doesn't make any sense, because for one thing, Anna told me she doesn't like him. But apparently, she's been lying to me because they've been dating for months behind my back. I introduced them, and yet they can't be bothered to tell me they are together. That's just horrible in my opinion.

But whatever, I'm over it now. It upset me at first, but not anymore. Because if something goes wrong, and they both want to come back to me - that's isn't happening. They dropped me, I'll drop them.

The smile is slowly slipping off my face now.

Shame.

I liked it when I was happy.

Until tomorrow.

PS. I actually won't be talking to you, dear Diary, tomorrow, as I'm going away for a few days. But I'll be back from my 'bonding' trip (yuck!) with my mother on the 10th, so we'll talk then. Gabriella! What is the world coming to! You're talking to a notebook…

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A/N; Thanks for all those reviews. I really appreciate them. I'll be going back to school soon, and have exams in less than two weeks time, so updates may not be every day. I'll try my best though. Also, I put int he thing about the holiday, because some people are getting impatient and wanting Troy: this means I can get him in quicker. But it doesn't mean you have to wait six days for the next chapter. Tomorrow, or the next day, it should be up.

:)

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