Me: Long time no see!

Ali: Cassie's been slacking!

Me: It's been more than that, I've been super busy!

Ali: Yeah, if you guys are really interested in what she's been doing this past month and a half or so she'll explain at the bottom message.

Me: Yeah, I'm really sorry about being gone so long.

Ali: She's so lazy that on all of the other stories that she's updating she's using the same disclaimer.

Me: What can I say? I'm kinda lazy.

Ali: Kinda?

Me: Okay, really lazy.

Ali: But she isn't super lazy, she is a cross country runner!

Me: As of like 2 weeks ago.

Ali: That's when practice started.

Me: Enough about my personal life. Unless you do want to know about it, then read the bottom message.

Ali: And she can't update any of this until her power comes back on.

Me: BOTTOME MESSAGE!

Ali: She's not sure when it will be back on, it is currently Monday at about 7 pm and it's been off all day.

Me: Al, just do your stupid disclaiming thing.

Ali: Cassie only owns the plot, the O/C's and the aimless bantering.

1 week later

I wheel myself down the sidewalk next to the school. The yellow VW Bug pulls up and Hazel gets out from the passenger seat and opens the back door revealing Isaiah and David. I'd given the car to the twins but they had to transport me to and from places.

Hazel "Okay, lift yourself into the car."

I lift myself into the backseat and Isaiah, who was sitting in the middle, helps me buckle in. Hazel slams the door shut and collapses the wheelchair, placing it into the trunk. She gets back into the car and we take off to David's house.

Isaiah "So how's it going with James?"

I glared at him and his eyes fall to the ground.

Mabel "You know he didn't mean it the way you took it, Natalie."

"I still took it the way I did. It's not like he's trying that hard to talk to me again."

David "Natalie, he sent you flowers, he waited outside your locker all day today. He's been texting all of us constantly to try and get a hold of you."

Hazel "You're being a bitch Natalie."

"Excuse me?"

She turns so that she can look me in the eyes. "No one will tell you to your face but everyone is thinking it. It's not James's fault you're being totally insensitive. This hasn't only been hard on you, it's been difficult on everyone. Sure, you can't move you legs, but you are dealing with it. You're getting it back. But we thought you'd might as well be dead in the hospital. It's not his fault that you aren't looking from his perspective and seeing how tough this is on him. You're not the only one hurting. So quit being a bitch."

David "See? Thank you!"

Mabel "Shut up David, not helping."

I laugh exasperated "No, it's okay. Let's just crush Natalie even more!"

Hazel snorts. "Oh please, you're so fucking full of it."

Mabel "Hazel! You're doing it again!"

Hazel "Doing what?"

Mabel "Being an ass."

I lean against the door and look out the window. She's right, I'm being kind of a bitch. Leave it to Hazel. I sigh. I get my new phone Saturday. Wait, today's Friday!

Isaiah "Natalie, why do you look so happy?"

David "Yeah, you're scaring me."

The next day (cuz I'm not really sure where to go with this anymore)

I lay on my bed and examine my phone as I have been for the past 45 minutes. Should I text him? No. Yes. No. Yes. I type his number in and send the text.

-James I'm sorry. You didn't mean it the way I took it. I was being super bitchy. Will you forgive me?-

His reply comes minutes later.

-No I'm sorry. Can we just forget this?-

I smile and send back.

-That's what I was hoping for. But I have a new phone and need a new ringtone for my boyfriend. Think you could hook me up?-

I giggle as he instantly replies.

-I could do more than hook you up with that but you do have a boyfriend so we'll stick to the ringtone ;-)-

So at this point you probably want to know what's been going on in my life, or you just have nothing else to do. Well as a lot of you know, I live in northern New York, which was just hit by a hurricane. Not northern New York particularly but New York and a couple other states. We got super bad rain and wind where I live and TONS of trees were blown down and there's a lot of bad damage. The electricity and cable wires were taken down by trees in multiple places causing a power outage. But that's just why I haven't updated today. A couple weeks ago I was with my grandparent's house in Kentucky for 3 weeks where they don't have wireless internet. They DID have internet (thank god) and I could have used a flash drive and blah blah blah but like Ali pointed out, I'm lazy. Then after that I've been busy with funerals(one of my cousins died at 35 of a heart attack, I didn't know him but it's still sad), friends(who would have thought? I'm popular!), family(they may not like me much but I'm like a leech I'm just kind of stuck to them and suck out their important stuff), doctors appointments(on September 26 I'm getting surgery so that I can hear better, I have really bad hearing, I'm almost deaf in my right ear), cross country(a.k.a running and I have practice everyday from 5pm to 6 or 7pm except Sundays) and trying to keep my life from going into complete and utter chaos. Did I mention I've started talking to myself? Yeah, kinda weird. I'll admit it. Anyways, this was more of a diary entry than a bottom message as Ali and I call it. But if any of you want to hear more just PM me, I have plenty more to complain about. Please review!