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It's 7 am and I have been lying here awake for the last 45 minutes. Moving to a new city has been kind of hard for me. I miss my old friends but my father assured me once we moved here I'd make new ones. We've been here a few months now and I still don't know anyone. School starts soon and I will be a junior in high school. I am supposed to be a senior but I was held back in 6th grade. I am scared that I won't fit in with any of the crowds here because where we moved from was pretty bad, here everyone seems stuck up. I shouldn't care though because I have always been a loner. I get up and go fix myself something to eat and head back to my room. I turn on the radio and listen to music while I am eating. When I finished eating I put a movie in and try to get into it so I can try and forget about how bored I am. 3 movies later and I am still bored and there is nothing to do. My father is on his computer chatting away with women from different states. I walk into the living room and tell

When I woke up this morning I had another big smile on my face. I had a really good dream last night about Brooks. I don't know what has come over me, I don't normally dream about stuff like I did last night but something about Brooks just brings all of those thoughts out to where now I am acting on things in my dreams. I rolled over to get up and decided to go clear my head by walking. I thought surely he wouldn't be outside right now since it was 9 am on Saturday. I got dressed and told my dad who was sitting at his computer like always that I was going for a walk around the neighborhood. I headed up the street and when I got to the stop sign I thought about turning the opposite way and coming back around by his house just in case he was outside. I looked down towards his house and didn't see his SUV in the driveway so I figured I was safe and headed that way. I made it past his house and let out the breath I was holding. I was supposed to be clearing my head but I couldn't get the

It has been a week since Brooks and I kissed on my patio and I have tried not to make it too obvious I really like him, so I haven't been walking as much. Today will be my first day walking in a few days and I am kind of nervous to see him if he is outside. I slipped my tennis shoes on and headed out the door. When I got to the stop sign I saw his SUV but I didn't see him. I walked past his house and before I turned to go down the road I heard my nickname being called. I turned to see him walking down the stairs from his front porch. I felt my cheeks getting warm and I knew I was blushing. When he walked up to me he asked what was doing and I laughed and said well Brooks, it seems I am going for a walk. He called me a smartass and asked if he could join me. I said that was fine with me and we walked down the road. It was awkward at first because we were both quiet but he broke the silence and said, “about the night on your patio, I didn't mean to upset you, Crystal." I said you didn

After my dad made me promise to tell him next time I decided to go for a walk, I went to my room and turned on my radio. I opened my closet and pulled out a few outfits my mom took me to get before she died. I was going to start wearing skirts and midriff shirts but I felt like it was something I couldn't pull off. I tried on a black skirt that came to my knee and a black midriff shirt and I didn't really like it. I tried on my green and black plaid skirt with my black off-the-shoulder midriff shirt and I liked how I looked in it. I tried on my tan and brown plaid skirt with my tan half-sleeve midriff shirt and liked it too. The last one I tried on was my black and grey plaid skirt with my light grey midriff t-shirt and liked it as well. I decided I was going to start wearing them when school started and see if changing my appearance would make a difference this year since I have always been a tomboy and wore baggy pants and t-shirts. I was also going to ask my dad if he could take me

**Beep, Beep, Beep** I got up and got dressed and ready for school. After I ate and brushed my teeth and I headed to the bus stop and there he was again walking his brother out and he waved just like yesterday. I blushed and waved back. As I was sitting down in a seat his brother walked past me and told me Brooks liked me. He took the seat behind me and I asked what he meant by that and he told me Brooks never walked him outside for the bus before until after he met me so he had to like me for him to do that. I laughed and said I doubted he liked me. His brother said, "by the way my name is Jonah." I said my name is Crystal. He said, "I know." I asked how he knew my name and he said," this is probably going to sound weird and I may end up getting beat by my brother for telling you this but my room is next to the bathroom and I can hear him while he is in the shower saying your name and sometimes if I am walking through the hallway I can hear him say it while he is in his room."