Arethius



Dear Diary, 

  

''I know this is sort of a girly thing, keeping a secret Diary and all, but my psychologists recommend doing so to keep myself from going insane, so here it goes. My name is Arthur Clemons Dormaines, but the kids at my school have dubbed me ‘Arethius’ and call me a freak. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been considered clinically insane. I was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia at the age of only six, but my parents think I was somehow born this way. My mother used to tell me stories of how when I was a child I used to kick and scream when I wasn’t being held by her or dad; she also told me I hated toys, and that anything I didn’t understand, which was just about everything, made me cry. ''

  

''As I got into kindergarten, I would always hate my teacher for trying to help with my homework--- I thought she was trying to purposely get me in trouble. I was the kid who trusted no one, the kid who just sat alone on the bench at recess because he had no friends. Don’t get the wrong idea, I could have had friends, I just thought all the other kids were going to turn on me and beat me up; this was when I was diagnosed. ''

  

''When I entered in to Middle School, I started flipping out about the littlest things, like the lunch staff putting cheese on my potatoes, which I had adopted the thought they had poisoned with Arsenic, so I ended up throwing them away when I got served. Whenever I got bad grades in school at this point, I always thought that particular teacher was against me, and I lashed out, throwing my papers and folders all over, then storming out of class. At one point in this chapter of my life, I got beat up by a couple of school bullies, and when the Principal suspended him, instead of expelling him like I wanted, I took a pencil, stabbed the Principal through his hand, then drug it all the way up his forearm. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">After that, I was sent to a mental institution for immediate psychological rehabilitation and was out of school for the rest of that year. I was just released today, with my psychologists’ recommendation to start writing, so I got you. So, I guess we’ll see how that works out. Good night, Diary, you’re the only one I trust. I’ll write you tomorrow. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">              <span style="font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">            Today, I found out that instead of moving on to high school, I ' ’ '<span style="font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m being forced to repeat eighth grade year. I ' ’ '<span style="font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m SO pissed off! So I guess tomorrow I have to go back to that hell tomorrow. All I have to say about this shitty situation is that nobody better fuck with me like they did last year! I may have just been rehabilitated, but I ' ’ '<span style="font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll still beat somebody ' ’ '<span style="font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s ass! ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">On a better note, after being rehabilitated, (Yeah, that '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s right, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m no longer Arethius!) I feel as if I can at least try to be nicer to my peers. I will not, however, make friends with anyone, nor will I trust them! No one deserves my trust, no one other than you, Diary. You '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">re the only person I confide in. ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">On another brighter note, I heard we have a new Principal this year. That other one I heard lost his job because he was raping this one girl, Ariel, almost every other day after school. Good God, what a freak! You see, Diary, it '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s this kind of shit that makes me not trust people! ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Well, I guess I should head off to bed, it is getting pretty late. I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll write you tomorrow, Diary, and tell you all about what happens at school. How does that sound? Good night, Diary. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Today was okay, I suppose. I met that girl, Ariel, the one who was raped by the school '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s former Principal. She '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s a nice girl, and I feel bad for her. She didn '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t deserve to be violated like that. I think she '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s misunderstood, like I am. All those preppy bitches seem to enjoy picking on her. I '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">d say she '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s almost got the qualities needed in a person for me to feel trust and form a friendship. Almost! I will not trust another human! Never! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">That new Principal is an old man. No, seriously, he looks like he '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s eighty years old or something! Well, I guess this probably means I most-likely won '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t have any shit from him, right? I mean, come on! What would some senile old fool do to cause me any trouble? I think I might actually be fine with repeating eighth grade year after all! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Other than all that, school was pretty lax today, as all first days are. No work, just some stupid papers involving school rules that our parents have to sign. I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">d have to say that my only complaint is that I have one of the same teachers from last year. Oh well, if things go okay enough, I think I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll be able to deal with it. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Well, it '<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s that time again. Good night, Diary, and as always, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll write you tomorrow! See you then!  <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No. 3 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I talked to Ariel again today, and actually sat with her at lunch. She asked if we could hang out on the weekend and go to this thing out of town where people dress up as Zombies and you get to shoot them with a paintball gun. I told her yes, but that doesn '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t mean I think of her as a friend. I just simply need a stress reliever, and shooting people with paintballs would serve perfectly. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I kinda got pissed off at this one kid, Wes, during school today. He decided it '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">d be funny to pat me on the shoulder today in class! No, I hate people! I told him that if he ever touches me again, that I will gut out his fucking minnow and hang him by his own fucking intestines! He called me a freak and walked away. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">That teacher I told you about, the one who fucked with me last year, had the guts to tell me he hopes I get into high school next year. What a fucking dick! I know he '<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s only saying that to spite me! He wants me to fail, and he wants to watch me as I do! He wants to keep me in eighth grade forever! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">So, that '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s how my day went. Well, goodnight, Diary. I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll write you again tomorrow. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I cannot tell you how pleased I am that today is the last day of school! That Wes kid fucked with me again today! He decided that he was going to pick on Ariel at lunch. He called her a '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">‘ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">cunt '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif""> and told her she was a whore for hanging around with me! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">The thing that pissed me off the most is that he made Ariel cry! It '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s not like I care about her feelings, I just feel like she didn '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t fucking deserve it. It '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s like I said before, she '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s like me, misunderstood. To me, that means it '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s my obligation to look out for her to a point, but yet, still keep my own distance. ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">All I know is that I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m really going to need that Zombie Shootout with Ariel tonight. I gotta get ready soon. I '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll let you know how it goes, Diary. Sorry to cut this entry short. Goodnight. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Sorry, this entry is about a day late, but I actually had so much fun with Ariel, I decided to spend the weekend with her. It '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s kinda funny, really, I find her enjoyable. You know, I might even consider calling her my '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">‘ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">friend '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">. Hm, my first friend, huh? Who woulda thought? ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Anyways, another week of school starts tomorrow, and I am really not looking forward to it. I really just don '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t want to deal with that Wes asshole. But for right now, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m actually pretty chill. That weekend with Ariel has me chilled out. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Well, I guess I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll just chill with Ariel during school from now on and see if that helps. Besides, I wonder just how this whole first friend thing is going to work. This seems like an amazing subject to sleep on, so I think I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll keep this on my mind for the rest of the night. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">On that note, it is late, so I think I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m gonna go to bed. Good night, Diary. As always, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll write in you tomorrow. I won '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t forget this time, I promise! ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No. 6 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">See, I told you I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">d write you when I was supposed to, so ha! If you can '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t tell, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m actually pretty damn happy right now! '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">‘ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Why '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif""> you ask? Because I did it! I called Ariel '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">‘ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Friend '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">! I did it! She '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s my first friend! Yes!!! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I gotta tell you, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m not as pissed or stressed as I usually am. This has got me really fucking hyped! Wes tried fuckin '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif""> with me today, and I just told him to fuck off. I don '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t need that shit in my life. I have my very first friend, and right now, it '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s my obligation to look out for her! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Diary, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m so excited, I probably won '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t be able to sleep tonight! I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m supposed to hang out with Ariel after school tomorrow, and I really cannot fucking wait! Seriously, I wonder what we '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">re gonna do! The suspense is literally killing me! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Well, I guess, since it is late. I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll have to call it an entry. I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m gonna go try and sleep. Goodnight, Diary, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll write you tomorrow and tell you how it goes. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No.7 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I hung out with Ariel for awhile today, we ended up walking to her house today after school. I found out she gets picked on by the same preppy bitches that were fucking with her last week every day after school. She told me that since her and I started talking, they don '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t openly do it anymore, like in school. They wait '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">‘ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">til after school. So I told her I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">d start walking her home every day. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Want to hear another funny surprise? Those preppy bitches are apparently friends with Wes. I laughed when the stupid cunts threatened to get him to beat my ass if I ever walked Ariel home again. I guess they don '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t know just how scary I can be. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">This whole friend thing is sure changing me a lot. I mean, a year ago, I would have just kept to myself. But now, all I really want is to look out for Ariel, I don '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t really care about myself all that much. In the end, I am actually kinda glad I had to repeat eighth grade. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Well, it '<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s that time of night again. Goodnight, Diary, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll write you again tomorrow. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No. 8 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Another day where I wasn '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t as stressed as I usually am. Becoming friends with Ariel might just be the best thing that '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s ever happened to me. I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m not really too sure if I want to trust her with a lot of things just yet though. I mean, we '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ve only been friends for a few days, well, officially. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Wes came up to me today, and he told me that if I keep being friends with Ariel, he '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s going to beat my ass. I just simply laughed it off and walked away. He didn '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t take to kindly to that and ran after me with his fist cocked back ready to punch me. It didn '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t work, though---a teacher saw him and he ended up getting suspended, ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">The walk home with Ariel was even more uplifting this time. Ariel told me some of her past. A bit fast paced, I know, but I think it '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s because she '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s never been able to talk about it. See, until her uncle saved her, she was molested by her father from the time she was four until just this recent year, when her uncle stepped in. In order to keep it from getting out, her parents kept her drugged and sedated all the time, so if she did talk, people would think she was mental. Honestly, I think it '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s because it '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s been locked up for so long. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">On that note, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m actually pretty tired. I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll write you tomorrow, Diary, goodnight. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No. 9 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Today in school, I overheard Wes talking to a couple of his buddies about a party this Friday, since his parents work from eight to midnight of weekdays. Not a really valid piece of information to me right now, but hey, if I ever feel like fucking with him, I can now do it inconsequentially. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Wes and the girls bumped into Ariel and I today during the walk home and Wes told me that if I continue to '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">‘ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">steal '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif""> Ariel from him, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll pay. After that whole episode, I asked Ariel if she knew what he meant. Ariel explained to me that Wes has liked her since the sixth grade, but he '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s always been a bully, so she didn '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t want anything to do with him. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Now, for the depressing part of the day---when I got home from school, my mom told me she had to pick me up from school tomorrow for a doctor’s appointment, so I wouldn '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t be able to walk Ariel home. I mean, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m sure she '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll understand just one day, but, to me it '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s a bummer. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Well, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m gonna go to bed. Goodnight Diary. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No. 10 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ve been crying all day today, my mom let me stay home from school. I was too fucking upset and pissed off to go. I should '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ve done something! I should '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ve trusted someone enough to tell them! God damn it! Why did this have to happen to me?! ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">When I got home from the doctors earlier today, there was an emergency news broadcast on T.V., Ariel was murdered today on her way home from school. I should have fucking been there, god damn it! I could '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ve fucking saved her! Why?! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I swear to god, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m going to get whoever did this back! I don '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t know how, or when, but I have a feeling either Wes or those preppy bitches are behind it. I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll make their lives a living fucking Hell, I swear to god! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m gonna go cry myself to sleep. Goodnight, Diary. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No. 11 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m so pissed off and upset! Today in school, those god damn preps were whispering at lunch across the table from me. They thought I was eavesdropping, so they moved to the bathroom. So, since they were being sneaky today, I decided to as well. The bathrooms at our school are just walk-ins, no doors. I decided to take advantage and quietly walked through, then listened in on the conversation. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">You know what those little bitches were talking about? They were the ones who killed Ariel, and they did it because Wes told them to! I swear to god, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m going to get Wes back! I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll make his life a fucking living Hell! I '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll show him what happens when he takes something away from me! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ve got the perfect plan---that information about Wes '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif""> parents working all day on weekdays might just come in handy. Yes, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ve got it, Diary! While his parents are at work, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll sneak outta school tomorrow and fuck with him! I don '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">t know how, but I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll fuck with him horribly! I will find a way to make his life a living Hell! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">See you, Diary. I had forgotten what this feeling was. The feeling of being Arethius! But now, I have a purpose! ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No. 12 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">These next few entries are going to be really short. Why? Because I no longer care about anything else, other than getting my revenge. That '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s right, I know now what I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">m going to do, and I executed the first step today! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Let '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s not ruin the surprise though; I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll walk you through it step by step as I execute them. Here is the first step, the one I executed toda : ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Step One: Sneak out of school, and go over to his house, (And I know where he lives because people talk. Though, if I had enough time, I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">da stalked him.) then, sneak into his house by busting the window open. Then, I broke a couple of vases, broke a few chair legs, tore the feathers outta some pillows, tore the cushion from furniture, and then I left all the lights on in the house and got out. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">That '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s it for tonight – Arethius reborn. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No. 13 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Today at school, Wes was freaking the fuck out! His parents thought someone broke into his house! They apparently said one more time and the authorities promised a steak-out. I had to try so hard to hold back my laughter. Anyways, on that note, I executed the next step today: ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Step Two: Get a crow bar, (in this case, I got mine from my parents '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif""> garage.) then, pry the door open and bash the lock broken. This time, in addition to leaving all the lights on again, I plugged all his sink drains, and the drain in his bathtub, then turn all the water on, leave it running and just be on your way. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">And that '<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s the second step. ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">-Arethius. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Entry No. 14 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Dear Diary, 

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Again today at school, Wes was complaining that someone broke it, but this time, flooded his house. I actually smiled a little bit as I turned around to sneak out and execute the next step: ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Step Three: Break in any preferred way, then cut the power off by finding the breaker, you could turn the lights on this time, but I preferred not to. This time, I ripped all the wires out of the wall and laid them all over the floor, then I, again turned on all the water in the house and plugged the drains. Then, I turned the breaker on and got out before the water flooded. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">I was going to save this step for last, or near last. But hearing that cop steak-out thing has gotten me on edge! ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">-Arethius. ''

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">   <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Diary Entry No. 15 End.  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">  ''

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Today, I executed the final step of my revenge. I heard thanks to the wet and exposed wires, Wes landed himself in the hospital and was on life-support. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Final Step: Grab a knife, pull the preppy bitches aside in school after class but before lunch, then, slit all of their throats! Before anyone notices, sneak out of school and get to the hospital, visit Wes on the account of a '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">‘ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Concerned Friend '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">, unplug his life –support, and to guarantee his death, slit his throat. Then, simply leave the hospital before anyone notices. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">It '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">s now on the news that I am a suspect, as I was the last one in Wes '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-ascii-font-family: "New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif""> room before his death. I '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;mso-ascii-font-family:"New Times Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"New Times Roman"">’ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">ll most-likely get life in prison if I get caught. Well, the police are probably on their way. By the way, this is my final entry for now. If I ever commit another murder again, I will write it, Diary, goodbye. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">-Arethius Forever. ''

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<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"New Times Roman","serif"">Final Entry End. ''