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(A/N: the diary is in italics, and the rest is 1st person)

August 24, 2016

Dear Diary,
Well... Today was the first day in high school, and it honestly felt like a movie. The students would run all around the hallways and chase each other, the bullies would take short kids and grab them by their feet and hang them upside down until they got their lunch money, and the teachers just pretended that they were so cool to make their "first day impressions", which were cringy.

Everything was neutral and calming, since no one really knew each other. But, during second period, it felt different. The atmosphere felt more exciting, and at some points during class, my heart started pounding out of my chest. I didn't know why, though.

In the middle of writing my "All About Me" essay, I broke my pencil and had to get up to sharpen it. As I was walking toward the mechanical sharpener, I noticed that a boy was standing there already, just getting ready to put his pencil in. I noticed how when he looked at me with his brown eyes, my heart started to pound like it did earlier.

"hey, only one at a time Hess. Wait until Alex is finished," the teacher said.

Alex. That's his name.

When he finished sharpening his pencil, he started walking back to his seat but accidentally bumped into me.

"oh... Sorry... Hess."

Like a dummy, I just stood there, not saying a word, while my cheecks turned red. Alex walked to his seat, and it honestly felt like I stood there still for five minutes after, forgetting to sharpen my pencil.

When ten minutes passed, the bell rang, and Alex walked off to his next class, strapping his navy blue backpack on his shoulders. Time after that just went by, as I consulted with myself why I felt this way. Period after period, I never seemed to get a straight forward answer.

Do I like Alex? Is it love at first sight? Why?

Soon enough, it was time for lunch, and I decided to meet up with my best friend, Jacob. I started to tell him that I felt so happy and giggly when I thought about Alex, and I asked him for some advice.

"well, see who he's like first. He might turn out to be a boy that you never thought he might be like. But, there's no telling at this point. Also, look at the people he hangs with. If they seem good, I'm sure he's good too. But, don't stalk him."

For the rest of the day, I tried to keep my mind off of Alex, but failed. During the last period of the day, I found myself starring off into space, doodling his name into my diary.

Allllllleeeeeeexxxxx

Once the last bell of the day rang, I packed up my things and quickly sped out the school, wishing to go home and hope this was a dream. As I was walking on the side walk, I heard someone's voice. That voice made my heart instantly pound out of my chest, and it sounded super familiar. I looked up from the ground and noticed that Alex was in front of me the whole time with his friends. For a second, I just starred at him and stopped walking in awe. Then, I remembered that Jacob told me to see what his friends were like, and now was the perfect opportunity.

Getting a little closer to the group, I started listening to their conversation to see what they were talking about.

"hey alex, I saw that girl check you out today in second period man. You're already gettin' some on the first day?" a boy said to Alex.

"heck nah bruh. She looked at me super weird today. I didn't like that." Muttered Alex.

My whole world turned upside down when I heard those words. Listening in to that conversation was the worst thing I could do, and after that, I just ran in front of them, sobbing.

I didn't dare look behind me and see their reactions as I was so embarrassed of myself. I reached my house and ran past my front door and slammed it shut, walking past the living room and entering my bedroom. For the rest of the night, I just laid on my bed, feeling a mix of emotions.

How did I go from liking a stranger to hating him in one day? And it wasn't even his fault for feeling weird about the whole thing, it was mine.

Well, all I can do now is sleep it off. Hopefully I can wake up tomorrow and pretend that this never happened.

Goodnight diary.

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That's it you guys!
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