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Today was the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me. What did I do to deserve this? I don’t even normally want to go to school, so why does it have to be embarrassing for me too now?

Ugh, I don’t even want to write about it.

But then, that’s what this diary is for.

Alright, fine.

Today was my birthday, and for the most part it was going to be just perfect. Even though I had to go to summer school for a failing grade in Chemistry, I woke up early and looked beautiful even before I put on makeup. So I went without today. I like to think I look better without it on some days. Wonderful Dad told me that I could host my own party, so I texted all my girls and told them to come over at eight. I went off to school with high hopes. I got there at 3:15 PM. For the first time in forever, I finally had a lab partner who was not only cute, but unattached. He was new and had just transferred in this year, but he was already popular and held in high regard by everyone here, especially the girls.

Oh, jeez he’s adorable. He always has this cute smile that makes you want to kiss it off him. He always pretends to be nervous but you know he can make it serious real fast. My kind of boy <3

But of course, it’s always the Queen Bee who falls first, before the rest of the hive. Hopefully this has only been a tiny setback. The last three years of my life working my way up the dirty social ladder here can’t have been for nothing.

Let’s get to the good part of my day.. So Toby, the cute boy, who was going to be all mine, had greeted me at the lab at 2:30 with a smile. It didn’t seem like the day could go any way but wonderfully. Well, our lab wasn't interesting, but then, when is school ever interesting? Even the stuff everyone supposedly loves is just the stuff the boys love, like dissecting squids and other disgusting creatures.

I have a very exact routine when talking to boys. You have to make sure that you talk. Seriously, even if your partner isn't cute, you still have to talk. Unless you talk, they probably won’t either, and your boring class will not only be more boring, but it’ll be really awkward. You’re welcome. Anyway, you have to make sure that you get close to them. You want them to start guessing early if you like them, because sometimes they need a bit of time until they realize that they like you. This is all about feel. I could write an essay all about this, but I'll do it later. Ooh! You think I could turn the essay in at school one day? I think I'd get a solid 95.

I didn’t have any trouble with the lab, because, did I mention? Toby is a genius. He helped me through the entire lab. Why did a genius have to go to summer school? I have no clue. I think it was because he missed too many days of school or something ridiculous like that.

I asked him if he was free after class. He said he was, so I immediately started planning our evening. The rest of the day went by slowly. I swear I died every time I checked the clock and groaned, thinking of how much more school I would have to bear so that we could leave. Sure, he was right next to me for most of the three and After a few years, the day was finally over. He met me at my locker and we went down to the library. I got him to tutor me on math concepts until the library closed. By then, it was six o’clock. I suggested that we go to the mall, which was conveniently close to our school. He was hesitant, mostly because he had homework, but I assured him that we could do homework together after we eat.

And so, I spent the evening with the lovely Toby. I guess you could say it was our first date. Huh. Looking back on it almost makes me feel better about what happened next.

I had called my dad to pick me up at 7:45, so that I could make it home in time to party with the girls, so Toby planned on leaving at 7:40. He dawdled a little when the time came, so by the time he left it was 7:42 on the verge of turning 7:43. He had stood up, and started to leave, when I began to feel pins and needles all over my body. The feeling started in my head, but gradually traveled downwards, until it touched my toes. Being one all for romanticism, I briefly debated whether or not I was just feeling lovesick. Nope.

The instant the feeling had touched my toes, a force just, sort of came out of me. Tables in a two-foot radius that used to be bolted to the floor flew away from me, but somehow the chairs stayed. The store signs around me started dimming. Toby heard the noise and looked back at me. He frowned, and started walking back towards me. He said something along the lines of “Riley, you okay?” I don't suppose I looked very well.

My eyes widened as he walked closer to me. “No!” I started to plead. Concerned like the prince that he is, he kept on walking closer to me. Once within two feet of me, it was like he hit a wall. Not only that, but once he hit it, it flung him back with so much force that he flew several feet. I screamed. Instinctively I started walking towards him. It seemed the two-foot barrier didn’t affect me. He stirred. He was okay! But he saw me coming towards him and pushed himself backwards, away from me. Eyes full of terror, he stood, turned around, and fled.

Devastated, I sat down and started crying, while storeowners in the food court were panicking. I didn’t understand what I was capable of, what I could do. That took me a long time to understand, and even then it wasn’t me who figured it out. I curled up into as small of a ball as I could, and lay on the floor unmoving. This was how my dad and the police found me minutes later.

I’m sitting in the police station in one of the interrogation rooms right now. They let me take out a notebook to do my schoolwork once they found out that I attend summer school. But I didn't actually have any homework, so instead I'm writing down my story. I have a feeling that I’ll need it soon.