Creative Writing: "Diary Entry of Lennox Williams." (7/18/2010)

7/18/2010

Dear diary,

"So yesterday I got my allowance, and decided to blow some money at the mall. I bought this cute top, that I had been totally eying since forever. It is dark blue, low cut, and has a zipper halfway down the back. The front is sort of a sweetheart design. So, I went to Music Heaven to check out some music. A really cute guy kept on staring at me. He came over and talked to me. Turns out he is going to the same high school as me. His name is Kevin, and he just moved here. He asked if I wanted to get lunch with him. I totally did!

We walked to the food court, talking the entire way. He wanted pizza. We got to the pizza kiosk, and I remembered about my Celiac disease. When it was my turn to order, I asked the lady behind the counter if they had gluten free food. Just like the dude from the pizza place, she had no clue what that was. She said that they don't. Again, I was stuck with a salad. Kevin was silent when we were eating. He kept checking his phone, totally ignoring me. All of a sudden, he said his mom just texted him and was waiting for him outside the mall. His phone didn't go off. He got up, and I asked him if he wanted my number. He said that he will see me at school, and he left quickly. It's July, and school isn't until August 31!

I took the bus home, and I was a cross between depressed and angry. I laid my head against the window, wiping a tear from my eye. I was totally humiliated. Was he, like, weirded out because I have Celiac disease? If this is what I am going to experience in high school, I'd rather be home-schooled. It's bad enough that I will have to deal with loser Kevin when school starts. I got home and went back up to my room. Mom wasn't home, and my brother was next door. Finally I have some peace and quiet. Going to take a nap. Too depressed for daylight."

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