Diary Two by Ann M. Martin

Author:Ann M. Martin [Martin, Ann M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4804-6915-0
Publisher: Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Published: 2014-02-20T17:21:00+00:00

Saturday 7/25

6:30 P.M.

JUSTIN IS GOING to pick me up any minute now. I’m so nervous. Maybe writing in my journal will help me stay calm.

Mom had a major hangover this morning and was in no shape to talk on the phone. I handled benefit business for her. Lots of phone calls.

Amalia came over this afternoon to help me pick out what to wear tonight. I wish she hadn’t bothered. She drove me crazy. For example, I put on my purple satin pants. “My hips look huge in these,” I groaned.

“Are you crazy?” Amalia exclaimed. “They look great on you.”

I hate it when people tell social lies just to make you feel better. Why wouldn’t she admit that some of my clothes make me look fat? Whenever I said I was too fat for an outfit she’d contradict me. Then she got really serious. “I think you’re dieting too much, Maggie,” she said. “You look so thin it’s not healthy.”

I told her that I have tiny bones. That I’m supposed to be thin. She argued with me about that. She was pretty annoyed by the time she left. But not as annoyed as I am with her.

I decided to wear the brown skirt and velveteen top after all. I changed my nail polish from pink to

Uh-oh, Justin’s here.

Sometime After Midnight

The good news is my date with Justin Randall is over.

Dad made sure he was home when Justin picked me up. I was afraid my parents would embarrass me. But they didn’t. I don’t think Justin could tell that Mom had been drinking. And Dad didn’t ask him what his parents did for a living or remind him of my midnight curfew.

We made our escape pretty quickly.

Justin looked incredibly handsome and relaxed. I felt incredibly ugly and nervous. I didn’t know what to say.

Once we got in the getaway car, he started a conversation by asking me how things were going with my new job. I told him about Little Guy and the photographs we took for the benefit. Then we talked about Vanish and some of our rehearsals. Justin does a great imitation of Rico.

By the time we reached the theater, I was more relaxed.

I was on a date with Justin Randall! And we were clicking.

People were lined up around the block for tickets to the film, but Justin already had ours so we breezed right in. He headed straight for the refreshment stand. “This is our first movie together,” he said. “We have to have popcorn.” He ordered two popcorns with butter without even asking me if I wanted one. I hate it when people do that.

“No butter or salt on one of those,” I told the counter guy.

“But that’s the best part,” Justin protested.

“It’s the way I like it,” I said.

Justin shrugged his shoulders and handed me my popcorn.

The film was so good I don’t think he noticed that I didn’t eat anything. When I was tempted to have some popcorn, I would imagine the solid fat stuffed into the little holes of each kernel.

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