UnSlut: A Diary and a Memoir by Lindin Emily

Author:Lindin, Emily [Lindin, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Zest
Published: 2015-12-29T05:00:00+00:00

SUMMER BEFORE EIGHTH GRADE

June 25, 1999

Tonight, Lisa threw a going away party for Hannah, because she’s moving to another town. This is a group of people that I don’t hang around with too much anymore. I mean, they are cool and everything and we sometimes talk in the halls, but I usually wouldn’t be invited to one of their parties anymore.

It was in Lisa’s backyard and kind of in her basement, too. Erin and I were making up “porno dances” by ourselves in the basement to “Crazy” by Britney Spears. We were being really immature, but it was fun. We had this move we called “Hump Me” and we leaned over, putting one hand on the ground and the other on our butt, and then bounced up and down and backward. It was ridiculous. We also had this move we called “Cleavage,” and it is when we wrap our arms around ourselves, pressing our boobs together, and say “Cleavage” in a sexy voice.416

Jenna was furious because her eighth-grade boyfriend showed up with his best friend, and they were both completely trashed. They just wandered down to the basement and passed out on the couch. I think she had every reason to be mad at him.417

I was sitting in a lawn chair next to Tyler, and some of the girls started saying I was being slutty because I am going out with Zach. But Zach is visiting his cousins for the summer! I am not going to sit in a corner and sulk because he is not there.

Emma pulled me aside, looking very serious. She said, “Emily, I was talking to Zach on the last day of school. He said he was going to miss you very much over the summer. I asked, ‘You like her a lot, don’t you?’ and he said, ‘I would take a bullet for her.’”418 At this point, Emma looked at me very seriously and said, “I just thought you might want to think about that. Zach is willing to die for you, and here you are, flirting with every guy here.” I didn’t really listen to her.

Toward the end of the party, people started getting sad, because they realized that Hannah was really moving far away. Everyone started to cry—all the girls and Scott, anyway.419 I wasn’t really crying at all because, like I said, I’m not that great friends with Hannah anymore.

When he had to go home, Jacob hugged me last. He pulled away and looked at me and said, “All right, call me or something… I mean before school starts…” I nodded. He’s going out with Kaylee, so I didn’t want to really talk to him anymore and get called a slut again. He shook his head, “No, I mean, not just as a friend…”

His voice sounded really weird, so I asked, “Are you drunk?”420

He shook his head, no, and continued, “Well, cause like, Kaylee and I… I don’t know… she’s being a retard… I don’t know… I’ll see ya.” Then he turned and walked into the front yard.

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