Part Two of Thirteen by Randi Lynne Gross QueeQuag1@aol.com Disclaimed in Part One! June 3 We are at our new house,. It is pretty nice. Itís bigger then the old one which means more privacy. And without Bill it will be great. I have not met anyone yet. I hope there are kids my age. It is cold here! It feels like January in California. Daddy said wait until January we will see snow! That should be neat! June 4 Our neighbors introduced themselves. They seem nice but they don;t have any kids!Mom said we will meet new people but it is too early now. Oh well. I miss home! Itís going to be a long boring summer.Why couldnít I stay in California. June 5 I met someone my age today. Candace. She seems pretty nice. She lives across the street, She has a little brother who is Charlies age. Her parents and her and her brother came over with a casserole. The two of us talked a little but I was not sure what to say. I hope I did not come off as dumb.I miss home. June 7 Candace invited me to go bike riding tomorrow so she could show me around town. I am nervous but exited. It should be fun i guess. June 8 We had a nice time. She showed me everything and I met some more people who seem really nice. They will be in my class next year too. Annie, Kerry, and Maura. June 10 it is getting hotter but not as bad as California. Annie, maura, Candace, Kerry and I went swimming. I hate being in a bathing suit. Everyone was staring at me, I guess cause I am new. But I felt really uncom,fortable. And I am covered in freckles. I hate freckles. I am so ugly. I wish I could be pretty like melissa. June 13 I like it better here now. But I am nervous about school. But that is not for awhile so I guess I should not worry really yet. I got a letter from Kristy. It was nice. She told me about what is going on at home and how everything is. It made me sad actually. I miss home so much. I felt like I belonged there. I really do not feel like I belong here at all. June 14 Kerry was telling us that she needed to get a bra. Geez is she lucky. I am so flat. I have absolutely nothing yet. Mom says I will develop in time. What if I donít? What if I remain flat forever? Mom says I am silly to think that. I just wish I was pretty. I am just an ugly little red head who still looks like she is six. I am ready to grow up already. June 17 I am SOOOOOO bored. Everything is always the same! nothing interesting or fun ever happens. Daddy is always working, mom is busy with the house. missy is busy doing whatever and so are Bill and Charlie. June 20 Candace and Kerry and Maura are going to the beach this weekend. Mom said I could not go. She said she did not know Mauras mom so she could not let me! No fair! I am going to miss out on everything. I will be bored at home ALLLLL weekend! Sometimes I hate my mother. She is so unfair. June 23 Candace said they had fun. She did not say they missed me or anything like I was kinda hoping they would. Who knows I am just the new kid who does not belong. I hate being that. I hate everything. June 30 I can not wait to start school./ It will give me something to do! Bill leaves for college in 2 months thank god. He is being mean to me every chance he can. I hate him sometimes. Melissa wants her own room. She is mad that Charlie will have his own room and he is the youngest. She just doesnít want to share with me thats all! July 3 Tomorrow is the fourth and Daddy will be working. He never used to work! No fair. Itís all because we moved here. Everything is terrible because we had to move. July 5 Yesterday was no fun. We went on our usual picnic but without Daddy it just was not fun. Plus no one I knew was there! It was boring. I miss home so much. July 6 i wish the summer would go faster so I would have something to do. I think tomorrow I will go to the library to find some more books. Maybe I will get some science books to read. June 8 I got some really neat books about medicine. Bill said I was a dork. I donít care what he thinks! I hate him. When I am doctor maybe I will find a medicine to kill him or something. July 10 Candace and I went out today for the first time in days! I thought she was ignoring me. She said she was busy. Who knows. We had a nice time today though. But I do not think she likes me. No one likes me. July 11 We went bike riding to the bay today. We wanted to go sailing but you need an adult. So we just looked at the boats and talked and stuff. It was pretty nice. it got hot so we dipped our feet in and ate ice cream. Maybe tomorrow we will do something too. July 13 Daddy said that this weekend he would take us to Washington DC! I can not wait! We will get to see the White House and everything! it will be fun. We are staying for a week. We have not been on a vacation for so long! I am exited. I will have to get something for Kristy. And Candace too I guess July 21 I can not believe I forgot this! I left it under my mattress where I keep it! I was so mad because I wanted to write. Oh well. DC was great! We saw the white house and the Lincoln memorial and the Jefferson memorial and the Washington monument and everything! It was so much fun! And Daddy drove us by the FBI headquarters! I wanted to take a tour and he said ok!!! it was really neat! They solve crimes and stuff. They showed us all the labs where they analyze things. I learned alot about it. It was pretty neat! We all actually got along alright too. Bill was pretty nice to me. Mom said it was good because it was probably the last vacation the four of us would ever take together. That is sad I had not thought of that! I bought Kristy and Candace miny Washington monuments and an FBI pin. I think the FBI place was my favorite part of the trip. End of Part One Part Two of Thirteen by Randi Lynne Gross QueeQuag1@aol.com Disclaimed in Part One! July 23 Today I gave Candace her present! She loved it! I told her all about it. She has never been there either. She had hoped I had met the president but I did not get to do that! Oh well! Maybe someday I will!! That would be neat to get to meet him! He is like the most important person in the entire world! I can not wait until I get to vote for a president! July 28 one month and school starts! I can not believe I am starting highschool. Mom is said cause she said her baby girl is growing up. I am not a by anymore geez! She treats Charlie like SUCH a baby! I feel so bad for him. He doesnít mind it though. I think he likes it actually! He is so weird! Mom took me shopping for clothes/ I am nervous what if I am wearing stuff totally different from everyone else and they laugh at me? I donít want to go to a new school. I am a bit scared. I hope I can go with Candace on the first day. And Bill goes to college in a month! YIPPIE!!! July 30 I told Daddy I was nervous about school. He said I would be fine and make him proud. What if I DONíT! What if I get bad grades? What if I am not the smartest in the class? he will be SOOO disappointed in me. I donít want to disappoint him. I have to make him proud of me. August 6 Bill and I had a talk last night. He came into my room and said he wanted to talk. he said that he loved me and he would mss me when he went away. I asked him why he was so mean to me. He said he was because he was jealous. I asked him of what and he did not say. He said it did not matter he just wanted me to know that he loved me, I think it is because I am smarter then him. It was pretty nice of him. I guess I will miss him when he goes away. August 10 it is really hot! Almost like California. We have been swimming every day. Kerry has a bikini. She looks SOOOO nice in it! I wish I could wear one but I know I would look terrible. Besides mom would not let me have one. She and Melissa had a fight about it awhile ago. August 20 I got another letter from kristy. I miss her but not as much as I did. I probably will never see her again! Oh well. I donít know her letters make me really sad! And I do not know what to say to her. I feel bad saying I like it here but I do not want her to think that I am a miserable loser. Who knows. August 25 Bill left today. Mom was almost crying! She said she felt so old! Dad sad he was proud of Bill. It was nice. Missy stayed with Charlie and me and we had fun together. I think she is glad to be the oldest now. Soon I will be the oldest! I kinda miss Bill. He always taught me things like how to shoot, and how to throw and stuff. I wish I had thanked him for that. August 27 I start school tomorrow! I am SOOOO scared to start school! What do I do! What do I say! I do not want to go to school! I am so afraid. What if I do not do well? What if people donít like me? What if I donít like anyone! I am sure everyone will no each other and not know me or want to know me. And they will all ignore me and hate me. melissa said I would be fine and she is nervous too> She said all Freshman are nervous and scared. She says she has it harder because her whole class will already know each other. My class wonít. I am still nervous but I feel bad for Melissa. August 28 My first day of highschool. It went alright but I felt kind of lost. there were so many people who knew each other but others who were new like me. I met some nice people. My teachers are pretty nice and my classes are good. I take English, Geometry, Biology (which I LOVE), Spanish, and World History! SI! Now I can write entries in Spanish! Hola! That means hello! Anyways I think I like school! August 30 School is good. Candace and I have 3 classes together. Maura and I have 2 together Kerry and I have none together but that is ok. I do not like her much. I feel kind of uncomfortable around her. I met some other nice people today! There are also some cute boys. Melissa had a good day too. She has made alot of friends. She makes friends SO easily! it is not fair I wish I was more like Melissa. September 6 I think I will be ok here! School is good and I like it. I am making alot of friends. And I love my classes and my teachers. I did not think I would be this happy here. I miss California still but I am kinda beginning to think of this as my home, my new home. THE END!