I Went Ice Skating on Friday.

Worried yet?
Haha. Don't be. My knees are rather colorful from the bruises, but I only feel once, so I'm fine. I did manage to get a cut from it, though, which I'm a bit puzzled about.
On Thanksgiving, I left a message on Eliot's phone.
The next morning, he called me. I had kept my phone with me 24/7 since Wednesday, but I was surprised when it rang. As I saw his name on the external window thing of my phone, I grinned and hurried to answer it.
"Hey," I said, my voice breaking a bit. Uggh. Lovely. "Wait just a sec."
I ran out of the family room, which housed the others, and out the front door, onto the walkway outside. I slowed to a walk, and said, "Hi, can you hear me? Sorry about that. No signal in there."
He said something about thinking it was a voicemail message. Haha.
I walked over to the curb on the other side of the street, and sat down on the cold cement, wishing I had more on than my thin pajama pants and a tanktop. Of course, he was standing on top of a mountain, by a lake, in the early morning, before breakfast, with two dogs, freezing, to talk to me. Yay!
Yet, somehow, he kept saying that I was the one who sounded cold. I admit, I was shivering. He offered to email instead, but I declined.
We talked for about 22 minutes. I checked later.
At one point, he asked what time it was, and I said I didn't know. He said he thought he had to go back down for breakfast, and we said goodbye. I ran back inside and had breakfast as well.
At one point in the conversation, I said something really stupid.
My mom had been teasing me about how she thinks I like Eliot, and the rest of my family caught on. My Uncle Dennis even said "Faye "(insert Eliot's last name here)". Uggh.
I mentioned something about it, and said that it was hard to deny liking him when I really did. Bakabakabakabaka.

Well, I'm hungry. Later.

Faye

Mostly Dead at This Point...

Not gonna talk about riding yesterday. Not really in the mood.
Texted with and called Emmy. Yayness.
I took a chance and texted him. He texted back! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!
I had to stop texting, but I told him he could call me if he wanted. He didn't call.
I got home, ate dinner, watched a movie, finished a pie (yes, ME, cooking! -legasp-), and went to bed. Before I turned out the light, I checked my phone one last time. New voicemail! Yay!
I held my breath as I listened to that creepy woman tell me I had one new message--as if I didn't already know that.
Finally, after an agonizing moment, I heard his voice come on.
"Hey, Faye. It's Eliot. I'm calling because I finally got a signal, but I don't know how long it will last..."
The rest of the message (about 30 seconds) was filled with a low fuzz. Then it ended. I will call him back later. I can't wait! ^^

Love,
Faye

PS
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I Just Called Him...Twice

Aren't you proud of me? Haha.
The first time was at the academy, when everyone had gone home. We talked for a bit, and I made sure everything was alright between us. On Monday, he woke up at noon, went bowling at two, ate lunch, went home and lay on the couch. On Tuesday, he woke up at ten, went bowling at noon, ate lunch, went home and lay on the couch. On Wednesday, he's probably going to wake up at noon, go bowling, eat lunch, go home, and go to some lake for the rest of the weekend. When I told him my schedule, he said that I must really like horses. I think he must really like bowling. xD
When I was turning Cookie out, one of the kids closed the gate as I went to get her. She tried to open it when I got out with the mare, and Cookie spooked, reared a bit, and generally freaked out. I got her calmed down and inside, but she freaked out again. I let go of the lead rope, got out, and closed the gate. I wasn't afraid when it was happening, but I found myself shaking afterwards. When she had calmed down, I went to get the lead from her.
Right. The second time I called him, it was at home. My mom had come and interrupted our previous conversation, so I called him back when we got home, safe in my room. We talked for a while before he had to go. I be happy. =3
I'm really hungry, and dindin's ready. Later!

Love,
Faye

-muttermutter-

I hate small children.
I was working with a group of six of them all day today. Since it was at the stable, there were even more rules for them to break. I hate to see myself turn into the "bad guy" ("No running, guys!", "Get off of that!", etc...), but it was really necessary. I'm exhausted, though. And quite hungry.
The most memorable character award goes to a six-year-old named Molly, whose half birthday is coming up, and will probably move when she, erm...mates. Yes, that's what she said. I dunno why. I'm all, like, "Oh. Uh, really?" A bit awkward. She also decided that she didn't know what a fist is, so she couldn't pick up dirt clods bigger than one, and had to swing on a gate and spook the horses. -.- Rawr.
I had a lot of fun, even though it was hard. It's kinda cool, being in charge of these guys for most of the day. It reminds me of when I was little, and I always looked up to the "big helper person". Haha. And now that's me.
I was being all like "rawr" all day. I'm not sure how much the kids liked me, but oh well. Had to be done.
Our work load will decrease tomorrow and Wednesday, as the number of kids will go down, but Molly will remain present.
I had a practice ride (do what you'd like, no instructor) on Honey, a really sweet horse with some cantering issues ("No, Honey, I said go around the cone, not ram into it!"). It was a lot of fun. For the first half or so, there was another girl and her instructor, Melissa, in the arena with me. She was jumping, and really good, as expected of Melissa's students. Afterwards, I did a bit of cantering. When it started getting darker, I cooled her down and took her in. When I got back out, it was pretty dark.
I picked up my phone, which I had stuck on a bench before I rode, as it would have fallen out had it been in my pocket. There was a message from Katy; she had called twice now. I listened to it, and called her back. Somewhere in there, I realized that everyone had gone home while I was riding. It's really cool that Shelley trusts me that much.
Right. So she and Alex had talked a bunch. It really sucks, because both she and Corinna like him, and I had said that I'd help Cor with him before I knew that Katy liked him, and now I dunno what to do. Dx
Well, dinner's ready! Gonna go eat!

Love,
Faye

PS
As for me, the time that is usually peaceful and just focused on horses has had other things intruding on it since yesterday. I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM. HELP.

PPS
Sweeping is a very common thing at the stable. It's one of those, "Yes, I know I just swept, but you see that speck of dirt? It shouldn't be there. And I bet if you swept, you'd find more dirt that shouldn't be there!" things. Haha.
Also, the kids have to carry their own saddles. I pick them out, then load the midgets up with a saddle, pad, and girth. One girl asked me what I was going to carry. I laughed. That's the satisfying thing about this job: the kids need to "build muscle". Heh.

News Flash!

Emmy, please refrain from telling anyone about this, m'kay? ^^

Faye is to start fencing (finally!) on the second of December!
I've been asking the mom-person for YEARS. It will be my Christmas present. ^^ Yay!

I'll actually be fencing at the same place as Eliot (awkward!), but I managed to get days different from him, luckily. And I don't plan on telling anybody else about this for a while. They'll probably just think it's because of him, and it's NOT. Like I said, I've been wanting this for YEARS.
Unfortunately, it appears that I may be the oldest person in my class. Oh, well.

The irony: I think my teacher's name will be Elliot. You've GOT to be kidding me.

Sad

He wouldn't really talk to me yesterday, let alone really LOOK at me. I felt awful. More than anything, I now wish that those three days had never happened. I miss my friend. I'd rather have never known.
I worried my friends yesterday. It's hard to be my usual, more cheerful self after a letdown like that.
-munchestoast-
Katy and Lily came over after school. Lily had to leave pretty soon, but Katy stayed for dinner. We spent hours in my room, trying on clothes she had discovered in the back of my closet, fake-fainting, and talking about our "lost loves", as the romance novels would say.
I know know of a few more things in my closet, that I look "beautiful" (according to Katy) in many of them, how to "faint" realistically, and more details about Katy and the guy she likes, who moved back to Mexico last summer.
It was fun. I still miss him. A heck of a lot.
Something I said last night was apparently "poetic", according to Katy:
"I'm not going to see him for a week and two days, and I'm already counting the minutes."
Haha. Me being dramatic.
Well, better go get ready for the sleepover, and make some money!

Love,
Faye

PS
I'm feeling better today, though.

PPS
The one good thing yesterday was in English, when we were in our small groups for a project. His group was across the room from mine. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see his face turned towards me. I looked at him, to see that he was already looking at me. I smiled, and he smiled. We both looked down.

PPPS
And when he ran the relay. You should have seen how fast he went!

PPPPS
And high jump. He would have cleared 4'8", had his shirt not flopped down a TINY bit! He NEARLY got 4'10"! He's so amazing.

PPPPPS
This'll be my last one. Promise.
Katy asked why I liked him. It's hard to describe why you love being around someone, but I tried.
-He makes me laugh
-He makes me smile
-He comes up with all these funny theories during math
-He is REALLY smart
-He is not afraid to be different, or differ in opinion from everyone else
-He is really fun to talk to
-He is really funny
-I can be myself around him, and I know he will still like me, no matter what I do
It's really hard to describe, but these are some of the things I came up with. Sound like a great guy? I think so, too.

Eew. I Dun Feel Good...

Uggh. I have a really bad headache, and I feel too sick to eat dinner. A perfect end to a horrible day, right?
Okay, I'm gonna stop stalling and get to bed already. 'Night.

Love,
Faye

PS
I've calmed down a bit, by the way.

Looks Like I'm Getting Kitty's Soul After All...

Damn it. I hate him.
You know what he posted on Facebook?
"Yeah, there was something going on, but I cut it off."
Bakabakabakabaka. DamnitdamnitDAMNIT.
What does he mean HE cut it off? It's his own fault, anyways.
I HATE BEING LED ON. I WANT TO KILL HIM.
Damn it.

Faye

Just to Make Things Worse...

I was really cold while he, Kathy, and I were hanging out. He asked, "Do you want a hug?"
"Yes." I smiled up at him.
He hugged me, and held on to me for a bit. I guess he could feel me shivering. When we parted, he still kept one arm around my shoulders. Simon and Sasha walked by, but we kept standing like that, as if to say that we were a couple.
Way to get my hopes up, Eliot. Thanks.

Moment's End

Damn it. Damnitdamnitdamnitdamnit.
I feel like crying.
Didn't see him much this morning. We passed in the halls, and he said, "Hey," and I said, "Hey," back.
PE. We pretty much acted like normal. I really wanted to talk to him about it, but I didn't really get the chance, because there were people around. Plus, I was nervous, and hoped that he'd start.
Not much happened in English, either.
After school, I pretty much thought I was doomed to wait another day, but he was still there. There were too many people, so I didn't say anything. I thought he'd left, but, again, I saw him.
After a while, it was just me, him, and Kathy. He was sitting outside the art room, working on a clay project.
At some point, Kathy went to try to open her old locker. I wished I hadn't gotten up to see what she was doing. I thought for sure I had missed my chance.
After a while, it got late, and Kathy left. Eliot went back to the art room to get his stuff, and I grabbed mine. Again, we acted normal as we walked out. He had parked in the other bike rack, so we said goodbye. At the last second, I turned and called his name. He turned, and walked back part way so I wouldn't have to shout.
He had said he was too busy to have a girlfriend. Trying to keep my voice steady, I asked, "Should we just...forget about this whole thing?"
I waited an agonizing heartbeat for him to say, "Yeah."
"'Kay," I said quietly.
"But I do want to hang out more," he said.
I forced a smile and said, "Definitely."
We parted.
I sort of waited around while I munched on one of the cookies he had given me. When he got his bike out of the bike rack, I started going. He smiled, I waved, he waved back. We said goodbye.
All the way home, I tried not to cry. I'm still not crying, even after I read this email from him:
"Hey, sorry I had to start all this and then be a jerk and call it all off. I still don't really know what i was thinking. I guess I was just going o the fact that i really like you. I just think that in the long run it would be so much better if we were still friends then( unlike me and Sophia now). I meant it when I said that I want to start hanging out more. You seem like one of the few legitimate people left on this earth and I would be honored to be your friend. So, all in all, I'm sorry."
Not crying, not crying, not crying, not crying, not...never mind.
Right then. I should...go...do something else.

Faye

Dizzy...

Heh. I'm not the only one who had to go lay down after that little email session. I love today...

I Should Really Try to Regain Normal Breathing...

OHMYGOSH.
He emailed me back.
"No, i don't mind going over it. So let me start from the top. A couple of years ago I was trying to solve my girl problems alone. That failed miserably. So then one of my friends told me that Emily liked me so I figured, hey, that's awesome. But then he started to get on my nerves about asking her out. So, to shut him up, I did. She didn't talk to me for about a year after that. Needless to say, I haven't gotten girl advice from him since. Then this year another one of my friends was reading my texts and aid that Sophia liked me. Since i trusted him more than the other friend, (and I've liked her since I've met her) I asked her out. And as you know that did work out. And yet again another one of my friends was readin' my email( I have very nosy friends) and said that you liked me, so I wanted to see. The more that i think about it, it's pretty rude to use people in all this trusting my friends thing. But yeah, So I asked you if you liked me (I'm a curious person). Now he's off my ask for advice list.
On to the other part of your question. Yeah I did like you a bit but that's fine if you said no, but if you had said yes I have no freakin' clue what I would have done. Quite frankly I don't have time for stuff like that in my life right now. With school and very thing else a girlfriend would drive me insane. But that's why my life would have been hard if you said yes. I would have definitely try to move every thing out of the way for you but then my grades would start to slip and that is bad, but hopes this answers your question."
OHMYGOSH.
Me:
"Wow. That's...about all I can say right now.
Okay, I suppose I owe you a bit of an explanation myself. Ah, but how about we don't tell anyone about this little story, so I can avoid getting eaten by several people?
Last year, Emily decided that you and I would make the "perfect couple", and has been nagging me about it ever since. Lisa, joined in this year.
At first, it was just kinda weird, since I hardly knew you last year. But this year, we became friends, and I realized that I really enjoyed being around you. I guess you kind of caught me by surprise today. I've thought about it all day, and I really wish I had said something different. I dunno what, though.
See, it's a bit tough when you have a bunch of people trying to push you together with someone. It's hard to tell whether you would have liked them regardless of that.
But...I really do think that I still would.
I really hope that that made any sense. I guess...I got nervous. Or something. I dunno. My mouth just starts moving under pressure, which often gets me in trouble.
To sum it up, yes, I like you, sorry I said I didn't, I totally understand how having a girlfriend would be very difficult, and yes, you did answer my questions.
Guess I'll see you tomorrow. I can't believe I just said all that over email.
Right then. I'm gonna go...try to breath normally. Haha. This was...a heck of a lot of a surprise, I guess."

Trying...not...to...faint...

Dizzy,
Faye

I Probably Just Did Something Really Stupid...

Okay. I just emailed him those questions. I'm a bit nervous, I admit.
BUT, Lisa will never get Kitty's soul. Bwahahaha. x3

Eep.

The thing is, what if I do like him? I'd probably never admit this to anyone other than on here, but I think I do. No, I know I do. But I know for a fact that he doesn't like me back. He never could. Besides, I always have so much fun hanging out with him. I wouldn't want to spoil that by admitting that I like him like that. I'm really glad no one who goes to my school is reading this. That would be scary.
Speaking of which, though, Emmy, is there a really old dude who goes to your school? Because Lisa, Sam, and I see him every day, jogging in your PE shorts, as we go to our school.
Does anyone have any advice for me? It would be very, very, VERY much appreciated. Like, a lot. Thanks.

Faye

I've Just Had the Strangest Day...

I don't have first period on Wednesdays. Nor does Eliot.
When I got to school, he was already there, waiting for the bell to ring. He was in a large group of people, so I didn't go up to him immediately. When the bell rang, though, I caught up to him and said, "You wanted to ask me something?"
"Oh, yeah. Uhh...do you like me?"
There was a moment that I was at a complete loss for words. What was I supposed to say to that? I stammered something like, "Well, I--I mean, I like you as a FRIEND and all--"
"Okay, thanks. You've just made my life a whole lot easier!"
"What?"
"I'll explain later!" He ran off.
"...Okay."
I explained it to Lisa, who gushed for a moment and said that she'd win Kitty's soul, then we went to our separate classes.
I didn't see much of Eliot until PE, when he came out and walked over to his friends. I followed him and jabbed him in the back. He turned.
"Are you ever going to explain what all that was about?" I asked.
"What?"
I repeated it.
"Oh, right. That. Well, my friend was reading my emails..."
Faye-blurb (Copyright Rosie): Oh, nice to know that's so private. (End Faye-Blurb)
"...and he said that you liked me. Well, that's one friend I can cross off the list for advice!"
"...Okay."
Some of his friends came over to join him, and they got into an argument over whether, if you squeezed a pipe really hard, it would go through a parallel universe and come out backwards. When I asked Eliot how he came up with this theory, he said, "Math is boring." Figures.
Later, I caught up with him and said, "I have two questions. First, why did you ask?"
"Because I wanted to know." He shrugged.
Oh, wow. -.-
"And second, why did you say that that made your life easier?"
"Because there are a lot of things going on right now."
I still don't get it. Why would me liking him make his life harder? And why would he even bother to ask in the first place? And what would he have done if I had said I did like him? It seems like he was just trying to make things complicated...I dunno. Any ideas? Maybe I'll ask him. I'm really confused.

Love,
Faye

PS
In PE, I realized that I had only eaten a biscuit all day. Hmm. No wonder I thought I was going to keel over.

Nervous

I got an email from Eliot. He said he has a question he really wants answered. Have Emily and Lisa finally taken action, and said something stupid, and gotten him to hate me? Eep. I'm nervous. It's probably nothing, though. I'll let you guys know.
Oh, more news: I've picked up the guitar again. My mom, who used to play and still has her old guitar, is giving me lessons. Mine is blue. x3 Purdy. My fingers hurt, though. I've been playing a lot.
My leopard gecko, Pepper, is really sick. Like, he's practically skin and bones. He's moving around a bit more, but he wasn't really eating last time I saw him. I'll be spending three hours at my dad's house this evening. Hopefully he'll be doing better.
Not much more to say.
Kitty, would you mind trying to call me at, like, six (your time) sometime? I've been trying to call you, but it's really not working. I keep getting "the voicemail system", who's not very helpful. -.-

Love,
Faye

Oh, One More Thing.

Nobody will get this. But Lily said today:
"Fish is my Yako. Yako is my Fish. My Fish has come!"
We were both cracking up for about five minutes.

Too Tired to Say Much...

Bleh. I've been grounded for ages. Really don't want to talk about it right now. I might say something later.
My mom stole the book I was borrowing from Toby. I was hella pissed. I got it back, though.
I'm really tired, but I'll try to recount some of my day for you...
Our Computers teacher made us take an online sample driver's test for some reason. Everyone was helping everyone else. Will needed help getting to the site, so I went over to him and got there for him. I gave him a hug before going back to my seat, and he said, "I love you, too." Aww. So sweet. x3 He spent the remainder of the period periodically coming over to help Holly and I.
OHOHOH. And this really annoying guy said that if we helped him pass the driver's test three times, he'd shut up for a month. And guess what? HE PASSED! =D
We had a band field trip yesterday, to go see another band play. We got out at lunch, and had two hours to do what we wanted before we had to be at the theatre. Lisa, Sam and I went and ate soup and pumpkin pie at Lisa's house, then went to Sam's to play a bunch of music. I AM AMAZED AT SAM'S VOICE. IT'S AMAZING! (Oh, wow...xD) It's so pure and pretty...I love it! ^^
We saw Emmy at the concert. Funfun. x3
We were let out half an hour before school ended. We grabbed our stuff at Sam's. She was taking forever, so Lisa and I hid. When we came out, Sam had locked our bike tires together with my lock. Haha.
Then we headed over to school. They went to Anime Club while I went to English to pick up some homework. School hadn't ended, so I sat outside the room, wondering why nobody was in there. Pretty soon, they came back, and I heard many exclamations of, "Hey, look, it's Faye!" You'd think I had returned from the dead. xD
I hung out with Eliot until school ended. He offered to email me the notes he took in class that day. We walked out together, and he said he had to go to his locker. I'm still hitting myself for just saying, "Oh, okay. Bye!" and leaving. Idiot.
Anyways, when he emailed me, he said he'd missed me in class. So sweet. ^^
Rawr. My attention span fails.
Oh, I'm sitting next to Max in math now, and we talk a lot, and Emily thinks he likes me because of it. Oh, dear...

Well, I should go. I killed my in-class essay for the Antigone/Oedipus Rex final in English today, in case you were wondering. -.-

Love,
Faye

Eh. No Comment.

The list has been rearranged and added to.
1. Will
2. Alex
3. Eliot
4. ...Hannah's brother
5. Sean
6. Toby
Oh, dear. o_o Number four scares me. They actually call the people on the lists by their number sometimes. It's really funny.
Eliot was absent today, and emailed me for what we did in English. Strange, eh? Toby emailed me, and asked what I'd do if someone thrashed him to the last inch of life. I'm getting a bit worried about him. He's always beat up on himself, but it's been getting worse lately. Like, constant. I can't decide whether to hug him, or slap him. Decisions, decisions...
Kathy came over after school!
I don't think I've talked much about her. She's a really good friend of mine, but her parents sent her to a private school this year--and held her back to eighth grade. I miss her so much!
Anyways, she gets out early on Thursdays now, so she comes to visit us when we get out. Today, she came home with me! We had a ton of fun. I tried out her Ripstick, and we tried to pick my front door's lock with a paperclip, a hair pin, and my high school ID card.
OHOHOH!!! It was really funny today, because (as usual) we were waiting after lunch for my band teacher to unlock the door for us, and Gwen decided to try to pick the lock with her ID card, a trick she frequently uses for her own house. We watch in wide-eyed silence as our teacher comes up behind her and watches her work for a minute. "Uh, Gwen..." Hannah trails off as Gwen looks over at her, then, at my nod, to the teacher. "Oh!" she cries, startled. To most of our surprises, he chuckled. "You just practicing for a new career, Gwen?" he asked, and she grins wordlessly. It really doesn't sound funny as I retell it, but it was hilarious at the time. Gwen and I took a long time to stop laughing.

Uggh. Gotta go!

Love,
Faye

Have You Noticed How Long My Titles Usually Are? It's Like They Could Go On and On Forever, and I Could Just Keep Typing--Oh, Wait. There's a Limit.

Okay. You guys are probably tired of listening to me spaz about random junk that, frankly, nobody cares about.
The reason I put down so many details about these things is that I plan to (eventually) read back on all these posts. Probably, like, the summer before college. Or something. I dunno. Probably will forget about this by then. But still.
Maybe I'll tell you at the top of the post when there's really nothing interesting contained inside, and I really just need to talk. This will probably be very much like that.

Hmmm...what's happened that I've forgotten?
Oh, I dyed my hair a few weeks ago. Red. It washes out quickly, so it's long gone. But when I first dyed it, I wore an orange shirt to school. In Bio, Lisa said I smelled like a carrot. In PE (even though we were dressed out), Eliot said I was orange. As in, my skin. I told him it wasn't very nice (as I tried to keep a straight face). We argued over this for the entire period. He said I was a carrot. I said I wasn't. "Are you wearing orange today?" he asked. When I said I was, he said, "Then you're a carrot." Hard to argue with that one. I dunno how he knew what I was wearing. I don't usually see him before PE...Oh, well.
We were still arguing in English, and he got a bunch of other people, including Will, to agree with him. "That's not very nice," I told Will, and he said, "Aww, I'm sorry. You're very pretty." I grinned.
Ah, how I miss our old seats!
I've been wearing a clip in my hair as of late, which, I'm told, looks nice. Yay! =D
Dani and Hannah are keeping a list of boyfriends (basically, guys they've seen her with, or she talks about) for Ripley. They've recently made one for me. Though I don't have the fifteen that Ripley has, they've done a pretty good job, I suppose...well, they've got all my guy friends, anyways. In order, it is:
1. Toby
2. Eliot
3. Alex
4. Will
5. Sean
Eh...could be worse, I suppose. It's kind of funny, really. They're constantly getting moved around. Except Toby. He's always first. o_o
Le Miz is over. Last day was yesterday. Tickets sold out! ;o Last Wednesday, Alina and I were walking to band, and she mentioned a scene where Will has to wear a tux. We both started cracking up. Sam, who was with us, had no idea what we were talking about. The girl he had to dance with in the scene was really into it, while he was very stiff and a bit out of place.
He wore his Le Miz shirt today. Pretty cool. I sat on the floor between him and Holly for most of computers, and we talked about horseback riding (he rides a bit! SQUEE! I don't know why that makes me so happy, but it does.), drunk guys in Ireland, strange pets (we've both had tarantulas...I have arachniphobia (spelling). Eep!), and...just about everything in between. It was really fun, and I was sad when the bell rang. Hopefully, we can do much the same tomorrow. I was really tired, so I used Will's arm as a pillow for much of the time.
I'm always late to computers, as I come from the high school. So does Will, actually, but he's on time; he gets out five minutes early. As he'd say, neh. The door's always locked.
On Friday, when I knocked on the door, Will turned around and saw it was me. He jumped up and ran to let me in. The smile he gave me was (to describe it as they do in books) meant just for me, as if I was the only person in the world. I could feel my face heating up as I smiled back, then dumped my stuff at the back of the room to go join him.
Bella tried to eat me. x3 Yup, I got to ride her again! My mom watched, and said we did really well. It was a TON of fun.
Afterwards, I had her on the cross ties in the barn, and I was spoiling her with treats. After the first ccarrot, she tried to nibble my fingers. I gave her more. My mom came in and gushed over her, then fed her two apple cores. She attempted to consume my pants. I still needed them.
Emily tried to eat me. x3 Cassie pointed out that her face was sparkly, and said she was a vampire. She pretended to bite my leg. This was in the middle of PE. I said loudly, "Emily's trying to eat me!" Everyone stared at us. It was one of those "heh..." moments. Pretty funny.
We did long jump, and I landed with my ankle sideways, twisting it. It didn't hurt too bad at first, but my friends all had this look of horror on their faces when I made my way (limping a bit, unfortunately) back towards them. I tried to assure them I was fine. Eliot, trying to beat Jackson's record of 14'10", landed on his butt in the sand pit. Earlier, he had said that he wanted to get as dirty as possible, then hug everyone. He didn't get us dirty, but he still hugged everyone.
After English, I got up, forgetting about my ankle for a moment. I let out a steady stream of silent cussing as I put weight on it. Unfortunately, Eliot saw that. He caught up with me, and asked, "Is your ankle okay?" What was I supposed to say to that? "Uh, yeah," I managed. "It's--" fine? Not after that display. "--okay. Thanks."
Oh, Eliot won his fencing tournament last Saturday! Isn't that cool? I've always wanted to fence, but my mom's one of those people who promise they'll sign you up for something, but never do. -.-
In math, Emily stole my eraser, and wrote (each in a heart) T+E and T+W. (Insert sigh). Oh, well. She really needs to make up her mind...
It's been really weird in English. I tend to look at whoever is talking in class, and sometimes (okay, so quite a bit) I'll catch Eliot looking at me. I smile and turn back to the teacher quickly. I'm always really self conscious when people continuously look at me. I think I may have been having a bad hair day, or something...for the past few weeks. Eew. Hope not. Oh, well.
Oh, on Thursday, in PE, someone said, "Tomorrow is Friday!"
"Yeah!" I agreed. "And then it's Saturday, and then it's Sunday! And then I'll have my horseback riding lesson!"
Eliot laughed. "You know," he said, "I could have sworn you were going to say, 'And then it's Monday again!'" I started laughing really hard. He had matched my excited, girly tone perfectly.
We were doing high jump, and I was really nervous (Christine reminded me, though, that I was in the top three in our class last year, though). I rested my head and an arm on Eliot's shoulder as we talked. First time I had done anything of the sort.

We have tomorrow off! Yay! I'm having a sleepover with Ripley tonight. Yay. ^^ Can't wait!
Well, I'd better get ready. Or something. I have an hour. Haha.

Reading: Brisingr, Blood and Chocolate, and The Realms of the Gods (eep!)
Watching: Nothing. Too tired. Oh, my mom said that, since I was actually holding a conversation this morning, she was thinking, "Faye is awake and animated...WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS MORNING?" Haha...
Shoutouts: To Kitty, whose soul is the price of Lisa and I...'s bet. If Eliot or Will asks me out this school year, Lisa gets your soul. If they don't, I do. And if both of them do (haha...yeah, right.), Sam gets it. Even though she has no idea what we were talking about. She was just there.
To Will, who had to hide someone's shoe when he died in Le Miz, then, when it was over, asked, "Whose shoe is this?"
To Lisa, who is really cool.
To Ripley, who I will have much fun with in...just over a half an hour now.

Should go! I'm off!

Love,
Faye

Dunununununununu...BATMAN!!!

Can't say much!
I just spent three hours at my dad's--alone, and in the dark. At one point, some neighbors came over to check on the cats, and I heard them bumping around, and got really freaked out.
Today was pretty uneventful. Somehow, Eliot let it slip his attention that we have two large school plays a year. o_o Oh, dear...very slow, eh? xD
Even my own MOTHER thinks I like him. -.- What is this world coming to?
I did some modeling for Lisa's mom yesterday, and am a bit stiff.
Also, I have cramps. Bad ones. My PE teacher, whosome of us call Mig, still made me run, do curl ups and push ups, and grueling warmups. -.- PAIN.
Consuming: Ramen and eggnog
Watching: The computer screen
Thinking: If my mom tells me to do something ONE MORE TIME...

Right, then. I'm off!

Love,
Faye

I'm Outnumbered.

I'm gonna make this one brief, as I don't have a whole lot of time.
New seats in English: Not sitting next to friends, but Eliot and Will are still near each other, and still pretty near me. Should be interesting.
Before class started, I was sitting on my desk, and Will was just coming in. He went over and hugged Katie, then looked at me, and said harshly, "What." He sat down on the top of his desk.
I pouted, saying, "Will, you're so mean! You give Katie a hug, then get all mad at me!"
"Aww, I'm sorry," he replied, and held his arms open for me. I hurried to put my stuff down, though my bag got caught on the sleeve of my dad's jacket, which I'm borrowing while he's away. It must have looked like a bit of and awkward hug; him sitting on his desk while I stood in front of him. Oh, well.
We had a game today. Basketball. No, I don't play the sport. I'm in Pep Band. Our job is to entertain the crowd, cheer on our team, and, most importantly, distract the other team. Haha. We've taken to singing "Happy Birthday" at free throws. x3 Yup, I'm that much of a nerd. Actually, it's part of our grade. Still pretty fun, though. Whether or not I will have a voice tomorrow is still questionable; I was screaming a whole lot as Alex and I, as well as some other people, led everyone in the wave.
Afterwards, Christine and I went partially home together, and I asked her if SHE thought Eliot and I would make a good couple, as something Lisa had said about it was bugging me.
She asked me if I wanted an honest answer, and I said yes. She immediately said we would.
I managed to get a better reason for it out of her than Lisa's "You're hair matches!" or Emily's "You were destined to be together!", for which I am grateful. Apparently, our personalities are very similar, and we make the same sort of jokes.
She also said that she has thought this since she first met Eliot--in SEVENTH GRADE. I asked if I was the only one who doesn't see all this. "Probably," she replied, grinning. We both started laughing, though it wasn't really funny. It was just one of those moments.

Gotta go before my mother explodes. -.-

Love,
Faye

Will and Junk

Remember a few months ago? Will was just a name mentioned in a post, a random passerby in my life. Well, lately, he's become a lot more...there.
It's strange. Before last month, the only interaction we ever really had was whenever he passed me, he'd say my name accusingly. I'd return it with his in the same tone of voice, and no more was said, unless the same exchange went on for a bit.
I guess I owe it to Eliot. He had stolen my seat in English, so I took his, which just happened to be next to Will's. We talked a bit, and he drew a happy face and a dragon...thing on my eraser. I also found out he was one of two ninth graders in the high school musical. (No, not the movies. Our high school put on a musical).
Soon afterwards, in PE, Will helped me with the striking bag, coaching me a bit while Cassie (my parter for weight training) and I were there.
A week or so later, we had a fairly large Bio project due. In Computers, he switched places with Max so we could compare and ink ours together (we had both forgotten that little detail...oops. Still in pencil). We chatted some more, and it was pretty fun.
After a while, we started talking and hanging out more in the three classes we had together (Computers, PE, and English, if you haven't figured it out). I don't know about him, but I certainly have a good time with him.
Emily and Lisa, however, have added him to the list that was formerly just Eliot (they're trying to get me together with both of them now...don't ask me how THAT'S going to work). In the locker room, I mentioned to Emily how I saw her point about Will (She discovered the softness of his hair in eighth grade, and has been randomly stroking it ever since. I finally felt it, and agreed that it was REALLY soft. I told her that I agreed with her, and she said something along the lines of, "Yes, you pet him so he'll stop coming up to me and asking me to"). He seems a lot like a dog sometimes, actually. Like, last week, he was sitting on the floor by me in Computers, and I was just stroking his hair, trying not to laugh. He really looked like a dog. x3
Right. She got that over-adoring look in her eyes--again. "Forget Eliot!" she gushed. "Wha--" I started to say, then buried my face in my hands. "Oh, NO!" I groaned dramatically, then looked back up with a grin. "You're joking, right?" She said she wasn't, but I hadn't really thought she was. As it turned out, she's just added Will in there.
The next day, I blamed Will for something when Lisa and Sam were with me. (He, Sean, and Garrett are at fault for everything, in case you were wondering). Lisa told me she was going to tease me about Will as well, since I talk about him so much (Do I, really? It doesn't seem like it...).
Oh, have I mentioned that Lisa joined Emily the weekend before last on the whole Eliot thing? She was actually pretty adorable, the way she gushed about it...Saturday...and Sunday...and Monday...and later. Oh, well.
Right. So I went to see the musical on Saturday, for opening night. I promised Will I'd go, as well as another friend (Corinna, the other ninth grader in it). It was AMAZING. Will was really good, too, though he didn't have any solos or anything. I've heard him sing, just on his own, before, though, and he's really good.
Afterwards, Katrina (who I went with, other than my mom and her boyfriend) and I waited for the cast to come out. She and Corinna are friends, but she doesn't really know Will.
It took both of them forever to come out. We finally got Corinna, and attacked her, squealing. While we were all talking, I kept one eye out for Will, trying not to look as if I was. Don't need anyone else trying to get us together. -.-
Finally, I saw him, light blond hair standing out as usual among the crowd. I grinned and him and waved, then skirted around my friends to get to him. He grinned back and held his arms open for a hug. I ran into his arms, and hugged him back, telling him that he had done amazingly. We stood like that for a moment, then he went to see if anyone else was there that he knew. I went back to chat with my friends for a while longer. When we got outside, it was still raining, but we had the pumpkin pie I had made earlier (yup, that's right--I MADE IT! Me! With not too many slip ups. Okay, around three. Heh.) waiting for us at home. We dropped Rina off, then ate. Then I went to bed.
Today, Will and I switched places again in Computers, so he could sit next to Max, and I to Holly. Of course, we were still logged in on our real computers, and had some fun with messing with each other. What he had previously set to a stuffed squirrel wallpaper was now some random dude, possibly from the professional version of the play he was in. Then it was a man kissing his infant child. I'm all, like, ...?
Haha.
As for Holly and I, we set a rubber chicken in pants, and a stick of butter, and everything in between as his wallpaper. Then I had the brilliant idea to make a compilation for him of many random pictures. We had the forementioned two, Opra, Dr. Phil, cauliflower, Big Bird, Barbie, Winnie the Pooh, a cat, a bunny, several shoes...and that's about all I can remember at the moment. Then we stuck the hot pink letters spelling "Flower Power" across the top, and it was ready. We put it up, though I can't quite say he was thrilled. We had fun with it, though. And it took us the entire period (we didn't have anything productive to do, for some reason). He came over for a closer look, leaning over me. I tried not to laugh as I wrapped my arms around one of his, supporting himself against the desk. Will is fun.
I was a bit nervous, as a bunch of guys were gathered around my computer, laughing...oh, well. xD Will typed "porn" into a Google search, showing me what he was doing, but he didn't search for it. He said he'd never do that to me. Aww, thanks, Will.
So that was fun. But then he deleted it. I spent most of the rest of the day shunning him, and saying he was mean. He knew I was kidding. Possibly because I was mostly incapable of keeping a straight face. Heh.
I nearly froze in PE, when I had a tshirt and shorts on. Eliot had the same thing on, though he claimed that he was incapable of being cold. I asked him why he wears jackets sometimes, and he said that it got windy while he was biking. Pfft. Then again, I don't see him wearing jackets much. He did when he was sick, and when he got a really awesome one on Halloween. But that's about it.
Afterwards, when I got out of the locker room, I was greeted by Eliot running up to me, shouting back to Daniel, "Faye will know!" What I'd no, I had no idea at the time.
He asked how to play "that one hand clapping game". He started to sort of do it, and I guessed slide.
As it turned out, I was right, and I taught him how to play. He had a few issues but he didn't do as bad as I did when I was learning.
In the middle of the teaching, I feel a head rest on my shoulder. Thinking it's Jenny, who was sad earlier because I was cold and my mom was mean (they wanted to know why I was grounded), I turned to see Will. It was pretty startling, but I grinned at him and continued the game. For some reason, I had had the strangest urge to reach around and hug him.
Oh, on our way to school, I mentioned to Lisa seeing Will in a tux for the play. Haha. When I said that that was one thing I never though I'd see him wearing, she said, "Well, at least it wasn't a show girl costume." I can sorta picture it. Luls.
Right. So this morning, Eliot passed me in the hall as I was waiting for Lisa. "You won the candy!" he called as he walked away. "Are you serious?" I asked, grinning at him as he left. The previous night, I had found an email from him from 10:30 on Friday, saying that he had gotten lots of candy, and would give the first person to reply to his email (he had sent it to everyone he had emails for) would get half of it. Figuring it was too late, I replied anyways.
After the bell rang in PE, he told me to wait a second, and fished around in his backpack. A large bag of candy is pulled out and handed to me. I grin and give him a hug thanking him. Immediately, I have a bunch of people swarming around me, asking for some. People like Jenice, who have never even acknowledged my existence before, got none. Katy begged some from me, and stole the bag. I told the still-begging Will that if he helped me retrieve it, I'd give him some. He tried, I suppose. He took her jacket, which had fallen. She gave it back without taking any, though Will had already left. I told her I'd give her some after school if I saw her. I caught up with Eliot, and we walked to English together.
Once there, Jake, whom I barely talk to, declared that he was my best friend. "Since when?" I asked, hiding a grin. Since three seconds ago, I was told.
Will actually got quite a lot. Eliot, luckily, prevented him from stealing any. My friends got some as well, and I ate plenty.
Today was our last day in English of sitting in our current seats, I realized. I'm pretty sad about that. I'm in the back row, and it's loads of fun. It goes Cassie, Christine, Me, Will, Eliot. There are some people on the other side of Cassie, but they aren't friends. xD
Will and Eliot are great to watch. They're constantly doing something funny. While we were in the middle of reading Oedipus Rex once, they started a heated argument over whether it was physically possible to hang yourself with your own hands. This quickly spread, and Daniel, Jake, Jackson, and I, as well as some others, were involved. Eliot actually asked our teacher, who told us to get back on topic. Heh.
Last week, they discovered that their chest made different sounds when hit. They proceeded to play with their new discovery, trading blows, until they got bored, which took all of sixty seconds or so.
Today, Will got up to sharpen a pencil, and Eliot took his seat, deciding that he had tried to steal my candy enough. Will got back, and asked, "What are you doing?" He then tipped Eliot over, so he was laying in both of their chairs. Will lifted Eliot's legs up so he could sit down, and put them on the floor between the two desks. It was really funny. We had a really tall sub, and Eliot actually asked, in the middle of class, how tall he was. The answer, reluctantly given, was six foot seven. Exactly a foot taller than I am. Oh, I've grown and inch since June. o_o
Will stole my eraser to draw a face and "lulz" on it. Hee.
I'm going to miss our seats. It's been a lot of fun. I hope the next ones will be, too.
After school, Eliot showed me a picture on his O-M-G-iPhone (this is the guy with 4 pairs of $200 jeans, people. o_o) of some strange, yellowed fibers, and asked if I could guess what they were. I couldn't. He showed Daniel, but said it would probably gross me out. I half expected it to be something inappropriate. He insisted that I probably didn't want to see it. Hands on hips, I asked, "Would this gross me out because it's disgusting, or because I'm a GIRL?" He shrugged, and said that it was just because it was gross. I told him to show me, and he did. It was a picture of a dead cow. "Woah," I said. "That's cool. Where'd you find it?" On his friend's property, I was told. And he made a buck off it. He saw it and said, "Hey, look, a dead cow!" And his friend said it was just a rock formation. They made a bet, and Eliot won.
Eliot, Lisa, and I walked out. Before we parted, I gave Eliot another hug, and thanked him again. He hugged me back, holding on for a few moments. After he left, Lisa said that I could not say that I'd never date him. "No way," I replied. "We're just friends!" I've made this protest so many times (and not just with Eliot), that it's getting a bit old. Oh, well. It works well enough. "He gave you a bag of candy!" she argued. "I won it!" I said. "He probably just said you won so he could give it to you!" says Lisa. "Did not!" I protested.
Wow. I think I've been typing this for about an hour. I get really easily distracted. o_o
And I just realized that a lot of this is about Will. o_o That's rather strange. xD Oh, well. The people I know are pretty much the most interesting thing in my life. Virtual candy to anyone who actually read all that.
Eating Life cereal, reading The Realms of the Gods, by Tamora Pierce--again.
Shoutouts to Will, who dominates a very large post, and owes me a sip of his next Jamba Juice; Emmy, who should really blog more, as I miss her; Emily and Lisa, who really need a hobby; Holly, who needs one as well, but has very good ideas regarding Will's wallpaper; Katrina, who's hair was cool today; Ripley, who did Katrina's hair...and that's about it. Until later!

Love,
Faye