The Journal
Chapter 5.
February 12, 9:04am, 2003
I survived my first week of school! It's amazing. It's Saturday, and we are all going to the zoo today, like Matt and I planned. I'm a little worried about Vic though. Whenever I ask him about school, he changes the subject and shrugs it off. I really hope he's okay.
*****
"Hi!" Vic smiled at me, turning the volume down on his car stereo.
"Hello!" Jaime greeted from the passenger seat.
"Hey guys!" I sat in the back next to Oli who smiled at me.
"Hey Bonnie,"
"Hey Oliver," I grinned at him.
"Don't use my full name," Oli muttered.
"Oliver,"
"Stop,"
"Oliver!"
"Stop!"
"Oliverrrr!" I sung happily. Oli frowned and pushed my shoulder so I fell into the door.
"Oww!" Oli laughed and I punched him in the arm. "Owwy!"
"Jerk!" i poked my tongue out at him.
"Stop flirting you two!" Jaime called back to us.
"We're not flirting!" Oli protested.
"Yeah!" I agreed. "Oliver is being a jerk!"
"Stop calling me Oliver!"
"Oliver!"
"You two! Stop!" Vic complained, turning up the volume to a Queen song which was playing. The next song was a classic which made us all look at each other with wide eyes before yelling out the lyrics and dancing in our seats.
"CHORUS TIME!" Vic yelled.
"OH I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY! I WANNA FEEL THE HEAT WITH SOMEBODY! OH I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY! WITH SOMEBODY WHO LOVES ME!" Whitney Houston was the best. I then noticed Jaime recording us all with his camera. Normally I would quickly hide, but this was to much fun.
"Well... That was fun," Jaime said when we were at the zoo.
"It was. Now let's go." We all walked into the entrance of the zoo, and paid.
"MONKEYS!" Matt yelled excitedly, running off towards them.
"I LOVE MONKEYS!" Alan ran off with him.
"Don't run! You'll scare them!" Austin called after them.
"OH MY GOD TURTLES!" Tony grinned, seeing a sign with a smiling turtle on it. It had a arrow pointing right, so that's the direction he went to.
"I'll go with him," Vic follows after Tony.
"Let's go see the monkeys," Mike told Oli, Jaime and I. We nodded and went to see them. Mike and I went to a window thing and looked in. A monkey turned to us and looked at me. His eyebrows started moving up and down repeatedly, and looked over me.
"Oh my god the monkey is checking you out!" Mike started laughing uncontrollably, and I was getting uncomfortable.
"No it's not... There's just something wrong with his eyebrows..." I said.
"Guys! Look at what this monkey is doing to Bonnie!" Mike called to the others. Alan, Jaime, Austin, Matt and Oli came over and looked, and then stared laughing like Mike.
"It's not funny!" The monkey was still doing it.
"My.,. Chest... Hurts!" Mike said inbetween laughter.
"The monkey has a thing for you Bon," Austin sobered up a little.
"Can we leave? This is making me feel uncomfortable," I frowned.
"Whatever you say," Matt laughed. We all walked away from the pervert monkey and towards the turtles where Tony was sitting there staring adoringly at them, and Vic seemed to be a bit bored.
"Tony, you've literally been staring at the turtles for 15 minutes! They aren't that exciting!" Tony gasped and turned to glare at Vic.
"How dare you use those foul words to me!" Vic stared at him in shock.
"I didn't even swear!"
"Hey Tony, come with Bonnie and I!" Mike smiled, grabbing my elbow and Tony's shirt.
"Where are we going?" Tony seemed very reluctant about leaving his turtles. I wonder if he knows I have a turtle at home?
"Yeah, where are we going?" I asked, just as confused as Tony.
"We are... Going to the shop!"
"Ooh I love the shop!"
"Hey Tony?"
"Yeah babe?"
"You know I have a pet turtle, right?"
"You have a pet turtle?! Oh my god oh my god of my god!" Tony literally started fangirling like I do over Kurt Cobain.
"Yeah, his name is Alice Cooper,"
"You named your turtle Alice Cooper?" Mike asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Don't judge me! I love that man!""
"Can I meet him?" Tony asked seriously.
"Of course you can!"
"Yay! I'm so excited!" Tony Hugged me.
February 12, 8:56pm, 2003
The zoo was so fun! Afterwards we went to Vic and Mike's house for dinner and I met their parents, Vivian and Victor. They are such kindhearted people and they said to call them Mama and Papa, just like the others do. It's weird how I felt so welcome and accepted in such a small ammount of time. Vic drove me home, with Tony so he could meet Alice Cooper. Stupid AC likes Tony more than me.
*****
I fed Alive Cooper and put him back in his tank. I've cared for AC his whole turtle life and he likes Tony, who he only met not even an hour ago, more than me!
"Not fair Mr Cooper Turtle!" I glared at him before heading to the bathroom. I had a quick shower before dressing into a singlet and pyjama shorts because it was so hot. I went back into my room and sat on my bed. I grabbed a blade from under my bed and twisted it around in my hand. I was about to press it into my skin when someone walked in.
"Hey, you forgot your -" Vic stopped when he saw me, and I quickly threw the blade on the floor and covered my thighs and wrists. But I knew there was no point. He had seen.
"Bonnie, what were you about to do?"
"Please don't hate me!" I begged, tears now pooling behind m eyes.
"We could never hate you Bon. Now let me see," I shook my head quickly. He'd think I'm ugly. He sat next to me and looked directly in my eyes.
"Bonnie. Let. Me. See," I hesitantly removed my wrists from the covers and Vic traces the scars and cuts on my wrists and forearms with his fingers.
"Why?" Vic's voice broke slightly.
"My dead mom, school, my dad, people... Just life in general," I shrugged like it meant nothing, but it meant a big deal. I was telling Vic about my cuts. He sighed and removed his bracelets. I gasped at what I saw. Silvery scars and cuts decorated his tan skin.
"You told me you were okay," I cried.
"I lied," Vic took my wrists and gently pressed a kiss to each one.
"Promise me you will never hurt yourself like this again,"
"Vic..." I couldn't promise that. It was to big a promise.
"No Bonnie. You're like my little sisrsr. Promise me you'll try,"
"Fine, I'll try," I agreed. "But you have to try too,"
"I promise." I was then pulled into a hug, and he pressed a long kiss to my forehead. I never thought I would have an older brother. But Vic was definitely like one.
I survived my first week of school! It's amazing. It's Saturday, and we are all going to the zoo today, like Matt and I planned. I'm a little worried about Vic though. Whenever I ask him about school, he changes the subject and shrugs it off. I really hope he's okay.
*****
"Hi!" Vic smiled at me, turning the volume down on his car stereo.
"Hello!" Jaime greeted from the passenger seat.
"Hey guys!" I sat in the back next to Oli who smiled at me.
"Hey Bonnie,"
"Hey Oliver," I grinned at him.
"Don't use my full name," Oli muttered.
"Oliver,"
"Stop,"
"Oliver!"
"Stop!"
"Oliverrrr!" I sung happily. Oli frowned and pushed my shoulder so I fell into the door.
"Oww!" Oli laughed and I punched him in the arm. "Owwy!"
"Jerk!" i poked my tongue out at him.
"Stop flirting you two!" Jaime called back to us.
"We're not flirting!" Oli protested.
"Yeah!" I agreed. "Oliver is being a jerk!"
"Stop calling me Oliver!"
"Oliver!"
"You two! Stop!" Vic complained, turning up the volume to a Queen song which was playing. The next song was a classic which made us all look at each other with wide eyes before yelling out the lyrics and dancing in our seats.
"CHORUS TIME!" Vic yelled.
"OH I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY! I WANNA FEEL THE HEAT WITH SOMEBODY! OH I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY! WITH SOMEBODY WHO LOVES ME!" Whitney Houston was the best. I then noticed Jaime recording us all with his camera. Normally I would quickly hide, but this was to much fun.
"Well... That was fun," Jaime said when we were at the zoo.
"It was. Now let's go." We all walked into the entrance of the zoo, and paid.
"MONKEYS!" Matt yelled excitedly, running off towards them.
"I LOVE MONKEYS!" Alan ran off with him.
"Don't run! You'll scare them!" Austin called after them.
"OH MY GOD TURTLES!" Tony grinned, seeing a sign with a smiling turtle on it. It had a arrow pointing right, so that's the direction he went to.
"I'll go with him," Vic follows after Tony.
"Let's go see the monkeys," Mike told Oli, Jaime and I. We nodded and went to see them. Mike and I went to a window thing and looked in. A monkey turned to us and looked at me. His eyebrows started moving up and down repeatedly, and looked over me.
"Oh my god the monkey is checking you out!" Mike started laughing uncontrollably, and I was getting uncomfortable.
"No it's not... There's just something wrong with his eyebrows..." I said.
"Guys! Look at what this monkey is doing to Bonnie!" Mike called to the others. Alan, Jaime, Austin, Matt and Oli came over and looked, and then stared laughing like Mike.
"It's not funny!" The monkey was still doing it.
"My.,. Chest... Hurts!" Mike said inbetween laughter.
"The monkey has a thing for you Bon," Austin sobered up a little.
"Can we leave? This is making me feel uncomfortable," I frowned.
"Whatever you say," Matt laughed. We all walked away from the pervert monkey and towards the turtles where Tony was sitting there staring adoringly at them, and Vic seemed to be a bit bored.
"Tony, you've literally been staring at the turtles for 15 minutes! They aren't that exciting!" Tony gasped and turned to glare at Vic.
"How dare you use those foul words to me!" Vic stared at him in shock.
"I didn't even swear!"
"Hey Tony, come with Bonnie and I!" Mike smiled, grabbing my elbow and Tony's shirt.
"Where are we going?" Tony seemed very reluctant about leaving his turtles. I wonder if he knows I have a turtle at home?
"Yeah, where are we going?" I asked, just as confused as Tony.
"We are... Going to the shop!"
"Ooh I love the shop!"
"Hey Tony?"
"Yeah babe?"
"You know I have a pet turtle, right?"
"You have a pet turtle?! Oh my god oh my god of my god!" Tony literally started fangirling like I do over Kurt Cobain.
"Yeah, his name is Alice Cooper,"
"You named your turtle Alice Cooper?" Mike asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Don't judge me! I love that man!""
"Can I meet him?" Tony asked seriously.
"Of course you can!"
"Yay! I'm so excited!" Tony Hugged me.
February 12, 8:56pm, 2003
The zoo was so fun! Afterwards we went to Vic and Mike's house for dinner and I met their parents, Vivian and Victor. They are such kindhearted people and they said to call them Mama and Papa, just like the others do. It's weird how I felt so welcome and accepted in such a small ammount of time. Vic drove me home, with Tony so he could meet Alice Cooper. Stupid AC likes Tony more than me.
*****
I fed Alive Cooper and put him back in his tank. I've cared for AC his whole turtle life and he likes Tony, who he only met not even an hour ago, more than me!
"Not fair Mr Cooper Turtle!" I glared at him before heading to the bathroom. I had a quick shower before dressing into a singlet and pyjama shorts because it was so hot. I went back into my room and sat on my bed. I grabbed a blade from under my bed and twisted it around in my hand. I was about to press it into my skin when someone walked in.
"Hey, you forgot your -" Vic stopped when he saw me, and I quickly threw the blade on the floor and covered my thighs and wrists. But I knew there was no point. He had seen.
"Bonnie, what were you about to do?"
"Please don't hate me!" I begged, tears now pooling behind m eyes.
"We could never hate you Bon. Now let me see," I shook my head quickly. He'd think I'm ugly. He sat next to me and looked directly in my eyes.
"Bonnie. Let. Me. See," I hesitantly removed my wrists from the covers and Vic traces the scars and cuts on my wrists and forearms with his fingers.
"Why?" Vic's voice broke slightly.
"My dead mom, school, my dad, people... Just life in general," I shrugged like it meant nothing, but it meant a big deal. I was telling Vic about my cuts. He sighed and removed his bracelets. I gasped at what I saw. Silvery scars and cuts decorated his tan skin.
"You told me you were okay," I cried.
"I lied," Vic took my wrists and gently pressed a kiss to each one.
"Promise me you will never hurt yourself like this again,"
"Vic..." I couldn't promise that. It was to big a promise.
"No Bonnie. You're like my little sisrsr. Promise me you'll try,"
"Fine, I'll try," I agreed. "But you have to try too,"
"I promise." I was then pulled into a hug, and he pressed a long kiss to my forehead. I never thought I would have an older brother. But Vic was definitely like one.
this is really good. Im in the middle of class and about to burst out laughing
3/6/15