DREAMING OF TEARING YOU APART

Dear Diary,

         So.

         Um.

         I may or may not have gotten invited to a party???

         What???

         But yeah. Evelyn Spellman pulled me aside as I was walking out of French class (we have French together). She was looking especially pretty in a thick, loose braid, grey short-sleeved skater dress, green infinity scarf, and brown combat boots. “Hey, Waverly, I was wondering if you wanted to come to my Halloween party? It’s on October 30th from 6-10 pm at my house,” she smiled at me.

         Bless Evelyn Spellman. Despite being very popular, she still has a heart of a gold and a genuine care for everyone. Because we kind of know each other (and her parties are always ah-maz-ing), I said, “Sure,” wondering in the back of my mind if Emmalee, Lark, and Aidan were invited too. Lark probably was - she’s rather popular, especially with the boys, bc she’s so pretty - but neither Emmalee nor Aidan are popular at all. Oh well. At least Lark would be there.

         “Oh, and can you tell Emmalee and Aidan that they’re invited too?” she asked. “I would ask them myself, but I don’t have any classes with them and I don’t have their numbers.”

         BLESS EVELYN SPELLMAN.

         “Oh, sure!” I said, suddenly feeling ten times more excited about the proposition. I mean, I’d been excited before, but now I was really excited.

         “Okay, thank you!” she smiled. “See ya next French class!” And she walked off.

         I immediately rushed to the cafeteria to tell my friends.

         “Oh, yeah, she invited me this morning,” said Lark cheerily, sitting on a lunch table, swinging her legs, and chewing some gum.

         Aidan adjusted his glasses. “Okay, I’ll ask my mom,” he said. “I don’t think I’m busy, but I might have to babysit my younger siblings.”

         “Sounds fun,” said Emmalee quietly, looking up from her geometry homework. “I’ll go.”

         “Do we dress up?” asked Aidan of Lark.

         She shrugged. “If we want to. Usually there are three kinds of people: those who go full-on costume, those who just dress in a cute outfit that could work at any party, and those who come in sweatshirts and sweatpants.”

         I think I will probably wear a cute party outfit. YOU SEE YOU SEE THIS IS WHERE CROPPED SWEATERS COME IN HANDY. And a skater skirt and some jewelry and boots and and…..Lark will probably do the same, and, knowing Aidan, he’ll go full-out in a costume complete with face paint and everything. (Last year his vampire costume was AH-MAZ-ING.) Emmalee will probably just wear a casual outfit.

         Yay, I can’t wait!!

Love,

Waverly