[ t h e l i f e o f a g i r l ] pg. 2
Welcome to the second page of "The Life of a Girl," an Our Weird Life Original Story™.
dilemma update
Well, things have cooled down in La-La Land. Nikki is no longer longing for escape. She's still coming back to the boy buffet for more. She's still after Matt. Of course, this poses a problem. Josh occationally frequents the buffet, causing a snafu in Nikki's grand "Matt-Attack" scheme. Questions arise, such as: "What if he thinks that I like him?" "How will I flirt with Matt if he's around?" "Will he and Matt become friends and ruin my plans?" Yes, Nikki has her hands full. Or should I say, "She has a lot on her plate." Haha!...sorry. Meanwhile, Jasmine is having problems. Joe is after her again. She hates him, but he's still after her. But there's even bigger problems. She has exhausted the Buffet. She's through with it. She even told people that she was through chasing boys, that she was tired of them. Well, she said she was through with Armando, but apparently she's not. While I do not feel like I am at liberty to divulge any details, suffice it to say that Jasmine must not be through with Armando just yet.
chemical x
Jasmine figured Armando would be fun for a season. She didn't like him enough to pursue an actual relationship with him because he is evil. "Evil" meaning "likes to beat up weaker people, like Jasmine." (Sadistic or criminally insane could work, too.) The strange thing is, Jasmine likes him. She has developed feelings for him, suprisingly, and she wants nothing more than to get rid of them. Why is this happening to Jasmine? What did Jasmine do to deserve this? Prepare to be neuroscientifically enlightened. There is a chemical in one's brain released when one makes out with another person. This chemical, let's call it "Chemical X" just for fun, causes one to have feelings the other person. Jasmine has fallen victim to this chemical. Nikki, on the other hand, isn't bound to Josh by Chemical X, either because she doesn't see him nearly everyday or she's a shameless ho. It's more likely to be the former, but she did make out with a guy she she didn't know... Speaking of Nikki, she's still laying siege to Matt, except she is trying to get his attention by ignoring him. It's not "shock and awe," but it seems to be working. Matt is beginning to notice her ignorance—no, wait—her ignoring of him. My bad. Anyway, to recap: Jasmine has a chemical imbalance, and Nikki's plan of ignoring Matt is working. Keep checking for more updates on "the life of a girl(s)!"
what's behind scandal number two?
No, this doesn't involve Nikki. It doesn't even involve Jasmine, amazingly. This is Anne's scandal. Yes, our sweet, innocent, Matt-loving Anne. But Anne doesn't like Matt anymore. And she's not as innocent either. She got mixed up with a womanizer named Dennis who has a thing for younger girls. They emailed each other for a while and met a few times outside of school. While they didn't go all the way, they sure came close, but it's not really fair to say "they" because it was mainly Dennis. Anne was the one that kept it from going that far. When Dennis's girlfriend Pheobe found out, she was none too pleased, even though it was Dennis that admitted it to her. But apparently, Phoebe found out more from the grapevine and is extremely mad. (Editorial comment: What is wrong with her? Didn't she know who he was when she said,"Let's go out!" I mean, everyone else knew. He played a girl he had been friends with for years before he hooked up with Phoebe. Then there were at least two younger girls before that. And not to mention the myriad women he played on the side. Wake up, Phoebe!! Did you really think he would be faithful to you?. Welcome to reality. End editorial comment.) Now Anne is not free of fault. She knew what she was getting into, but she liked him, so that all kinda flew out of the window. Some of the things she didn't try to stop. But Dennis knew better. And if anyone should be shunned, it should be him, not Anne. I'm sure there will be more developments later on. But for now, Dennis has added one more facet to his dissolute legacy.
the trouble with jasmine
As we all know, Jasmine can't keep herself away from guys. Hard as she tries, she can't pull herself away from them. Her lastest problem was Armando (darn those neurotransmitters...), but she ventured back to Indiana to visit her 75 year old grandmother and to reclaim her throne as Queen of the Midwest. It was only for a weekend, but leave it to Jasmine to zero-in on a cute guy in in less than 24 hours. More to come later. But let's check in on Nikki.
Nikki has just gotten over hating Dan, her old boyfriend that played her to pump up his ego, and now he's starting to annoy her. "How?" you ask. Well, Nikki sent him one of those stupid little surveys that you fill out about the person that sent it to you. The scoundrel purposely answered wrong and, among other things, said her hair color was grey. The unmitigated gaul! Then, the two of them had been emailing back and forth, and in response to the last email Nikki sent, Dan sent an email back to her with just one letter on it. K. That's it. Enraging, isn't it? In case you didn't catch the sarcasm, the whole situation shouldn't be a big deal, yet Nikki is being severely annoyed. She's afraid that she'll start liking him again. Bad road! Bad road!
a new hope
Desparate for a boyfriend that she can make out with and not feel guilty, Nikki gives up on the Buffet. Most of the entrées have left already, and she's sick of the ones that remain. She had lost hope. Until he came. Yes, a fresh wind blew through that lonely buffet and his name is Shawn. Shawn is friends with Justin, the guy Nikki nearly dated because she was so desparate. (Side note: Justin is now after Jasmine and she is doing all she can to beat him off.) So Nikki is trying to hook up with Shawn. Nikki always finds a reason to keep on going.
As for Jasmine, she has even more troubles than Justin to worry about. Remember Armando? (AKA "Bubba") She said she was over him. No one believes her. She had made a bet with a guy named Dwight that she would not kiss Armando again. That was (at least) one kiss ago. But now that bet is on again and Dwight's chances are looking pretty good. BTW, Nikki hooked Dwight up with Michelle, a friend of hers, at a party. Michelle is smitten with Dwight, but Dwight is reluctant to return any affection because she would be like, the only girl to ever like him. Ever. And Michelle is Justin's sister. So there's a nice web of confusion for you to snack on. :c)
restraining order, please
Let's start off with Dwight and Michelle. (I know, I know. This keeps getting less and less about Nikki as we go, but she is pretty close to the center of the universe. Not quite the center, but close.) First, Michelle sent Dwight a 15-page note (he only got 9 pages because she lost a few). Now, their relationship has just crossed the line separating "creepily cute" and "obsession." Through Nikki, Dwight received a notebook—yes, notebook—from Michelle. It was a thin notebook, but nevertheless, it was a notebook. It was pink, and inside, it was almost totally filled with pictures and a ton of wandering, random thoughts written in between the pictures (i.e., "I feel like the old woman in this picture..." and "These are my cats!") She may be a stalker, but a creative one at least. Dwight has been too intimidated by her "shock and awe" assault, so he hasn't written her back yet. Nikki and Jasmine fought and struggled with him to make him go to this concert that she would be at because she was dying to see him again. But she was grounded. So that was a bust. But other things more intriguing occured at that concert...
more confusion
Yes, things have gotten more confusing, as hard as that is to believe. And the afore-mentioned concert is only part of it. For starters, remember Dan? He had been annoying Nikki via the information highway. Not too long ago, he asked her to go to a movie with him. Nikki had conflicting feelings. On one hand, she used to hate him. After all, he did play her to inflate his ego. On the other hand, she thinks she's starting to like him again. The quandry is that although she's afraid of liking him again, she's still looking forward to going to the movies with him. And on the other other hand (?) is Ben. Yes, the entire time that Nikki was at the concert, she was holding hands with Ben. Now Ben is the last person you would expect Nikki to be holding hands with. Not only has Nikki known him for almost her entire life, but he is a little psychotic. Well, OK, a lot psychotic. He's a psycho, and no one knows why she's holding hands with him, not even Nikki. Chances are, this was just a one-time thing, and nothing will come out of it. But...you never know. Especially in Nikki-Land, where chaos and hormones reign, and little surprises lurk around every corner.
One such surprise is a secret crush on a guy named Joel. It is between Dan and Joel that Nikki is torn. Each, I'm sure, has his own attractive qualities, but the ever-opinionated (and loud) Jasmine is hell-bent on convincing Nikki to choose Joel. She even listed pros and cons for each...Well, pros on Joel's side, cons on Dan's. Anyway, it would be easier for Nikki to choose Dan, simply because he is obviously pursuing her and because Joel really doesn't seem interested, probably because he has no clue. Honestly, a vote cast Joel's way, while being the better choice, would only be for worshipping from afar, not dating. Will Nikki actually choose someone? Will she, like so many electrons, take the path of least resistance and pursue "Generic-Brand Dan"? Will she be bold and tell Joel her feelings? Will she dare to touch the skin of Psycho Ben again? Will Dwight get twenty bucks from Jasmine soon enough to buy a gun to protect himself from Michelle? Probably. Stay tuned!
decisions, decisions
Well, Nikki decided to stop liking Joel, to Jasmine's chagrine, but no sooner had she dropped Joel than she was already considering another guy to like. This guy, Paul, has liked Nikki for a while. He draws on her feet and stuff, too. She says he's very sweet and nice. He seems like he would be pretty faithful. This time it doesn't really look like Nikki is trying to find a make-out partner. She's still looking forward to the movies with Dan, but she's thinking about Paul. She could make this a lot easier on herself and just like one guy at a time, but as metioned in the very first paragraph of the life of a girl, she has MIS, multiple infatuation syndrome. Somebody needs to make a patch or something for it, lest Nikki get so overwhelmed with boys that she explodes and ends up a leathery old woman in a smelly bathrobe with a dead cat in her lap.
more trouble with jasmine
I'm sure that sometimes you think that I'm making this stuff up. I'm not. I don't even think I could. All of these crushes and obsessions and scandals—they do it on their own. They're out of control. Especially Jasmine. While Nikki hops around from boy to boy, Jasmine is pretty steady in her choices. Sometimes that is a good thing. In this case, it is not. Do I need to underline that? NOT. She says that Matt and she like each other. Yes, this is the Matt that Nikki liked. The Matt that Anne was obsessed with. The Matt that once was detestible. The Matt that was in love with Jasmine all along, even when every other girl was fawning over him. Now they like each other. They were playing with each other's hair and weird stuff like that at a lock-in thing the other night. But this begs the question, "What about Armando?" What about Armando? Is she through with him? Doubtfully. Chances are that even if Matt and Jasmine hook up, he'll play her just like he and his brother Jason played Nikki. But it won't matter because Jasmine won't be able to keep away from Armando. Chemical X? Yeah. Right.
recap
It's time for a review.
Nikki likes
Jeff
Jason
AJ
Joe
Dan
Justin
Josh
Shawn
Joel
Dan/Paul/Matt
I just wanted to put things in perspective. Jasmine hasn't liked nearly as many people as Nikki. She does have this bad habit of liking ugly racists, though. Maybe there's a patch for that, too.
bad moon rising
Chemical X. The scurge of Jasmine's life. Of course, we can always throw the blame elsewhere when we want to, and Chemical X seems to be the perfect scapegoat. But is it really the sole cause of her problems, or is it possible that she actually found some attractive quality in the icky Armando? Maybe. Probably not, but maybe. Either way, she invested so much of her time and attention in him that now she has grown attached to him. This presented a problem when he started going after another girl. He had expressed interest in this girl way before, sometime around the climax of he and Jasmine's relationship, but Jasmine wasn't attached then. Now she is, and she sees that Armando completely used her for his own gain. This girl, Victoria, hasn't done anything, it seems, to discourage Armando's advances. Now, Victoria has incited the murderous and rageful jealousy of Jasmine by moving in on her man. Of course, it wasn't as murderous and rageful as Anne's brand of jealousy, and Armando was never "her man," either. Somehow, it seems like she is more angry at Victoria than she is at Armando. But maybe it's 50-50. She says that she has released them and isn't jealous anymore. But Jasmine, as stated previously, is like a bulldog, and will doubtfully go out quietly. Knowing how he works, Jasmine has predicted that Armando will try to kiss Victoria soon, and will eventually get tired of her and come back to Jasmine. And Jasmine says that she will totally dis him. Personally, I figure that the best case scenario would end in Victoria being used, and Jasmine and she starting to get along, being bonded with a mutual hatred and disdain for Armando. Worst case, they stay at odds even after Victoria is used, back-channel gossip keeps tensions high, and everybody around them has to walk on eggshells all the time. More than likely, it will end up being something in the middle: a civil relationship with each other, the occational exchange of gossip about Armando, and the dissemination of the fact that Armando is a skunk that can't be trusted. The next few weeks will tell the tale.
fickleness, thy name is jasmine
Next few weeks? Did I say that? I guess I meant the next day. It started off like any other day, except that Jasmine will still mad. Not so much jealous as mad, though. But, she was happy, too. She was going to the movies that night with Matt. The night before, she had talked on the phone with him for an hour. Matt was just a great big Band-Aid for the emotional wounds she had incurred from Armando. Denial isn't just a river in Egypt. It's Jasmine's downfall. She kept believing that she was over Armando. Isn't this the third time that she said she was over him? Who knows. Whatever the case may be, she was angry at him and Victoria in the morning and for a little bit after lunch, but by the afternoon, Armando had charmed her back. "How?" you ask. He must have some curse or enchantment over her. Either that or she just can tear herself away from ugly racists. We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of Jasmine's mind. Yes, Jasmine has lost her mind. When Armando came a-wooin', Jasmine came right back. What did she say? Come on, you know what she said. You read it. Go back up and re-read it. Especially you, Jasmine, if you're reading this. She predicted—predicted—that he would get tired of Victoria and try to get Jasmine back. She said that when he did that, she would say,"No, you've got Victoria over there. Get to steppin'." Did he come back? Yes. Did she say what she said? No sir. This has turned into ranting now, but anyway. We all knew that Victoria was going to be used. How she and Jasmine will get along is still unknown. The last time Jasmine was seen, she was walking with Armando, away from everybody else. I guess she owes Dwight 40 bucks now. But she'll be paying a lot more in the future if she doesn't break this nasty habit soon.
vicissitudes of life
Well, Jasmine says that she is over Armando. She says that she wasn't going back to him on that day she was seen walking with him. Of course, Nikki said that when she was talking to Jasmine and asked Jasmine who she likes, Jasmine said "Armando." After an intense battle of words, Nikki strongarmmed Jasmine into liking Matt instead. Jasmine says she really likes Matt and that Matt really likes her, too. But she didn't get to go to the movies with Matt. Instead, she went with Dwight and Ben, who beat her up during the movie. Michelle actually called them during the movie and asked Dwight to come out to see her. She was outside. He said,"Buy a ticket and come in." Jasmine made him go out and meet her. Michelle later called Jasmine in hysterics because she got to hug Dwight. Dwight was nonchalant as ever, and Jasmine caught a whiff of psychosis. Anyway, Jasmine isn't in denial anymore about Armando. She knows she still has feelings for him, but she just keeps reassuring herself that she won't go back. She has Matt. Who likes her very much. And Armando has Victoria. Who he'll probably use and drop like he did Jasmine and other girls. Nikki has a problem, too. Actually, two problems. Dan wasn't able to go to the movies either, but she still thinks he is sweet. But maybe not as sweet as Paul. Even though she's only seen Paul twice and talked to him once on IM (and he signed off saying that he wanted to see her again and that he missed her), she's in a dilemma. She's going to the mall with a group of people some time and has invited both Dan and Paul to come, obviously to pit them against each other to see who is more worthy of her affection. She doesn't want to lead either on, but she can't decide. Fickle, fickle, fickle Nikki.
armando strikes back
Yes, Jasmine and Armando were just talking the other day. She said that she wasn't going back. Now, she has found out that Dwight, Ben, and Lyle (a blatant perv that has been in love with Jasmine for forever) have been working together, telling Jasmine and Armando the same thing about something, getting them mad at each other. Suffice it to say they're not mad anymore. Tomorrow will tell the tale of whether Jasmine can resist the darkside or give in to Armando. Bad road! Bad road! Bad road!
nikki's dichotomy
The situation has complicated itself. Before, Dan's pros was outweighing Paul's pros. Now that Nikki has talked with Paul more, she has found herself confused once again. She'll see them both in a little while. They'll be together, so that might make it easier for her to see which is better. She and Paul made a deal to go somewhere sometime. Not "go out," but "go somewhere." But she still has to go to the mall with Dan. And she has to be careful not to lead either of them on. You're saying,"Why doesn't she just choose?" Well, she says they're both sweet. Luke was being sweet a little while ago, but Paul really got brownie points when he said she looked good without her make-up. He seems to be very interested. He even asked her if she and Dan were going out. That puzzled Nikki, because she didn't know how he found out about Dan. He must be asking around about her. To complicate the situation further, one of Dan's friends was poking around in his cell phone and saw Nikki's number. He asked who she was and even called her. His name is Dane. And he is a total redneck. She says that his accent is horrible, and she's heard from people that he is a jerk and a perv. But Nikki says she'll still go out with him if he's hot. That's our Nikki.
what's behind dilemma number 1?
Nikki and Dan were getting along swimmingly. Although they weren't able to go to the movies, they were having a good time. Nikki had decided to pass up Dane and had given up on Paul. (Just when it seemed Paul was liking her, she found out that he has a girlfriend. In the 7th grade. Yes, eww, but he also stopped talking to her. She doesn't know why.) Things were looking up. Then she had a dream. A dream about Joe. You remember Joe. She kissed him in 4th grade, crushed on him off and on till Dan came, and now she's had a dream about him. She dreamed that he spun her around and kissed her. Odd. Very odd. Since she says she doesn't like him. Unconsciously...no one knows. Strangely enough, all the pop-tops of her Cokes have been coming off at "J," presumably for Joe, and through a cheesy little letter game, he is a better match for her than Dan. Joe is a family friend. She says that he's like a brother to her. Now anyways. What happens later might just change all that...
what's behind dilemma number 2?
Jasmine has been having troubles of her own. Well, she doesn't see it that way, but her friends do. Things were going along great with Matt. He had been in love with her forever. He plans to ask her out after her grounding is up. But no one really believed that Jasmine was into Matt. People wanted to believe it. They really did. But they didn't. Everyone knew that Matt was just a great big Band-Aid for the wounds that Armando left her when he chose Victoria. Eventually he left Victoria, who I'm sure knew she had been played, and tried to woo Jasmine back. It worked. She said she was mad at him. She said she hated him. She said a lot of things, but we all know that they mean nothing. Not when her hormones are raging. She needs to be beat. Rolled up in a rug and beat till she realizes the scum that she has buried herself in. But that needed to happen a long time ago. Back when she first looked at that smarmy little face. Let's hope she will wise up soon enough to keep what dignity she has left.
anne update
The last time Anne was mentioned she was embroiled in a conflict with Dennis and Phoebe. Tensions are still high, and dirty looks abound like poison sprinkles on a cupcake of evil. Weird analogy, yes, but true nonetheless. There has been the occational flaming email that reaffirms that Phoebe still hates Anne. Of course, having a 7th grader steal your senior boyfriend would make anyone mad, but she didn't steal him. He's a womanizer who has a history of liking girls WAY too young for him. But we've already covered that. Now, Anne is moving on. There's this guy, Eric, whom Nikki and Jasmine have been trying to set her up with for WEEKS. Every attempt so far has failed. Somehow, it never works out, so their going to try to get together again. Eric is a preppy-punk kind of guy so he and Anne would be good together, if they ever get together. The catch: Eric has been obsessed with Connie for, like, forever. Nikki says that it's over, but we all know how things can come back to haunt you. Time will tell the tale.
can of worms
Yes, folks. The Jasmine/Armando situation has exploded into a boiling cauldron of rumors and lies. Nikki, for whatever reason, told Matt about Jasmine and Armando. (Jasmine says that she wanted to tell Matt herself.) Matt, who has been in love with Jasmine all along, was enraged (and no doubt dreadfully heartbroken), and now the Boy Buffet and its attendees know about them, too. Not only that, but somehow a guy who has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the situation is supposedly spreading a rumor dripping with falsehood around the school. And Armando is saying that Nikki spread the rumor around school, even though she insists that she only told Matt. Ben and Lyle (who are both in love with Jasmine) are mad at Nikki because they think she told a whole bunch of people, but even if they know that she only told one they would still be mad at her because she hurt Jasmine. Nikki and Jasmine are still friends, and now Nikki is actually working with Jasmine to cover this whole thing up. Isn't this just a nice little imbroglio? What else could happen?
smooth sailing
Yes, things have cooled down...for now at least. is this just the eye of the storm? no one knows yet. Nikki is a little stressed because she has so much going on at the moment. Jasmine is stressed because of—well, everything stresses Jasmine out, but she's being a trooper. She's even being civil with Victoria. Anne is doing all right for now, except for the little darts Phoebe occationally throws at her from her little bag of jealous spite. Yes, jealous spite. Well, I thought it sounded cool. Anyway, Dwight was the only person to have anything interesting happen to him. Michelle showed up at his piano recital, and everyone expected her to do something crazy, because she always does something crazy. But she didn't. She sat in her seat like a perfect angel. And Dwight kept looking over at her. He messed up several times. He was nervous as heck. He was acting even weirder around her afterward. Nikki was there; she saw it all. But Dwight's been on a golf trip since the day after the recital so no one has asked him about it yet. Clever boy. Do something completely out of character and disappear for five days. So that little drama will be unearthed soon, we hope.
to be continued...
Well, we don't really know what will become of Dwight and Michelle's weird relationship over the summer. She'll call him everyday, probably. Anne is doing well, but she kind of gave up on Eric. Jasmine has stayed away from Armando. She's been good about that...as far as we know. She says she's going to a different school next year, but no one believes her, since she's said that for years. If she ever did, it would break the hearts of Ben and Lyle, who are in love with her. Nikki is desparate for a boyfriend, but Dan stopped emailing her, so she's left with nobody. Except Joe, who she is still saying she doesn't like. Nikki also says that she's going to another school next year. Of course, she said that last year and never went. So this may be the end of the life of a girl. Maybe that wasn't the best way to say that. This may be the end of the documentation of the life of a girl (and her friends!). To be continued...
