January 12, 1998

Today it was confirmed by everyone else that Hannah and Zach were, in fact, going out. I didn’t see them interact in any way during the day, but Zach and I didn’t interact either.

I told everyone I am going out with some random boy from summer camp named Adam, and they buy it. Only Steph knows the truth, and she won’t tell.

I was walking down the eighth-grade hall today and I saw Aaron. I didn’t say anything, but seconds later I felt a hand press down on the top of my head and I cried out, “Oh! Who is that?” Then the hand slid down over my shoulder and Aaron said, “Hey, what’s up?”

I was about to tell him how Zach had dumped me, but he disappeared into a classroom. I wonder why he asked me what was up and then left before I had a chance to answer him.

[I don’t remember if Adam was completely fabricated, or if he existed and just wasn’t interested in dating me. Probably the former, given the freedom of my imagination at the time.]