December 7, 1999

Today was a fun day because everyone was talking about how Tyler and I liked each other! In Science, he and James sit behind me and they were whispering a lot. Then later in the day, James came up to me and said, "Tyler likes you... but he thinks you like Jacob. Do you?" "Not as much as I like Tyler," I said. "Okay, then he's either going to call you today and ask you out, or have someone else do it." He smiled slyly.

When I was at my locker, Louis came over and said, "Tyler wants to know if you'll go out with him." "You're lying!" I said, narrowing my eyes. "No, I'm not!" Erin came over and testified, "No, he's not lying, Emily. I saw them talking over there about it." "Okay, Louis," I said. "I'll go out with him, but he needs to ask me himself." [A girl needs to have standards.]

I had study period in the cafeteria today, because my usual teacher has math club on Tuesdays, so we all have to go to different study periods. I always go to the cafeteria instead of the one I was assigned to, because there are like, three study periods that meet in there and it's really fun. So I was sitting at a table with Maggie, Stacy, Melanie, and Hunter and Matt were at the other end of it being assholes.

Tyler was sitting a few tables over. He was talking with Daniel. Then Daniel came over and said, "Emily, Tyler wants to know if you'll go out with him." I guess Louis hadn't talked to them yet. So I told Daniel the same thing I'd told Louis and went back to what I was working on.

After school, Melanie and I decided to walk home to my house instead of taking the bus. When we got outside, James, Scott, Jacob, and Louis were the only people left in front of the school. James saw me and made a gesture for me to come over. I didn't feel like walking that far, so I just looked at him, and he came over to me. Damn straight. [If only that still worked for me.]

"Emily," he said when he arrived, "Tyler was looking for you - he was going to ask you out - where were you?" "What?!" I cried. I could have kicked myself. "Chill," James said. "He'll call you tonight." So Melanie and I walked home and she stayed at my house until 5pm. Then I went online, and James was on. He told me he would call me at 8pm, and we would call Tyler on 3-way.

I was so nervous I was shivering, but James was being such a good friend. We called Tyler and talked for an hour on 3-way. At first it was all awkward silences and James rambled on, trying to fill them up, but then Tyler and I relaxed and started talking, too. James kept bringing up opportunities for Tyler to ask me out, really obviously, but Tyler and I just laughed nervously. Then my mom told me I had to get off the phone. Oh, well, there's always tomorrow. And there's always Michelle's party for Gina. [UM. What?! I am embarrassed by this unacceptable failure to lock it down. I apologize.]