Date: November 8

   "Admit it Hazel Levesque, you have a crush on Frank Zhang," Rachel said.

   The two of them were sitting on Rachel's bed. Rachel had taken Hazel to her house after school to hang out. Hazel liked the paint splattered on the walls in Rachel's room. It was messy, but didn't look like it because it was half the size of the school gymnasium. 

    "What makes you think that?" Hazel asked.

    "Well, you talk about him a lot," Rachel said. "And when Piper asked what your type was you said, 'a man like Frank Zhang.' So you either like him or you're comparing him to Putin. From the way you look at him as if he's a warm cinnamon roll, I think it's the former."

    Hazel began to fan herself and focused on the blue hairbrush on Rachel's dresser. Like everyone in their grade, Hazel had heard the story of how Rachel had thrown the hairbrush at a man who tried to kidnap her. The incident had earned her a reputation as someone to not wrangle with and the only person foolish enough to hassle her was Octavian.

     "I don't think Frank Zhang is anything like Putin," Hazel said firmly. 

     "Ahh, then you should ask him to the Winter Formal," Rachel said. "It's Ladies Pay All like always."

    "I don't know," Hazel said. "What if he says no?"

   "I'm sure he'll say yes," Rachel assured her.

    "But how would I even ask him out?" Hazel said. "Should I make a sign or cupcakes or what?"

    Rachel grinned wickedly and said, "You should make a parody music video of 'One Like Putin.'"

    "That is the craziest idea I have ever heard," Hazel said.

    "Come on, it will be fun," Rachel assured her. "I'll invite all the girls over and we can get it made. Calypso and Piper can sing, you and Annabeth can write the lyrics, I can record it, and Juniper can edit it."

***

   Hazel was surprised when everyone showed up half an hour later. Piper had brought Calypso over. Juniper was still wearing her gardening club t-shirt. Annabeth had brought over a notepad and a pen and she helped Hazel write the lyrics.

   "I can't believe we're doing this," Hazel said.

   "We all want to see you and Frank get together," Calypso said. "You two are adorable together."

  "Ugh, this is so cliche," Hazel grumbled. "Alright, 'he must be like Frank Zhang' works."

   "How about you say 'my last boyfriend was a dunce'?" Annabeth suggested.

   "Nah, you should say he was an idiot," Piper said.

   "How about we just keep the original lyrics in that part?" Hazel said. "It works."

    They began filming once they were done writing lyrics like "someone just like Frank Zhang; with a big heart" and "I saw him in the hallways yesterday." The camera wasn't the best and the footage was shaky until Annabeth started doing the filming. Once they were done, Juniper uploaded the footage from the SD card onto her laptop and pulled up an editing software. Two hours and many handfuls of goldfish later, they had the video finished. Hazel exhaled. She hoped this worked because she didn't want a man like Frank Zhang; she wanted Frank Zhang.