June 3, 2019

Ahaha, guess who's staying on campus over the summer, ahaha. Freakin' plane tickets. SOMEONE HIRE ME!

Well, unless I hire myself first. How am I to go about doing that? Glad ya asked, buddy. I have this idea to create the BESTEST, most PUNIEST carpet store IN THE WORLD. What's it gonna be called? Thanks to my impeccable thinking skills, I have decided to call it... drum roll pleeeeasseeeeeee... D-RUG STORE! Genius, yes? Get it?! 'Cuz, like D as in 'the' and then RUG as in, well, rug! Put it together and you get D-RUG STORE! I can't wait to tell Carter. If I don't forget, obviously

Oh yeah, guess who I saw again! CARTER. I wonder why he's here? I missed him a lot, I really do. But seriously, why is he here? He annoys me sooo much! Oooo, how he gets on my nerves! Well, annoying in a sibling way. He is literally Markus and Brian. Wait, no. He's my sibling away from home. Oh gosh. I hope he's doing okay. After that addiction of his. I'm glad he's back, I just hope he doesn't relapse or something. That would really suck.

Know what? I'll just start telling you about my day. So basically what happened, I thought that today was gonna be like a normal day. Well... it WAS. Until I was going to the gym. To work on my abs, heheh. *Proceeds to slap my flab in all its glory* There was a fight in the West hall. And guess who was involved! Yeah, Carter. So basically, I'm on my way to the gym, ya know, minding my own business, as every other person should do, and all of a sudden I hear some dude yell.

"C' mon, Carter! We all know you like that silver-haired freak!" Some dude said.

The person said some more stuff but I blocked him with my own thoughts. Silver-haired freak, huh? That's new. I thought. Looking back at that, my hair is more white than it is silver... color-blind freak. Geez, bro. Get it right...

Then, my mind was like, "Hey wait! I know a person named Carter!" And I saw him. His hair was cut like a fluffy low mohawk. Or as I like to call it, a Shawn Mendes cut. He had the same dog tag I made him. He had a latte tan and shiny teeth. After all that time away, you would expect him to have either darker or lighter skin. But NOPE, he's still the same as he was the first day he left. He also had on a t-shirt and basketball shorts. Yeah, that's right, the same things he ALWAYS wore. How many pairs of that stuff does he have? I'm afraid to ask. But, I digress. So after examining the strange person also named Carter, who was most likely Carter, I shook my head and realized that the love of my life was right in front of me.

His black combat boots. I've been meaning to steal (whoops) take them for sooooooo longggg!

Gosh, I sound like such a teenage girl right now. Especially those people in fan-fictions or whatever. Tch, I don't wanna be like themmmmmmmmmm... Grow up, Winter. You're like 22 or something. Ugh, who's counting! Not me! That's for sure.

Anyways, Carter grumbled something and moved his amber eyes (That's right, my friends! My other friend has a rare phenotype thingy like me!) through the crowd. Oh my god, his eyes. They were still bright and amber. And even though his face didn't show any feelings, his eyes... they always showed some type of emotion.

Sorry! My ADHD is very bad. Well, I dunno. It- well... yeah... I have no clue. Mom says that writing in a diary ("diary" bleh) can help me NOT run through the house. How would she know that?! I live on the other side of the country! Besides, I live in an apartment as of now, and not in a house. I wonder what kind of building I'll live in, in the future. Maybe one with Carrrterrrrrrr????? So going back to the fight. Heads-up, I'm bad at describing stuff I don't feel like describing.

Anyways, I think they were fighting over ME?! I mean, I knew he liked me but I never really thought he would fight for me? They usually say that if a dude makes fun of a girl, usually it's because they like her. I think that's stupid. I guess it makes a little sense? Eh, I think at least. I should really learn to take a hint or a couple... Well, anyways. Ugh, I've gotta stop saying anyways. So yeah.

Okay.

His eyes. Looking through the crowd. ALRIGHT. See what I did there? I didn't say anyways. Oh. DAMN IT TO HELL.

Sigh, anyways (DAMN IT), he saw me and ran. Towards me. Yeah, that's right. Towards me. As in, Carter moved his body horizontally across the floor, using the two bottom extremities known to be called legs, in a way that, eventually, he would cross the point at which I was standing. I would've done something but I was too shocked to do anything. I've been trying very hard lately to stop freezing and start flighting. You can see how that turned out for me. Anyways (I SWEAR TO BUGGY), he caught up to me and dragged me into a room that I had never been in before. This is surprising because I thought I had already explored every corner on campus. The window was open and he jumped out. Yeah, you fucking read that right, he jumped out of a fucking window. My fucking goodness, why the Hell am I swearing so much all of a sudden? So, when Carter landed on the ground, he looked up and yelled:

"Winter?! You coming?"

I swore under my breath (hahahahahaha I'm a rebel) and looked out. It was a two-story jump. Easier than what I've done before. But on our team, I was the one who still used string. Carter was the flexible one who loved jumping from high places (it's a bird, it's a plane, it-it HOLY CRAP IS THAT A PERSON?!?!? (in a loving way, fuck you, Carter)).

"WINTER. GET DOWN HERE."

I lifted my right foot and removed the rubber sole. Hidden in it was a long, solid strand of silk. I leaned out the window and wrapped the tip around the handle of the window. It wasn't strong but it gave me 30 seconds to get out. I took the other end and looped it around my arm. I climbed out and scaled the building. When my feet felt the ground again, I let go of the silk and pulled. It fell from the handle and went limp in my hand. Carter smiled with amusement (again, in a loving way, fuck you, Carter).

"Someone hasn't been practicing," he taunted.

"Shut up," I said because honestly, I just kinda felt like it. And because he's a big dummy.

Then, he did something that he hasn't done in a LONG time. HE HUGGED ME.

"Ah, man. I missed you," he said with his head in the crook of my neck.

"Carter," I poked him away, "You do know jumping was dangerous, right?"

"Oh, come on! I know how to safely land."

"No! Not that! If someone saw you, our cover would be blown."

"Relax, mate! We "retired" like a year ago! If anything we could make a YouTube channel about parkour!" He retaliated, adding the air quotes exactly where I wrote them.

I gave a defeated sigh. He grinned.

I really hope my mom doesn't read this. I can already see it.

"Winter Sam Rossi! Why didn't you tell me that you were Janus?!" She'll say.

"But, moooom-"

"No buts, young lady! You better share the million dollars that you have!"

At least that's what I think will happen. I don't know. Heehee, speak of the devil! My mom is calling me for dinner. Like, literally calling over the phone. BYEEEE! Time for me to hide you! No one shall ever know I have this.

I hope I have something other than ramen in the refrigerator tonight,
Winter R.

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3 June 2019

8:00 am
For some reason my parents want me to stay all summer on campus? If I didn't move school then I wouldn't be happy BUT this is Winter's school! My favorite virgin! Besides me, of course. Haha, my humor never fails to crack me up!

8:05 am
I just went to my first optional summer class and I hate the teacher already. I'm sitting in the back because I don't want my eyes to freak out Ms. Biney. Oh! Turns out Winter's in the same class! I can see her pwetty (uwu Deary me. I scare myself a lot sometimes) printer paper white hair. Aye, she is amazing. She smells better than steak in the middle of summer. That's because she smells like strawberries and not smoke. Nice to know she doesn't smoke. Personally, I'm not a big fan of black lungs. Something about them reminds me of burnt popcorn. Bleh.

11:45 am
Buenos Dias! Yeah. I learned something in Spanish. I also went to ASL because sometimes I don't feel like talking and besides, I get to talk to Winter without actually talking! How amazing is that? I also got in a fight! Everyone here is weak. Blah blah blah, back to the fight. So, I'm walking down the West hall and I hear some dude say, "Ugh, I can't believe I have a class with that silver-haired freak."

Winter is a great person who doesn't deserve to be called that. So, I punched them :)

Wow, don't I sound obsessive?

12:00 pm
I'm halfway through the day... yay... Oh yeah! I jumped out a window with Winter. I totally forgot to mention it but omg, she still has those silk strings I gave her to help jump out windows. I, bloody, love her. Winter is amazing.

12:00 am
It really sucks that Winter doesn't think of me the way I think of her. Well, maybe she does, ya know? Though I don't blame her... she deserves someone better. I'm just some dude that happened to cross paths with her. Sigh, maybe if we just went on a single date... oh also. I would write everything that happens later but I've got a good memory that does that job so I write everything as soon as it happens because it makes it feel more... interactive? Like, trigger memory??? Whatever. I think I'm gonna stay up tonight.

-C.C.

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"Carter Alex Churchill! You do know I love you right?"
"Yeah, I do," he hugged her, "That was just some teenage angst."
She kissed him on the lips, "I had some feelings for back then, too."
"Uh, yeah. For my boots."
She gave him a big, toothy smile. He smiled back with a sense of recognition.
Autumn stuck her tongue out and her parents chuckled.