THE FAME.

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&& once said, always said, i'll hold the past over your head

July 14th, 1977

D E V I O U S

Okay so being alone in this house sucks. I gave in and went out, did some shopping, went to this cute little bar that opened up and guess who I ran into?! Amycus Carrow, ooh la la. You know, I was never super interested in him or anything before but how did I not notice how hot he is?! Seriously! Ugh, he was so annoying though, kept ignoring me and trying to act all uninterested or whatever. So we had a few drinks and well then he loosened up. Turns out he was all mopey 'cause he likes this girl, Rose Darwin - a Hufflepuff! Amycus Carrow likes a Hufflepuff! - but she has to choose between him and this other Hufflepuff guy, Adams? Tristan Adams? This is gold, seriously, I mean who would have thought?! Definitely something to store away and keep in mind when I start getting the first Tabloid issue of next year together.

I did a bit more shopping after running into Amycus too and I got a dress for Kiki's tomorrow, phew. Thank god for a party, Diary, I was about to kill myself from boredom. Hmmm, maybe I'll go try it on again now - pick out what jewelery I can wear tomorrow night! Woohoo, sounds like fun. Ta ta!

xoxo

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&& fabulous and glamorous, we love ourselves and no one else

July 16th, 1977

S A T I S F I E D

Would you look at that, a whole day without writing in here! What's the world coming to?! Haha, no, everything's fine, Granny just wanted to take me shopping yesterday, she's going to some charity dinner in a week and wants me to come with. Not that I wasn't just at one of those last night but whatevs. Kiki's was fun. Didn't get to actually see her that much, there was so much going on! I can't wait to start writing up articles for the Tabloid, this summer's crazy-full of gossip. Kiki finally broke up with her douchebag boyfriend and Myers and Juarez broke up too and Wes was there with that Laurentine girl, both of them stoned as can be, ugh. Well, I wasn't exactly go over and talk to him, no thanks, but I saw Sirius and Marls and got to chit chat with them. Makes me wonder how little Logan's doing, eh? Haven't really spared her much thought this summer but grad was such a disaster for her and she doesn't seem like the type to hold up well... Hmmmm... Looks like I have someone to owl, Diary! This'll be good ;)

xoxo

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&& oh darling, you're a million ways to be cruel

July 16th, 1977

B I T C H Y

God, that girl's impossible. I tried being all sweet and friendly, just seeing how she's doing and whatever, but she was all skeptical and didn't want to talk to me and blah blah blah. And okay, so maybe I was fishing around for gossip but puh-leese, she didn't have to be such a bitch about it. And then I started talking about Karma, figuring maybe that would make her believe I had good intentions, but she just said I don't have a clue what that even means and ugh. I might have slipped into bitch mode. Told her Sirius told me about them sleeping together - which is completely untrue, whoops, sue me for bluffing - and he laughed about it and that kinda shut her up, or at least hit a nerve.

Whatever, she deserves it. I offered her friendship and instead she chose a year of misery. Can't blame me for getting an early start?

xoxo

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PAGE EIGHTEEN

&& 'cause you make me smile, baby, just take your time now

July 17th, 1977

C H I P P E R

Boyfriend's coming over tonight! Well, okay, so we said we were going out but shhh, he just doesn't realize yet. I'm gonna make dinner, isn't that genius? And like so sweet, I know. I told Helena the plan and she seemed all worried but come on, it's cooking. If our maid can do it, I'm pretty sure I can. I'm the one getting a top-notch magical education, after all. Duh. And Charms is my best subject, so it'll be no problem getting everything chopped up - I love being able to do magic outside of school. As for what to cook, I asked Helena to go out and get a chicken and she says we're stocked up on veggies so I thought I'd make a stir fry. Easy peasy, right?

Now to go get ready, I have this adorable purple dress I've never worn yet. Ted'll love it ;)

xoxo

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PAGE NINETEEN

&& when you kiss my nose, the feeling shows

July 18th, 1977

H A P P Y

Okay so dinner last night was a huge disaster and a huge success.

Turns out cooking is harder than it looks.

You can't just pour wine all over vegetables instead of sauce.

Or if you do you end up a leeeeetle bit tipsy by the end of the night.

But it was great to see Teddy and have a few giggles about everything.

So great ♥

xoxo

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PAGE TWENTY

&& 'cause we gotta taste for champagne

July 20th, 1977

I N F U R I A T E D

When did Lily Evans become such a bitch?!

I started thinking yesterday about how her and James were all engaged and everything so I owled her to see how all the prep was going and whatnot and guess what?

I'M NOT INVITED.

I, RITA SKEETER, AM NOT INVITED TO THEEE WEDDING OF THE YEAR, OR WELL, THE WEDDING OF LIKE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GUYS IN THE YEAR ABOVE ME, BECAUSE HE'S MARRYING A STUPID RED-HEADED BITCH WHO CAN'T PUT THE PAST IN THE PAST AND UGHHH THIS IS SO UNFAIR. DOES SHE NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH I LOVE WEDDINGS?




Whatever. You're lame, Evans, and your wedding's gonna be just as lame. I have way better places to be. And I'll still find out everything anyways so HA! And I'll keep writing about you next year whenever anything vicious comes up. Maybe I'll even invent a crazy story or two! Oooh, I can see it now, something about an affair with a criminal or-- or Regulus again, or maybe I'll spin up a rumor about you and Sirius, ha!

...Oh, but then Sirius and Marls would probably be annoyed. Damn it. Whatever. I do not care about Evans's stupid wedding. End of story.

xoxo

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&& how can i resist that kinda [un]invitation

July 21st, 1977

A N N O Y E D

And since when is Sirius scared of Lily Evans?!

Ugh, I got the idea to owl him and see if you know, he could be my date. Since Marls is invited already (Yeah, SHE was invited, even though she's James's ex, but I was not invited!) so it's not like she won't be there anyways. But he was all "oh, I don't know if that's a good idea blah blah blah Lily would kill me blah blah blah Marls is my date blah blah blah yes, even if she's invited anyways blah blah blah why do you even want to go?" And blah blah blah blah blah. You get the picture. Apparently even he won't mess with Lily over this.

Bridezilla bitch.

Ugh.

No, I am not getting hung up on this.

xoxo

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&& blow you a little kiss

July 23rd, 1977

E X C I T E D

Yesterday was a spend-time-with-Teddy-day, hence why I was too occupied to write in here, darling Diary. We went to this little fair and there was a Ferris wheel!! (I love Ferris wheels, so much) and we went on and just omigosh ♥ Have I mentioned how much I adore my boyfriend? 'Cause I do. I really, really do.

And what are the plans for today? He's coming over and then we're going to go out, to the park or something, I don't know, but it'll be wonderful. I mean, okay, so anything is better than hanging out alone here but still. I'm excited. And shit, need to go get dressed! Ciao!

xoxo

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&& 'cause when i leave for the night, i ain't coming back

July 24th, 1977

E N E R G E T I C

So it turns out I wasn't wanted for Granny's charity thing last night after all. Annnd she's off somewhere else tonight. Who knows. What does it say about me if I get ridiculously bored whenever no one else is around? I mean, sure, Helena's fine for chit chat or baking cookies but I want to hang out with my friends. Oooh, gosh, I should throw a party soon. This house is perfect for a party, it's huge, and there's a pool, and Granny's never home. But her credit cards always are, ha. Okay, I'm putting that on my to-do list. Maybe a midsummer bash? Ha, love it. But that still doesn't help me tonight. Ugh.

I want to go out partying or something. God, I miss Danni. Bitch. I mean, sure, I have other friends but-- Ooh! I wonder if Kieran would want to come! Oh psh, what am I even saying, of course he would! Gosh, I haven't seen that boy all summer, that's just ridiculous! Okay, it's official. Going out clubbing with Kieran tonight. I think I'll surprise him (; And he better not be busy, or he'll have to face the wrath of Rita Skeeter. Hahaha. Now let me go get dressed...

This is gonna be so much fun!!

xoxo

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&& it ends tonight

July 26th, 1977

E X H A U S T E D

Oh my god.

Ohmygawd.

Omigod.

Oh my--

I got arrested two nights ago. Kieran and I got arrested two nights ago. We were splashing each other, there was a fountain, I think? And his shirt was off and my shirt was off and I was really drunk and he was really drunk, and oh my god. I still can't believe it. There was a cop and he said something about public... something, I don't know, we were drunk and we weren't wearing enough clothes, something like that, and Kieran had to call Ted to bail us out of jail and oh my god, he came and--

He dumped me.

Ted dumped me.

And even though I wrote to Aidan, freaking out, and I talked to Kieran about everything too and he even came over yesterday with chocolates and we cuddled and he was such a sweetheart, I'm still freaking out. I don't think it's sunk in. Or it sunk in too much. I don't know. But I'm freaking out.

I left a note for Granny and I told Kieran where I was going, but otherwise, no one knows where I am right now. Except Danni and her family, obviously. So where am I right now?

Copenhagen.

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&& put a little lipstick back on my face

July 29th, 1977

B L A N K

So far Operation: Flying the Coop has been pretty good? Got a howler from Granny two days ago, she was pretty pissed 'cause she heard about the jail thing from one of her friends and was all humiliated or whatever, and we're going to have a "talk" when I get back but I get to stay at Danni's for now, thank gawd. Why wouldn't I want to hang out with my best friend and her gorgeous older brother, hmmm? Haha, okay, kidding about Drake, though, he's always been off limits. Danni has a bunch of friends she wants me to meet but so far I've been pretty boring and sulky. I met her boyfriend, though! Gorgeous guy with black hair and thee most stunning eyes. Christen. Is it bad if I sort of hate him just because he's her boyfriend and mine dumped me? Bah, oh well. He's hilarious. We're going out with these other friends tomorrow night so... yay. Enthusiastic, I know. Guess I need to work on the party girl thing, sorta lost my appetite for it. But no, I'm not gonna let this screw me up. I've gotta get a smile on and move on and go out and have fun with these hot guys Danni keeps talking about!

I wonder if Ted's already trying to move on.





I really hope he isn't.

xoxo

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PAGE TWENTY-SIX

&& brush my teeth with a bottle of jack

August 1st, 1977

D R A I N E D

Owwwwwwwww.

My head. Ow. Shit. I hate. Being hungover.

Last night. Lotssss of drinking. Cute guy. Fish? Flipper? Don't remember. Sweet.

But not Ted.

Going back to bed. Will write more later.

xoxo

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&& the party don't stop, no

August 1st, 1977

T I R E D

Finn. His name was Finn. That's sorta like a fish. There were others too. Alexi and Olivia, they were fun. Didn't really speak the best English but oh well, we were just dancing and getting drunk so it didn't really matter. Danni could translate anyways. And then the guys, yeah, there was Finn, and Christen, and this other guy. Bo? Cute but short. Not as cute as Finn. I think I kissed Finn last night. I think I kissed him quite a few times. Nothing more than kisses though, me and Danni both ended up back here last night. So did Christen, but we all just passed out on the couch in the basement. And then I woke up with a splitting headache and I tried to write in here but that wasn't working so I went back to sleep and now, here I am. Head still hurts but if I've gotten used to Danni's peppy chatter (no clue how she can be so hungover and so high-pitched... I don't care how hypocritical I sound, shut up) I can deal with anything else. But yeah. Last night. It was fun, just getting out and having fun and doing shots and kissing a cute boy just because I wanted to and not having to worry about it. See? Everything's fine. I'm fine. I'm having an awesome time in Copenhagen with my bff and I couldn't care less about the boy who dumped me.

...exactly one week ago.

xoxo

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PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT

&& watch me getting physical, out of control

August 4th, 1977

A P A T H E T I C

Danni knows where there's a party every night. So it's basically all starting to blur together in this mess of alcohol and dancing and blaring music and more alcohol and colorful dresses and headbands and stumbling around in high heels and traipsing around downtown and more alcohol and dancing with Danni on the bar top just we liked used to (with her new friends too) and grinding with a bunch of girls and laughing and making all the boys want us and more alcohol and lots of shots and pretty little colorful drinks that make your head spin but taste so sweet and more dancing and kissing Finn and kissing this hot stranger once to see if it would make Finn jealous. It did. It's kinda nice having a guy who barely knows you already wrapped around your finger. It's nice having someone to kiss when you're drunk, someone to lend you his jacket when it's cold at night and throw his arm around you as you walk back home, so you can pretend that maybe he's someone else and not just a random guy you're probably gonna forget about as soon as you leave this city.

xoxo

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&& can't stop 'cause it feels like an overdose

August 5th, 1977

C O N F U S E D

I don't really know what I'm doing here. I mean I missed Danni like crazy and it's great to see her and it's fun to meet all her new friends but soon enough school's gonna start and they'll all go off together and I'll be back in England with everyone else that I've been avoiding. Well no, not avoiding. I just missed Danni, okay? I missed my best friend and I don't know what I'm going to do this year without her and I'm terrified it's gonna suck instead of being awesome and it's my last year so it should be awesome but I just know it won't. It's gonna be terrible and ugh, I don't even know anymore. I like just going out and partying and having fun with these people and damn, I wonder if I can transfer to Danni's school. I'm not running away just 'cause some guy dumped me and I don't want to be at a different school than my best friend but-- I'm not, okay? It just sounds nice. Easy.

But I'm going back to England. I'm going back to Hogwarts with my chin up and I'm gonna have a new issue of the Tabloid ready for everyone and I'm gonna wear my tallest heels and plaster on a grin and remind the world that I'm Rita Skeeter and Rita Skeeter doesn't need anyone.

...Well, I'll do that eventually.

For now, I'm fine staying here.

xoxo