Hating Alison Ashley - Erica's Diary

Dear Diary,                                                                              12/6/1998
Today a new girl joined our class. The first minute she walked in the room, I was jealous. Her name was Alison Ashley (such a pretty name) and she was beautiful, smart and obviously comes from a rich family. Huh! Turns out she’s a real snob as well. Miss Belmont made me show Alison around the school and she kept boasting about how she has a reading age of 14.6. Mine’s probably WAY better than hers! And she went on about how her library was like three times bigger than ours. What a show-off!
And to make matters worse, she HATES illnesses! I couldn’t believe it! My heart almost stopped when she said it (that’s another of my problems)!
Well I hope tomorrow’s better. I hope Alison gets lost on the way to school. Alison Ashley is the most stuck-up snobby little goodie-two-shoes I have EVER met!
Oh, gotta go. Mum’s serving dinner. Cya!
-Erica1

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Dear Diary                                                                               13/6/1998
Today was a total disaster. Especially in art. We were doing painting outside. I hate to admit it, but Alison Ashley did this ‘textural dimension’ thingy and everybody thought it was really good. Mine was...... not so good. It was supposed to be a modern abstract but Barry found the word ‘bum’ in it and Miss Lattimore threw it out. Huh! Then Alison pretended to feel sorry for me. She was like ‘It’s a shame about your painting ended up in the bin. I thought it was good’. And then I sorta.... lost my temper. I told her that I have powerful friends and that if she keeps picking on me then I’ll get my best mate Barry Hollis (yeah right) to bash her up. And I also said that I wouldn’t want to go to Kyle Girls’ Grammar (which is where she is going) if they paid me. Which, by the way, was a total lie.
I have to go. Gotta brush my teeth. I’m having an early night. Bye -Erica3

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Dear Diary                                                                               22/7/1998
Ugh! Alison Ashley just left from our BBQ. Stupid little Alison! Mum invited her to stay and everything. We did a sweep and guess who won? Surprise, surprise, Alison did. And she met all of my mortifying family! How Brilliant is that! And it turns out that she’s an only child. Lucky brat. I just can’t believe it. She is perfect; her looks, her house, her car, her family. It’s just not child! And, just a minute ago, before she left, I totally yelled at her. Actually, I feel pretty good now! I called her a snob and told her that she was the most low-down person I’ve ever met. Oh hang on, somebody’s at the door. BRB................ Ok, I’m back. It was the pizza delivery guy. Far out. More junk food. Oh well. GTG. I’d rather eat my stupid pizza now while it’s hot. Later
-Erica5

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Dear Diary                                                                                13/8/1998
I just got back from Alison’s house. It’s really fancy! That’s not fair! She doesn’t deserve to live in a poshhouse. Well anyway, the reason I went there was because I took her consent form for camp with me. I really wanted to see her house. Yeah. And then she invited me in for milkshakes. I went in. Her house is so neat and tidy. Alison said it was because her mother was fussy about mess, but I reckon they have a cleaner come in. A really expensive one. Oh yeah. I just so happens that Alison’s father is not there either. Except that her parents are divorced.
We played ‘Hats’ too. It was pretty obvious that I won. Well anyway, I have to go. Gotta have dinner. Cya.
-Erica7

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Dear Diary                                                                                27/8/1998
The play was brilliant! All the actors were great! Margeart made a couple of mistakes but frankly, I was sure that there would be at least one!
Before the performance, Margeart didn’t want to be in it so I was afraid, no, completely terrified, that I would have to fill in for her. Phew! Luckily, Alison fixed her up. I think Alison and I are..ok now.
Anyway, pretty much the whole play went to plan. I think the audience loved it! I am really pleased how it turned out. This was everything I had hoped for.
Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you the biggest news. Lennie and Mum are getting MARRIED! How exciting! They are going to announce it tomorrow at a surprise party. Alison Ashley is coming to! I guess pretty much everything is great now. G2G.
-Erica