OMG! I'm in Love with a Geek! (25 page)

Gran has looked at my “for and against” list. She just said, “It's an experience, Hattie.”

That's what she said when Mum had her gall bladder out.

I should give Keith more of a chance. He's not like Nicky's parents. I suppose he's trying to do something a bit good.

Unbelievable!

I went to the library again today. I saw Nicky and just nodded at him. HE CAME OVER!

FULL CHAT:

I think I may fancy him. He's mysterious and there's just a bit of danger about him.

Just told Dimple about Nicky. She said being in plaster does not make you dangerous. It just makes you stupid.

I could get cross but I think she STILL misses Bhavin.

I just think I could help Nicky bring out his sensitive side. His deep side. The side that reads classics underneath his jumper.

Told Gran about Nicky. She reckons I am trying to change him already and changing a man takes a “military mission” and “usually ends in total defeat for the woman – it's kamikaze, Hattie, trust me.”

Kamikaze were pilots who went on suicide missions. OMG – there've been total nutters in the sky for over 80 years!

Jen and me had a
row
debate about Nicky. She thinks it's ethically wrong to use the disabled seats at the cinema BUT she agrees it's fine at Asda for my mum to use the “mother and baby” parking spaces when she goes shopping with Gran.

Why aren't my friends HAPPY FOR ME? It's apparently FINE for THEM to have boyfriends but NOT me?! Is THAT FAIR?! NO!

Nicky has asked me to the cinema tomorrow. It's the first day back at school but Mum says she appreciates I haven't seen many of my friends and I can go as long as I'm back early.

OMG – I think Mum feels sorry for me! That's tragic.

It was great to be back with Dimple and Jen today but Dimple was mainly moaning about her mum and Jen was mainly mooning about Simon. I was a bit bored by lunch. Then both of them started going on about Nicky again like he is a major criminal, and “Why didn't I go out with someone a bit nicer?” When I said, “Like who?!” they just looked at each other. Helpful. NOT.

I can go out with WHO I like. Everyone deserves a chance. Weirdo Jen reckons she is so open to different beings but she is NOT. Apparently they don't want me to get “hurt”. BUT it already hurts feeling like such a single doughnut.

MGK has got a new boyfriend with a CAR. Everyone agrees she's a cow but brilliant at the same time. She IS a cow and she IS brilliant and she is STILL my half-sister. Why can't I have her attracting-men jeans?!

GENES not jeans. Actually I'd like her jeans too. She only has Levi's. Her bum looks amazeballs in them.

Gran says MGK is like a Venus flytrap. Men get sucked in by the sweetness and die. She's a teenage-boy trap!

I'd like to be a carnivorous man-eating plant!

BEST NIGHT EVER!

Nicky took me to the cinema. The attendant woman said it would be OK to sit in the disabled seats but if a really disabled person came in we would have to move. They didn't. The film was OK but Nicky was GORGEOUS. He's REALLY funny. He knows ALL the boys at the back who throw popcorn and he's REALLY popular. At the end – I didn't even expect it to happen – we had this really odd fantastic kiss. I had to partly prop him up because of his crutches. He leaned against a fire exit and we snogged. We had to be careful though as we were worried that the fire exit would accidentally open and Nicky would break his arms too.

Could I go out with someone from the Paralympics? Yes. If I loved someone I would even pick their nose for them.

I can't get over how Nicky kisses.

He could be THE ONE! SERIOUSLY.

Weirdo Jen asked me all about the date. I told her he was actually really sweet. THEN she asked if Nicky had any scars. Simon has no scars and Jen likes them. She is dark that way. She said she was basically trying to find ways to like Nicky. I told her he actually made me HAPPY and THAT should be enough.

There was a massive pause and then she said she liked Nicky's crutches as they are cyber-punk.

I am better at thinking about other people's feelings than people are at thinking about mine! EVEN JEN!

Certainly better than Goose, who STILL hasn't been in touch.

Nicky came round tonight. He couldn't get upstairs on his crutches so we spent (TOO MUCH) time in the lounge with Mum asking ridiculous questions. I didn't even warn or tell her about him earlier because I KNEW she would interrogate him anyway! Mum seemed to think he was OK but said, “Be careful, Hattie – he's from a tough side of the tracks. That's not his fault but it can make him a bit – unpredictable.”