I’M REALLY
SO …
DON’T WORRY, I WAS
SLEEP-WALKING. I NEEDED
AN ADRENALIN KICK!
SO,
THANKS!
I SEE YOU LIKE TO READ.
WHAT YEAR ARE YOU?
SOPHOMORE, LIT
MAJOR. AND YOU?
SENIOR, SCIENCE
MAJOR.
BUT YOU’RE IN A HURRY. I
DON’T WANT TO HOLD YOU UP.
WE CAN TALK LATER
IF YOU WANT.
THANKS.
WHAT’S YOUR
NAME, BY THE
WAY?
THOMAS
I’M
CLEMENTINE
I KNOW
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…
October 27th, 1994
Today I
am meeting
Thomas.
All of my girlfriends are
pushing me to go out with
him, but only because he’s
super cute, and he’s a senior.
My heart beats fast
when I think about
what’s about to happen.
I’m a bit scared.
I have no idea
what’s going to
happen …
But my intuition…
… is telling me
that today is
going to be a
big day.
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Teen problems
seem trivial to
other people. But
when you’re alone
and smack in
the middle of
one, how are you
supposed to know
what to do?
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I’VE MADE YOU
SOME COFFEE,
EMMA.
THANK
YOU,
FABIENNE.
PLEASE FORGIVE MY HUSBAND.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT HE’S
HAVING TROUBLE ACCEPTING THE ROLE
YOU PLAYED IN OUR DAUGHTER’S LIFE.
I DON’T THINK YOU’LL SEE
HIM BEFORE DINNER.
JUST TELL HIM THAT IF I HAD
BEEN A GUY, CLEM WOULD
HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH
ME ANYWAY.
UH …
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(SIGH)
FORGET
IT …
THINKING LIKE THAT
ISN’T GOING TO MAKE
IT EASIER.
I SCREWED UP
WITH HER MOTHER
AGAIN …
I’VE NEVER FORGOTTEN “THE
LITTLE BRUNETTE FROM THE
MAIN SQUARE.”
EVERY TIME I THOUGHT OF
YOU, EVERY TIME I WENT
THERE, I CALLED YOU THAT.
IF I HAD KNOWN
THAT WE WERE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME … I
WOULDN’T HAVE WASTED
IT THEN.
THOMAS
CAME TO YOUR
FUNERAL, YOU
KNOW …
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HEY, WHAT’S
HAPPENING
TO ME?
THAT SEEMED
SO REAL.
BUT HOW
COULD I
DREAM
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT? …
IT’S … IT’S …
HORRIBLE! YOU
CAN SAY IT. I LOOK
HORRIBLE THIS
MORNING!
UH, YEAH.
YOU SEEM UPSET.
DIDN’T YOU GET ANY
SLEEP LAST NIGHT OR
WHAT?
HAH! YOU WENT
ALL THE WAY
WITH THOMAS?!
ARE YOU NUTS? WE
SPENT THE AFTERNOON
TOGETHER IN TOWN,
THAT’S ALL!
Dear Diary:
I still can’t
believe what
I dreamed
last night
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I’M COLD. I’M
GOING UP TO THE
LOCKERS.
I was panicked. I had no right