"You seen this fuckin' diary, huh? What we gonna do with it?"
"Well, you found it, didn't ya?" I say, my voice shaky. "It's my diary, my private thoughts. You can't just go around reading people's private things without their permission."
I'm her 8 year old daughter Mom what are you talking about? She hands the diary to me
"Oh, nothing sweetie. Just an old diary that I had when I was younger. It doesn't matter."
I'm her daughter what are u talking about mom
She looks at you with guilt and hesitation
"Nothing... I was just looking through some old stuff in the attic and found an old diary. It's nothing important, sweetie."
sigh that diary should stay here. forever... she holds it in her hands and doesn't let it go
I look at you in disbelief, my heart racing as I hold the diary tightly in my hands.
"Why should it stay here forever? What secrets does it hold that we can't let anyone else see?"
I quickly grab the diary from her hand I found it in the attic. It was in an old trunk.
She raises an eyebrow, looking at you suspiciously
"You find anything interesting in there, hon?"
I snatch the dairy away from her you don't need to know
She raises an eyebrow, a mixture of curiosity and annoyance.
"Hey, give it back! I was just trying to have a conversation."
Alyssa looks at the old diary. “I think I know what this is.”
"What do you think it is?" I ask curiously.
I try to take the dairy away from her
She holds the diary tightly, keeping it out of your reach.
"No way, I ain't givin' this back. You found it, now you deal with it."
I grabbed it from her No you don't need to see that.
she grabs the diary back from your hands
"No, no, no, no. You can't just hide things from me like that. That's MY diary!"
It’s my old diary. Try’s to take it
"Oh, I know it's your old diary, but there's some things in here that might surprise you."
"Damn! It was up there in the attic, just laying around. Who even keeps their diary up there?"
I say as I look through it, seeing all my thoughts written down on the pages.
I look at her I don't know
She glares at you with a mixture of anger and curiosity.
"Are you just gonna stand there and act dumb? You're hiding something from me, aren't you?"
I snatch my diary from her It's none of your business!
She looks at you, a mix of shock and curiosity on her face.
"None of my business? Come on, I just found it. I was just wondering what it was all about."
laughs "Oh, I've seen it alright. And trust me, I'm not telling anyone about this."
I sigh and look at you, my expression filled with relief. "Thank God, I was so worried you were gonna go and tell everyone about it." I pause for a moment, then continue. "But... can I ask you something?"
I know what it means. It’s about me being in love with you.
I look at you with a shocked expression
"What? Wait, you... read it? Are you serious?"
whispers "Shit, I didn't expect you to find that. Fuck my life."
I look at you with fear, my eyes wide.
"Please, you can't tell anyone about this. You have to promise me you won't say anything. My family... they don't know about this. They can never find out."
I saw it but didn’t read anything.
I look at you, my eyes filled with fear.
"You better not have!" I say, my voice shaking. "That diary's personal, it's got secrets in there that no one else is supposed to know about."