FLASHBACK - Reading Susie's Diary (1)

Kate opened the zipper of the beanbag and put her hand inside it. After digging inside the bean bag for a while, her eyes widened as she pulled out a black colored, shabby looking notebook from inside. It read - 'LOVE YOURSELF'. Kate stared at it for a while. She then heard the main door opening. Susie's mom was back. She immediately tucked the notebook under her shirt and zipped up the bean bag and then sat on the bed looking a bit dazed. Susie's mom came to Susie's room,

"Come on Kate, I'll make something for you. I just went for some grocery shopping and bought some crabs. You love crab soup right? Come on."

"Kate?"

"Huh-- Yeah aunty? Oh yeah, crab soup..yeah..actually aunty I'm a bit busy today, I just realized I have an errand to run. I'll come to visit you later aunty. Please take of yourself."

Kate didn't wait for her reply and immediately left Susie's room and then her house. She didn't realize that she came running all the way to her new house. She went to her room and calmed herself down. She then changed into a fresh set of clothes and sat on her bed with Susie's notebook in her hands. She held her breathe and opened the first page.

'Dear Notebook, I made a promise to myself that I would write all the important facts here especially when I get angry, to control it and also my happy moments. So here I am. Hope you are happy to see me.

(The first page)

Jan 1st, 2010

Today is the first day, I'm writing this diary. I'm very much looking forward to completing this diary. This is a part of my new year resolution. This year I'm going to 8th standard. I have already bought my books and covered them, even though there are 10 more days until the school reopens. Oh yeah, I am studying in Syphon High School, same as last year. Also..............'

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Kate read on and on but couldn't find anything important. It was just a daily diary. Though it was like a schedule she loved reading it. It was as if Susie was doing all those things and she was watching her doing them. Kate read on and on and had finished reading the diary entries for 2010, 2011 and 2012. She got to know that Susie and Ashton became friends in 2011, that is when she was in 9th standard. Ashton was in 11th at that time, in Syphon High itself. They came across each other through a competition in the school and became friends since then. It was also this time that Susie started getting a crush on Ashton. 'Wait, Aunty said that Susie loved me, and here Susie has written that she started liking Ashton as well? So Susie was a bi-? Why didn't she ever tell that me before? Was she afraid that I will stop seeing her? I feel so sad. It feels as if I have never known Susie...'

After continuously reading for more than 4 hours, Kate felt exhausted. She went downstairs and made herself a meal and took a nap for a while. She had to keep her brain running so as to analyze Susie's case properly. After taking a nap, it was 6 PM in the evening. She woke up and washed her face and started reading Susie's diary again.

'June 12, 2013

Dear diary, you won't believe what happened!!! Oh my god!! I feel a bit guilty but it was pleasurable as well. So I guess it was a guilty pleasure, was it? hehe.. Anyways..... dear diary... yesterday I attended the birthday party of a classmate along with Kate...it turned out to be a night out. Since Kate's mom is very strict, she didn't stay back. After she left we started playing truth and dare. Even Ashton was invited to the party since the girl's brother was Ashton's close friend. Since we all decided to stay over we had to share beds. I won't go into that detail, let me jump directly come to the main part. At night I went to get water from the refrigerator since I was thirsty and I saw Ashton smoking by the window...