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SHELBY S JOURNAL

Wow, its sure been a while since the last time I wrote.

I guess these past, er, three years have really flown by!

(And just for the record, per my last entry, I am nolonger afraid of water balloons. Only clowns wielding

water balloons. Spooky.)

Im writing today because, well, theres this new girl

here at Shoreline. Actually, shes my roommate. And we

know how I feel about sharing. Id only just finished

smudging the dorm room free of all bad vibes (mysatchel of sage leaves finally shipped from the Canyon

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Country Store), when in walks this human embodiment

ofbad vibes.

Lucinda Price.Shes only been here, like, a day, but already shes

totally zoning in on my space . . . and already, Ive been

a pretty horrid bitch to her.

Lets just say ol Shel is not adjusting so well to the

change. I dont mean to bark at her all the time. Its just

shes so helpless and nave andOkay, the truth?

I know the guy shes dating. Remember Daniel

Grigori? The blond slice of perfection with the gray eyes

I could sometimes swear were violet? (If not, see pages

twelve through twenty-two of this here book.) (I know.

I know! I wrote way too much about him after the single

encounter we had, which ended in a very unromantic

visit to the county jail, but Daniel was so nice to me.

I couldnt help it.) (I thought we had a connection. I was

stupid. It was nothing. I was wrong.)

He was just one of those rare kind people whohappened to also be gorgeous. He just found me at a bad

time and I swear I didnt know about his history with

Lucinda Price. Its not like I was already at Shoreline,

where you can barely sneeze without stumbling into

some girly girls gossiping about how romantic they are.

Lucinda and Daniel.Lucinda and Daniel.

Barf.

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Whatever. I guess its total karma that the girl ends

up being my roommate. Maybe shes not that bad. Its

not like Ive given her a chance. She just showed uphere, out of the blue, and it threw me for a major loop.

Ill try to be nicer. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe if shes

nice first

Whoops, gotta jet! My new roommate just

walked in!

Shel

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Text 2011 by Tinderbox Books, LLC and Lauren Kate.

Illustration 2011 by Fernanda Brussi Gonalves with Rebecca Roeske.