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always keep it locked away in my memories so I won't have the slightest chance of forgetting how I felt.

 
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
    Car Wash
     
     
     
    Dear Diary,
                  Being in love is such a wonderful feeling, especially when it's mutual between two people. I never thought I would fall in love. I never thought I was capable of loving another person because I was, and still am, so broken.
                  Depression is getting easier to cope with. I realized that it never is truly going to disappear, but it does get easier to deal with. It's been a learning process. I'm just happy I have Andrew here to help me through it, and I'm happy to have no secrets between my mom and I. Being able to express the truth to my mom is a weight lifted off of my shoulders. I don't have to lie or sneak around anymore. My mom doesn't speak about vampires and healers much, so we just keep our distance from that subject and try to continue living a normal life.
                  I still feel half broken inside. It's better than feeling completely broken. At least Andrew fills half of the hollow space. I still haven't figured out how to fill the other half. It's a mystery waiting to be solved.
    Love, Nina
     
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    I pull into the school parking lot and see all of the cheerleaders dressed in bikinis. Most of them look bright orange from their spray tans, which is completely unattractive. Do they really think they look pretty like that? They look like oompa loompas. I feel myself smiling. I look over at the empty passenger seat next to me, wishing I could share my joke with Caroline. We both would be laughing at the sight of the oompa loompas. She would say something like, "I think they ran away from Willy Wonka's factory," or she would start singing, "Oompa loompa doom-pa-dee-do." Actually, if she was here, I wouldn't be the one about to get out of the car and join the rest of the cheerleaders with the fundraiser. It would be Caroline, and she would enjoy every minute of the car wash.
                  "Nini!" I hear a pounding noise on my window. I jump and see Kali's face lit up brightly with a big smile planted on her face. "Get out of the car! Let's do some fundraising!" She yells and runs to the group of girls standing in a circle.
                  "Just a couple of hours," I mumble to myself.
    * * * *
    After washing cars for about an hour, I'm soaked with soapy water, and the sun is radiating on my pale skin. The wind is blowing gently, and the fresh air smells wonderful through my nostrils.
                  I'm happy that Kali didn't order me to stand by the road and hold up a sign telling people to come get their car washed. Instead, I'm stuck washing cars, by hand, which I can't really complain about because it gives me something to do with my time.
                  I tuck my long, dark hair behind my ear and continue to work hard to make this silver, 4-door Neon sparkle.
                  I hear a car horn beep behind me. Looking over my left shoulder, I see a dirty 2014 black beamer. Andrew's new car would be nicer if it was clean.
                  Andrew hops out of the car. "I'm in desperate need of a car wash."
                  I smile and shake my head. "Did you purposely dirty your new car?"
                  "No, I wouldn't do that." Andrew smiles and starts to walk toward me. I cross my arms and smirk at him. "Ok, you caught me. I did it for a good cause," Andrew admits.
                  "You're so cute.” I greet him with a hug and passionate kiss.
                  "Where's Alex?" Andrew inquires. "Let me guess, she's sitting in the shade somewhere."
                  "Actually, I haven't seen Alex for a while."
                  "She's definitely somewhere shady. I'll be right back, love." Andrew kisses me softly on my forehead. Oh my, I love him so