The next diary started when Sam was 14, she was surprised at how much detail she had put in to it each time she had written in it. The first entry was in January but not the 1st it was the Saturday 6th.

Dad has grounded me, I was out until 4am at new year, I was supposed to be in by 1am but I was so busy talking and messing around at Janice’s house after the party, Jenny and I forgot the time, it was when Janice’s mum came in Jenny and I realised we were so late, Dad had gone mad they had been out searching for me because I had told him we would be at Mitch’s house but we changed our minds and decided we would go to Janice’s instead.  Jack asked me out but I can’t go, he rang up and Dad told him I was grounded, I probably won’t get to go out with him now he won’t want to because I’m grounded for a month. Sam read the rest of the entry she remebered Jack and she had gone out together for three months, he kissed her a few times but she remembered they had not been mind blowing. The entry went on about being bored and that she hated being kept in. “A bit like now forced to stay in against my will.”

She read on a few more pages and found an entry for January 24th a Tuesday, youth club day.  She must have finished her punishment as she was at the youth club that night.

Jack was very sweet and kind we had great fun Jenny was there she is going out with a friend of jack’s his name is Darryl but I don’t like him, he tried to kiss me when I went through to the toilets. He was in the corridor next to the girls loos and he grabbed me, I kneed him in the balls that stopped him, he says he’ll get me back but he is such a big whimp I bet he won’t even try. I told Jack and he puched him in the eye, now Jenny isn’t speaking to me and I’m so angry with Darryl because Jen has always been my best friend.  I’ll have to talk to her in school.  School has been great we have a new English teacher she is very pretty and I really like her I can’t stop looking at her she makes me bits tingle I don’t know why this is she’s a woman and old too I like Jack.  I am going to see her tomorrow about my English Lit essay I hate Romeo and Juliet it is so boring.  Mum is going to take me and Robert and Jessica to the town on Saturday I need new shoes for school and Rob has taken the knees out of his school trousers. Jess will get a new blazer I bet cos I know she ripped the pocket out on purpose to get something. My school shoes have been killing me for weeks now.