Ooow!! my head hurts! who knew writers block could be sooo painful. i currently have 5 potential endings. i'm gonna go lie down now. Ouch! 

Note from the author: Hi everyone!I just finished posting chapter 13 and i'm having a sort of 'writers block'. So,i've come up with a few potential openings for the new chapters.Basically, i'll number 2 paragraphs from 1-2, you can tell me which opening i should use for chapter 14 by commenting.There will also be a few sentences below each opening to tell you what the opening is leading up to. Thanks, and feel free to comment.


Optional startings for chapter 14

1) Its official, I hate my life. I hate my life right down to my soggy Keds.
Every single day of 14 year old life, something has gone wrong. Today, on the other hand, everything went perfect.

PERFECTLY.

HORRIBLE.

Today started like a normal day- dreamt of Justin, was unwillingly woken up by a bullhorn saying what our ‘agenda’ for today was (cruise to Milford Sound, stop for lunch and then packing for our next trip), and embarrassed myself in front of Justin (this time I answered the door looking like I hadn’t brushed my hair for a week in my Donald duck pajamas. A much bigger improvement from yesterday though, when I shouted to my mum from the bathroom to bring me and extra bra and then realized that the Blanc’s had come over for breakfast, according to Jason I could’ve been heard in Timbuktu). Anyway, after a small visit to Blushsville, everyone forgot all about it (I hope) and carried on with their lives.

*this chapter will have immense embarressment, a hint of romance and Danielle headlining in New Zealand's local paper?

2)“You know Danny; you’re so different from the other pretty, sugary-sweet girls.”
“Oh…okay” (Was that a complement wrapped in an insult or the other way round?)
“I mean you’re really pretty but you’re not afraid to rough it, like in the glow worm caves, any other girl would have squealed her lungs out.” (He obviously didn’t know what had been going on in my head in the caves)
“Mmm…hmmmm” (At this point I’m just trying to make out if Justin can hear my pounding heartbeat.)
Then suddenly he leaned in so our noses were barely an inch apart....and so, i did what i do best, i messed up.

BAD.

*this opening is basically a continuation of the first one so this one is going to include Dannielle making headline news, soggyness and possibly... a kiss????

Word from the Author: Hi! sorry i kept u all waiting. So, this chapter is pretty much an msn conversation danielle is having with her friend gabrielle and samantha. I'm sure every single teen has had an msn conversation in their life so hope you guys like it! Pls feel free to comment. P.S. i know i  picked like the lamest msn names ever if you have any suggestions for the names pls comment...Bye!


Danny_duck Says:

He totally froze up! Wat am I supposed to make of that??????

Sammy_wammy Says:

Well, um... tell me exactly what happened. From the start.


Gabby_gabber Says:

Ya, give me the whole story and only then can I give you me expertise in boys.

Danny_duck Says:

Well, I remembered Jake talking about somebody named Alexis so I just said "so where this Alexis Jake was talking about?" and Justin froze mid-laugh and others started coughing and clearing their throats and acted like they didn't hear what I had said and started changing the subject. Weird or what?

Gabby_gabber Says:

Hmm... Well, if you were right about the Kissy Faces then I have only one deduction she is, unfortunately for you, the most feared person for someone who could be a potential girlfriend. She is the....................................

Sammy_wammy Says:

The feared what????????

Gabby_gabber Says:

……………………………………………………………………………
.................................................................. {i inserted a 'cheeky'emoticon in here but i could'nt put it on blogger}

Danny_duck Says:

Gab, if u take even 3 more seconds, I’m gonna buy a one-way ticket
home just to kick ur butt!!!! 


Gabby_gabber Says:

Ok, Ok. Don’t need to get ur knickers in a twist. I was saying, that..... She must be his Ex-girlfriend.

Sammy_wammy Says:

That actually makes sense!!!!!Congratulations Gab you actually got something right. For once. I guess the only sense you make is when the question concerns boys... That explains so much.

Gabby_gabber Says:

Thx 4 actually recognizing my intectuallness.

Gabby_gabber Says:

Wait a min……. Heeeyyyy!!!! Don’t hate the boy scientist.

Sammy_wammy Says:

Danny wat happened???? Where r u????? Danny????/// Sammy_wammy just sent Danny_duck a nudge.

Danny_duck Says:

I'm here. That makes total sense gab! Of course! She is the ex.
That’s why 1 second we were talking about skateboards, then I mention Alexis and then the next second we're talking about a totally different subject which Nick prompted (Justin was still frozen but when he found his voice he eased into the conversation).Guys I gotta go, thanks for the advice would love to talk more but mum's calling we're gonna play monopoly. Woohoo! NOT! Bye.

Hi so to see if anybody actually reads all the stuff i write i have a propose a challenge: I will continue to write the next chapters only and only if i get 5 new comments. THE GAUNTLET HAS BEEN THROWN AND NOW ITS UP TO TOU TO PICK IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>

Chapter 11
“Dad! Tell Jason to stop using my bra as a slingshot!” Ugh, personally I think brothers were sent from mars to not only irritate us but to humiliate us too. “Oh no”. Isn’t it amazing how those two words could mean so many things like, oh no, my heel broke just before the party of the year or oh no, my crush happened to step inside the door way of our hotel room just when an eraser had been slingshot right into his face with help of a doofus named Jason and my bra! Isn’t it amazing how so much anger could turn into so much humiliation in a blink of an eye?

Luckily, while Justin rubbed out his temporary blindness and Alex froze realizing what he did (it takes a bit of time for things to register in his brain), I jumped matrix style and grabbed my underwear from Jason’s hands and landed right on my butt, which hurt really bad by the way, but it was all worth it because Justin didn’t see what had shot the eraser at him and was too confused with what had just happened to realize why I was sitting on my butt in front of the toilet holding something behind my back. Lucky eh?

Some people say that luck comes in the form of karma, do good things and good things happen (I’ve been watching a lot of my name is Earl recently cause it’s the only thing that is in English and doesn’t have Big Bird or any purple dinosaurs in it). On the other hand, I haven’t lied since we came on this trip or even taken anything from Jason without his permission, yet.

‘Yayyy! I’m going to meet Alex! Yay!, squealed Jake at the top of his lungs, recently he had adopted a new habit of telling anyone who would listen that Justin was in lu-uurve with me. I ain’t gonna stop him from telling the truth, Justin, on the other hand, was one nerve away from hanging Jake upside down and using him as a punching bag.


“What’s he so happy about?” I asked not really that interested but purely for the sake of hearing Justin’s voice.


“Before we go to Queenstown, we will be making a small pit stop at my hometown, Wanaka, so Jason is excited ’cause now he will see his best friend, Alex.” Somehow Justin didn’t seem so happy. Wonder why?

Chapter 9
“Watch your step, young lady, you and that young boy behind you will sit at the front, okay” Harry told me in his deep Sweden accent.

Oh my god. In front of me was the grotto and it was dark. Very,
Very
Dark.
Harry had asked Justin and me to sit right at the front of the boat that was right in front of us. The boat was not very big, just big enough for seven of us but that wasn’t the problem. The problem was that since the grotto was so dark, how the heck he was going to steer the boat without it capsizing!

I didn’t want Justin to think I was afraid so I didn’t ask. The dark was only good for one thing, hiding my scared-out-of-my-mind expression from Justin. After we settled in (Jake had to sit on his mom’s lap) and Harry reminded us to keep quiet we set sail. As we sailed further into the darkness, tiny green florescent spots appeared. At first there were only about ten but those slowly became hundreds and then thousands! If I wasn’t so disgusted I’d be totally amazed.
“Okay watch your step, hope you had a good time” Harry told me as he helped me out of the boat.

The ride had been really amazing, the only thing I was worried about was that one of the glowworms would fall down and land on my face and i would land in the water destroying all hope of justin asking me out on a date, but thankfully that didn’t happen. As we climbed up the slippery steel plating that was the ‘floor’ I realized I actually liked the caves today, but I wasn’t about to admit that to anyone either.

As my hand touched the cold metal railing I wondered if I could see the episodes of ‘heroes’ I was missing on youtube and suddenly I realized that instead of the coldness of the metal railing was a soft and warm replacement. Because of instinct I immediately retracted my hand even though I didn’t

Chapter 7
“We have now reached our destination, please watch your step while you get off the boat” the captain announced.

Darn those Glowworms! Justin and I had just ventured up to the top deck where, even though it was cold, the scenery made it a bit romantic especially when he asked me to pose on in front of the huge mountains so that he could take a picture of me! Yay me! And then the captain announced the unthinkable.

Eww, eww, ewwwwww. I wasn’t even in the caves and I was already disgusted. When we got off the boat the first thing I realized was that the glowworm caves were actually in a mountain, then I realized why Te Anau was famous for sand flies. There were thousands of them! The worst thing was that they were so tiny that they got stuck in my hair.

If you think I’m overreacting this if proof of how desperate I was, I wrapped my scarf over my head! Let me tell you that It was such a so ridiculous look that even my mother my started laughing! She would never laugh at me even if I wore hotdog suit.


“Ok guys, I’m Harry and I’m your tour guide I’ll just run through the path that we will be going on before our journey begins.
The first 5-10 minutes will be traveled on foot and then we will come to the glowworm grotto-”

‘Glowworm Grotto! If it sounded so disgusting and looked dark and creepy on the map I was afraid to even picture it in my head. I ignored the queasy feeling in my stomach and tried to concentrate on what Harry was saying.

“So when you enter the Grotto I expect everybody to be very quiet because the glowworms are very timid creatures and if you make any noise at all they will become scared and will switch off. If you don’t have any further questions we shall begin. Another reminder, the walls in some places are very low so the taller fellows will have to bend down.” He then made a gesture for us to follow them. As much as I hate to admit it, when I walked into that one meter high entrance made out of rough rock, my heart actually did jump up and down in excitement. Just a bit though.

Chapter 5

“So apart from embarrass you, what does your Dad do?” he asked with a shy smile.

“Personally, I think embarrassing me is his main job and his part-time job is trading, he deals in coffee and cashews” I added with a giggle.

Now for the surprise, he laughed! Somebody actually laughed at one of my lame jokes! Then I realized the question he asked was really dumb because both of our parents worked in the same company. Dumb eh? Then he explained that even though they worked for the same company his dad didn’t deal in the same things. It was like he could read my mind. We were soul mates - I wish.

“So, where exactly are we? I mean I know we’re in New Zealand but where in it? I was sure Justin would laugh but he didn’t! He gave me the answer with a straight face. He’s either really nice or just a great actor. Hmmmm….
“We’re in Te Anau; it’s a small city we’re going to stay here for one night. The main attraction is the Glowworm Caves.”
“Please tell me we aren’t going for it!’ I practically wailed.
The thought of slimy worms that glow made me squirm so bad that my insides hurt,kinda like my stomach was auditioning for a gymnastics team...and was doing really well.
“Awww, Danny is afraid of itty-bitty little worms that glow, what harmful creatures” Jason droned.
“Shut up twerp! I’m not scared I’m just… Disgusted, that’s it.” I assured myself. If I was going to show Justin that I wasn’t another of those girly-girls I would have to go through with the glowworm caves without barfing. Good luck to me.
“Here we are, Home sweet home, at least for tonight and tomorrow, that is.” My dad chirped.

We had booked 2 cottages, one for us and one the Blancs. After settling into the hotel, we met at a Chinese restaurant where Justin and I sat together! Yay me! He even tried my tofu (my mum’s a vegan and it doesn’t taste that bad after the first twenty times) although I could see him trying to resist the urge to barf.

Diary Secrets unlocked(chap 3&4) 

“I don’t think I will ever feel my feet again” I moaned as I climbed out of the air craft.

The fourteen hour flight did not do my skin good; it looked all dull and lifeless as I looked into my pocket mirror. As I put it back in my purse I looked around and realized there were three gorgeous boys in the airport that looked my age, one was even looking at me! Suddenly conscious of myself I hurried into the girls’ bathroom for a make-up retouch.

After retouching, I smiled to myself in the mirror and reminded myself that I wasn’t with gorgeous Gabrielle or Samantha, and for once I was in the spotlight. Don’t get me wrong, I love them to death but sometimes it hurts being told “sorry Danny didn’t see you standing there” by the guy you’ve been crushing on for two months, who had been too busy concentrating on Gabrielle’s upper body. Something told me he hadn’t been looking at her necklace.
Suddenly I remembered that in my haste I had forgotten to tell my parents where I was going and ran to go and find them. Thankfully, mom, dad and some couple I had never seen were so deep in conversation that I don’t think they even knew I was gone. As for my brother he was chatting up a girl who was way out of his league. As my eyes hovered around the airport I caught sight of the cute guy who had been looking at me before, he was talking to a guy that looked like his younger brother.

After I shopped at the duty free shops I realized that the couple mom and dad were talking to probably were the blancs’. As I tried to remember if I saw any five or six year olds, my phone rang and I forget all about it. As I returned to my parents I saw cute guy with his brother talking to the blancs’
Oh My God!
Cute guy was a blanc! And so was his brother!
My dad had told me earlier that we were going to the same places, at the same time in New Zealand with the Blancs. My dream holiday just got dreamier.

Chapter 4

Dad had rented out a huge caravan for the Blancs and us so apparently Cute Guy and I are were going to spend a lot of time together. I am officially the luckiest girl in the world.

“Hi I’m Justin, you’re Danielle right?” Cute Guy-Justin stammered. As he said those words not only did my heart do back flips and start a conga line, Justin was so red he could have come of as a abnormally huge rose.

“Ya huh, I mean ya” I spluttered. I was amazed at myself for even saying something, let alone a whole sentence. Come on, this guy was hot.

“Cool, well that is my younger brother Jake” he said, pointing to the younger kid he had been talking to earlier on. His accent was so cute! It was a typical Australian accent with a hint of Americanness. He then told me that he had lived in New Zealand for 10 years of his life and then he moved to Britain - which explains the accent.
“Oh this weather is just marvelous, how you doing back there Danny? You know Danny used to start shivering at 24’C! When we came 11 years ago I remember that that her mother used to put her 3 year old bear bottom in front of the fire plac-”

“Dad! I don’t think they need to know that!” I felt myself blushing so hard that l was afraid to look into my pocket mirror ‘cause I thought I might see a red rose staring back at me. I shot a nervous glance at Justin. He had practically shoved his whole fist in his mouth to stop himself from laughing and as a result he was a brilliant shade of purple .I couldn’t make out if any laughter had escaped from him because Jason had been laughing so hard and so loudly that he fell out of his seat in the caravan in which he had been playing his game boy two minutes ago and had started banging his fists on the caravan floor. Come on it wasn’t that funny. Was it?

Well, let’s be happy for small mercies, at least he didn’t have pictures. After the laughter died down – I told Jason to shut up or I’d tell mum and dad that his previous B+ had been a D+ - Justin’s Dad started to talk.

“Speaking of bare bottoms, Justin was so immune to the cold that he used to run round the house in absolutely nake-"

“Da-aaaaaaaad! You’re embarrassing me!”
Now it was my turn to shove my fist in my mouth and his turn to become a rose – thank you Mr. Blanc. Alex started to laugh too, although not as hard as he had done before. I wonder why…