chapter one

'Dear diary,

why wont he notice me! I try and I try, he still doesn't notice me! What i'm I supposed to do ! ! ! '

In case your wondering what the heck i'm talking

about ..... Well lets start by saying my name Alice Brandon, i am seventeen, I have short, pixie-like dark brown hair and I'm in grade 11 Malibu state high. And theirs this boy...

He's in my class and sooo cute. I have the biggest crush on him - the problem is that what ever i do he wont notice me!

'Great, Monday - school again!' I said with noticeably fake enthusiasm as I got on the bus and sat down.

'Oh come on, its not that bad, plus its only one more day till the class camp.' Reassured my best friend Rose - short for Rosalie.

Rose was the coolest, she has medium length platinum blonde hair - natural, of course, which she always has done really stylishly, the coolest clothes (which she usually gets in to trouble for at school for them not being appropriate.) Rose, while she was a bit stuck-up and a slight bitch, she was just all you could want in a best friend.

'Ok kids, remember the class camping trip is tomorrow, and everybody has to pick cabin partners and put there names on this list.' Said Mrs Mozak, my social studies teacher.

Rose and I just looked at one another as if to say -

'Did she really need to ask?'

Together we went and put our names on the list.

* * * *

That afternoon Rose and I were chatting on web-cam while packing our stuff for the trip.

'Do you really need fourteen tops for an nine day trip?!' I asked Rose.

'Duh!' she replied, as if nothing was wrong with that sentence.

'Whatever, are you nearly done packing?'

'Not even close!' 'I still have my shoes, shorts and skirts,

hats... Oh and of course my accessories and beauty products!'

'OMG!!! You really have a problem with material possessions'

'Wait - where are we going again?' asked Rose.

'I love you Rose, but really, were you dropped on your head as a baby? Because you seriously have the memory span of a gold fish!'

'Hey! You know I can't concentrate in class with that hottie Emmett McCarthy sitting beside me, flashing me cute glances all lesson!'

'Well I guess, between you and me we probably get in a full lesson's worth of knowledge. Kinda?'

* * *

'Now listen here kids, I'm going to assign you a cabin number and give your key, its your responsibility to look after it or you will be sleeping outside on the door step!' said Mrs Mozak, as we were getting on the bus. 'Im totally going to lurrrvee this trip!' said Sam enthusiastically.

'Yeah, I guess it wont be that bad' I replied,

'That bad, that bad? How can you say something like that!' She said as if i had just insulted her.

'Whats so good about it? Its just camp!'

'Hello? A whole fivedays with Emmett and a bunch of other super cute guys with hardly any supervision! Whats not totally awesome about that?'

'Ok, now that you put it that way,' 'It does sound pretty awesome!' I said taking a window seat on the on the bus.

'Come on. Cheer up, get into the camp sprit!' Said Sam, who

could bearly contain her excitement.

As the bus pulled out of the school parking lot, I definitely wasn't thinking about Rose's excitement towards Emmett. No I had my own worries and wishes, all revolving around one person and one person alone.

Jasper Whitlock, the guy i was talking about earlier. He is currently ranking #1 on my crush list, and has been ever since he moved to malibu and into my class. But as I also mentioned earlier, he doesn't even know I exist.

The only conversation we've had consisted of him asking me for a pencil, me stammering like an idiot, fumbling around in my pencil case and dropping it anyway!

After what seemed to be a three hour bus ride and having to listen Sam rave on and on about Emmett and all the other guys she supposed were, wait how did she put it? Oh thats right, 'scrumcious-just-wanna-eat-'em-up-cuties' in our class, we arrived the "outdoor education center" - I know sounds boring right? - Thats what I thought.

So I got off the bus with Rose in tow, and prepared for the worst week of my life. And to make matters worst, Mrs Mozak called out the cabin arrangements, guess who was in the cabin next to Rose and I, thats right ...

Jasper.

It turns out he was bunking with Emmett, Rose tried to suppress a excited squeal, as I tried to - some-what unsuccessfully - suppress a horrified scream.