• NOTE: This excerpt is from the middle of the story. Danielle has just caught her cush, Derek (who claimed he thought she was very special and was the only one he trusted), telling their secret to a girl named Rachel. Derek's secret world inside his locker, which him and Danielle have named Xiranda, is now exposed. What does Danielle do? READ!!!

    I clutched the paper in my hand, crushing it ever so tightly that it crumpled into tiny bite sized contract of betrayal. Then I stopped to think to myself about whether or not this was a bad thing. Who was I kidding?! Of course it was a bad thing! Rachel, the biggest big mouth ditz in school, knows about Xiranda. Who knows who she could tell!
    As I ran toward Derek's locker, I saw that the door was cracked open slightly. I peeked inside, but it seemed as normal as ever. The waterfall gushing into the lake. The swans floating across ever so gracefully. Nothing seemed to be wrong, until I opened the door to get a full view of the scene.
    There Derek was with Rachel, his mouth touching hers. Their lips groping each other's. His hands were running through her hair, which was blonde and stringy to a foul perfection that was so horrible it was beautiful. I let out a growl that was apparently much louder than I anticipated it to be. I saw Derek and Rachel look up, their eyes immediately darting to me.
    The look on Derek's face was of pure shock, guilt, and pity. He slowly arose.
    "Danielle..what..what are you doing here?"
    "Well lets see. I found a note on the floor that said 'Meet me in Xiranda' and I assumed it was for me."
    "Why did you just assume?"
    "I don't know Derek, maybe because I'm the only other person who knows about it?"
    "About that..."
    "Save your breath Derek. You want to have Rachel in on your little secret? Fine, but don't expect her to keep it like I did."
    "Well I see what you mean but I think that she.....wait.....what do you mean 'did'?"
    "You said you only wanted me to know because I was special."
    "You ARE special!"
    "Obviously not if you told that big mouth."
    Suddenly Rachel began to protest my negative comments.
    "What was that you just said about me?!"
    I ignored her.
    "I'm not gonna share a secret with someone who won't take care of it."
    I walked out of the locker and turned back to see if he was following me, which he was.
    "Danielle, please wait."
    He was standing inside the locker right in front of me as I stood outside, the threshold was the only thing in between us. I was so furious I didn't even want to look at him. Then I realized something.....the locker doesn't open from the inside.
    SLAM!!!
    I shut the locker door right in his face. I heard him bang on the inside and yell for help. Rachel began to cry and plead for mercy. I heard her tell Derek it would be ok, but I just smirked. Wish granted.