It was difficult for Celestina get along with anyone right now, and life felt confusing. An he hoped that it was just because she was a teenager.
     She went to her school's homecoming dance, and it went  pretty well. The real reason she went to events of that sort was for a chance to get close to someone -physically and emotionally. Ella and her other friend had just walked around the whole time, so Celestina found another group to dance with.
     She did end up slow-dancing with a girl she knew from cross-country named Jamie, who was wearing a sparkly golden dress that kept sliding down her chest. Celestina found out later that (*drumroll*) she had a boyfriend. Overall it has been a really fun time, and she had received many compliments on her sparkly lilac dress, as well as people saying she looked pretty.
     As everyone was leaving after the dance, a journalism kid came up to Celestina and her friends to interview them about what they thought of Homecoming 2018.
     "The dance was pretty great," said Celestina, "the music was like pretty average, you know, just like typical dance music." The kid was recording her voice on an i-phone.
     "They should have thrown in a few more slow songs," she said,  "but it was really fun and everyone seemed to be in a really good mood."
     Jamie drove her home that night and Celestina made sure to sleep in as long as possible on Sunday morning.
     On Sunday she stayed up until five in the morning, writing in her diary, listening to U2, and listening to some V A P O R W A V E songs. She would end up missing school the next day.
     In the morning two days later she had on some short shorts, her favorite minty-green coloured T-shirt, and her new white heart-shaped sunglasses. Besides her dad commenting on how he thought she would be "sent home" for her outfit choice, Tuesday morning went by fairly peacefully, and she worked on schoolwork in the commons until class began.
     Sometimes she didn't understand why school had to be so incredibly exhausting, and why her life had to be so dull and uninspiring on days like this. She wished something cool, exiting, and unexpected would happen.

Authors Note: Thank you for reading, and I promise we will get to the U2 part soon! Leave any thoughts, questions, and esp. friendly criticism in the comments section. ;) I will answer everything!