# 001

[undesiring]

Told mom that I'll be staying at school for Christmas. She didn't sound too happy about it, but I just don't feel like being with her or Jed for this holiday. Besides, the people here won't be so enthusiastic about getting me out and socializing I think

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[no_potatoes_plz]

But these journals are for socializing, aren't they?

[undesiring]

Guess so. I like socializing through this... thing, though. It feels less confronting.

[no_potatoes_plz]

That's true! Not everyone is outgoing, so it can be much easier to say hello and get to know a person in writing than if you're thrown into a room full of strangers and forced to make smalltalk~

[undesiring]

Yeah! I hate having to make smalltalk, and talking through this thing feels much nicer.

Say, I'm Rose Walker. You are?

[holdontime]

Sometimes it's better to spend holidays away from home. Sometimes...

Welcome to journal-land. Be careful not to get stuck under the mistletoe with the first person you talk to.

[undesiring]

Yeah. Jed's being a jerk lately, even talking to him sucks, I can't imagine being in one house with him. You're not going home either?

Thanks. I've met some people under the mistletoe, but hey, a kiss is just a kiss. I wish I can feel more bothered by it.

[ooc: strikes are hardly readable]

[holdontime]

I don't feel like going home to be told over and over how much of a mess I am, and how I disappoint them. I've been trying that social thing, and people're telling me to grow a backbone.

Uh, first one isn't that important, I say. Last one is the one that counts.

[undesiring]

I can help with the socializing thing, I suppose. I'm trying to be less of a hermit, too.

Last one, huh? For now, I don't think it matters at all if you don't love the other person. It's just like, holding another person's hand; it only matters if you love the other person. If you don't then, well, it's just holding hands.