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Romiette #5

Blog Entry #5 Today at lunch, Ben, Julio, Destiny and I discussed our school’s gang problems in private. We decided to capture them by having Julio and I draw attention to ourselves. We started kissing and making out in public. Ben and Destiny were watching nearby in a car. But their car broke down and they couldn’t see us anymore. Then, Julio and I got kidnapped by the Devildogs. When we woke up, we were in the middle of the bottom of the boat in London Woods Lake. Lightning struck us and we got separated. I fell in and I couldn’t swim. This had reminded me so much of the dreams Destiny and I had. When I woke up, Julio was giving me CPR and praying in Spanish, hoping I would live. Now that I think about it, my dream had someone talking to me. The voice was muffled and I couldn’t understand anything. Fortunately, Julio saves me and takes us to a nearby hospital. Our parents come to visit us and they were pretty mad at the trouble we were in. It was understandable. What Julio...
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Romiette #4

Blog Entry #4 It seems like Julio and I have some supports in our relationship. Ben found out who spanishlover (Julio) and afroqueen (me) are. He is okay with us being together too. One thing I found out was that I’m a Leo and Julio’s a Pisces. When Julio and I first started seeing each other. Destiny told me that a fire sign like Leo and a water sign like Pisces make a lot of interesting results. She didn’t want to tell me if that was a good or bad thing. Be he promised to give me present the next day. Then he gave me a fresh rose! He’s so romantic; like those guys in high school drama Destiny loves to watch. At lunch, Julio tells me about the gang situation for hi and his family back in Texas. This group called the Ramones (Hispanic) and the Black Daddies (African-American). Those gangs controlled the school practically. No one dared to stand up against them. Every day, they would walk the halls and everyone; teachers, principal, staff and students couldn’t—wouldn’t—say an...
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Romiette #3

Blog Entry #3 It’s getting to a point where Julio and I can no longer talk in school, since al the gang members are watching us like hawks now. We get to talk online only, and I feel like even there, people are watching us. It’s sad really. People are worried that in our relationship, we aren’t the same color. So? Who cares? Even Julio’s dad doesn’t like the sound of us being together. Apparently, he’s had his experiences with other gang members who were black. While I am sorry for his loss, it’s not fair to limit Julio from someone because of your experiences from the past. Malaka from The Family came to tell me that if I keep seeing Julio, I wouldn’t be protected by them anymore. When I asked why, she didn’t want to tell me the reason but I know why. Something similar happened to Julio with the Devildogs, where they cornered him in a gas station and called him so many names and insults. They also beat him up too, but the Devildogs were in public and didn’t want to get in tro...
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Romiette #2

Blog Entry #2 So I’ve found out that spanishlover is Julio. You know, the guy I was talking to online. Julio/spanishlover goes to my school. I knew he wouldn’t try to hurt me! Julio is still he same charming person he was online: gentle, sweet and intelligent. I think I might like him. The only problem is that a lot of people don’t want to see us together. It’s mainly the gangs, like the Devildogs and the family. I think it’s dumb. The gangs are mad because I am black and Julio is Hispanic. That’s just crazy. I thought anti-interracial love only happened in the 50s, not present time. This makes Julio hate Cincinnati even more. He came from Texas, where it’s warm and all of his friends are at. I know he misses them a lot because he talks about them and living in Texas quite a lot. I wonder what it would be like to visit some place where it’s hot all the time there, it’s cold. Even in the summer, Cincinnati has its cold times. Today wasn’t as cold, but I feel like it was. All the ...
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Romiette #1

Blog Entry #1 The first day going back to school was crazy. There was that fight in the hallway and there was blood everywhere! It was between Ben Olsen and the new kid, whoever that was. Everyone says the new kid started it. I wonder why. Then I got my classes for the semester and they’re all messed up. I have to go to the counselor to get them changed, like I do every semester. A lot of other people seem to be having the same kinds of issue. I don’t know what’s up with the counselor’s man. The only thing I like about the first day is seeing my friend Destiny. That is and always will be a positive. For some reason, I keep having these dreams about me drowning. That’s funny because I have a fear of water. I talked to Destiny about them and she only said to be careful around water. What good will that help me? I’m going to have to take a shower every day and be in the rain occasionally. That doesn’t solve my problems or my nightmares. Honestly, these dream worry me. In my dr...
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