Mock Trial

I don't really feel like typing a whole lot-so I'll give you a short re-cap. Squall slept over. We got up really early. We got dressed, ready, and went to the school. It was freezing outside. We got on the warm bus. We left. We talked about the Twilight movie, listened to music, talked more, for two hours. We got to Charleston. We went through security. We went to some conference room where all the other schools were. We listened to some guy talk. All the other schools left to go compete. We stayed and practiced. My Mom and Dan showed up. We got called to go. Prosecution (me) went first. We did okay, except I accidentally called myself Kinsley Williams instead of Casey Wallner. Tanner did an awesome cross examination. No one on the other side knew their facts. Then we went to another room, and the Defense (Squall) went. They all did really well. Shelby did an awesome cross of Casey. The other school was some snooty prep school, and this fat kid was all, "Rule violation! Why are the witnesses carrying binders to the stand?!" And Shelby was all, "They are their affidavits, your Honor." So Squall was all, "If we get disqualified it's my fault", 'cause she was the one with a binder, but it was completely within the rules to bring your affidavit with you, and the other team was stupid for not knowing that. Plus they didn't know their facts either. So humph. We didn't go on to state, though Shelby and Tanner won "Most Effective Attorney" awards, and Ivan and Zoe won "Most Effective Witness" awards. Squall and I find this unfair. Had I not called myself Kinsley, I probably would have won, though I think Zoe did well and deserved her award. Ivan, on the other hand, well, we think he got his because he's little, Latino, high-pitched and cute. Ah, well, Squall is more upset than I am. She's quite competitive. I'm not. We took pictures, then left for the bus. Mrs. Woods was not behind us. I pointed this out, but no one ever listens to me. We got to the bus, where she was standing looking angry. She yelled at us a little, but you could tell she wasn't too mad.

The way back on the bus was more fun. Squall, Leah, and I sat in the back. At first, Squall wasn't feeling well, and was in a bad mood, but after we stopped for lunch at Cici's Pizza, we all converged into two seats in the back and talked the rest of the way. We talked about religion, sex, periods, babies, GLBT stuff. It was fun. Squall told Leah she's bi, which she was cool with. Squall also kind of outed me to Leah, though I think it was an accident. We were talking about how I hated to have blood taken, and Leah or Squall, I can't remember, goes, when you have a baby, they're going to have to stick something in your arm. And I said I'm not going to have a baby, I'm going to adopt. And Squall goes, are you going to wait until you have a partner to adopt, or are you going to adopt on your own, and I said I don't know. But, God, Squall, Leah didn't know I was gay, and I wasn't really planning on telling her. I'm not ready yet. What if she tells someone? Argh. *bangs head against wall* I guess I have to tell someone besides you, eventually. This just might make it sooner than I hoped. I hope not. It's okay, though. I'm not mad at you. I've got to tell people sometime. I hope Leah doesn't tell anyone about me though... Grr. I wish I wasn't so afraid of being outed.

I had a dream last night that I was at summer camp, and I was planning on being out... Ah, well. I should go. I'll write more later. -me