Diary of Latoya Hunter by Latoya Hunter Page B

packed up her things and split. I could sense they were having problems before but it’s a shame it ended that way after two yearstogether. He’s taking off where I’ve just left. He’s going to Jamaica on Friday. He does need a vacation badly. I’ll miss Sandra, he’s making her out to be the one at fault. I need to hear both sides though.
    I’ve been calling Derek and I can’t reach him. I guess I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to talk to him.
    My mom’s friend is here, she just came in from Jamaica a couple days ago. She’ll be here until September and she’ll be staying with us! That’s six months! She’s here working, or at least trying to get a job. I guess there’s a lot going on back here. Nothing I can’t handle though.

May 8, 1991
    Dear Janice
,
    I skipped school today. I needed a rest from my vacation. Have you ever heard of that? Anyways, I did reach Derek. Actually he called me. He is such a jerk! He was calling from some friends house and even though he had me on the phone, he had his concentration on his stupid friends. But that’s o.k., if he doesn’t care to hear about my vacation, I won’t care to hear about anything he says again. One of the only things he did ask me was if I bought him anything.

May 9, 1991
    I want to scream! Going back to school was what I thought it would be unfortunately. It was terrible! I didn’t understand the work they were doing and I had to take tests I’d missed. It’s amazing the amount of work my class covers in two weeks. I never realized. My homeroom teacher was acting really snotty when he saw me. I had told him before I left where I was going. Still, he acted like I was playing hooky for the past two weeks.

May 11, 1991
    Dear Janice
,
    D ave left for Jamaica today. He’s there as I write, right now. It’s his first time going back. He was really excited. He probably gets to go around more because he’s renting a car. I would have gone all over the place to all the 14 parishes.
    I wrote Linworth today. I wrote that I really did want to keep in touch all those years but couldn’t. I hope he falls for it. It’s true, the part about wanting to but the real reason is I’m lazy. But now is what matters. I really would like to keep in touch.

May 13, 1991
    T oday I have major bad news. Derek’s phone is disconnected. There goes the relationship. I could feel it. I can’t call him, he can’t call me, we never see each other, so is it over? I’ve noticed since my return Derek hasn’t been calling much and when he does, the conversation is terrible. I imagine now he’ll have to use a pay phone. I don’t understand this guy. What happened over those two weeks? On the plane, I felt we were so close, now we seemed to have drifted. He claims he missed me, but I just don’t know. I think I’m too young for this whole thing. He’s way older than me. He won’t tell me his right age. I guess he’s saying he’ll be whatever age I want him to be. Who knows? I just don’t know anymore.

May 15, 1991
    Dear Janice
,
    I ’m not exaggerating when I talk about how hard it is to get back in the swing of things at school. Math class has been the hardest. It’s so hard to keep up with sequential math (the course I’m taking). If you missed one thing, it’s hard to understand the other. Maybe I should have waited for summer for my little trip.

May 18, 1991
    Dear Janice
,
    D ave came back. His vacation did do him good. He seems so happy! He was with his old girlfriend Coleen. Apparently they spent a lot of time together because she’s all he talks about. They haven’t seen each other in 5 years! That’s a lot. Anyway, they went all over the place together. He brought back a video with a lot of people from back home on it. Even Derek’s dad. Linworth was on it too. I envy him, he did everything he wanted to down there while I did what my sister wanted. It really sucks!

May 21, 1991
    Dear Janice
,
    I t’s strange to see Dave functioning without