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Dear Diary-

Infi gave me this new paper to write on. It is very plain, and boring. But I thought I'd give it a shot.

Well, not too much has been going on in the world of Crout. The trip to Mexico was on a HUGE boat. It was sooooooo big, it held over 4000 people! O_O That's a lot of people. And it had a rock climbing wall, and I rang the bell. There was this one restaurant called Johnny Rockets, and the waitresses wore rollerblades and danced around! The music was really nice and quiet, and then all of a sudden they blared it and started doing a line dance to 'The Love Shack'.

There was a couple Infi and I met on the boat that was celebrating their 50th anniversary. Both men were really nice. It made us think about how hard it must have been to be a homosexual couple that long ago. The black people were having it so hard, I can only imagine what it was like for the homosexuals.

There was this one girl I saw while Infi and I were by the pool. She was really cute, and maybe 17. Well, she was wearing this tiny bikini top, and a pair of jeans. She took down her pants to get in the pool, and accidentally took her bikini bottom down with it! Infi's dad got a good look and grinned.

Infi says that's because he's a pervert.

I wonder if all girls have butts like that, I've never really noticed before.

Then, when she bent over to get the bottoms, her boobs fell out of her top, and Infi covered my eyes really fast. Now, I've seen Infi's boobs before, when I snuck into the bathroom and she was just getting out of the shower. eek I guess I shouldn't tell her that though, huh? She hit her dad really hard for making a "perverted comment" about it at dinner that night.

Hmmm. What to talk about next... Well, Infi looked really pretty on formal night. For most of it, anyways. She was feeling really sick, and kept forgetting her dramamine. And she's really bad when she's sick. She barely ate anything, and they had this INCREDIBLE wild mishroom pasta that I ate like 4 of.

And after formal night , Infi took me up on the 12th deck outside by the pool. It was so dark you couldn't tell where sea and sky met. It was like we were floating in a a globe made out of ink. There weren't even stars. It was really windy for the whole trip too. The relative wind never went below 40mph. It blew us everywhere. The flower I had given Infi went flying right out of her hair, and she was really upset.

Well, about 10 we went back to the room and curled up on the couch, watching some dumb movie called "Sisterhood of the traveling pants". That was such a corny movie. Though the one who went to Greece, or Italy, or wherever? She was kind of cute.

I got to call room service every night, and have a cup or two of hot chocolate befor ebed. I'd get into Infi's small bed with her and curl up until I fell asleep, then she'd move me to the couch. Though once or twice she'd be tired, and forget, and I'd wake up and she'd be smooshing me. Grrr.

But she is really pretty when she sleeps. Her face is really pale, and her eyelashes are very dark, and she looks cute. So innocent.

And then she snores, and it ruins the whole image. *sigh*

Anyways, when we got off the ship it was really early. infi had to get one of the other passengers to carry me off because I was still asleep and we had too many bags. I didn't wake up until we were long gone. Oh well.

Anyways, dinner time now. Infi's made roast?!

~Crout~

Diary, also, on a side note?

If I do happen to see that fellow who had his hands in Infi's skirt at Thanksgiving even looking at her, I'll show him the meaning of fear.

It's name is Crout, the angry son, who doesn't even want to THINK about his mom having intimate relations of any sort. Ewww.

Ugh. Just the thought makes me squirm. If she was a guy it'd be a bit different, ya know? At least man-parts don't look like gaping wounds.

~Crout~

P.S.- I'm putting laxative in the punch. Infi never drinks it, and it'll definitely keep all hands off everything but the toilet.

Dear Diary-
It has NOT been a fun week. Infi, damn her, is punishing me for my sins. "You ever heard the song 'I ain't getting nuttin for Christmas'? Well, I ain't gettin' nuttin ever again from that chick. I made a small error, and umm... Kind of kicked this kid Malachite in the shi a few days ago. And called him a momma thief. But I had a reason! I mean, she always goes and hugs him when she stops in, and and now she's whining about feeling ostracized.

Hey, I'm her kid and I don't get that many hugs from her! There is a problem there, right? But, if there is, why do I feel so bad about blaming Malachite? Infi spanked me in front of everyone, and I've never been so embarassed in my life. And THEN I found out I'd accidentally left Shahar and Siobhan behind! Is there any better way to feel a total a** than to kick an innocent kid for doing absoulutely nothing, and then leave two of your mom's pets behind on the couch? The poor things are like 4" tall, and since I adore them she lets me take care of them.

And speaking of pets (on a side note before I start ranting again about that absolutely RANCID b***h), we got a Deepwood Volu. And some new dewis. And a mermaid! o_O

Yes, you heard me right. It's a little angel mermaid! Infi found a whole bunch, so she and Catzi, and someone I haven't met yet named Bluey are helping to find them good homes. And she says she'll give me one, when she finds a little boy! *delight!* She's heard there are some out there, but....

Then again, all of this was happening BEFORE I kicked Malachite. I wrote him a note of apology, but Infi told Khepri, who tols Takhsis, who told Ishtar, who told Chander, who told Sandhya, who whispered it to Shamash, who told Diablos, who told Lunitari, who told.... well, you get the picture. Anyways. It was Joker (the only dewis still speaking to me), who told me that Malachite hadn't been in so she'd given the letter to Adrian.

Yes, it takes that long for a simple message. Do you know how long it takes me to find out DINNER is done? I hope she starts talking to me again soon.

~Crout~

Dear Diary-

Well, I've been trying to figure out what Infi keeps in her office. She has the main office where we're allowed, but the other part of the room is locked off, and when asked what she keeps in there, all she'll say is that it's her lively hood.

What is a lively hood? Why would she have a hood that can move in the first place?

Well, I got into the drama club at school for all of about 2 hours. They wanted me to be Juliet. I'm a boy! I can't be Juliet! The drama teacher said it was because I look so cute in skirts, and I walked out. Infi laughed really hard when I told her, and fell off the couch. She hit her head on the mantle, and banged her knee on the glass table. So I laughed back and got her ice.

It would be nice to have a slightly smaller house, but it has to be so big so that the dewis can squeeze inside. When they are children, Infi lets them in the house, and when they're adults she only lets them in if they have a complaint. Diablos isn't ever let insde.

And Shamash is tutoring me again. I was told that if my speech didn't improve I'd have to take classes, so he (being the smart dewi he is) is tutoring me!

I've recently grown somewhat attached to a pair of black jeans Infi picked up for me when she went to the mall last time. >< They are very fitting down to the knees, and then they bell out and drag along the ground. They have zippers that go from mid-thigh and all the way down, that you can open and let them flap. Heh. And they have buckles and straps, and weigh a ton, but they look so cute! And Infi got a pair like them that she wore to come have lunch with me yesterday. She left the zippers open and was wearing a pair of black leather boots that came all the way up to her knees. I got to listen to the older boys talk about her for the rest of the day. Ugh.

What is so appoealing about legs, I have no clue. But they seemed to like them. Hmm.

Anyways, it's breakfast, and then school. I'll write more later.

~Crout~

Diary-

Oooooh, ooooh! Infi said that we can build it! She made a couple minor changes to accomodate the pets, but said that all in all it looked great! I posted the new floorplans on your inside cover. Infi called the builders, and set up a meeting for them to go over building it.

Yet, it only makes me question again where she gets the money. Not that I care or anything, I just want to make sure it isn't going to run out and leave me... us... destitute.

Though, I did hear rumors that Jade goes and helps build dams and such. He can control small pieces of the earth. And some of the other dewis I know go "work" when people need them. Jade is the only one who gets paid though, the other dewis all do it as favors. Except Diablos and Joker, who are notoriously lazy.

But.... I've never seen Infi work. Maybe she's a full-time mom? Heh.

~Crout~

Diary-

I'm starting to wonder if Infi would be closer to me if I were a little girl instead of a boy. Maybe she doesn't think we understand each other? Maybe I'm too mean to her? I try to get her, but I can't, and Shamash says that's normal. Women are supposed to be confusing to males, it's part of what makes them both irritating and charming.

But I want to understand her. She's like one of those 3-D puzzles I have started putting together. I can fit on piece there, and connect the chain, only to realize that that piece may fit there, but I built an entirely wrong chain. I mixed up the pieces somehow, and I have to start all over again.

The school psychiatrist says that I'm too young to be thinking like that.

Infi said she wasn't as confusing as I thought, and it was her simplicity that confused me.

I really don't know WHAT to think. I mean, you are supposed to be able to understand where your parents come from, right?

Maybe it's because she isn't really my mom?

~Crout~

Diary-

Well, where to begin. We picked up Laertes today. He's a strange one. Very quiet, dresses awful pretty though. He wore a long black dress, has blue hair, and didn't seem too nice. Though he was very polite. I had to buckle his seatbelt, and he barely even noticed when I buckled it for him.

Mara almost hit him with a vase. No response. Giles almost ate his dress, and he nearly cried.

I wonder what he'd say if I snuck a frog in his bed. He seems like a really quiet prissy boy. But Infi says to be nice, and give him a chance to adjust. I suppose I'll use that chance to adjust myself. Hopefully, not much will change. But I mean, I have to share her. Not just with Laertes, but also with some little girl named Nakshidil.

Nakshidil, we both forgot about, actually. She came while we were in the middle of dinner. She's cute. Looks a lot like Infi. Very quiet, very certain. And she doesn't like mushrooms! I was so happy about that! Maybe that means that Infi will stop ordering mushrooms on our Pizza!

I can only hope.

Anyways, Infi asked me to take care of the pets tonight while she helps Laertes and Nakkie, (as she grudgingly allowed Infi to nickname her) settle in.

I guess I'll write more later.

~Crout~

I'm angry. I don't want to say anything, because... I don't want to sound like a whiner. But it's harder than I thought, having a big family.

The morning used to be that Infi would wake me up at 6:30, and I had to be out of the house by 8 to make it to school. We'd have a nice breakfast, usually frozen waffles and scrambled eggs, or something like that. She'd help me with my last little bit of homework, make sure my outfit matched, and then she'd, you know, talk with me before I left for school.

Now, after Laertes and Nakshidil?

She doesn't do more to wake me up than knock on my door. All her time is spent cooing over Nakshidil and Naira, and even Laertes in the morning, helping them with their homework. We never have the yummy waffles and eggs, it's toast and cereal and fruit. No more matching my outfit, she's too busy running back and forth catering to Nakshidil's temper tantrums, and Laertes' fear his hair won't be perfect. (Okay, maybe a SLIGHT exaggeration Laertes... but Nakshidil is awful!)

When I'd come home, Infi would be there, sitting on the couch, reading a book, or eating some kind of snack I knew was really for me. Now, she's running around the house, cleaning up after one of Naira's escapades, or the leftover breakfast mess.

She told me stuff would change, but she'd still have time for me! I'm not SEEING that time, Infi! I'm still your child too, RIGHT?!

Khepri says I'm suffering from single-child jealousy. Like, when an only child suddenly gets a baby in the house, they are really jealous of all the time their mom and dad spend on the baby. But Lae and Nakkie aren't babies. They are "big kids", and I damn well want my share of my Infi's time!

~C- The seethe-master~