From the Private, Personal Diary of Noelle Frost

Dear Diary -

It happened! I finally feel like one of the big kids! I got the paperwork from City Hall all sorted out, and a bright shiny certificate to hang on my wall. Of course I had a copy made and sent it up to Mom and Popsicle -- they were so proud of me, so glad that I've spent all this time in PC "being productive." I was helping to take down one of the Praetorians when it happened -- that whole thing about there being an alternate version of a hero, it's just spooky, you know? Like, what if there's an alternate Noelle somewhere out there? What must she be thinking, going through?

I just hope she has friends.

I've been so lucky in my friends, all of them. Every single one of the Knights, especially Streak and Mal and the Baron and DN and Sammy and Kessa and Mavra, of course. Plus all the others from the Alliance -- what would I do without Kid? Or Puck Fair, or Kin, or Nora, even if she continues to torture me with thoughts of her and Mal together. And now that they've switched bodies, it's even worse. Man, it's like having a teasing big sister, I tell you. And Jason and Sabrina, who I can say ANYTHING to, and Ulric, and Derek, and... and Reese. Of course Reese.

I know so many others would disagree with me, but I can't ignore that Reese has been a big influence on me, and an important part of my life. Keesa would say it's the bad boy thing that I have, but it's not about that. Some of the things he's said to me -- even when he's taken them back, I know they're still what he meant at some time, and that matters. Things have been... odd... between us since he rescued me from the House of Cards, and you know? With the holidays coming, I don't want that anymore. I want things back to normal.

I still love Kid. It's not about going back to before I was with him, because I wouldn't give that up for... well, I just wouldn't. I just... I just feel like I need to talk to Reese. Maybe find him a girl. I mean, Kin's still single...

Sorry, had to take a break there to convulse in hysterics.

Anyway, I think I'm going to go look for Reese. Later!

N.