judging by your responses
i have achieved what i set out to... achieve
thank you for your valuable input
you may read that in a more polished form in a book in a couple of year's time - including a further 250 word digression on "if my number one secret crush and i would ever work out, and a discussion of the issues therein" and a further 200 words on how her boyfriend is a terrible person - because I feel the beginning could be stronger with more venom in the words to set up a greater contrast for the latter sections
and that would bring it to exactly 2000 words