Codes.

Once, in middle school, I invented a language. Or rather, an alphabet. More specifically, I just created a new symbol for every letter in the alphabet.

Using this, I was able to record messages for myself that were so completely secret that nobody else could read them. Angsty middle schoolers are very secretive creatures, to the point of needing communication methods which nobody else could understand. I was no different.

Also within friends codes are created. Stephanie and I used some sort of code where you added certain syllables after a specific number of letters, though I don't know if she created it.

Once I let her know my code so we could pass notes, but it didn't last long. She only wrote me one note. Not being as acquainted with the symbols as me, she was unable to read it well. I also couldn't read it well. I could write it quickly, but trying to re-read what I wrote is almost as difficult as it would be for an outside source. Probably because I get some letters mixed up, and I think a few letters have the same symbol.

Sometimes, I still use this system to write down really secret things.