I tried to keep this one and the next Chapter pretty much the same, but I changed a lot of dialogue, since I changed who Alex was basically.
This Alex, the new version, has a much better outlook on life, she knows that things don't go her way, but thinks that she can find a way to change it. She doesn't really get the 'Life sucks' personality until after New York.
Her relationship with her Father is basically 10 times better than it was. Her relationship with her Uncle is basically the one that her relationship with her Father had been previously. I had noticed that there were too many inconsistencies with her relationship with her Father.
May 8th, 2012
3:00 am
Hiding in my room
Status: Scared shitless
Dear Journal,
Hello stupid journal, like my Status says, I'm scared shitless right now. I bet you want to know why I'm scared shitless and why I'm hiding in the room I barely use.
Here's the reason why: I have almost no idea what's going on in the outside world.
It hasn't helped any that they skyline still seems as if it's slowly changing. It got to the point where I really thought that the skyline was changing. I can't even look out the window anymore, I'm too scared to after I saw that. Why am I writing this at 3 am? Because right now I'm hiding under my covers with a flashlight while Buster's napping on my recliner and the cats are in his dog bed.
Late last night, I woke up, maybe like 1 am. I decided to go get my mail for the week. When I went downstairs, I saw that my Landlady was still awake. That was odd, because she was in her 60s and I usually didn't see her after 8 pm. I went over to talk to her, but when I asked her what was going on, she froze in place. I panicked, grabbed my mail, and ran all the way up the stairs and locked every door and window in my apartment and shoved a dresser in front of my front door.
Then I tried to start watching TV, and I couldn't find anything I wanted to watch, so I went to grab a movie. Half of my movies are missing and so are half of the comics I owned. Everything Marvel disappeared. I looked through my dresser and found out that all of my Marvel shirts were gone too. I thought somebody had broken into my apartment, but there were no signs.
I have no friends I can call. It's 3 am and nobody picks up anyway. It wasn't like they'd believe me about any of this anyway. I wanted to E-Mail or call somebody, but nobody could. I'm starting to wonder whether or not the world's gone entirely insane, so I'm making a Catalog of everything.
Note:
Subject seems to be in a haze. When asked a question she froze up. The papers stopped coming and the mail is only from the day the rain started to get worse. The skyline is hazy and it's getting too foggy to see outside. At most you can see the simple outline of the skyline. The skyline seems to slowly change and something's wrong with New York. So far I have refrained from searching for a reason to all of this confusion, yet if this continues much longer, I will search for a reason as to why this is going on.
- Alexandra Grace Harbor
Please review this story, even if it's just a 'That was good' or a 'That sucked'. My fear for bad reviews has improved a lot, and all I'm looking for now is constructive criticism since I want to be a writer and need advice.
On that note, please remember what I stated here as I am attempting to write a book, so there may be times when I neglect this story, but I do try and check for reviews often.