4 March 2003

Mom got drunk again. Sometimes I wonder how she doesn't crash into something while she drives back.

Sure am glad she never drives me.

3 more days before power gets shut off.

6 March 2003

History finally started on the Great War. Finally something other than the founding of Zootopia.

Brandon hates History. He says it's the one thing he can't study for. Rubbish. You don't even need to study for it.

Heard that my Mom is losing her job soon. Again. Something about unstable emotions.

1 more day before power gets shut off.

7 March 2003

If my Mom ever got drunk, she was never more drunk than this. Been singing the same stupid song for 3 hours straight. I would've stayed in school, but the teacher told me to go home after 3pm. Last day with power on, if she still doesn't pay the bill.

She could always sell her car anyway. Not like she needs it for anything other than arriving late for work in style.

Phone broke. Guess I can only use my laptop. Wish I had ear plugs.

8 March 2003

Been in school. Still in school. Nobody's chasing me out yet.

Janitor chased me out of class. It was 7pm.

Went home.

Nothing works. Lights are off. Mom wasn't home. Maybe off with her friends again. Went to bed.

9 March 2003

Dear Journal,

So much in one day.

Came back from school just to see Mom getting arrested.

Went to the police station and saw her dragged off to jail.

And then I got adopted by a bunny. A rabbit cop. Would've been laughing if it wasn't me. Hopefully, nobody ever finds out.

She has a nice house. At least it has power. I can charge my laptop here. She seems a little hyperactive, hope she doesn't drag me to go jogging or something. The fridge is full of vegetables. Won't be snacking anytime soon.

10 March 2003

Judy has no idea what she's doing. This morning she somehow managed to turn scrambled eggs into hard boiled eggs, and guess what I had for breakfast. And she packed a vegetable sandwich for my lunch. Luckily Nick gave me some money to buy lunch. Bought a pack of chips. Totally worth it.

Stayed at the police headquarters after school. Met the receptionist. Funny guy. He gave me a donut. Almost felt bad to leave that stinking sandwich in his bin.

Correction, Judy and Nick have no idea what they're doing. They forgot to eat because they had no idea where I went. Good job officers.

11 March 2003

Judy actually figured out how to make scrambled eggs. Glad to know I won't be eating hard boiled eggs every morning. Now I wonder if I'm eating scrambled eggs all the time... well, better than plain bread.

Nick apparently didn't graduate from college. Thought you needed to before you could go officer academy. Must've been wrong.

He came over in the afternoon. Showed a bunch of magic tricks. Figured out all of em.

I'm really curious about him. I know nothing about him. Except that he probably isn't too good in math.

Judy's parents called. I walked behind her and apparently they spotted me. They don't even know Nick was a fox. Hope I didn't cause too much trouble.

Nick called me Hobbit. Hope that doesn't stick.

Judy bought back a great meal. She seemed pissed for some reason. Must've been a queue. She ate instant noodles instead of buying something for herself outside. Clutz.

Know nothing about Judy either. Learnt that she came from Bunny Burrows.

Caught her talking to her parents later in the night. They invited her back to the burrows. They wanted her to take me with her so that they could meet me. Heard the place was full of rabbits and stuff. Going to be awkward with me there.

11-12 March 2003

4am. Went to the toilet. Heard a thump in Judy's room. She might've rolled off her bed in her sleep.

12 March 2003

Judy, stop reading my bloody journal.

12 March 2003

My journal's bookmark was on the floor when I got back. She must've been flipping through my journal. Even my Mom didn't do that. Heard that Judy? Alcoholic, drug-loving Emma Scarlet has better morals than you. I'm bringing my journal to school tomorrow. Just in case.

13 March 2003

Bad idea of bad ideas. Ryan stole my journal and read it with half the class. Lovely, everybody knows about Judy now. Brandon's probably the only one that doesn't mind. Judy is his idol. Something about her solving some savage case.

Then again, Brandon is one person out of the entire class.

The old deer said we had to get parent's signatures for the chemistry paper (5/30 woohoo). I hope leaving it on the table works for Judy. But judging by her personality so far, I think she's going to shriek at the marks.

Benjamin told me Judy and Nick had a pretty bad fight before. Something about something Nick did. Seems unbelievable. Ben doesn't know anything else.

I wanna know more, it seems interesting. Those two get along weirdly well. Then again, she blew up before. Hope she doesn't blow up at me.

Judy just looked at the marks and gave some interrogation about the rest of my grades. She didn't look angry, but she's still scary.

I should start studying instead of watching videos on my computer all the time.

Guess I'll be leaving this at home. I prefer Judy reading it than bloody Ryan. At least there's a chance that she didn't even read it.

Overheard Judy talking to Nick on the phone. Something about some guy named Keith. Asked about him. Nick told Judy to tell me that he's a crook. They must be trying to catch him. But Nick seems to really have a bad history with him. I still know nothing about that fox.

14 March 2003

Judy forced me to stay home today. Had a mild fever. She went off her rockers about it. Mom never gave a hoot, and neither did I.

Judy actually made something other than scrambled eggs today. It was some sort of creamy pastry. Don't know what it was, but it tasted like blueberry.

Tried to sleep. Can't sleep. Doorbell rang. Opened the door.

I actually met Keith!

But I know nothing about Nick, Keith was as good as a stranger. He pestered to know if Judy was in, and simply disappeared after he got the answer. What is it with these people...

15 March 2003

Nick said he'd been to the Western Bunny Burrows. He said it was some smoggy industrial place with a crime syndicate. Sounds cool. He said he never got involved in one though. Was a little disappointed. But I guess if he had a history with those, he'd never be hired as a cop. Had to go to school for remedial today. Burning my Saturday like that. Lucky little Brandon didn't need to come.

I'm finished. My form teacher gave Judy my screwed up papers. I'm so dead. She is going to murder me.

And she met my form teacher. She must've told Judy about the fight I had with Ryan. Well, Judy probably would've squeezed it out of me after seeing this ridiculous black eye.

Nick and Judy took me out to get something for the black eye before going home. Didn't feel like it helped. They seemed pretty distant. Like something happened. Ben told me that they had a fight but then made up for it within a few seconds. Those two sound like some married couple. Maybe I should ask if they have a thing for each other. Would be hilarious. But then again, it is pretty touchy. Probably shouldn't

In my room now. She'd call me out any moment now.

Different lecture. She told me that I needed to start working for real this time. Said whatever I was doing for History should be done for the rest of the subjects. Told her I didn't do anything for history. She interrogated me for all the homework I had for the weekend. She insisted that I finish them, along with the rest of the late homework that I had. Guess I won't be sleeping for some time.

Stayed up to do homework.

She wouldn't let me stay up! There is no way I can finish all this junk if I sleep at this time! But I'm not arguing to do homework. My head is killing me after all those geography questions about coasts. Honestly who cares about how fast rocks are eroded. It's not like it's going to happen in your lifetime. Probably not even the next generation's lifetime.

16 March 2003

Judy asked about what I thought of her adopting me.

Lied and said that I'm okay. Didn't want to hurt her feelings for no reason. But it isn't far from the truth. It was a little weird and out there, but I'm mostly okay with it. So she asked why I fought Ryan over it.

I don't know. Just got pissed at his stupid behaviour.

Of course, I didn't tell her that.

Spent morning finishing homework. Judy caught me after I sped through 2 papers. Told me to finish it sparingly and said I was killing myself rushing through so many at once. Guess I can do them slowly then.

Nick was meeting Keith in jail. Heard Judy talking to him about it. I did not know Keith was Nick's dad. Then again, they look alike in their own way. And they're both stupidly mysterious. I wonder why Keith is in jail. Judy made an omelette for lunch before rushing off to investigate something. She wasn't on duty, and she went in her casual wear. Overachiever. She told me she was investigating some cargo recipient with Nick. Overachievers. That or Nick was dragged along. It seems pretty likely.

Lovely homework for the rest of the day.

Judy came back pretty pissed about something. She flushed when I asked what it was about. She replied "stupid vixens with too much money" and something about Nick being unprofessional. Weird, he seems always more or less unprofessional. Whatever it was, she cooled down pretty quickly. Just in time to invite Nick over for a movie. He brought popcorn. Sweet.

Should not have watched that. Should not have watched that. That was the most horrifying thing I've ever seen in a long time. Good thing we don't have a basement. Those two are unfazed by it. Halfway through I just went back to my room. Glad I didn't see the other half. Why do people like getting nightmares over horror movies. Or maybe they don't get nightmares. I'll never know for sure. I guess I won't be sleeping well tonight. Can still hear screaming from the TV, and Nick laughing at something. How does he ever laugh at something like that show?

If Judy seemed unfazed during the movie, she definitely didn't look unfazed afterwards. Nick had a great time scaring the daylights out of her at every corner. It was pretty funny to watch. They talked briefly about Keith during dinner, Nick said he finally talked to him. I really wanted to ask about it, but it sounded like a really sensitive conversation, so I just listened. They talked about some guy named Gideon. Apparently, he gave Judy a scar. She showed it to me. It looked cool. She forgave him already, and he now collaborated with her parents.

March holidays are coming up. At least I'd have time to finish the homework.

The lights in the living room remained on the whole night, even after Judy went to bed. Not that I'm complaining.