Title: The Journal, Entries 15 - 19
Characters/Pairing: Unnamed Little Girl
Disclaimer: It doesn't belong to me….well; The Journal does…and so does Unnamed Little Girl.
January 16th, 2010
We left Aunt Ella's today and went to go live with a friend of momma's. I really didn't want to go, but momma said that we had to. Her friend lives all the way out of our city and into another one. I didn't even know you could have friends that far! But when I went to go say goodbye to Aunt Ella, momma held me back from hugging her and Aunt Ella looked really sad. I wanted to give her a hug but momma wouldn't let me.
I changed my mind about not wanting to go, because Terrance was coming with us! He got annoyed at me when we were in the car, and it made me feel better. It's weird when Terrance is telling me he loves me and telling me that he would protect me.
I'm going to ask what's going on today.
January 17th, 2010
So, I asked what was going on yesterday. They didn't tell me anything! They just told me that everyone was getting sick, and I already knew that. Terrance looked sad, and so did momma. They got in a fight in the car, because Terrance was saying something about how I had the right to know what was going on. Momma said that I shouldn't because I'm only eight.
Terrance, when we were stopped at a gas station, told me that everyone was going cannon ball. It was on the news now, it's all they broadcasted. They were telling people to get out of their homes and into a safe place, where no one was sick, and stay there until this all blew over. I wanted to tell him I didn't know what canon ball meant, but I knew it wasn't good.
We drove for the rest of the day, momma didn't even stop to sleep. Does that mean…Aunt Ella went cannon ball too?
January 18th, 2010
We got to momma's friends house today, but when we tried to go in, she said that she already had too many people. Momma got really mad, and said some stuff that she said I shouldn't say, and Terrance took my down the street to the ice cream place while momma talked to her friend. He said that everything was going to be okay, and that if anything happened, he'd be there to protect me. I love Terrance.
We were eating ice cream when the man owner came up and said that they were closing soon, even though it was in the middle of the afternoon. It was hot here, and I didn't like it, and I really hope that we get to go home soon. I wanted to see daddy, because he said that he'd come over this weekend and play Samantha doll with me.
I wonder how Cristy is doing? I want to ask momma if we can go see her, but I don't think that she'll say yes.
January 19th, 2010
We got to stay in momma's friends house for last night, because momma said that her friends were really good friends, so that we could stay there. One of the people in the house was sick, but he went into his room and locked it. Momma said that that was the best thing now, and that she wanted to leave, but there wasn't anywhere else to go.
I didn't want to stay here, because it smelled weird and momma's friends weren't very nice. But daddy called momma's cell phone and I got to talk to him for a while after dinner. He said that he was going to meet up with us tomorrow and he'd talk with momma about going back home. I love daddy. Terrance was talking with daddy for a while, but he got really mad and yelled at me, which made momma mad. Everyone's getting really mad.
I want to go home.
January 20th, 2010
When daddy came over today, he didn't look too good. He said that he'd gotten in a car accident on the way here and that he'd gotten attacked by the cannon balls, but he was okay and he wasn't bitten. He talked with momma for a while before Terrance took me in and told momma and daddy that we needed to tell me what was going on. I didn't like how it sounded, but daddy said that he was tired and that he'd tell me tomorrow. That got momma really mad, and she followed him into their room. I heard yelling through the door.
Terrance told me that everyone was going to die. I didn't really understand, but I think that meant that everything wasn't going to be okay. I wanted everything to be okay. I just…I want everything to be okay.
When I started crying, Terrance held me and said that we were going to be okay. I just want to go home
I want to go home and play with Cristy. I want to eat ice cream with Terrance. I wanted to go home. I want to go home…
