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Shane finishes writing and joins the group.
"So, Writer, why do you always write a lot?" Magnet asks.
"My notebook is like a record of my life. I write in it everyday about everything."
"Do you let people read it?" Barf Bag asks.
"No"
"Why?" ZigZag says.
"Because if someone read it then I would have to kill them; unless I told them they could."
"Why were you sent here?" Magnet asks.
"At 4 in the morning on the fourth of July I was setting off fire crackers and was 'disturbing sleeping people"
"That's funny, why did it have to be 4 in the morning?" ZigZag says.
"Now you're asking for to much information." she says.
"Do you not like to tell you reasons for stuff then?" X-Ray asks.
"Yeah, I guess, but it's mostly I don't like to tell people my history."
"Oh. Will you tell us?" X-Ray asks.
"No"
"Why?"
"Because"
"Because why?"
"Because I said so."
"Ok, but we've all had problems with our family."
"So, I don't know how anyone could have had as much of a problem as me."
"Why? If you won't tell us then you won't know."
"Ok, I'll tell you guys. Just don't ever argue like that with me again. Okay?"
"Okay" X-Ray says.
"Nobody has ever beat X-Ray in an argument and he always gets people to talk." Barf Bag says.
"Well any ways do you guys want to know?" Shane asks one last time.
"Yeah" they all say.
So Shane tells them the story of the crash. "You're right. You do seem to have the worst." X-Ray says.
"I told you. I'm going to sleep now." Shane gets up and goes over to her cot. She finds a note under her pillow it says:
Meet me outside after everyone has gone to sleep. -Squid
Shane looks over at Squid and nods, then she decides to listen to her CD player. A few hours later everyone else has gone to sleep and her, Squid, and Xander get up and go outside.
"So, why'd you want to meet me out here?" Shane asks.
"I don't know. I was just thinking about what happned to your family and thought that we're tied about how bad we've got it."
"Really. What's your family like?"
"Well I haven't told anybody this but, everything was fine until I was three. Then my dad said he was going to 'buy some ice cream' and never came home. After that my mom started drinking. She's never stopped and she always yelled at me. I skipped school and broke into homes, I stole soda and change but that's it."
"Oh..."
They didn't say much anything else but Shane knew she really liked him. She thought that she shouldn't because she was still pretty new around there but sometimes her heart didn't follow her head. They went back into the tent a luckily nobody had waken up. Shane wrote some more.
July 18, 2003
It's probably a little after midnight and Squid asked me to meet him outside after everyone has fallen to sleep. He told me that when he was three his dad left his mom and him and after that his mom drank. I'm the only one he's told that to. It's been three years exactly since the crash and tomorrow I get the day off.
The next morning everyone slept late. Shane gets up and goes outside with Xander. Xander runs around chasing his tail like he usually does. Shane starts laughing at him.
"What's so funny?" someone asks.
Shane turns around and sees Squid coming over. "Nothing, just Xander"
"Wanna come to the Wreck Room?"
"Sure"
They go to the Wreck Room and play pool with the rest of d-tent. Except for ZigZag he was watching TV. again. After they got bored in the Wreck Room they go back to the tent.
"So, Writer, I've heard that Shane isn't even your real name." Magnet says.
"And where did you hear that?" she asks.
"I read your file."
"How did you read my file?"
"Magnet's read everyone's file." Squid says.
"Oh" Shane says.
"So what's your real name?" Magnet asks.
"If you've read my file shouldn't you know that already?"
"No, it only said that you go by your middle name, and that your first name hasn't been on your files for about three years."
"That's because nobody calls me by my real name any more."
"Well, what is it?"
"Jessica, but you better not ever call me that."
"Why would we call you anything other than Writer?" Barf Bag said.
"I don't know. But nobody's called me Jessica since Jason died." Shane says.
Shane finishes writing and joins the group.
"So, Writer, why do you always write a lot?" Magnet asks.
"My notebook is like a record of my life. I write in it everyday about everything."
"Do you let people read it?" Barf Bag asks.
"No"
"Why?" ZigZag says.
"Because if someone read it then I would have to kill them; unless I told them they could."
"Why were you sent here?" Magnet asks.
"At 4 in the morning on the fourth of July I was setting off fire crackers and was 'disturbing sleeping people"
"That's funny, why did it have to be 4 in the morning?" ZigZag says.
"Now you're asking for to much information." she says.
"Do you not like to tell you reasons for stuff then?" X-Ray asks.
"Yeah, I guess, but it's mostly I don't like to tell people my history."
"Oh. Will you tell us?" X-Ray asks.
"No"
"Why?"
"Because"
"Because why?"
"Because I said so."
"Ok, but we've all had problems with our family."
"So, I don't know how anyone could have had as much of a problem as me."
"Why? If you won't tell us then you won't know."
"Ok, I'll tell you guys. Just don't ever argue like that with me again. Okay?"
"Okay" X-Ray says.
"Nobody has ever beat X-Ray in an argument and he always gets people to talk." Barf Bag says.
"Well any ways do you guys want to know?" Shane asks one last time.
"Yeah" they all say.
So Shane tells them the story of the crash. "You're right. You do seem to have the worst." X-Ray says.
"I told you. I'm going to sleep now." Shane gets up and goes over to her cot. She finds a note under her pillow it says:
Meet me outside after everyone has gone to sleep. -Squid
Shane looks over at Squid and nods, then she decides to listen to her CD player. A few hours later everyone else has gone to sleep and her, Squid, and Xander get up and go outside.
"So, why'd you want to meet me out here?" Shane asks.
"I don't know. I was just thinking about what happned to your family and thought that we're tied about how bad we've got it."
"Really. What's your family like?"
"Well I haven't told anybody this but, everything was fine until I was three. Then my dad said he was going to 'buy some ice cream' and never came home. After that my mom started drinking. She's never stopped and she always yelled at me. I skipped school and broke into homes, I stole soda and change but that's it."
"Oh..."
They didn't say much anything else but Shane knew she really liked him. She thought that she shouldn't because she was still pretty new around there but sometimes her heart didn't follow her head. They went back into the tent a luckily nobody had waken up. Shane wrote some more.
July 18, 2003
It's probably a little after midnight and Squid asked me to meet him outside after everyone has fallen to sleep. He told me that when he was three his dad left his mom and him and after that his mom drank. I'm the only one he's told that to. It's been three years exactly since the crash and tomorrow I get the day off.
The next morning everyone slept late. Shane gets up and goes outside with Xander. Xander runs around chasing his tail like he usually does. Shane starts laughing at him.
"What's so funny?" someone asks.
Shane turns around and sees Squid coming over. "Nothing, just Xander"
"Wanna come to the Wreck Room?"
"Sure"
They go to the Wreck Room and play pool with the rest of d-tent. Except for ZigZag he was watching TV. again. After they got bored in the Wreck Room they go back to the tent.
"So, Writer, I've heard that Shane isn't even your real name." Magnet says.
"And where did you hear that?" she asks.
"I read your file."
"How did you read my file?"
"Magnet's read everyone's file." Squid says.
"Oh" Shane says.
"So what's your real name?" Magnet asks.
"If you've read my file shouldn't you know that already?"
"No, it only said that you go by your middle name, and that your first name hasn't been on your files for about three years."
"That's because nobody calls me by my real name any more."
"Well, what is it?"
"Jessica, but you better not ever call me that."
"Why would we call you anything other than Writer?" Barf Bag said.
"I don't know. But nobody's called me Jessica since Jason died." Shane says.
