Disclaimer: I do not own Among the hidden, Margaret Peterson Haddix does.

January 3

If Luke does not come over tomorrow I will freak. I need him here. Even if he does not always understand what I am saying to him, he still listens. He does not try to know everything I like that; I hate people that do that. He still listens even if I only complain to him; I hope he does not mind. I have got almost 1000 illegal kids planning to come it is great. We are going to march right up to the front of the president's house with our protest to demand that we have rights. I have got a few signs picked out to take to the rally, my favourite says 'give me liberty or give me death'. Next time Luke comes over I am going to have to ask if he wants that sign for the rally. He would stand behind that sign 100 percent.

Until we are free, Jennifer Rose Talbot

January 6

Luke came over today, I kind ok really got mad at him though. It is his fault I got mad he told me he was coming here to protect me. Of all people I, Jennifer Rose Talbot need to be protected, he needs to be protected. Then after he said that I told him I did not have time for him, I asked him to leave. He tried to make an excuse about what he had said; I did not give him time. Luke seemed kind-of shocked that I would tell him to leave. Once Luke had left the house seemed deathly quiet, it was scary. I started to think why had I said that, it was a mistake. I hope is not to mad at me, of course he is now time will pass and he will hopefully get over it. I should not be expecting that much after what I did. Still he should come to the rally even if he does not like does not make him legal he is still a third child, whether he likes it or not.

Until we are free Jennifer Rose Talbot

January 10

I am really sorry about what I said to Luke. I did mean it then I do not now, how could I even then. What can I do to make it up to him? I have to apologize to him some how. When I apologize to Luke I will mean it, seriously. Luke is a good kid; I need him on my side because Luke I am on your side. Oh dads home and the chat room is on the computer, I need to turn it off before he finds it

Until we are free, Jennifer Rose Talbot

January 14

Luke is probably still mad at me; hey he has a good reason. I wish he were here. It is not like I need him or any thing, just I am sorry for what I did. Carlos has really decided to get a fake I.D. One less kid at the rally lost in less the than 10 words. AnnaMaria has not yet decided whether or not to get a fake I.D. That could go either way. No one needs to a fake or live a lie. Getting a fake I.D is worse than hiding. You see the world and you know what is really going on, the population police are out there. It would be believable that the population police can see right through you. One time when I was out with mom dad at the mall, I was pretending to be their niece. And a population police officer came right up to us. It is like they can see right through you. It is good that they believe anything.

Until we are free, Jennifer Rose Talbot

January 18

This morning was different, it was not the 'day' it was the people in the day that were difficult. This morning I not purposely turned the light in the kitchen on, my signal to Luke. Then noticing the light in the kitchen was on I went to look at Luke's house. The light in Luke's house went on. I waited for 10 minutes. Luke never came. I decided that it must have been his mom or dad making breakfast or something. After that disappointment, I went down to the computer and thankfully it was working. I typed the password 'free' in the chat room. AnnaMaria was there and she said, "Jen I am going to get a fake I.D and there is nothing you can do to stop me". Two less kids at the rally. Will people like her learn about making decisions in real life, unless the rally turns out we will not have a life to make decisions in.

Until we are free, Jennifer Rose Talbot

January 23

At exactly 9:00am, I was in the kitchen eating breakfast. I saw Luke's signal. I returned the signal with a flick of the light switch. Seconds later Luke was running over. I walked over to the door to let Luke in. As soon as Luke walked in I started apologizing for what I had said. Luke looked stunned and empathic towards my apologizing. He appeared as happy to see me, as I happy was to see him. We spent the day away from the computer. We were mostly talking about what I had done about what I had done with the rally. His fantasies of getting a fake I.D are gone, thankfully.

Until we are free, Jennifer Rose Talbot

January 27

It felt really good to apologize to Luke. Keeping it secret that Luke was here at all was hard enough, let alone the fact I was mad at him. My first most unfavourite word is hiding. My second most unfavourite word was alone. My new second most unfavourite word is rejection. Rejection from the government, the president of the country rejecting our right as a human and to live a normal life, to become legal is every illegal's dream. If the rally does not pull through none of the illegal's I know or do no know will ever lead a normal life, ever.

Until we are free, Jennifer Rose Talbot