July
6, 2017
I
barely recognize this place anymore. I remember when I was here, by
myself, watching movies and wishing there was someone around to talk
to. I got so lonely, I would've been happy having one of my foster
siblings or one of the many social workers I had to talk to. Now, I
can't hardly find time alone, not that I really want to be alone now
with Jenna around.
There
are lots of people around and even kids. They made a kick ass play
area that can double as somewhere to defend, if it has to. There's
even a school in the library for the kids run by a couple of ladies.
Us teenagers don't have to go anymore, though. We do stuff with the
adults and learn about knives, guns and survival stuff.
We
have people doing all kinds of jobs now. The house is taken care of
by a group of the moms, the kitchen is Amanda's domain and she has a
team to help her, including her two sous chefs. We have crops and a
garden with fresh vegetables. I never thought I would be happy to get
green stuff. I used to refuse to eat salads and broccoli, but now, I
love it all. Anything fresh and grown by us tastes like heaven
compared to the stuff that comes from cans.
The
compound is filling up and we're going to expand into more of the
neighborhood. Once the wall is put up around the whole neighborhood,
people can spread out more and we'll have more room to grow even more
food. I hope we try to get some fruit going, I miss sweet stuff. I
just don't know what will grow here, since it will get really cold in
the winter. I bet there's a book in the library that could tell me
what might grow here. I'll get Jenna to go look with me and we can
come up with ideas and bring them to the group.
That's
one of the things I really like about the group. They treat Jenna,
Eric, Elisabeth, Margaret and I as adults and listen to our ideas.
Before all of this started, I was basically ignored by all the adults
around me, unless I did something they didn't want me to do. It's
only been like 6 months and now I'm treated like a valuable member of
a team. I know we really impressed everyone with the play area. Jenna
and I were in charge of getting what was needed and helping it get
set up. It really blew them away when we showed them how it was even
safer for the kids to play there if something happened because they
could defend themselves from up high while the adults got the
situation on the ground under control.
Jenna.
She's the best thing that's ever happened with me, like ever! She's
pretty and cool and she likes me. It's weird. I've always thought of
myself as a dork and being in foster care, it's hard to feel lovable. I have very few memories of my parents and so it's hard to
believe that someone can actually like me, for me. But she does and I
really like her. She's had a hard time with her family, as well. Her
mom was not really a mom and she lived with her grandparents her
whole life. So she knows how it feels to be different than other
kids, who had homes with their parents and siblings.
When
I first saw her, everything inside me just kind of froze. I used to
hate all those sappy love songs and romantic movies because I never
knew what it was like to just fall for someone in an instant. We both
love movies and music and spend hours just talking to each other
about life before and after that undead shit started. I know we're
both young, but I think I love her and want to spend the rest of
whatever time I have left with her. And she seems to feel the same
about me. Woo hoo!
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