Quarantine diaries

quarantine diaries chapter 1

 I finally decided to open the app Madi talked me into getting two months ago. When I had typed in my username and signed in, I decided to put up my first post. It was a video of me doing a dance I made to my favourite song.I never expected what happened next. 

 My Room, After School, 2:30 pm 

"You should download the app. It is made for you. You have the talent, and you might even blow up," Madison said encouragingly. 

"Fine, I will download Tiktok, but only because it sounds fun. Also, because I have this awesome new dance and I want to share it with anyone who follows me," I said, giving in. 

"Okay, but if you get famous, I am so saying I told you so," Madison said, doing her goofy little happy dance as I hit download.

 2 months later...Wuhan, China

In a house of four, a mom and her three children were having a freshly cooked bat for dinner. At the time, it seemed like a normal dinner. They had no idea what was coming for them. The next morning, the two younger sons, Wang Fang and Zhang Wei fell ill with a breathing problem. They were coughing and sneezing their brains out.   Very soon after, the sons were too weak to stand, and the local doctors said they had an average of three days to live. They didn't seem to know that this disease was highly contagious and deadly, so very soon it spread to the whole world and became a pandemic, causing a huge lockdown which leaves everyone in their houses with nothing to do. 

So, therefore, boredom has struck, and all forms of socialization are cut off – apart from maybe calling people on video chat, but even this is not the same. 

 Thursday, 2nd August, My Living Room, 5:00 am

 It was very hard for me to entertain myself because the only thing I find entertaining is dancing, and I couldn't do that anymore. This is because all the dance studios were closed. So, since I was bored, I decided to call my BFF, Madi, to complain, but I guess it wasn't a good idea to call Madi at 5 am. She was really mad I woke her up, but since she couldn't go back to sleep, she decided to listen to my whining while she was cleared up her room. Madi is messy and I guess that is why we are at my house more.

 Anyway, after I finished whining to Madi about my silly boredom problem, I decided finally to open the app she talked me into getting two months ago. When I finished signing in, I decided to put up my first post. It was a video of me doing a dance I made to my favourite song. The dance was pretty decent. I liked it, so I just posted and tagged it #foryoupage. 

 Thursday, 2nd August, Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Shop

 I arrived at my favorite coffee shop and since I turned sixteen yesterday, I was finally old enough to try the cappuccino, so I did. As my older sister, Zoe's Frappuccino was getting ready, a group of girls started mumbling. They were obviously observing social distancing, but I could hear one of them say, "O-M-G! Is that her?" in a surprised tone. 

I figured they probably weren't talking about me, so I let it slide.

 Home, in My Room

 When I got home, I decided to go check out my 'for you' page because I saw a very funny cat video and wanted to watch it again. I picked up my phone and clicked on the app, but as I opened it, something caught my eye. I had over a hundred notifications in my inbox, so I opened my notifications and found that over a million people followed me. I also had over ten missed calls from Madi. I was so shocked, so I decided to make a video thanking my new one million followers. After the video was posted, I had a feeling I was forgetting something, but I couldn't put my finger on it. 

Then I remembered when it was too late, I had online school. It was the one time my mum didn't remind me about something, and I was late. It was around 2:30 pm and I had about thirty minutes left, so I joined the meeting, but that was the worst idea ever. 

I was having an English class and my teacher, Mrs. Milton was being so dramatic. She kept on exaggerating the fact that I came in late throughout the rest of the class. Meanwhile, almost ten other people came in later than I did, and she kept calling only me out. Talk about annoying! 

 3rd August, Zoe's Room

 I went into Zoe's room to annoy her because I was bored. And if you are wondering what happened to Tiktok, well, let's just say it gave my phone a glitch, so I had to delete it. Poof went my one million followers. Anyways, I started to annoy my sister by taking her phone while she was texting with her boyfriend, Sam, but that didn't work out so well because she slapped me on the face and now I have a bruise underneath my righteye. 

 2 Months Later... 

It has been like a year now and those so-called 'scientists' still haven't found a cure for this Coronavirus. Can't they just mix hand sanitizer and water and make a cure already? 

22nd October, the Kitchen 

Today, I planned to just stay in my bed and binge-watch my favorite Netflix series, On My Block, but that plan went downhill fast because as I was about to turn on the series, my mum burst into my room with a belt and yelled, "Courtney! would you get downstairs and make yourself useful!" 

Well, there went my plans for the summer. Anyways, I decided to make some French toast and freshly squeezed orange juice, but that idea crashed and burned too. The result was wet bread and a cup of tasteless hot cocoa  because it turned out I don't know how to make French toast.

22nd October, the Couch, 2:15 pm

 I was sitting on the couch, checking my messages and trying out Snapchat filters, when Zoe came in from the backyard, all dripping wet and hyper. She asked me, "do you want to come out to the pool and play Marco Polo with me?" I, of course, was a champion at the game, so I said yes, and the game started. But then, when it was my turn to look for Zoe, I couldn't see where I was going so then I hit my head on the pool tile. It was very painful. It gave a serious migraine for two straight weeks. 

i hope y'all enjoyed it i will update it weekly so yh

this is a diary of how Courtney's quarantine went, not mine however Courtney isn't real so yh .

Also the Wuhan china thing is in no way meant to offend anyone. I  know that rumour is offensive and silly but it was a like explanation i n this fictional world on how their pandemic started.