The Life We Live

9.The Voice Recording

As soon as Ricky left the house Raven sighed in relief and quickly put some hair behind her ear then looks at Harlow. "So what do we do about McCray.." she asks

Harlow looks down trying to think "I have no idea..." they pause hearing footsteps coming down the hallway

"I think you need to talk to him as he seems to be acting out.. there must be a motive." Marvin says

Harlow thinks about his comment knowing Marvin is quite observant.. although he has never truly met McCray. Harlow doesn't think its a very good idea.

As nightfall hits and they all go to bed, Harlow lays on the bed staring at the ceiling remembering he had left his diary at his house. Even though he can't write about what had happened that day in his diary he must write about his day somewhere. As he looks around he finds a paper and pen coincidentally in the drawer of this nightstand next to the bed.

Dear Diary or perhaps paper,
Today was a very unfortunate day. I woke up and got yelled at by my ridiculous mother. She really needs to get a grip and stop what she is doing but I doubt she will.. I got kicked out of my house after our facade... gladly I got a ride from Raven and Marvin to school though as I had missed the bus. They are great people. They make my day better.. I guess you could say they're the best part of my day. I also spoke to Ricky and he seemed to have been disappointingly average. Until I pulled out the big guns and showed him the illuminati symbol asking a dumb question... he seems smart but also completely oblivious and naive. Anyways we ended up deciding to talk  during lunch and he didn't show up. Which turns out he had no choice... I'll talk about that when I get to it.. but anyways I was releived from my disappointment in him when Raven reminded me I had a promise to keep. As we went home I was going to go to the park to figure out what I was going to do as I couldn't go back home. And once again the one and only Raven came to my rescue and invited me to stay in her house. I couldn't reject the opportunity so I agreed to it. She gave me a tour of her house and I think we had a moment in this guest bedroom I'm not quite sure though...

Harlow looks up and stops writing. "oh my God I hope Raven doesn't read this..."

He looks down to continue writing  it was ruined when we heard the door open and we thought it was Marvin but it turns out it was Ricky. Blasted as hell. He had no choice in that either though.. but uh then he passed out so Raven and I had to set him on the couch and we watched him.. not sure how long but it was a while. As he woke up though he explained that McCray and his stupid new friends had jumped him, drugging him with I dont know what. Which sent him here to terrorize... I dont know exactly why McCray keeps doing this and I want to do something about it but I'm not sure what I can do.. I guess I'll eventually figure it out. -Harlow

Harlow sets the paper and pen back into the drawer and falls asleep.

During the middle of the night Harlow was awakened by a scream. Harlow immediately gets up beleiving it to be Raven and runs into her room. As he looks into Ravens room he sees her sitting up looking at him quite terrified.