Character Interviews!

Man, I don't know what I wanna do, except I know I don't wanna be like my mom when I'm as old as her because she's really annoying. So I guess to not be like her I won't start drinking. They always say it's bad in school, but I KNOW it's bad because drinking makes my mom act really stupid. So why would I ever want to do it? Don't want to. I like talking a lot. And some people say I'm funny. So I thought maybe I will be a stand-up comedian. Don't know what I would joke about though. I do like takin' care of the baby so maybe also I can be a mom. I'll figure it out when I'm done goin' to school.

[Melanie to SHO!:] That would be dumb. My mom would KICK MY ASS if she found me bringing the fairy-baby home. She got SO PISSED when I brought in a cat. No WAY would she let me keep a baby. Even if the baby does magic tricks. With the cat she said stuff like YOU ALREADY EAT UP ALL MY FOOD AND MONEY AND NOW YOU WANT ME TO PISS MORE AWAY ON A CAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY MONEY NO YOU DON'T! DO YOU WORK FOR MONEY NO YOU DON'T! I think babies eat more than cats too. Plus usually my sister's friend walks me home and if the baby followed me no way would I get to even get her in the door.

[Melanie to SHO!:] Well it's not like I'm the boss of her. I like playing with her and all but if she goes somewhere else or goes to fairyland or something I can't do nothin'. If she never came back what am I s'posed to do, call the cops and say my fairy is missing?

[Melanie to SHO!:] I don't really remember. Nothin' important. I went to school and had stupid crappy homework and my sister and her friend didn't want to help Mom with any food so they argued about who was going to pick up fast food and who was gonna pay for it. They didn't ask me what I wanted and I didn't really care. Sometimes they get me somethin' and sometimes I just eat crackers or whatever.

[Melanie to SHO!:] Nothin' really. I got back home and I was tryin' to figure out what to pack to take with me. And it just got really scary 'cause I didn't like thinkin' I could only take as much stuff as I could carry with me. But even if I made a couple trips it was still like "ahh once I leave I have to really do it 'cause if I come back after a long time I'll be in trouble." It's fun to think about leaving and PLAY runaway but really doing it felt really different. It all just seemed too big and too real all at once and I wasn't ready, so I just stayed home instead of going back to meet the baby. I dunno really if she cared. She's kinda dumb.

[Melanie to SHO!:] Not really. When I decided not to go back I was worried she was gonna be expecting me so I was sad, but when I went the next morning she didn't seem to care that I didn't go through with it. She prob'ly didn't really miss me. I think baby brains are kinda spacey that way, even if they're super baby brains. Anyway I can always actually run away if I decide to. I just can't go BACK once I leave, so I have to make sure I really want to.