Matthew's Diary

## Summary of the Diary

Matthew's Diary is a heartwarming and heartbreaking tail about a young boy on the streets who grows up into a young adult who runs the street ways with hidden homes, communication, and shelters for those who are homeless.

Some of it is narrated the day it happens, then you read the entry that has been written in much later. Some of it is just narration as the events are to grand to be simply written and some are read from the diary much to simple to put thought into.

## The Story Begins...

**The First Day on the Streets**

Matthew silently eased the door to the orphanage closed. He covered his head with his arms to protect him self as he ran through the streets. He tried desperately to look for shelter that was safe and far away from the orphanage. Suddenly lightning struck right in front of him and little part of it hit one of his arms. He staggered away, coursing with pain. He chose a random alley and hurried inside it, collapsing inside from the exhaustion and pain. He tore a strip off from his shirt and wrapped it around the wound. He curled himself into a little ball and feel asleep, hopefully he would wake up again.

*Dear Journal,*

*I remember that day so vividly. I was afraid to fall asleep, worried that I might not wake up or worse, wake up in an ORPHANAGE! But luckily, no one found me and I woke up. I was tired and my arm hurt like a car ran over it although it had been a bolt of lightning that hit it anyways. But anyways, I woke up later and found myself still free and I was very happy. My arm had stopped bleeding as much now, it was just a few drops at a time. I tore another strip and wrapped it up again, making sure it would stop bleeding. Then I decided to set up a little home. I took some boxes and arranged them so it looked like a pile of boxes on the outside and it was a home on the inside.*

*Matthew*

Matthew quickly set up the boxes in order to be able to stay dry. He had gotten soaked when he took a nap and he needed to dry off and quickly. He dragged over bundles of newspaper and lied them down on the ground to keep him warm. He curled himself into a tight ball and tried to quickly warm up.

**Day Two**

Matthew awoke to the sun shining happily, it's rays warming his wet body. He smiled and headed out of his box-house.

*Dear Journal,*

*The second day wasn't that good. I mean, I got food to eat and I had shelter but overall I've had better days. Nothing happened either. It was overall boring.*

*Matthew*

**Day Three**

Nothing happened this particular day. Nothing.

**Day Five**

When Matthew woke up, he found a small girl curled up, fast asleep in the corner of the alley. He picked her up and put her in the box-house and sat with her, waiting for her to wake up. The girl finally awoke at around noon and she freaked when she awoke.

"Where am I?!" she exclaimed, glaring at Matthew.

"It's okay! I saw you out in the cold of the world so I brought you in here so you'd be warm!" explained Matthew. The girls eyes softened.

"Oh. Thank you." said the girl. She eyed Matthews lower shoulder suspiciously.

"You look hurt. What happened?" asked the girl.

"W-what do you m-mean?!" sputtered Matthew. The girl rolled her eyes.

"It's really obvious dude." stated the girl. Matthew tried to form words but it was worthless.

"Stop sputtering like your surprised. There's a big strip of fabric around your arm and there's a bit of blood seeping through." said the girl, pointing to his shoulder. Matthew sighed.

"Alright, yes I hurt my shoulder." he muttered. The girl nodded, it had been obvious that he was hurt.

"Now, what's your name?" asked the girl.

"Matthew. What's yours?" he responded.

"Audra." said the girl, Audra.

*Dear Journal,*

*I meet Audra today. She's actually a very nice girl once you get to know her. Together we went out and scavenged some things to make our 'home' comfier and safer. She 'found' some cushions that were taken from a couch on a curb and I found some extra boxes to cover us with. Overall it was a good day.*

*Matthew*

More Coming Soon~