Alice woke up involuntarily. If she had things her way, she would sleep for the rest of her life.

    It's not as if anyone would notice, she reasoned with herself. All I am is a speck in an ever expanding universe.

    She called out, as if anyone would be home, for help. Then, she swung with her tiny body to try to lift herself up and out of her bed. After many tries, she managed to stand up.

    Before those sharks thought I was a large school of fish and ripped my arms mostly off, I would have taken for granted the ability to get up from my bed, she thought darkly.

    She did her lessons on her computer and proceeded to get ready for the day....... well, what she had to be outside for of it, anyway. She picked out her favorite black shirt with gray skulls on it and a pair of black jeans with a pair of black converse.

    She took a shower and put it all on, and with her chains and synthetic arms, she looked semi emo... just as she felt. She would kill herself, but that's kind of hard to do without arms. Besides, Fluffy Buns, her Billy goat, needed her. Who else was going to keep his royal highness from being eaten?

    She sighed, it was time for the most treacherous part of any morning..... the eyeliner and the brushing of teeth...... she used her feet to put up her hair, with the help of a vacuum cleaner. (Yes, little blonde girl of whom is an idiot, they actually do that! Not being racist against blondes!)

   She shimmied up onto the counter, used her feet to pick up the toothbrush and put toothpaste on it, and brushed her teeth, cringing at the pain of her position. She then proceeded to find her eyeliner and put it on.

   She looked at herself in the mirror. I look kinda human for once, she judged herself harsher than most people would.

   Her councilor had said that someone far away would help her through her hard times. Alice had thought that she ment God, but apparently not, for there was an email waiting for her when she opened her computer.

    She read the email and sighed. It was so incorrect via grammar. She had to resist her natural urge to fix everything that was incorrect and write a new email.

    Her councilor had sent her a new email, too. Apparently, this Alex kid had autism, and she was supposed to help him learn what he needed to to achieve his goals: a neurosurgeon, of all things, that's what he wanted to be!

    She wrote him an email and this is what it said.

   Dear Alex,

   It is kind of you to write me. I was asked to help you learn some things, since I am 17. Here's your first lesson: Only use the big letters on the first letters, the things in the alphabet song, of names.

   I live in China, but was born in California. That is how we read and speak the same language. I, too, often get into trouble because of my friends. They aren't the greatest people, but they also aren't the worst. I wear mostly gray and black clothing, but I will wear purple from time to time. I am homeschooled, and I have no arms.

    I hope we can be friends. I think that you are awesome. Please write back, and don't worry about me. I am tough.

           Have a nice day,
                                          Alice.

P.S. If anyone gives you a hard time, tell them that you have a friend in China who will beat them up.

   She smiled at her finished email. She sent it, hoping that she wouldn't wake him up.

     "Hey, stubby! GET DOWN HERE BEFORE WE TEAR YOUR LEGS OFF, TOO!" So much for friends.......

Hello my beautiful Crazies! How are you guys enjoying the story? I just wanted to say, we all are together here. No killing yourself, got it? Good. I can't believe that this story already has two votes! I just actually posted a chapter yesterday! Way to go, me! From now on, the story will be told in emails! Happy new year, my beautiful Crazies. Hope you get what you are looking for out of it.