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Wednesday,
27 October 1999 Liz is walking home and thinking how familiar surroundings can suddenly seem strange and ominous and you start wondering if maybe it is you that has changed but then something happens to make you rethink the whole thing. Liz gets home and discovers her journal is missing. She goes to Maria's house and tells her that it is missing and that she wrote everything in that journal, including everything about Max. Thursday, 28 October 1999 Michael wakes up suddenly and starts to draw. He wakes up Max by knocking on his bedroom window, tells him he dreamt of the vision he saw when he held the key he found in Valenti's office (which he hasn't been able to remember) and shows Max his drawing - it looks like a semicircle. Max is not pleased that he was woken at 3am because Michael is dreaming of semicircles but he tries to be patient as he can see that Michael is very excited about this. Max suggests they discuss it in the morning and Michael stays over. At school, Maria suggests to Liz that they reconstruct the crime of her missing journal; who has motive and opportunity. Liz does not want to think that anyone took the journal but admits that Alex was alone in her room when they were studying together. Alex becomes Maria's number one suspect. He has a motive because they have been so secretive around him lately and now she knows he had an opportunity. Liz wonders aloud to Maria how she is going to tell Max. Maria suggests "over drinks". Max is at a vending machine that will not give what he bought so he uses his powers to "loosen" it and a veritable feast drops down. Liz comes up and asks him if he is hungry. She wants to know if she can ask him something. Michael rudely interrupts and Liz leaves. Max reminds Michael that he said he would be nicer to Liz and Michael reminds Max that he said he would stay away from her. Liz is in a dark, empty classroom thinking. Ms Topolsky finds her and wants to know if something is wrong. She assures Liz she can talk to her as a friend but Liz tells her everything is great. Maria asks Alex if he had anything to do with the missing journal. Alex is very hurt that they would think he would do such a thing. Later Topolsky sees him hitting his locker in anger and asks him to come to her office to talk. She learns that Liz's journal is missing and she calls "control" for back-up. Michael shows up for art class, surprising his teacher who has not seen him in over a week. Michael starts to draw his vision. At the UFO Centre, Milton finds Max going through his library and recommends he read James Atherton's "Among Us". Liz drops by and asks if she can talk to him privately. She tells him about the missing journal, he is concerned but agrees when she asks for one more day to find it. At home, Liz is thoroughly searching the living room when her mother comes in and mentions that Alex called. Liz becomes suspicious, thinking perhaps she has the journal and starts to cross exam her mother. Nancy is confused by Liz's behaviour and Liz apologises. Friday, 29 October 1999 At the Crashdown, Max is engrossed in Atherton's book but ridicules it's contents. Michael is drawing his vision and Isabel is upset that he is doing it in public. She tries to get Max to agree with her but he just tells Michael it's getting pretty good. Max goes to Liz's to tell her he thinks Kyle has the journal. She tells him Kyle could not have the journal because he hasn't been to her house in over a week. Nancy returns and Liz pulls Max into her bedroom so her mother does not see him. Max picks up one of her CDs and gets a flash of Kyle; he tells Liz that Kyle was there. Over the next few days Michael works on his painting. It is starting to take shape and has a geodesic look to it. Tuesday, 2 November 1999 Kyle is playing basketball with some friends and Liz comes by. She thanks him for the CD, he tells her her father let him in. Liz starts to quiz him to see if perhaps he took the journal. He tells her he has no secrets from her but wants to know what she's so afraid of him finding out and does it have anything to do with Max and the shooting at the Crashdown. Liz is now sure Kyle has the journal. Michael's painting is on display for the whole school to see. Isabel is very upset. Since they do not know what this painting represents, they may be inadvertently revealing a secret to others. Michael is very proud of his accomplishment and the fact that his teacher told him it is the best thing to come out of his class all year. He is hurt that Isabel and Max are not more supportive. Topolsky meets with two agents and tells them about Liz's missing journal and that she thinks it will contain proof of alien contact. She tells the agents she thinks she knows where the journal is because Liz is having trouble with her boyfriend. That evening Liz and Max go to Kyle's house to investigate. The lights are off but they find the front door ajar and it seems as if no one is home. They go to Kyle's room; they do not see a shadowy figure in the hallway. They search Kyle's room but do not find the journal. Max thinks he sees movement outside Kyle's room and goes to investigate just as Kyle pulls up in his car. Max and Liz run out the back but do not see the shadowy figure hiding in the bushes. Wednesday, 3 November 1999 In art class, Michael is drawing his favourite subject. His teacher tries to encourage him to draw something else besides geodesic domes. Michael asks him what a geodesic dome is and the teacher explains that it's a type of house - post modern architecture. His teacher tells him that an artist of his talent should try to draw other things and suggests the nude statue the other students are working on. Michael draws a stick figure and his teacher tells him to stick with the dome. Max tells Michael and Isabel about the missing journal. That evening Michael goes to the Crashdown after closing. Liz is there alone. He tells her Max told him what happened and he wants her to know that it wasn't smart for her to write all that down. She says she knows and he tells her he knew it a week ago when he saw her writing in it at the Crashdown. He had to know who his friends were and what the risk was so he had to know what was in the journal. He returns the journal and tells her that It is nice to know we have at least one friend in this town. He asks her not to tell Max that he had the journal. She asks him why he didn't destroy the journal because anyone that found this would know all about you. He advises her to get better locks for her window and leaves. Liz drops by the UFO Centre to tell Max that a "good friend" found the journal at the Crashdown and returned it. Liz tries to explain why she wrote about him in her journal; that she had to find a way to put into words the way he touched her. He asks if he can see what she wrote but she does not think it is a good idea and he realises it is because then he would know how she really sees him. Thursday, 4 November 1999 At lunch, Isabel asks Max why he is still reading Atherton's book and he replies that it is a guilty pleasure. She wants to know why he is in such a good mood and he the tells her and Michael that a good friend returned Liz's journal. Isabel starts flipping through Atherton's book and points out to Max and Michael a picture of Michael's dome on the book cover. Liz is writing in her journal that she used to wish for a more interesting life but now she knows that the bigger her world gets the bigger her problems get. She then hides her journal behind a brick in her bedroom wall. |
