The Program [Book Two of The Test]

Author's Note(mainly fun facts)

Fun fact #14 - In a draft chapter I made, Riley was a real person.

The blueprint Reid had used to make the program Riley was, had been based off his daughter who unfortunately did die in the fire because Mary killed her to show just what she would do to the rest of Reid's family. I scrapped that idea though.

Fun fact #15 - I heard the name Lexi in a shirt commercial and liked it so much I named my main character that.

In addition, this girl went by Lexi and many other names in the commercial, but her real name was Alexandria. So um, yeah...

Fun fact #16 - I hadn't planned on Reid being Jack's dad.

When writing the final chapter for 'The Test' the shocker ending was just going to be Jack not remembering. But I knew I needed more, especially if I was going to do another story. And eventually it hit me that I could do a plot twist no one saw coming.

Fun fact #17 - I considered making the test last a month and a half inside, while outside it just lasted overnight and there was never a coma to deal with.

This will probably come back in the final draft.

Fun fact #18 - Luke was going to be Jack's best friend outside the test, not Danny.

And yes, Luke was going to remember the test still because he's a disrupter. But he was going to fake it, and pretend that he didn't remember so he wouldn't lose his best friend over what he had done. Again, this might come back in the final draft.

Fun fact #19 - The chapter before the lake attack in 'The Test' was when I decided I wanted Jack and John to be brothers.

But I wanted them to not actually be brothers, adoptive brothers brought something to both of their back stories that I really wanted to see play out. And, even though I never brought it out in the story, the reason John was giving Jack a hard time in the beginning was because he felt a need to protect Jack from everything (seeing as how they are really close in real life, I hope that emotion would come forward) and seeing him attack the bears worried him. So in a attempt to protect him, he challenged him. Then, only to see that Jack wasn't the giving up type, he forced him to work beside him, where he could keep watch of him and hopefully keep him out of trouble. We see how well that turned out.

Fun fact #20 - I considered killing off or badly injuring Annie.

It was going to be in the chapter that Lexi and Jack went on their date. Toward the end of the chapter (or middle, whatever) Lexi passed out and I was going to play off of that. The thing I was going to do was make it where Reid made her pass out with a device of his, and not just her, but everyone else involved in the test too (such as Annie, John, Jack, Danny, etc.). And Jack would be driving home during this time (see where i'm going with this?) and would pass out, causing him to hit the car that was on the rode with him when it happened (Annie in it) and everyone going to the hospital. Jack would have a broken arm, but Annie was going to be worse off. I didn't do it though, and i'm glad. But seriously, I wrote an entire chapter about it and everything.

Fact #21 - Annie and Jack were going to be siblings.

In the story, it's only slightly hinted at that Annie never knew her dad, whether it be from him dying, leaving, or just never being in the picture was never determined. For awhile, I considered what it would be like if Reid had been that dad and cheated on Diana when he was still Ben. I also liked this idea because it was only Annie and Jack that stood up to him in the test and it could be like sibling power or something. Plus, I never named who Annie's blood relative was who was involved with the test, leaving room for the maybe being Reid if you really think about it. But I didn't do that. I might work it into the final draft though...

And finally...

Fact #22 - Jack wasn't going to be real.

PUT DOWN YOUR PITCHFORKS! I have a good reason for this. Just let me explain. While I was thinking up the idea, it was common knowledge among everyone involved with the test that Lexi could disrupt. They wanted to study how she could affect the test, but she wasn't reacting to previous tests they had done like they expected her to because she was getting nervous too easily and shut down the program before they had a chance to gather data. In an attempt to calm her down, they created a code that would tease, contradict, and charm Lexi enough to make her blush every time he said something sweet to her. This is also why they got together so quickly in the story to start off, it was because Jack was literally programmed to make her fall in love with him. And it worked a little to well, and not just with Lexi. I started missing Jack's character before I even revealed this plot twist, causing me to scrap the idea completely and head in another direction, bringing in Riley instead. A different version of this plot twist, one that makes it where Jack is still an actual person and not a code, will most likely come back in the final draft though.

And that's all. I mean, there's more, tons more. But I don't want this to be too long. But you can always ask any questions you have below and I will do my very best to answer :)

Anyway, goodbye for now guys! And I do have other stories on here if you maybe think you could check them out (it would mean a lot to me if you would) :)