Wow. Our protagonists seem to be really similar. I hope you don't think I copied you? I wrote this story first in 08 or something so... :D
But yeah. Must be a sort of teenage theme to have quiet ano girls as the main character :P
So obviously, I found you on twitter yesterday when Alex retweeted you x). I get his updates sent to my phone. :) And I was like "wait... that's Alanah's tumblr name.. COULD IT BE" :) x) Anyway. The second chapter of The Way Things Work should be up today. :)