Chapter 1
Jonah frantically looked for his science homework, then he remembered that there was no homework yesterday. Since his parents had been gone for almost three days he has been a bit crazy. For instance you say dinner he says, "CRAP! What is for dinner?!" then he will look at the calendar and say, "Oh yeah, Chip's mom and dad are bringing dinner over!" See what I mean now? Katherine has been just the opposite; she is all relaxed and chilled out. Now that she is in the seventh grade, she has to look cool in front of eighth graders.
Jonah slowly drifts way from his boring science teacher and thinks about what famous person he could be. He could probably think of a million right now. Then he starts thinking how JB is doing, and how he can't believe Emily and JB are siblings.
Katherine, Jonah, and Chip finally get of the bus anxiously waiting to get home. Katherine was in a curious mood and decided to look through her parents old pictures and pen pal letters from when they were little. She was amazed on how her mom looked so much like herself, and her dad looked like he belonged to another family. She called Jonah into the room at least ten times telling him to look at a "cool" picture. Katherine spent at least an hour looking at pictures of their family and other family's too.
Katherine got done with the tote full of pictures and put it back. She finds a peculiar box that say TSI, meaning Top Secret Information, she decides to ask Jonah before she opens it. She downs the unlit hallway, takes a right into the kitchen and she arrives to where Jonah is staring blankly at his homework. She says, "Uh, Jonah? I was looking through all the old pictures, and when I put it back, I found this…" she handed him the small box as if it were a royal crown. Jonah's jaw dropped.
"I really don't think we should open it, it is really probably just old certificates or something, go put it back, and stop worrying so much!" Jonah tried no to sound so curious but couldn't help it.
"But, this could be really important stuff they have been keeping from us. Like, what if I was adopted too? What if there was another child they had but never told us, they are almost 43. Mom and dad do sometimes act suspecious you know," Katherine said this as if she were really serious and truely worried about what was in the box. Katherine did what Jonah told her too, at least tried to.
Chip eventually went home and Jonah went to bed surprisingly early. Katherine turned off the living room lights at around ten o'clock and went into her deep purple, over-sized room with cream trim. She laid on her full size bed with her black and whit zebra print bed spread. Her fan was humming in a soothing sort of way, that slowing made her drift away into a light sleep. She woke up after an hour because of her weird, but cool dream.
Don't open it Katherine Jonah said in a strict tone.
But, I need to, I can't stop thinking about it Jonah.
Katherine opened it anways. There it was the most confusing papers in the world. They reminded her of something of Jonah's but couldn't quite figure it out.
Then she woke up. She was too curious. She had to open it. She slowy go up and stumbled out of the room into her parents where the box lay. She opens it, she can't believe her eyes. She pinches herself thing she was dreaming, she wasn't. She blacks out on her parents bed.