"Tash hurry up!" my Dad was yelling. I ran down the stairs, slinging my yellow duffel bag over my shoulder. "Sorry I couldn't find my hat for a sec there." I apologized, shoving my black cowboy hat on my head. "You and that hat!" my Dad teased me tweaking my nose. "Stop" I told him pushing his hand away. I hate when he treats me like a little girl. But he just laughed. I went, got in his pick-up and he drove me to the airport. Then he went to get a cup of coffee before picking up my sister. My parents are divorced, so every summer my sister and I switch places. I go and live with my Mom in London, and my sister, Annie, lives with my Dad in Napa California. Both of my parents were getting remarried in October and since my Dad's fiancé doesn't like my sister and me, we were both staying with my Mom. When I got on the plane, I fell asleep almost immediately. Then I caught a cab to my Mother's house. When I got there I found my Mother and a man with their backs to me. Upon my arrival, my Mother turned around. "Oh hey Sweetie!" she hugged me. "This is Matt" she said as the man turned around. I gasped. He had an eye patch for starters, and he had a huge bloody scar running from his eyebrow to his neck that suggested a bad encounter with a knife once in his life. His scar looked like a snake. Kind of like the one he had on his arm. A tattoo of a snake with evil red eyes glared up at me. "Matt?" I squeaked not finding my voice. "Yes Max's brother." My mother told me. Max was her fiancé. "Oh" I whispered, glancing up at the mantle where a picture of my entire family at the ocean. I sighed. About a week later I got a phone call from Annie, she was coming home in a month and I hadn't seen her in two years and we couldn't wait to see each other. After we hung up, I remembered when Annie and I first met. We had spent hours upon end on the phone trying to come up with a plan to get our parents back together. And yet here was what it all amounted to. Failure. Failure hurt. Like a rocket shooting you straight towards the ground, you knew the pain would come long before it did. It's the worst feeling in the world and it's impossible to halt. Anyway on to my Dad's fiancé. She looks like an angel but has a heart only for my father. She treats Annie and I like dirt. That's when I realized, that there were two people who loved and cared about me here. My own father didn't want me at his wedding...and my Mother did. Therefore for the time being anyway, she had my heart. The next day however, tragedy struck. My Mom went out around noon, and by three o'clock, Max had called saying my Mom had been in a car accident and he would come over to the house to pick me up in a half an hour. To put it as vaguely as possible, I FREAKED OUT! I was shaking as I dialed my Father's number. When I got an answering machine, I hung up and dialed Annie's cell phone number. 'What's up?" she asked when she heard the tone of my voice. I filled her in and she said she would try to get out here A.S.A.P. We hung up as Max pulled into the driveway. When we got to the hospital, my Mom was intensive care and I wasn't allowed to see her. I hung around the hospital, and then caught a cab to go home. When I got there, I found Annie and my father sitting on my front porch. They ran down and we hugged. "Where's Angelina?" I asked my Dad. "We're done." was all he said as Max pulled up in his convertible. 'You can" he began, hopping out. "Max! Um this is my Dad, dad this is Max Mom's um, fiancé." I said doing a quick introduction. They shook hands stiffly. When we got to the hospital, my Mom was sitting up in her bed with her head heavily bandaged. My Dad immediately dropped to his knees and held her hand. "You don't always have to be so brave you know." he told her. "Oh but I do actually." she insisted. "Liz" my Dad began. "You're fine so see ya around." Max interrupted and upon that, he left. Well if looks could kill, Max would've been dead from the look my father sent his way. But I was confused! Max was usually so nice! I sat down on my Mother's bed while my dad stood up and pulled over a desk chair. "You didn't bring your fiancé?" my Mom asked suddenly, henceforth breaking the silence being held in the room. "Oh apparently you heard?" my dad answered shooting a glare at Annie and I. "Well she's not my fiancé anymore." he told her icily. "What about you?" he asked her motioning to the door. "Oh Max fell in love with a waitress and they're going to Vegas tonight." my Mom said and Annie giggled. "Hey you know what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" my Mom added. "How would you know?" my father wanted to know. But my Mom just smiled secretively. "Ok whatever. Girls let's go down to the cafeteria and get some dinner." my Dad said quickly, clearly not wanting to get involved in a conversation about Vegas. We got lasagna for dinner and sat down at a table with three other people. The woman had curly blond hair and the man and boy had brown straight hair. I saw Annie glancing their way too. The mouthed something to me from across the table "The eaten" it looked like. 'What?" I mouthed back. "The Neeson's, Liam, Daniel, and Natasha" she said. "Richardson?" I asked and she nodded. "Your eyes are the size of tennis balls" she teased me. My Dad was talking to Liam, so I slid over next to him. "Oh Tasha this is Liam, Natasha, and Daniel." my Dad told me like they were old friends. I smiled nervously. "I've never seen you so quite before!" my Dad HAD to point out. I felt myself blush. "Anyway, Nick is she alright?" Natasha asked my Dad." To be honest, I really don't know, why don't you guys stop by later?" my Dad offered. "We will once Micheal wakes up!" Liam promised. "What happened to him?" my Dad asked caringly." football. But Lindsey's up with him now." "Lindsey?" I asked quietly. "Lohan" Natasha told me as if it was perfectly normal for Lindsey Lohan to be in a hospital in London. "Well we'd better get going" my dad told them standing up. "Ok see you guys later." Natasha responded. We went and got a tray for my Mother and went back up to her room. "Hey guess who we just saw!?" my dad told her excitedly. "Who?" she asked. "Natasha and Liam!" he told her putting the food tray down. 'Really!? Is Lindsey here too?" she asked hopefully. "Mmm-hmm" my dad replied, examining his clothes. "Ok and...How do you know them?" I asked finally. "Oh girls I'm sorry, Liam is my best friend form collage and Natasha is your Mother's." my dad explained. "Oh....I'm really sick of the hospital right now can we go get ice cream?" I asked all of a sudden." I saw my parents glance at each other. "Sure!" my dad finally said. We met Natasha and Liam in the hallway only they now had Lindsey Lohan with them. "Hey we were going to go get ice cream you guys want to come?" my dad asked them. "Sure let me go say hi to Liz first though." Natasha went in and came back about five minutes later. "K lets go" she said. Since the ice cream place was right down the road, we walked there. Natasha joked and fooled around with Annie the entire time, trying to make us feel included and it was a lot of fun. When we got back to the hospital we found my Mother's room empty. "Where's Liz?" my dad asked her nurse. 'What? You mean she's not there?" the nurse asked. " No she's there, we just randomly felt like asking you where she was for no apparent reason." Lindsey replied sarcasticly. 'Lins stop." Natasha told her with the first serious look etched on her face I'd seen all day. It scared me, seeing a person with such an eccentric attitude being so solemn. I glanced over at Annie, who had her head on my Dad's shoulder. Natasha took me in her arms and I closed my eyes. And for the first time in my entire life, I felt truly at home. My home had always been either California or London. Yet standing there in my Godmother's arms felt more like home than either of those places had EVER felt. "We should go look for her" my dad said suddenly, ruining my fantasy. "Alright I'll take the girls with me, we'll follow you and Liam. Daniel, stay here with Micheal so that when he wakes up he'll know where we are." Natasha took charge. "Fine" my Dad hurried to his car with Liam hot at his heels. We had been driving for about an hour when my dad pulled over. "Oh my God" Natasha whispered. "Girls stay in the car, I am dead serious." she told us, getting out and loaning Liam and my Father on the opposite side of the road. We watched in silence as tears sprang to her eyes. Liam held her in his arms, as close to his heart as he could get her without taking his heart out of his body and handing it to her. "Ok now I am officially done sitting here. I'm going out there." Lindsey said suddenly. I rolled down my window a fraction of an inch so I could possibly here what was going on. "Lindsey gets your butt back in that car NOW!" Natasha yelled at her the second she opened the door. She slammed it shut and slumped in her seat. My dad knocked on her door and she unlocked it. "Give me your phone" he told her, holding out his hand. "Make me why don't ya" she mumbled. He raised his eyebrows at her and she eventually handed it over. "Your willingness is SO greatly appreciated." he said sarcastically. I watched as he walked over and got Natasha, who looked about ready to faint, to sit down. About ten minutes later, a police officer pulled up, followed by an ambulance. The officer got out, and handed a piece of paper to Liam, who wrote something, and handed it back to the officer, who handed it to Natasha, who tore it in half and threw it at him!" In the front seat, Lindsey was laughing hysterically. "What's so funny?" Annie asked her incredguesly. "He just asked them for autographs!" "What!? That's preposterous!" Annie yelped." Ok,Ok don't tie your pigtails in knots" Lindsey laughed. "Girls I'm sorry we kept you waiting. We're going to the hospital and Natasha and your father will meet us there." Liam said, climbing into the driver's seat. We all rode in silence since we knew if Liam wouldn't let us know what was going on without us asking, not to ask at all. When we got to the hospital, Liam took us down for lunch and when Natasha and my Father still weren't back, we went to my Mother's house, after we got Micheal and Daniel. Micheal was allowed to leave but since his leg was broken, he had to use crutches. When we got to the house, we all sat down to play poker. Around 7:00 when they still weren't back, Liam made us all penult butter and jelly sandwiches and we sat down and watched the original parent trap. By the time it was over, it was 10:00 so we went to bed. Annie slept in her room with Lindsay, but the rest of us had to sleep in the living room. My mom has three couches so Liam, Micheal, and I got couches while Daniel had to sleep on the floor. After everybody else had fallen asleep, Annie came down and we sat on the couch together. The hallway light switched and a voice from behind us said "Hey girls". I whirled around to find Natasha standing behind the couch. Only it didn't look like Natasha. Her eyes were beat red and her hair was a mess of curls. She sat down, not saying a word, and I hugged her tightly. As I did I felt a tear land on my hand. She was crying. She pulled her arms away as she said, "Girls I'm afraid your Mother's past away." Annie burst into tears so Natasha focused her attention to her. My dad came in and took me in his arms. "I'm sorry" he said over and over. "You don't even care!" I yelled as I stood up. "You're just happy to have me and Annie all to yourself." Natasha and Annie looked up at me as I left the room. I slumped against the wall in the hallway, crying. Of all the fun we'd had together, this was the end, the final laugh was laughed and now it was time for the tears. The tears I'd seen not only stain my face, but my sister's and godmother's too. The tears that would curse our lives forever more. The tears of loss, of pain, and of death. I cried alone until Lindsay came out of the living room and said "Your father wants to talk to you." I went back in the living room. "Ok Honey there are a few things we NEED to discuss." my Dad told me. "Number one, the funeral is in two weeks so we're staying here. Number two, Natasha's going to take you guys shopping tomorrow for dresses to wear to the funeral." he counted on his fingers. Natasha glanced at me and I swear to this day I saw a look of guilt, but then the sadness that came pouring out of her eyes made my heart stop. "We probably shouldn't go to the funeral." Liam said. "What?!" Lindsey, Annie, My Father, Natasha, and I all said simultaneously. "Natasha thinks. Do you really want to get involved? Because you know what comes with us." he said to his wife. "Yes I do. She was her best friend and her daughters are like my own and you want me to let them face this alone?" Natasha asked putting her arm around me. "Are you crazy?" she added. "No I'm not crazy but please use your brain. Do you REALLY want to get involved?" he asked trying to stay calm. "YES!" she told him innocently. He threw his hands up in the air. "Fine then by all means gets involved but I guarantee you'll regret it." he told her. "He does have a point." Lindsey agreed with Liam. "Is everyone against me?" Natasha asked. "I'm not against you I just don't want you to regret this." Lindsey said following Liam out the door. The next day, Lindsey, Annie, Natasha, and I got gorgeous matching black dresses with black high heels that rode up our ankles. The day of the funeral the hearse pulled up followed by a sleek black limousine. We all got in the limo and drove to the church. We climbed the steps, opened the doors, and were immediately blinded. Not by the beauty of the alter or the candles, but by the millions of camera flashes that were going off. Natasha was yanked away from me and completely surrounded by reporters. I was alone with Annie in a huge crowd of people. We managed to find the doors and slipped out into the sunlight, bewildered. A few minutes later my Dad slipped out as a ear piercing scream rang through the air. My dad called the police. Three patrol cars pulled up in front of the church and six officers ran into the church. With another ear piercing shriek, Lindsey managed to escape. "What's going on?" my dad asked her. They were trying to get locks of Natasha's hair, that's what the screaming was." she said brushing off her dress. A few minutes later Liam came out looking frazzled. "I don't know how there going to get her out of there. he admitted as a shot rang through the air. all the reporters ran out of the church. "I'm fine really." Natasha was telling an officer. I ran up the steps and hugged her. "Oh darling I'm so sorry you had to go through that." she whispered. Liam came over. "I guess you were right, then" she kissed his cheek. He said nothing. We went into the church and afterwards, to the graveyard. Everyone was throwing her prized possessions and flowers into the hole after they lowered her coffin into the ground. After much thinking, I had chosen to throw my locket and hat in. I had far more important things than the hat anymore. I had also ordered her favorite flowers, edelweiss, from Austria. As I threw them in I burst into tears again. She wouldn't see any of the items. Never again would she see the edelweiss growing in the mountains, or Natasha, or Annie, or anybody. The processional song was as follows....

Every time, we say goodbye, I die a little

Every time, we say goodbye, I wonder why, a little

why the gods above me who must be in the know

think so little of me, they allow you to go

Because when you're near there's such an air of spring about it

I can hear a lark somewhere, begin to sing about it

there's no love song finer, but how strange the change

from major to minor every time we say goodbye.

Afterwards we packed our stuff to leave and said goodbye to Liam, Lindsey, Micheal and, Daniel but we couldn't find Natasha. "I'm sorry Tash but we can't wait for her, our plane leaves in twenty minutes." my Dad finally said. I got in the car as my eyes filled up with tears. I was watching them as Natasha ran out of the house. ":Stop!" I yelped. My dad pulled over and I ran up to Natasha, my eyes red with tears, and hugged her. My dad beeped."Gotta go" I gave her another quick hug. "Wait Tash give this to Annie and that one's for you" she said handing me to small packages. "Thanks" I smiled at her and raced towards the car. "Oh and Tasha?" she called. I turned around "Yeah?" "I love you." she winked. "I love you too" I told her from the bottom of my heart. I got in the car and waved until they disappeared into the distance. When we got on the plane, I handed Annie her box and opened mine. There was a scribbled note from Natasha on it. "Thought you might need a new one of these. All my love-Natasha" I opened the box and there was a new locket in it. On it was the engraving "To Our darling Tasha with all our love, Natasha and Liam" and inside was a picture of both of them on one side and my Mother on the other side. On the front was a heart with a 'T' in it since she knew me as Tasha and she was Natasha. Annie got one identical to mine except her's had an 'A' on it. I put it on swearing never to take it off. I took out my laptop and logged onto AIM. There were four other people on, Annie, Natasha, Liam, and Micheal. "Tash did you like it?" Natasha asked. "Love it! And I already miss you guys." I told her. "Well your father and I were talking, and you and Annie are going to visit us every break." she told me. "WHAT!!!!!????? REALLY!!?? Are you pulling my leg?" I asked her. "I knew she wouldn't want to. That's alright Tasha we'll tell your father to forget it." Liam said. "LIAM!!!!!" I said. "Doll, winter break is only three weeks away you know, so don't miss us too much. We're coming to see you though, for the whole break plus a week." Natasha interrupted. "Wait YOU'RE coming HERE?" I asked "Yeah because we have three weeks of winter break, not two. She told me as we both signed off because the plane had landed. I was really excited about seeing my friends again. My two best friends, Jade and Sarah, met us at the airport. And we went to my house. When we got there, we all decided to go to the gift shop they wanted to go for fun, but I wanted to get gifts for my 'other family' as I decided the Neeson's were. I found a skateboard for Daniel, a bag of poker chips for Micheal, a San Francisco Giants hat for Liam, and a locket with the engraving 'worlds best Mom' on it for Natasha. True, she wasn't my Mom, but she was the closest thing to I would ever have. I wrapped them and put them in my closet. Three weeks later, Jade and Sarah came over again. We were in my room playing Mario on my x-box when there was a knock on my bedroom door. I opened it to find Micheal and Daniel. I yelped and hugged them. Micheal kissed my cheek. "Tash get a grip they're just people." Jade ordered. "You're right." I agreed and we all went back in my room. I heard Annie running to see Natasha. Sarah decided to sleep over that night and the next morning, Micheal, Daniel, Sarah and I walked to the roller rink. Micheal and I held hands in silence. "You want to go get a soda?" he asked me. "That sounds wonderful." we left Sarah and Daniel alone and went to the nearest soda shop, where we got a root beer float. Since he only had enough money on him for one, we got two straws and split it. "About us...you uh want to go steady?" he asked. We'd been dating on and off for months. "I'd love it." I moved over next to him and he put his arm around my waist. "My Mom was pretty upset that you didn't come down to see her yesterday." he told me as we finished the float. "Really? It's the fact that.." I began, trailing off. "It's the fact that your friends are around." he finished for me. I nodded. "So now that they're not..." he didn't even have to finish. "You want to" I began "Only if you do." and we took off running towards my house. "Um Monday there's a pretty good movie playing at the plaza." he told me as we ran. "I'll be there" I promised as we ran up to the house. "Oh good." and we ran in. As I ran in Natasha looked up from the card game she was playing with Annie. "Hi" I said trying to catch my breath. Natasha went back to the card game. "Hello?" I said again. "What now? Natasha asked rudely. I stared at her, shocked. "Ok look Tasha I have kids, you can't expect me to be all friendly when you've been giving me the cold shoulder all week. Sorry Annie" she said and got up and went in the kitchen. geese maybe she only liked famous kids? I mean she treated Lindsey like a daughter. But I was nothing to her. I went out to the memorial we had for my mom in the backyard and put my locket and the best mom locket at the feet of the statue of Mary in the garden. Then I sat on the marble bench and cried. Maybe Jade was right they were just people, FAMOUS people who only love other famous people. Well if you can't beat em join em right? I went in the house and called my friend Allison who lived in Hollywood. She agreed to introduce me to a director. So I went down to the train station and hopped a train for Hollywood. Well I got to be in a movie based on the novel so. and three months later, I returned home. I went up to my front door and pushed it opened. With a flash of red hair Annie was hugging me. My dad came in with a pile of papers and upon seeing me, promptly dropped them all. "Where the HELL have you been?" he asked, crossing his arms. "Oh I was in Hollywood, filming a movie." I said casually. "You're kidding right?" he asked hopefully. "Um No" I said realizing I was in HUGE trouble. Go to your room." he ordered, picking up the phone. I heard a car door slam about three hours later. "What do you mean she was filming a movie? What was she thinking?" Natasha's voice was carried all the way up the stairs. "It's all my fault, I was mean to her." she continued. I went outside to my Mom's garden and took of my baseball cap. I put it under the statue so that it covered the lockets. That's when I noticed the new stone that read...

Adam----October 1996-October 1999

Amelia----October 1996-October 1999

Naomi----July 1980-October 1999

Eric----July 1980-October 1999

Elizabeth----June 1969-May 2008

Annie came out and sat next to me. "Who are these people?" I asked her. "Well Eric and Naomi were our older brother and sister and we were :::Quadruplets with Adam and Amelia." she told me. "How did they die?" I asked trying to cover the lump in my throat. "Train accident. They were going to see Natasha and Liam. We stayed with mom and Dad because we had the flu." she explained. Liam came out. "I'm sorry about Natasha" he apologized for his wife. "Ever since you left she's been acting like Angelina" Annie compared. It was a little depressing to hear Natasha being compared to Angelina. I stood up and went inside. Natasha and my father were sitting at the table. "Tasha come and sit with us for a minute." my Dad said. I sat in the chair closest to my Dad since I still really didn't trust Natasha. "Ok we need to hear it once and for all. Why did you leave?" my Dad asked. "Well she" I glanced at Natasha "yelled at me for trying to spend time with her. So I figured that since she's always willing to spend time with Lindsey that she only liked famous people. So I went so I could be famous too so she'd so she'd" I stuttered." So she'd love me too." I blurted out. "There we have it." my Dad said as if the case was closed. "Ok go up to bed." he told me. Natasha came up and sat down on my bed. "So you're telling me you left just so I would spend time with you?" she inquired. "Well yes." I admitted finding it much harder to tell her than it was to tell my Father. "Oh Darling I'm so sorry." she hugged me. "We do have to leave tomorrow, so if you still want to come for the summer, please feel free to. Don't give me an answer." she said as I opened my mouth to answer. We'd see in two months how I felt.

Two Months later

"Tash hurry up!" my Dad was yelling. "You too Annie" he yelled again. Annie and I met on the stairs and slung our new blue and red duffel bags over our shoulders. We said goodbye and walked to the airport. On the plane I pulled out my laptop and Natasha was on AIM. "Are you coming?" she asked me. I waited a few minutes before saying," We'll be there!" "Oh good but I gotta go" she said signing off. Annie and I both fell asleep. Liam met us at the airport and we drove to there house. At the entrance of the road a fire truck was pulling out. "What's going on?" Liam asked. "Oh the Richardson estate had a fire. Burned right to the ground." The fireman told us before pulling out. Liam jumped out in his driveway and ran up to Micheal and Daniel." Where's your Mother?" he asked them urgently. I ran up and Micheal whirled me around and kissed me as Lindsey drove up. "Oh Liam its awful." she said, kissing his cheek. "Where's Natasha?'' he asked her. "The hospital, I'll give you a ride if you want." she offered. We all clambered in Lindsey's van and drove to the hospital. "We're looking for Natasha Richardson please." Liam said running up to the desk. "Ok family only, third floor, room 113." the secretary told us. "We'll wait here" Lindsey said and Annie and I sunk into chairs. About an hour later he came back,"Alright you can see her now." he said. We all jumped up and went up to the third floor. We stopped outside her door. "Ok I'm not saying it's pretty and I'm not saying she's alright." Liam told us. We went in cautiously. I barely recognized her. Three quarters of her face and hair were three quarters charred. Lindsey sat down at if she was ready to faint. She closed her eyes and didn't open them for what seemed like a century. Annie sat down. "Not another one please." she begged God. This was my Mother all over again! "Please don't die." I kept pleading. She hung on to life like a cat to a tree branch. After work and school, everyone met at the hospital. About a week later Lindsey and I were there while everyone else went shopping. I was sitting on the windowsill reading my book when Natasha moaned quietly. "Natasha I'm here you're alright." Lindsey took her hand. I watched in silence praying she'd answer. "What happened?" she mumbled. "Oh Tash you were in a fire." Lindsey whispered quietly. "Where are the boys, my boys I have to get to them. Before it's too late." she closed her eyes. "They're ok, Liam's got them." Lindsey said taking her hand away. "Oh" she said, calming down and slipping back to sleep yet again. Lindsey took her hand away as I went back to my book, shaking. Then Liam came in, and asked "How's she doing?" " I talked to her for a while, she seemed very confused and doesn't have much energy." Lindsey told him. "Yeah well I'm not surprised, not with her condition anyway." Liam sighed. "Mmm" Lindsey agreed. Micheal came and sat down next to me on the window sill and took my hand. I kissed his cheek and put my head on his shoulder. All of a sudden a man came in. "That's not my girl" he breathed. "Oh hey Mike what's the bad news?" Liam asked him. "Well I'm afraid they've used someone else." the man replied not meeting Liam's eyes. "What?" Lindsey said suddenly. "Come on Lins you have to look at the big picture. She'll never be the same again. Her injuries are pretty permanent. Nobody wants to see a beloved actress in this state." he pointed out." No I guess you're right. Who'd they get anyway?" Liam asked. "Bonnie Hunt, she was the only one willing to do it." the Man told Liam, while glancing nervously at Lindsey. "Then you can count ME out." Lindsey growled. "Come on Lins we need you." the man begged. "No. And fifty bucks says that when Dennis finds out, he won't come back either." Lindsey told him rudely. "Lins she wouldn't want you throwing our career out the window for her." the man persisted. "You have NO IDEA what she'd want, you barely know her off the set. Lindsey screamed, leaving the room and slamming the door behind her. "Sorry Tash" the man said to Natasha before following Lindsey out the door. "Women" Liam groaned, going after Lindsey. "Who was that?" I asked Micheal. "Mike Baker. Director of the second parent trap they're making." he told me. I sighed and Micheal and I left the room. As we were leaving. We heard a moan behind us and froze until the moan turned into a blood curling scream. We ran back in the room. Natasha was sitting bolt upright in bed gasping for air. I felt my heart stop as she slumped right off the bed. Micheal caught her before she hit the ground and put her head on his lap. I grabbed her arm checking for a pulse. "Breath its ok just breath." I kept telling her. Trying to keep myself calm was harder than trying to get her to breath. She was not breathing AT ALL but she did have a pulse. Micheal set her head on the floor and ran out in the hallway coming back a minute later with two nurses and a doctor hot on his heels. Eventually they got her back on the bed and breathing and as fast as they had come, they were gone. And the room was filled with Micheal an I's fast panting as we caught our breath. My heart was beating WAY too fast. "She needs a liver transplant." Liam said coming in. "She does?" I barely whispered. "Yeah but luckily there is a liver available so they'll start operating immediately." he told us. We went down to the waiting room to await the outcome of the surgery. We were sitting there together, when my MOTHER walked in. I gasped. "Mom?" "Hey guys" she smiled. In ran into her arms as the doctor came out, still wearing a surgical mask. I looked up eagerly. "She made it through it, that's one strong woman you got there." he told us and went back in. "Wow God love her." Liam said as he turned to my Mom. "The body you found on the road wasn't me." my Mom explained. My dad came in. "looks who showed up on my door step! " he put his arm around her waist. "We'll wait for Natasha to get remarried though." she told us. "Speaking of Natasha..." we didn't wait for Lindsey to finish as we headed down the hallway to her room. She was sitting up, awake. When we all walked in she gasped." Liz What?" "The body we found wasn't hers." my Dad told her. My Mom knelt down and hugged her best friend.

Five months later

"Girls what do you think of having a new brother or sister?" my Mom asked us. "You mean?" Annie squealed and my Mom nodded. Annie and I gasped!

Nine months later

"Girls take the subway to the Neeson's and I'll meet you there later. its time." was how I got woken up at midnight by my father. He shoved twenty dollars in my hand. Annie and I walked slowly down the deserted street towards the subway. Liam was pretty shocked to find Annie and me on his doorstep at one o'clock in the morning, but after some explanations from Annie and me, he gave us blankets and couches to sleep on. The next morning I went upstairs and sat down on Natasha's bed. "Hey Tash! Is it time?" she asked. "Yup!" I told her excitedly. Her eyes sparkled. "Do you want a new brother or sister?" she asked me. "Either" I didn't really care. She smiled and played with my hair. Ever since she was in the accident, she loved everyone's hair. Liam thinks she had some sort of brain damage when she fell. But I don't mind because I love her to pieces anyway. Just then the doorbell rang and I heard my dad's voice. "Tash dad's here!" Annie yelled up to me. I ran downstairs and hugged him. "Well our family must be cursed or something." my Dad was saying. "Why's that?" Natasha asked coming downstairs. "Well she had triplets." he told us. "Two girls and a boy." he added. "Aww what are their names?" Lindsey asked. "Well the boy's name's Andrea and we decided to let the girls name their new little sister." he said looking at Annie and I. "how about Angelina and Meredith?" I joked. "No!" everyone replied simultaneously. "Fine Fine" I said acting disappointed. "What about Adele?" I suggested. "ooh I like that!" My Dad agreed. "And Liliana!" Annie added. "Love it!" "When can we meet them?" I asked hopefully. "We can go right now if you want" he offered. So of course we did. Liam, Lindsey, and Micheal came with us while Daniel stayed with his Mother since we didn't know how she'd act around babies. I felt incredibly bad, bit in my heart I knew it was the right thing to do. When we got to the nursery, there were three identical ( and may I add adorable) babies with Parker written on their cribs. We went to my Mom's room and a nurse brought them down. I went over to them as Adele opened her eyes. "Hey beautiful! welcome to the most amazing family in the world." I said as she grabbed my finger. I glanced at Liam and saw a tear roll down his face. "Natasha always wanted a little girl, but we can't have one now. We can't even trust her with a baby." he explained. "Oh Liam I'm so sorry." my Mom apologized. We went home the next day. Back to Napa, that is. My Mother, Annie, and I kept taking all the baby stuff out of the attic. Up there I found a box labeled Tasha. Inside were a teddy bear, a photo album, and a picture. I stuck the bear under my arm as I opened the album. They were all pictures of a family. I recognized my parents and godparents. And That's when I realized who everyone else was. This was my family before the train accident! The next picture was of Natasha, and older girl, and two young ones. Underneath it was the inscription, 'Natasha, Naomi, Amelia, and Tasha, the inseparables' Than there was a picture of Amelia and I sitting on Naomi's lap with Natasha sitting next to us. Amelia and I both had teddy bears that were identical to the one I had found in the box. The other thing I noticed was that Amelia and I looked more alike than Annie and I did. On the next page was a ribbon that said 'Amelia' on it and underneath said, 'the only thing we found in the train wreck. On the next page there was the following note

Dearest Naomi,

I can not contain my excitement over seeing you and your family again! I love you forever and will meet you at the station.

All my love,

Kris

There was a whole collection of letters!

I am greatly saddened to report to you the death of your children. The conductor of the QEZ lost control completely.

And the last was

Dear Natasha and Liam,

We are sure you will be devastated, as we are, about the following circumstances. Our darling children, with the exception of Annie and Tasha, were taken away from us last week by train wreck. Apparently those whom we called the inseparables are separable. Tasha lost her best friend in the accident as we are sure you are aware. Please come down, we need you as we always have .

Sending love,

Elizabeth and Nick

I took them down and put them under my bed. "Girls your father and I want to go down to Natasha and Liam's. However pone of you will have to stay here. My Mother said as I walked in the kitchen." Annie please stay here, I'm dying to see Natasha." I begged my sister. She agreed to stay. We took the subway. My father knocked on their door when we got to their house and Natasha opened it. "Oh finally coming to see me? It's been like a month." she said sarcastically. "Tash" my Mom began. But she closed the door and locked it. "Well that went wonderfully didn't it?" My Mother said sitting down on the step. "Please tell me Natasha didn't leave you guys standing out here" Lindsey said coming out. "She did" I said as we all went inside. I found Natasha sitting on her bed and I sat down next to her. "What do YOU want?" she asked rudely. "I just wanted to know if you knew anything about this." I asked handing her the photo of us on the beach. She froze and in one swift movement, tore it in half, and shoved me out of the room. I hit my head on the wall and headed downstairs. "Hey Babe" Liam said, hugging me. "I think Natasha needs help." I told him. "Meaning what?" he questioned. "Well she just shoved me into a wall." I told him. "Are you alright?" my Mom asked caringly. "Yeah I'm fine" I lied quickly, turning back to Liam. "Well the only help we can get her last five months straight." he told me. "I think it might be worth it. We miss our Natasha." my dad said. "I know so do I." Liam said sinking into a chair. "Come on you know how much I love her. I just want her to be ok. And you can come live with us while she's gone." I tried. "Alright" he agreed. "Alright good. We have to go though. Oh and will you be the triplets godparents?" my add asked standing up. "Of course!" Liam agreed, and we left. "How's Natasha?" Annie asked when we got home and we told her about the program. We all hoped it would for better, not for worse. She left the next day, acting as nasty as ever. Over the next five months, Liam and the boys were pretty frequent fliers at our house. I was so used to Liam picking me up from school, that when the five months were up, I didn't know where he was. I went to get my brother and sisters from their babysitter, and rode the subway to their house. When we got to the Neeson's, Lindsey, Micheal and Daniel were playing football in their front yard. "Where's your Mom?" I asked them." Inside" Micheal told me. I left the triplets with them and ran inside. "Natasha?" I called. "She's upstairs Doll" Liam told me coming out of the kitchen. I went up the stairs and knocked quietly on her bedroom door. "Come in!" she called. I walked in as she came out of her closet. "Hey there's my girl!" she said as I came in. "I missed you." I said cautiously. "I missed you too." she told me. "Really?" I asked hopefully. "Definitely" she winked. She was back! I sunk onto her bed and hugged her tightly. "How are those babies?" she asked me after we let go of each other. They're outside with the boys and Lindsey." I grabbed her hand and we went down. Andrew smiled as we walked over. I took him out and handed him to her. "Hey! Hi Buddy, Welcome to the family!" she said holding him gently. "Yeah the best family in the world!" I added, looking up at Natasha, who winked and smiled back at me lovingly. I was finally home!