Chapter 1
Fourteen year old Lindsey Alessia Fairway sat on the front porch
of her Victorian style home as she glanced across the road at the beautiful glimmering sunset.
The blue shutters on the house looked wonderful in the evening glow.
"This day has been wonderful!" she thought to herself while she gently let out a yawn.
She was quite tired for she had been running all day in Mr. Tom's field with her best
friend Sheldonwhich she affectionately referred to as Sheldy.
As she glanced up to the sky she noticed that the previous big fluffy
white clouds were now that beautiful lavender that she loved.
"I don't think li.." suddenly the phone ringing interrupted her thought.
It just kept ringing... and ringing.. and ringing. "Mom, are you going to
get that?" Lindsey yelled from the porch. Finally the ringing stopped.
"Hello?" She could her her mom say from the kitchen.
"Good, now I can get back to my thoughts." She said aloud as she started to hum her favorite song.
Just then her mom walked out on the porch, with Peter on her hip, and the phone in her hand.
She looked complety frazzled, with her dark brown, tightly curled, slightly frizzy hair.
Her deep iris colored dress looked wonderful with her dark brown eyes, she was beautiful.
"I hope I look just like her when I get older." Lindsey thought with a sigh.
But she knew that wasn't likely, even though every one always told her she looked like her mother.
She knew that her violet eyes would never compare to her mothers chestnut eyes.
And even though her hair was curly it just wasn't the same.
"They canceled dance class tomorrow." her mother said when she spotted her on the porch.
"That was Mrs. Terri, her great uncle died and the funeral is tomorrow night."
"Okay that's fine, I guess." Lindsey said with a sigh. The summer breeze felt really good at the moment.
"I just wanted to let you know, oh and don't stay out here too long. I have some things that I need you to do tonight."
Lindsey sighed again. " Okay but I have no idea what you could want me to do after yesterday."
She was referring to the five hours she spent cleaning the day before.
" Lindsey I don't need that attitude."
"Yes ma'am. I'm sorry," Lindsey said with a smile.
Her mother smiled back. " Remember don't stay out long."
"Okay Mom, I won't forget." She said as her mom walked back into the house
Later on that night Lindsey's mother called a "Family Meeting".
As everyone shuffled into the living room Their mother said
"I have some exciting news for all of you!"Spoken with great enthusiasm.
"Mom," Complained Aaron, Lindsey's Older brother . " I told Doug I would call him at eight.. and it's already eight-nineteen."
"Well," their mother said "I wouldn't keep you if this wasn't important."
"What's so important, Mommie?" Five year old Kelly asked in a sweet giggling voice.
"I'll tell you right now Kelly, we have all been invited to spend three weeks with your great aunt and uncle in California!"
"Unca Whois an awnt Merial?" Peter exclaimed, He was pretty smart for a three year old.
"That's right! Uncle Lewis and Aunt Mureale!" Their mom said with joy.
"What?! When are we leaving? How ling are we going to be gone? Am i going to have to miss Jeff's party?" Aaron asked all at once.
Their mother gave him a questioning look mixed with disappointment.
"Don't you wan to go?"
"Well... It's not that I don't want to go .. It's just that we have so many things going on here."
Lindsey rolled her eyes "He hasn't been anywhere in a week!' she thought as her mother sat trying to convince Aaron that it will be fun.
Not that Lindsey necessarily wanted to go.. But she wasn't going to sit there and whine about it.
"Yay!" Seven year old Ellen screamed and squealed.
" We will leave next Thursday." their mom said without hesitation and the excitement returning to her voice.
"What are we gonna do Mommie?" Peter asked.
"Well, we can go to the beach, go shopping or out for a boat ride."
"Yay!" Was screamed from all three of the "little ones".
"Well i for one am NOT going on a boat!" Lindsey screamed in terror.
"Ha! you have always been scared of the water, Linds. When are you going to get over it?" Aaron questioned with a laugh .
Lindsey stuck her toung out at him.
"I'm not scared of the water! I'm scared of what's IN the water!"
"Ah! Aawon don't be meanie to wendsey!" Peter screamed, While running into Lindsey's arms saying
" Don't cry Wendsey, don't cry."
"Silly Goose!" Kelly shouted from across the room.
"Lindsey's not crying!" said in a giggling voice.
Yep that's Kelly she looked just the way she acted, Short little blonde headed, pale skinned Kelly could make anyone laugh.
But not with out laughing herself.
And Peter was just one of the cutest thing's ever. With his giant sapphire eye's and his thick brown hair.
Her had the biggest heart he always made sure everybody fit in and felt loved.
Ellen, Was the quite one of the bunch. She hardly ever did anything wrong and always kept to herself.
Though her whole family knew that there was a little person in there somewhere.
Aaron was Sixteen and a pain, from Lindsey's point of view.
He was always messing with her in one way or another, from him and his friends going through her room,
to him making her look bad in front of her friends.
In her opinion he was the Devil. Okay maybe he wasn't that bad.
The phone rang and Aaron jumped up.
"That has to be Doug!" he exclaimed
He was already in the Kitchen saying "Hello?" when their mother gave him a disapproving look.
"We need to discuss this, Aaron." their mother said in a tone of voice that was sweet yet firm.
"Hey doug," He said into the receiver "I got to go.. Okay talk to you then."
As he hung up the phone Lindsey loudly proclaimed,
"I hate people who don't say good bye when they hang up the phone!"
"Yeah well Dad doesn't say bye does that mean you hate him?" Aaron questioned with a smirk.
"Family doesn't count!" She shot back.
"Then i guess we don't have a problem then, do we?" he said with a smile that made her sick.
"Ah! you're intolerable! You know what i meant."
"Oh what? was i supposed to read your mind?" he said in a sarcastic tone.
"Children!" Their mother exclaimed "Now we have three days to pack for three week's and i dont want any complaining!"
"Yay!"all the little kids shouted again.
"Some time's they can be so annoying!" Lindsey thought .
"May i be excused?" Lindsey asked in the sweetest voice she could muster.
Her mother sighed "I guess but you need to start packing."
And with that she dragged her feet up the stairs to her room, and turned on the CD player
