(Alea's POV)

"We're here, Alea," my mom said. "See the Empire State building?" I looked out the car window and saw not only the Empire State building, but all of New York City. "Wow! It's so amazing, Mom," I said. "I'm so excited to be living here." My mom smiled, but then frowned. "What's wrong, Mom?" I asked. My dad sighed. "Your mom still isn't ready for this," he said. "Are you sure you want to do this, sweetie?"

"Dad, this is a once in a lifetime offer for you and Mom," I said. "You should go see the world."

"Well, as long as you're happy," Dad said.

Mom started crying a little. I reached over the seat and hugged her. "Don't be sad, Mom," I comforted. "It's just hard not having you with us," she said. "You're the light of our lives."

"Just pretend it's a long vacation…a very long vacation," I said. "I'll Skype you every day and send pictures of my new life."

"And make sure you won't be a pain to Charlotte," Dad said. "Dad, you know I won't," I replied. Charlotte was the nanny/maid that Mom and Dad hired to watch over me until I was 18. "I know you have a tendency to have wild parties when we're not home, but try to restrain yourself," Dad joked. "Dad! I do not throw wild parties!" I exclaimed, laughing. We finally drove into the city and began to search for the apartment building.

"There it is," Mom said pointing to one. "Mom, that's not the Belmont Building," I corrected. "Now I'm worried you're going to get lost here," Dad said. "Well, we'll take a walk around the city after we unpack," I said. "I'm sure I'll be able to figure things out then." Finally, we found it. "Well, Alea, are you ready to see your penthouse?" Dad asked. "I've been ready since you told me about it," I replied. While Dad went in to get the apartment keys, a woman rushed out and hugged Mom and me. "Oh, it's so nice to finally meet you," she said. "Oh, you must be Charlotte," Mom said. "Yes," the woman replied. "You must be Alea."

"Yep, that's me," I said. "Oh my, you have such pretty eyes," Charlotte said. "Thank you," I said.

(Okay, unless you've read my profile, Alea has different colored irises, green right and deep red left)

"I hope you don't mind, but I already let myself into the apartment to put all the essentials in, you know, pots, silverware, dishes," Charlotte said. "Oh, that's great," Mom said. "Thank you very much."

"Hey, guys!" Dad said, coming back with the keys. "Let's go check out Alea's apartment." We all rushed to the elevator and went to the very top floor. "Here it is," I said. "Apartment 801." Dad handed me the keys and I unlocked the door. When I opened it and looked inside, I was stunned. It was the largest, most luxurious penthouse I had ever seen. "Wow! This is so…so…Oh! I can't even describe it," I said ecstatically. "Go check out your room," Dad said. I ran upstairs threw open the door of the first room I saw. I was rendered speechless. My new room was painted a deep red and with black, gold, and silver furniture. My bed had scarlet and black sheets with a black canopy. "Oh my God! It's perfect!" I exclaimed. "Well, let's move all your stuff in," Dad said.

After we unloaded all of the boxes, we decided to spend the rest of the day walking around New York City. "Where would you like to go first, sweetie?" Mom asked. "Oo, how about Central Park," I said. As we waited in the elevator, it stopped on one floor and the doors opened to reveal two boys with white hair who appeared to be twins. The only differences, besides their obvious clothing style, were that one had relaxed hair and childish eyes while the other had erratic hair and serious eyes. They entered the elevator and we all stood in silence.

The one with child-like features looked like he was about to say something, but he just sighed instead. I looked at the other one and saw that he was looking right at me. I was trapped by his light brown eyes, which seemed to soften the more he looked at me. I finally broke from the trance and looked up at the floor numbers. Finally, we reached the ground floor. I began to race towards the lobby doors so I could finally be out in the city air, but as I run out of the elevator I tripped and started falling towards the ground. However, before I could hit the floor someone caught me.