There was a knock at the door. Paloma stood beside the police officer, yet again, waiting for her family to answer the door
"You know if they're not in I could leave a note saying you stopped by?" He simply glared at her. She sighed, shrugging as she crossed her arms across her chest "Or maybe we can just stand here and wait either ways fine" The door swung open and there stood her mother, a concerned look on her face as she looked at the officer till she looked to his side and saw her daughter Paloma sulking with her arms crossed.
"Paloma! Where have you been" She looked at the Police Officer a disgusted expression covered her face. "What have you done this time...? Are you safe? Oh my gosh! You had both your Father and I so worried" She shrieked all at once.
"Mom, chill out. I was messing around with some friends... It's no big deal" Paloma rolled her eyes in response to her Mothers nagging.
"She was caught vandalizing government property Mrs. Majors"
"I was spraying a wall, not killing or hurting anyone!" Paloma said, as he shoved her forwards
"Please keep her from doing it, again, Mrs. Majors" he said before walking off. Janet followed Paloma into the house shutting the door hard behind her.
"We need to talk Paloma; I'm getting sick of this behavior. What, now you're a vandal!" Paloma stormed passed her Mother and ran straight upstairs, ignoring her completely. "Sometimes I wonder were you got this from. It's certainly not me or you're Father!" She shouted as she walked into the kitchen and waited for Brad to get home from picking her son up from extra Science lessons. The door opened and shut. Brad walked into the kitchen, smiling gently at Janet. He kissed her cheek.
"What's wrong dear? You seem upset" He looked up at the ceiling as music blared from Paloma's room above "Though I can guess why"
Meanwhile Paloma danced around her room to the music which blasted from her record player, as she sang along.
"Oh, hey sweetie. It's Paloma... I'm really worried about her, its gotten worse, her behavior I mean... It's like she's had a demon inside of her from the day she was born" Janet explained. Brad frowned as if he was wondering what had gone on. "She's been caught vandalizing this time. I honestly don't understand how she's got like this; I mean she's been brought up really well. We put her in one of the best schools in Denton... I really don't know Brad" Janet said now in a more upset tone.
"Mom? I got an A in all my subjects today. An A star in Science" Sebastian proudly announced. Janet stroked his head.
"Well done darling, you're making us very proud" she said as she looked up at the ceiling which looked like it would fall in at any second. Brad ruffled his son's hair
"Hopefully you'll be able to rub off on your sister, before she makes the ceiling collapse" he sighed, shaking his head as he sat down across from Janet.
Paloma lay on her bed, ear plugs in as the music still blared, reading one of her favorite magazines, which she had stolen from her dad wardrobe.
"Want me to run you a bath mom... You must have had a real hard day at work today" Sebastian smiled at both his parents.
"Oh yes, if you don't mind that is dear. Also if you could try talk with your sister, that'd be so helpful" Janet began to prepare the dinner.
Sebastian walked up the stairs and stood at his twin sister's bedroom door, starring at it disgusted at all the skull and cross bones on the door with a sign that said 'enter at risk'.
"Eugh!" he sighed. He knocked and waited for a couple of seconds, but there was no answer. He put his ear to the door and could hear nothing but loud rock music which sounded as if it was coming out of ear phones. He eased open the door slowly "...Err, Paloma?" he asked as he walked in quietly. He was shocked when we noticed Paloma reading her Father's Playboy magazine. "Ewe, Paloma!" He shrieked. She darted her head in his direction looking up towards him with a look on her face which read 'what do you want!' on it. "That's utterly and despicably disgusting, Eugh. You make me sick!" he shook his head in disgust.
"You make me sick by breathing, now what do you want? Another weggie perhaps, or maybe a new one I learnt a swirly. Wash all the loserness out of you!" she said getting up, smirking at him.
Brad sighed, shaking his head.
"What are we going to do Janet? The girls a menace. She's going to end up getting herself hurt or killed one day" he gently took her hand in his.
"I don't know Brad darling... Do you think anything which happened to us, you know... The Castle and us being stressed after it affected one of the twins - meaning her - during the pregnancy?" Janet asked. Brad looked at the floor, went bright red in colour and let go of Janet's hands slowly, as if he didn't ever want to talk about it ever again.
"I'm sorry Brad; I know it's a touchy subject. I just can't get to the bottom of it that's all. Maybe she has ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder or something. I don't know. I mean I love her all the same for who she is; after all she is our beautiful daughter. It's crazy how someone as gorgeous and perfect as her can be so Tom boyish and rebellious" Janet sighed. Brad rolled his eyes. Janet did have the tendency to go on at times which Brad was well used to by now.
"I don't wanna think about that place ever again Janet. I just want to raise our children well and never ever talk about that night again. It's just a faze, a long one I know, but still just a faze she'll grow out of it soon, I promise Janet. It's going to be all right"
"I just hope it will... Now do you want brownies for after's?" Janet giggled. Brad raised his eyebrows. "I'll take that as a yes" She smiled as she prepared the brownies. He chuckled, standing and kissing her cheek.
"I'm gonna go check on the twins 'B.D.S' in the shed for their big day" he said, smirking as he headed out to the garden and to the shed.
Paloma smirked at her brother.
"Don't you knock poof, I could have been pleasuring myself" she said, licking her lips, knowing how innocent her brother was mentally still.
"You actually make my physically sick. You're a disgrace to the human race, and technically... I don't think you're my real sister. Number one..." Sebastian began to count on his fingers. "You have the mental age of a five year old... Number two you're just as open about everything sexual as an experienced porn star... Three, your hair is ugly and wild... Like an untamed bush. There are hundreds of reasons Paloma, but all in all. I've never known anyone who's as much as a brat as you. I want to barf!" He blurted out all at once. Paloma sat there with her mouth wide open and a shocked expression on her face. She smirked, standing and walking over and licked right up his face.
"Why thank you very much poofy ami yumi! Yea I saw your little collection of Japanese antic toys from you sad TV shows and comic. They made good candles" she said, licking her lips as she sat back down on the bed.
"Oh my god, I really hate you... I am going to kill you" Sebastian went on. A tear rolled down his cheek. "You're a female dog, and I wish you were dead..." he said calmly as he settled down and walked down the stairs.
Janet noticed her son crying.
"What's up son?" she asked. Brad stood up looking very curious.
"Nothing Mother just a huge fat problem upstairs. She's just immature; I'm not going to rise to her levels... What's for tea anyway?" He asked with the same jolly smile on his face he always has.
"Aww its okay Seb" Janet wiped the tear off his face. "We're having pie tonight, your favorite!" she said in an excitable tone. Brad got up out to go shout Paloma down for her dinner.
"Not hungry!" she shouted, as she climbed down herself made rope, down onto the street from her window.
"Now Paloma, don't be silly now hon. Seb didn't mean to insult you or anything. You two are as bad as each other when you get in a room together"
"I... I didn't dad!" Sebastian called out.
"Shush... Just say that so she comes back down." Brad said.
Two hour passed and as usual Janet began to panic.
"Oh dear! Now what? It's 8 pm and it's already dark! I worry so much about her" Janet almost began to cry
"Now Janet it's gonna be all right, she's probably just up in her room listening to her head phones. Seb go and check on your sister please, and don't say anything"
Paloma meanwhile was walking the long path out of Denton, whistling to herself as she looked around with her torch
"Oh I love pissing that woman off when she ain't here. Half a mile in the opposite direction to where Scott is" she said as she walked through the over growth on the abandoned land
"Paloma" Sebastian shouted as he trotted up the stairs. "I'm not going to walk in this time unless you say I can, but mom and dad said if you don't come down for tea, then they will extend your time being grounded.. So I'd come like now" He waited and after five minutes got really impatient. He put his ear to the door again to see if he could hear the sound of The Rolling Stones blasting from her tape player. "Hmm, it sounds pretty empty in there if you ask me" Sebastian thought to himself. He slowly eased the door open covering his eyes in case he witnessed a site which could quite possibly blinder him forever. To his surprise the room was completely empty. He noticed the curtains blowing slightly in the wind. "The windows open" he said to himself as he walked over to close it. "Maybe she's in the bathroom or something" He wondered. His jaw then fell open when he noticed the rope hanging from the window down to the floor. "Oh my gosh" He yelled.
Brad sighed, drumming his fingers on the table, shaking his head
"A rope... Where would she get that type of equipment from anyway?" Janet worried.
"She gets around you know Mother? There's no doubt she found it on one of her 'adventures'" Sebastian reminded his parents of his sisters Tom Boy ways. Janet sighed as she picked the phone up to dial the Police Duty Officers number.
"She's only fifteen, soon to be sixteen and has been arrested eight times already..." Her arm rested on the kitchen counter, her hand in her head as she waited for an answer.
Paloma walked through the grounds, until she found the least likely thing. She picked it up and carried it home, carrying it through the back garden gate, and put it in the shed, hiding it from sight. Before walking into the kitchen
"Hello" Janet got up out of the kitchen chair very quickly.
"Come here young lady!" Janet shrieked, walking up to Paloma who sassily walked up to her Mother, and put her hands down, supporting her body as she leaned back on the table. Paloma raised her eyebrows. "This stops. This stops now!" Janet shouted. "Sebastian go to your room for a sec hon" she smiled for a slight second then went straight back to being annoyed.