Chapter 1
The bullets raced towards her father and went right into his heart. Her mother raced to him and held her dead husband in her arms as the blood went all over her.
Wynter awoke sweating heavily. She had this dream (well it was more of a flash back since this had actually happened) often. Wynter had been six at the time, her sister Emma and her brother Zack were almost a year old. The murderer had fled and was nowhere to be found. Julie, Wynter's mother called the police and they came right away along with an ambulance. The police searched and searched for the murderer but couldn't find a trace of him. Now nine years later they still haven't found him.
Wynter sat up and looked over to Emma's side of the room, the bed was empty. "She must be down stairs," Wynter thought. She looked at her digital clock, 9:40 AM.
She walked over to her dresser and looked at herself in the mirror. Her purple tipped black hair was messy as it normally was when she woke up, except this time is was full of sweat from the nightmare. She hated when she had this dream. It always made her queasy.
Wynter went over to her desk and turned on her hp pavilion laptop. She signed into AOL instant messenger (aim). A message came up saying "Welcome DuckyDevil14." Looking at her buddy list, she saw that her two best friends Lea "TomBoy29" and Austin "GothGalaxy13" were on.
DuckyDevil14: Hey guys
TomBoy29:Hey Winnie
GothGalaxy13: Hey my people!
TomBoy29: Hi Aust! Has it ever seemed strange to you that we're up at 9:45 AM on a weekend?
DuckyyDevil14: Lol, well its really not THAT early.
GothGalaxy13: Not as early as when we have school.
TomBoy29:
I guess not…you guys suck!
DuckyDevil14: No we- WAIT what did we
do?
TomBoy29: Um you guys… um… Hold on…
GothGalaxy13: Ha Ha! La's confused!
TomBoy29: But I'm not singing!
DuckyDevil14: I'm confused!
GothGalaxy13: La La La!
TomBoy29: What what what!
GothGalaxy13: I was just singing!
DuckyDevil14: Austin's just an evil little 14 year old girl.
GothGalaxy13: Aw shucks!
DuckyDevil14: I had the dream again.
TomBoy29: You should go see a psychiatrist.
DuckyDevil14: Are you serious?
TomBoy29: Well you had this dream like 10 times this month and almost every other day last month. Fix yourself!!!!!
Gothgalaxy29: Fix yourself? Huh?
DuckyDevil14: Got to go my mom's calling me down for breakfast.
Wynter shut down her computer and went downstairs. From there she went to the kitchen where she saw her mom cooking something on the stove.
"I made your favorite, chocolate chip pancakes," said her mother Julie.
"Since when do you cook?" Wynter sassed as she sat down at the kitchen table, "Wait what do you want me to do?"
"Well I'm going out tonight with a friend," Wynter's mother said, "so um… I need you to watch Zack and Emma."
"Great! I get to spend my night with two nine year olds. What fun! " Wynter said sarcastically as her mom set a plate of pancakes in front of her.
Wynter didn't feel like eating because she sill felt a little queasy from having the dream so she just picked at her pancakes.
"Mom, Zack pinched me," whined Emma as she walked into the kitchen.
"No I didn't," said Zack as he came in the kitchen behind Emma in his Spider Man pajamas.
"Zack I thought I told you to get dressed?," said their mother completely ignoring what they had said.
"Oh yeah I um I forgot," replied Zack.
" Well, go upstairs and get dressed," ordered Julie, "then you can have some breakfast."
Emma sat down at the kitchen table next to Wynter. "Mom Wynter's playing with her food," said Emma.
"Wynter why aren't you eating?" asked Julie, "I thought you loved chocolate chip pancakes."
"I do it's just." Wynter paused, "…just I'm not that hungry right now."
Wynter got put her dishes in the sink and went upstairs to her room. She sat at her desk and turned on her computer again. She signed onto aim, but this time only Lea was on.
TomBoy29: Hi what's up since about 20 min ago? Lol.
DuckyDevil14: I have to watch Em and Zack tonight. You?
TomBoy29: Same old boring life.
DuckyDevil14: You want to come over and help me watch them?
TomBoy29: Only if we rent movies and have popcorn.
TomBoy29: And if Aust comes too.
DuckyDevil14: Yea but we also have to make PUPPY CHOW!!!!
TomBoy29: YAY!!!!
GothGalaxy13 has just signed on.
GothGalaxy13: Hey guys what's up?
DuckyDevil14: I'm baby-sitting Em and Zack tonight.
GothGalaxy13: Wow sounds like fun!
TomBoy29: Well it will be fun if we go over there and watch movies and eat popcorn.
DuckyDevil14: Don't forget the…PUPPY CHOW. Lol.
GothGalaxy13: Did you even ask your mom yet?
DuckyDevil14: Umm…no but that would be a good idea wouldn't it?
TomBoy29: You think?
DuckyDevil14: Be right back.
GothGalaxy13: Ok
TomBoy29: Ok
DuckyDevil14 is away.
Wynter turned and went into the living room where she found Emma and Zack fighting.
"I want to watch power rangers," whined Zack.
"I don't want to watch your stupid boy shows, I want to watch Sister, Sister!" Emma yelled.
"Stop it the both of you," Wynter shouted at them while she flipped through the channels to find something they both liked, "Here watch Spongebob Squarepants."
"Fine," they both said.
"Hey where's mom?" Wynter asked.
"She went to work like she does every Saturday duh," replied Zack.
"I forgot, I'm not usually up this early." she said, "Well, I'll ask her later."
"Ask her what?" asked Emma.
"None of your business, that's what," Wynter snapped.
"Whatever," Emma said. She went back to watching "Spongebob" as Wynter turned and went back upstairs.
DuckyDevil14 returned from away.
TomBoy29: YAY Winnie's back!!
DuckDevil14: Lol.
DuckyDevil14: Where's Aust?
Tomboy29: She had to leave she was going somewhere.
DuckyDevil14: Wow you're very descriptive!
Tomboy29: I know. Lol.
Tomboy29: So what did your mom say?
DuckyDevil14: Didn't ask. I forgot she was working.
Tomboy29: Ok………so you're watching double trouble ALL day. I feel bad for you.
DuckyDevil14: Really? I feel bad for myself. Lol
Tomboy29: Lol.
TomBoy29: Wait what?
DuckyDevil14: Lol you're slow.
Tomboy29: J
DuckyDevil14: Lol. Got to go. I'm going to take a shower.
Tomboy29: Yeah you should, you're stinking up the instant message.
Tomboy29: Just Kidding
DuckyDevil14: No that's you stinking it up. PHEW!!
DuckyDevil14: Just kidding
DuckyDevil14: Bye.
Tomboy29: See you later.
DuckyDevil14 has signed off.
Wynter went back to the living room where Emma and Zack were at another one of their fights.
"Jeez, She wasn't kidding when she said double trouble!" Wynter mumbled to herself.
Emma had Zack pinned, dangling spit above his face.
"Emma don't you dare!" Wynter said without looking. Emma, surprisingly, had more strength than Zack.
"Aw, but I was going to suck it back in," complained Emma.
"Yeah, but someday it will fall on his face, and I don't want to be baby-sitting when it happens," Wynter said some-what reasonably.
Emma got off Zack and went to sit on the couch.
"Ok, Squirts, I'm going to take a shower and get dressed. When I come back we're going to go to the store," bossed Wynter.
"What for?" Zack asked.
"Lea and Austin are coming over, so I'm going to get some stuff for tonight," Wynter replied.
"And we have to go why?" Emma asked.
"Well jeez, don't you want Lea to come over?" Zack asked, as if this was everyday knowledge.
"Eww! Why do you like her, her hair is too short, and she doesn't wear any make up, at least Austin wears some, and her hair is hair way down her back," Emma reasoned.
"Lea's hair and face is all natural. Austin's hair is so black, and Lea's not obsessed with black. Besides, Lea likes to play games and hates pink! She's so awesome! I love her… " Zack argued.
"EXACTLY! Lea hates pink, I mean, come on, pink is like the girl color, all my friends would think she's a boy…" Emma complained.
"Well anyways, you guys can't stay home, that's why I baby-sit you…" Wynter said.
