Chapter 1 A lonely mother

"Mom it's been ten years since dad died. You have to find your self a man! Even I have had more men than you have!" Robyn told her mom as they both sat by the kitchen table playing scramble. It was a typical Friday night which Robyn found rather odd. Her mom wasn't more than 35 and, as she had said, it had been ten years since her father died and it was time to move on. Robyn's mom, Cristina, and her father, Sebastian, had been together since they were 14 and married in the age of 18. Her mom had told her so when Robyn was 12. And now, 3 years later, Robyn thought it was time to get out and meet new people.

She had told her mother this every Friday night when her sister Kate was out partying with her friends.

"It's not that easy Robyn. We spent most of our lives together!" she said in a deep hallow voice before she spelled the word "alone."

"There are a million men out there just waiting for a woman like you to show up and cheer up their lives." said Robyn inquiringly as she spelled "happy."

"John Malkovich, Hugh Jackman, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt..." Robyn suggested hopefully. She made a small laugh.

"You know that most of them are married right?"

"They'll dump their wife's the minute they see you. C'mon mom!" she begged because her mother just continued to smile weakly.

"Look, if I see someone that I like I'll let you know ok?"

They continued for another hour when Kate finally came home and they stopped and called it the night. Her round red room became dark when her mom turned of the lights and kissed her good night. She knew she was fifteen and all but it kinda made her feel ten again.

Robyn had loved her father very much and had cried for five months when she heard that her father had died in a car crash but she wanted her mom to be happy again. Help her out with the economy and stuff, but she guessed that was too much to hope for.

She snuggled up to her pillow and let out a sigh before she closed her eyes and dreamt about Johnny Depp as her new father…

It was past ten when Robyn went down for breakfast where she found her mother and Kate already sitting by the small table. Kate's face was squared sounded by light brown hair that reached the end of her shoulder blades and was rather short to be 17. Robyn had always looked very much like Kate. She had a squared pale face with grey eyes and her hair was curly with a golden color which made her look like a baby doll. She was taller than Kate though she was a bit bony compared to her.

None of them looked like their mother at all that had a long thin face with brown eyes and with short red hair.

"Hey family." said Robyn simply as she took yoghurt out of the fridge. "Have you been thinking about what I suggested last night?"

"Don't tell me that you two have been talking about this father thing again…" asked Kate with her mouth full of cereal.

"As the matter of fact we have." she said and sat down.

"What's the point? Don't worry Cupid, if mom sees someone she likes she'll let you know! She has told you that a thousand times!"

Robyn rolled her eyes and opened her yoghurt.

"That's my point! She has told me that for years now, and unless I'm deaf, she hasn't mentioned anyone she likes yet."

"Robyn, have you forgotten the time she went out the milk man?" asked Kate. Robyn gave her a disapproving look.

"The guy that called himself Mr. Milky?"

"Yeah, Bernard or something…"

"That guy was a kid! Not a man! And that's two years ago!" Robyn looked at her mom that didn't do anything but to watch them with an interested look. She always did that when they had a fight about her 'male' problem. When Robyn understood that she wouldn't get any help she walked out of the room with a great sigh. She found a seat in the small couch in the living room up stairs and started on her yoghurt that tasted disappointment.

"Honey, I know you want me to date again but you can't push me. If I find some body, I find some body and if I don't than too bad. Ok?" said Robyn's mom that had just joined her in the couch. Robyn nodded.

"Good. Now get dressed, we are going to the mall." She said and disappeared down the stairs again. Robyn applied and pulled on a dull blue jumper and a pair of jeans without really paying attention.

Stupid Kate, she thought, always had to ruin the small hope she had that her mom would ever get a boyfriend. It was probably because of the power she had that made her so aggressive. She could become so hot that she could burn her way through anything except glass. Robyn had though her power cool till the day she had burned a hole in her door to get inside. Kate had said that she was drunk at the time which her mother didn't believe and took away her stereo as a punishment…

Robyn on the other hand could teleport. Not long distances of curse, but long enough to make it an advantage. The longest she had teleported was from Mrs. Johansen's house and back to her house that was about 4 miles. She mostly used it to hide on the roof when Kate was in a bad mood.

The mall was a five minute drive which Robyn easily could have teleported but her mom insisted to come anyway. She thought of it as a way to socialize with people without inviting them over for tea, which Robyn found ridicules.

They parked closest to the entrance and walked inside in silence. After they had said hello to a couple of people they started to look for peanut butter which stood by the milk on the second row.

"Oh look Robyn, sausages only 2 dollars." Cristina managed to say before she crashed into another trolley. While her mother excused her self, Robyn bent down to pick up the tomatoes that had fallen out and when she looked up she saw to her great horror a small gray haired man with a mustache smiling at them.