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12-year-old Kat Membrane stood in front of the grave. Her brown hair was up in a ponytail, her hazel eyes were leaking tears, and she was pale as a ghost except for the mascara running down her face. Her bangs fell, covering her right eye. She was wearing a long, black, dress and black high-heeled shoes. She watched as her deaceased mother was lowered into the ground. The preacher, Brother Greg, put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Kat, the taxi's ready hun." He said, gazing at her. His pale blue eyes showed compassion and his white hair trembled along with the rest of his body. He was 70 years old, and was quite notorious in the town. The taxi was supposed to take her to Springfield, Illinois, a four and a half hour drive away from Louiville, Kentucky. Kat wiped her tears away and smiled at the man.

"Thanks, Brother Greg. For everything." She said. She threw her rose in the grave, and then walked towards the taxi as she folded her arms and tears rolled down her cheeks. During the taxi ride, Kat was quiet as she thought. She was leaving her home to go to live with her father, a man who didn't even know her brother and sister existed and she wasn't so sure he remembered her either. She knew her brother and sister's names, but she had never seen or met them. She hadn't ever met her father either, which just made her feel all the more unwelcome. Before she knew it, they were already almost an hour away. She pulled out her notebook and began to write more in her story. She had written twwenty pages by the time the taxi stopped. She quickly put her notebook back in her bag and slung it over her shoulder. The Taxi cab driver already had her bags on the sidewalk as she got out. A boy who looked to be about 13 walked out of the house. He had his hair in a scythe like style, he wore a blue t-shirt with a neutral smiley face on it, a black trench coat, black jeans and black boots. His eyes were the color of caramel. He paid the taxi driver and as soon as he did, the man was gone. The guy looked at me for a minute, then smiled.

"You must be Kat. I'm your brother, Dib." He said, sticking his hand out. She shook his hand.

"Uh, yeah. I'm Kat. It's nice to finally meet you." She said as he grabbed her bags. Her other stuff had already been sent here and unpacked.

"Come on in. I'll let you get changed and then I'll show you around, and then I'll introduce you to Gaz." He said as they walked in. He walked up the stairs, her heavy bags making him go very very slow.

"I can take something, Dib. It-"

"Nonsense." He said as they walked into a white room. There was a bed, a dresser, and a chest of drawers. The floor was black hardwood. He set her bags down. "This is your room, Dad said you could paint it whatever color you liked." Kat nodded.

"Erm...who am I supposed to tell when I figure out what color I want it?" She asked. Dib laughed.

"Well, you can tell me and I'll call the painters." He said after a few minutes. Kat thought for a few seconds.

"Mmkay. I want a deep shade of green."

"Emrald?"

"Yeah." Kat said. He nodded.

"I'll go call them while you get changed." He said. Kat nodded and he walked out. Kat quickly got changed into a black mini skirt and a blue tank top. When he came back a few minutes later, Dib showed her around the house and then took her to the living room. A little girl who looked like she was about ten years old sat on the couch, playing a video game. Her violet har was straight, and she wore a purple dress, skull necklace, and black boots. Dib walked over, and closed her game.

"Gaz, Kat is here. Be polite and say hi to her." Gaz folded her arms and looked away from Kat and Dib.

"I don't have to." She said.

"Gaz, as your older brother I have authority over you when Dad's not home and I am TELLING you, not ASKING you to be polite for ONE NIGHT. That can't be to impssible for you!" He snapped. Gaz rolled her eyes.

"Gaz..." He warned. She turned and looked at Kat.

"Hi." She said in a tone that said she obviously did not give a crap about the fact her mother just died and her sister she'd never seen before was going to be living with them now. Kat politely smiled.

"Hey sis! I like your outfit, it's cute." Gaz growled in response and turned her video game back on. Dib yet again shut it off.

"No. Dad will be here in an hour for family night, and it will be Kat's turn to pick where we eat. Until Dad gets here, I wanna spend a little time with Kat and I am going to force you to do the same." One of her eyes opened as she looked at Dib, and then she opened both to roll her eyes again and smacked him.

"I. Don't. Care." She said. He shook his head.

"Then I want you to clean your room. Kat's gonna have to stay with you for a few days-" He was interrupted when she smacked him again.

"Why can't she stay with you?" She snarled.

"Because I am a guy, she is a girl, your a girl. It makes more sense for her to stay with you."

"I do not care. She can sleep on the street for all I care." Kat stood there, mouth agape.

"Fine Gaz, if you're gonna be such a brat about it she can stay with me. Now take your gameslave and go to your room, I dont wanna hear a peep from you until dad gets here." Dib said with a sigh. Gaz did as she was told. Kat felt tears rolling down her face.

"I-I knew I would be a bother around here." She said as she sat down on the couch.

"Hey, Gaz is like that to everyone. Don't worry about it." Dib said as he sat down next to her and rubbed her back. She put her head on his shoulder and they stayed like that for a few minutes.

"What's Dad like?" Kat asked.

"He's a scientist, he's always at work, I've never seen his whole face, and he isn't all touchy feely. I don't think he's hugged me or Gaz in our entire lifetime." Kat nodded.

"So I get the point you're the only person in this family that cares about anybody." She said. It was Dib's turn to nod.

"What was mom like?" Dib asked. Kat looked at the floor.

"She was sweet, kind, loving, never once missed anything, even if it was a silly volleyball practicce. She would even come to Academic team matches. We had enough to get by. It wasn't much, but it was enough. She made sure I had good holidays and let me have friends over whenever. She'd always pick me up from school as soon as the bell rang and never once gave it second thoughts." Kat said as tears rolled down her cheeks. Dib smiled.

"You've lived a better life than we have." Dib said. Kat smiled and a few minutes later, they heard a car pull up.

"Dad's here." Dib siad as he stood up and unlocked the door. He sat back down on the couch and Dib put his arm around Kat again. Professor Membrane walked in soon after. Kat looked up a little and clutched Dib's trench coat tightly, she never thought she'd be so nervous. Dib chuckled a bit under his breath. Kat paled as Professor Membrane walked over to her. He sat down next to her on the couch and Dib kind of looked to the side.

"I'll go get Gaz." He said as he stood up and left Kat and Membrane alone.

"Hi." She said after a few minutes.

"Hi." He said. He stared at her.

"You look just like your grandmother." He told her. She nodded.

"Mom told me." She said as Dib and Gaz walked in. You could tell Membrane was smiling. He looked back to Kat.

"So where are we going tonight?" He asked.

"Umm...How about Bloatys?" She said. That was the only resturant she knew of in this town.

"Alrightie then, lets go." Membrane said as he followed his children outside. Kat's stomach did a few backflips.

'Lets NOT go.' She said as she got in the front seat.


Hope you enjoyed chapter one!