"Daphne ! Hurry up!" I shouted from outside the house. "I am going to leave without you."

She makes me late to everything. Today I just wanted to go swim in the stream outside of town, but of course she is combing her hair. . . .it'll just get wet anyway, but she has to look perfect always.

"Lucia stop shrieking." Daphne said finally coming out of the house.

"No one is ever going to fall in love with that voice," my other sister Temperance muttered.

"Are you sure you wont come with us Temper," I asked sweetly? We have called her Temper since I was a child. She has a tendency to be short on patience.

"For the last time, I'm not coming. Its childish, she only does it to get attention from boys," she said as she elbowed Daphne in the ribs.

"Don't listen Lucia, you know how Temp is she's just trying to ruin our fun," She said elbowing Temperance right back.

"I don't really care why you do it Daphne, I just wanna get there before it gets dark, now hurry up," I said over my shoulder as I walked away. They made great siblings. . . . Separately. Temperance is responsible and sensible, she's great when real advice is necessary. However, her idea of fun is reading a philosophy journal. . . alone. Daphne is for lack of better words a flirt. She will probably marry better then Temp or me, but her priorities are a little confused.

"Jeez, do you have to walk so fast," Daphne said her perfect golden hair flying behind her as she ran to catch up.

"Well if I go by your snails pace we will never get there," I said frustrated. All this work just to take a dip in the stream.

"So I have a secret, do you want to know what it is," she asked barley containing her excitement.

"If you tell me it wont be a secret anymore," I said with a droll.

"Who would want a secret they can't tell how dull! Anyways, this is extra confidential, you cant tell anyone," she whispered. I can't help but wonder why she's telling me if its so extra confidential.

"I'm in love!" She cried. Oh Zeus, who with now. I hate listen to her when she "falls in love" because she will never stop talking and she has a habit of becoming angry when she finds out they wont be together forever.

"Its they new adonis that fishes with papa. I spoke to him today and he's promised to meet me at the stream. . . ." Of course he has I thought tuning out. Why would my sister spend time with me, she wants to be with a boy. Why oh Why do I not listen to Temp more.

". . . .but you can't tell a soul. . . ." she says things like this so gravely, like the world would end if she doesn't get you to promise. She may be older than me, but she is far sillier. I wonder if being the middle child made her feel the need to be more exuberant to be noticed.

". . . . And he's so kind, I struggled to open the door when my hands were full, so he opened it for me. . ." I guess common courtesy really does go a long way. Thank Zeus the stream is in sight, I don't know how much more I can-

"Lucia! Are you listening," I snapped back to what she was saying. "When I see him I want you to walk away from me so we can be alone, make sure to stay upstream of the boulder and don't spy," she said authoritatively. Like I want to see her make a fool of herself. Ha! How very self absorbed, and presumptuous, and . . . Daphne uggghhhh!

"Fine, is that him over there," I asked seeing a boy in the distance.

"Yes, now go hurry up !" she said pushing me away

I sighed as I eased my body gently into the water. It felt so perfect, warm as bath water from the hot sun. Gods I love to swim. I swam to a large rock sitting on the opposite bank and leaned against the smooth stone, listening to the burbling stream, feeling it soothe my body, I felt perfectly relaxed.

"Why can't everyday be so peaceful," I said it out loud, but not for a second did I expect an answer.

"Everyday is this peaceful, you just don't relies it everyday," a voice said.

"What in the-" I jerked away from the rock, then realizing that I was naked, slammed my back into it and covered my chest with my hands.

Ok thats all for chapter one. being my first story im writing a little at a time, but hopefully i will get better at writing longer chapters, i know its frustrating when you get into a story and then it ends abruptly.

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