(AN I'm alive! I know, I know… I'm a bitch and I should rot in Hell. Don't worry, I'm quite certain that's where I'm headed! So… my excuses? I have a list… they span from mass amounts of homework, to failing Algebra II, to *le gasp* actually GETTING A LIFE! I know! Shocking!

But yeah… I've returned and I like to think I'm better than ever… I might just be delusional.

Either way, here is chapter one of A Series of Unfortunate Imprints: Book Two)

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Chapter One: The Call

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"Delanee Sage!" I heard my mom yell from downstairs. I wonder what I did this time.

Delanee Sage, a name I had always loathed. I really don't know what my parents were thinking when they named me… They must not have given mom enough time to come down from her epidural high before they asked for a name. I shouldn't complain too much, after all, it ultimately got me my best friends. Straight away we found common ground in the fact we all had weird names. Our personalities differ so much, no one really understands how we became such good friends. Then they think it's absolutely hilarious when they find out that it is because of our weird names.

My parents got a job transfer to Fort Worth in the middle of my fifth year at school.

On my first day in the new school, a few of the boys decided to start picking on me because of my name.

A girl I had never before met came over and suddenly started threatening to beat up anyone who continued to pick on me.

While I didn't recognize the tall blonde girl, the boys apparently did and quickly left us alone.

She introduced herself to me as Jeverance Jannes. She quickly explained that those very boys had picked on her the same way because of her name, two years prior, when she moved here, and she quickly showed them not to mess with her. The skinny girl has beaten up all three of the boys, stopping all of them from teasing her. She then proceeded to introduce me to two other girls she had saved from those very bullies. Seawillow Arquette and Jinx Arceneaux.

Ever since that day we have been positively inseparable. We even remained close when we all moved away.I was the first to move. It was in eighth grade when my parents got yet another job transfer to Glen Rose, Texas. Not too long after, Jinx's mom decided she wanted to move to a smaller place and they both moved to Blum, Texas. Then a little while later, Seawillow's parents were killed in a car accident. Jeverance's dad, being the amazing man he was, took her in. Not even three days later, he got into a crash that proved fatal as well. That was when we gave each other our nicknames.

The reason?

Jeverance's dad loves our weird names, and so did Seawillow's parents. Our names just reminded us of the loss. I became Dale, Jinx became Jack, Seawillow became Will, and Jeverance became Jeeves. Well… when we're talking to her that is. Normally we call her Jayman but she prefers Jeeves so to avoid her beating us up… it's Jeeves to her Jayman's mom moved them out of their house in Fort Worth to a house passed down through the Jannes family for generations. Jayman being the last, it would go to her. That and a shitload of money she didn't have access to until she was seventeen.

This moved Will and Jayman to Rio Vista, Texas.

Eventually, Jayman's mom decided that she couldn't take it any more and now she spends most of her time in Oklahoma gambling away all of her money. We all helped out, of course. Jack's mom in particular. She stepped up and became the mother figure that Jayman and Will no longer had. My parents supplied a lot of the things they needed, like food and clothes, because we're pretty much loaded. That's what happens when your parents work nearly twenty-four seven…Through all these times, we've stuck together, and helped each other were close. The absolute very best of friends.A couple of weeks ago, Jack's mom decided that Jack needed to meet her father, so she sent her off to live with him. We kept in touch of course, but it just wasn't the , back to the present now, mom'll probably throw a fit if I don't go down there soon.I walked down the stairs.

"Delanee Sage! Get in here right now!" My mom yelled impatiently."I'm coming!" I yelled back.

I had barely walked into the kitchen when mom shoved the phone at me, before walking out briskly, shouting something about how she was running late for work."Hello?" I answered.

"Get to the hospital." I recognized Jayman's voice instantly from hours spent on the phone with her."What's going on?" I demanded."It's Dawn."

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(AN… You know… this isn't nearly as long as it looked on paper… whoops… my bad. And a couple of the other chapters are even shorter… I guess that means I'll just have to add more to them…Okay… Seriously... wit the Authors notes and everything, it's under 1000 words...

I sowwie

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Hats off to my amazing beta, no idea why she puts up with me! Love you Marlee.

Go check out her stuff, she's a badass HP writer: ImmortalDreaming…

Merry Christmas…Happy New Year…Bye :D-Sarah)

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(BN: :D Love you right back Sarah, you're a brilliant writer yourself xD And just wanted to put in my own Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, have a WONDERFUL New Year, and y'know, any other celebration that you celebrate, have a good one xD)