I don't own anyone.
Some characters from BSC, BMW, Lizzie McGuire, Sweet Valley and The Nanny appear.
Some names have been changed; Pamela has been changed to Pansy, Tammy and Terri have been changed to Allison and Victoria, Druscilla has been changed to Alina and Tiffany has been changed to Candice.
It was Monday morning. I was in the kitchen waiting for everyone else to wake up, my parents included. My parents were usually the first ones up so I don't know why they were still asleep. I knew my friend Margo, 17, had already left. She had stayed over the night before but left at 4 a.m. to go to ballet as she always did. Her sister Claire, 14, had also slept over. Claire was my sister Ruthie's friend from modeling.
I made waffles for everyone and put them on white plastic plates. After awhile Claire and Ruthie, 14, came into the kitchen and took the muffin tins out of the oven. They then poured themselves glasses of milk, grabbed the plates with waffles on them and put them on the large round kitchen table.. My older sister Mary, 28, came downstairs and set the table.
"Simon won't be up for awhile, as he has a hangover," Mary told us.
"So does Aunt Julie. Dad's up there trying to get her to go to work. I don't think its working."
My brother Simon, 20, frequently got drunk, partied and then came home and argued with Mom. Aunt Julie, Dad's sister, was staying with us yet again as she'd been doing ever since I was 9. She drank as well
My brothers, Matt, 21, Sam and David, 9, came downstairs. Matt put the muffins on a white plastic plate in the middle of the table and Sam and David put fruit in white plastic bowls on the table from the fridge. Mom came downstairs.
"I'll leave Eric to handle Julie," she said.
She saw that we had the table set and sat down in a white chair at the table. Ruthie, Claire, Mary, Matt, Sam, David and I were already seated at the table. We waited for dad to come down the stairs. He didn't because he was upstairs busy talking with Aunt Julie. I knew he wouldn't be down for breakfast. Mom went back upstairs to ask dad if we should wait for him. He said we didn't have to. Mom reported this when she came back downstairs and we were eating breakfast.
My mom, Simon, Sam and David are the only blondes in our family. The rest of us have brown hair. Sam and David are twins. My mom's a housewife and my dad's a reverend.