Chapter 1
It's magic. All these beautiful flowers and trees, swaying their bodies and dancing in the tune of wind that makes you want to sway even if your body is made out of rocks. Isn't it amazing to hear the whispering sounds of faraway things?
I was standing in my balcony with the beautiful scenery laid out in front of my eyes. I was trying to listen to the blue song that had come to me in the darkest of times and had filled my heart with blue, sweet hope. The blue song, which is sung by nature, is only heard by those who try to catch it and banish all those crappy thoughts in their minds.
That very blue song had come to me when I was trying my best not to listen to the mockery of my class mates. I had found the switch that had turned off any other sound going to my brain. All those yapping mouths, yelling things at me, were meaningless. But I was not the one that the mocks were directed to. I was the one helping the person, who was the attraction of the meaningless mocks. The girl was different just because she was corpulent and didn't go with the style of others. I had helped her. I had understood what it felt like to be abused and to be different than others. The clue hunt had changed me, not from outside but from inside. I had decided to stand up against cruelty.
I have the courage to do that. Today was no different than any other day. Today was Christmas Eve. But I still felt that there was no difference in my life to have as many celebrations. My life will be the same as it was since I was born. My life is my fate.
I looked down and saw the dark blond head that is so familiar to me, entering the house. He is here. I turned around and ran downstairs at my full speed, ignoring the pain of my leg which is still wounded. I had fractured my ankle the day before yesterday because of the small ditch near the sidewalk. I had been reading about conformity and bystander effect that I didn't notice the ditch coming and I twisted my ankle and fell down.
No sooner had he hung his coat that I lunged at him and hugged him with all my might.
"Nice to see you too," he replied, chuckling a little.
"You haven't changed at all," I said with tears pouring down my cheeks.
"Neither have you. But just want to say something. I want to go pee so bad and I wouldn't be able to go if you keep hugging me like this and pump every air out of my lungs." He looked me in my eyes. The same jade green eyes, the exact colour as mine. The same crooked smile but a little scratches near his mouth. I bet he got them while practising for his ninja skills.
"They are coming soon. Don't you think you should go and maybe-uh-prepare the house-wait, do you call this a house?" He said, emphasizing house. "It looks more like a library. Do you even have any sense of how to put things right?"
"Dan! It's not your problem that I put my books in my living room. And, let's see, what about your house? Is it full of your ninja swords and stars? How many times do I have to tell you that your house is not a place to keep things like that?" I replied.
"And Amy, how many times do I have to tell you that your house is not a place to keep things like books? Books are for library!" He said indignantly. "Now if you let me go, I have to pee!"
"All right! I will get ready in my room." I went up in my room, opened the closet to look for a dress that will suit my eyes. Perfect! I took it out and looked myself in the mirror. It was shimmering green with red flowers and yellow bells on it, up-to knee length and half sleeves. Christmas spirit! I got changed, brushed my hair and went downstairs to greet the guests who were late. Again!
The door bell rang after fifteen minutes. Dan went to answer it and opened the door, revealing all my loving cousins, standing at my door step. They entered one by one as the door was not big enough for everyone to enter at the same time, and I got a good look at each person. Holts were the first one to enter. All three were wearing purple dresses and suits. Hamilton had grown his hair and now they hung loose and came into his blue eyes and he had to brush them every so often. Reagan and Madison were looking pretty weird in their dresses. Then came the Starting triplets, wearing red and green suits and dresses, looking the exact same. Ian and Natalie entered after them. Both were looking gorgeous in their silky black suit and dress. Ian glanced at me as soon as he entered and blushed making my heart-beat to quicken. Jonah came next. He was looking so handsome and gangsta. If his fans were here, they would start swooning just by looking at him.
Dan closed the door. "Hey! Everyone! Nice seeing you all together!" Everyone replied at once, different accents mixing together, making it impossible to hear them clearly.
'Same...Yo, what a surprise...We are glad too...Yeah, we too...What's up...How's going...so now what?'
The house seemed to be alive once again. The first time, they had visited, had been the weirdest day of my life. Everybody had wanted to do things of their own and bickering at each other for not having such a cool stronghold and in Natalie's case- calling names to the dresses and shoes; in Holts' case- breaking every precious object accidently; in Jonah's case- singing for hours that the person sitting beside him would get a concussion; in Ian's case- following me wherever I go and making bad comments on my cooking, etc.
I breathed a sigh. I hoped today would be better than before.
(A/N) This one is un-betaed, so I won't mind any flames but I will appreciate your compliments and ideas. So , review!
