I peered at the group of teens lounging on the grass in the park. I glanced back at my group of friends silently encouraging me from the gates. I sighed and made my way over. There were 8 of them in total plus a dog. Each looked up from what they were doing to stare at the small girl that approached them.
"Can we help you?" The blonde boy asked.
"Y-yes. You can actually. W-well...Y-you see m-my school is having this um Science fair and I um...well I-I'm..." I stuttered nervously moving my hands together and looking anywhere but them.
"Hey chill kid. Calm down and speak." The blue haired boy said taking in the my appearance. I had navy shaded hair flowed down my back even in its current ponytail. A few loose strands covered the sides of my glasses. I seemed no older than maybe 14 or younger than 10. My eyes were covered by bangs but my nervous and rapidly growing blush was noticeable.
"Y-yeah... I guess I should start at the beginning. Is a Lysander and Leigh here? Perferably brothers?" I asked finally calming down more.
The albino haired boy raised his hand and gestured to a black haired one across from him. "That is us. Why?"
I went through my messenger bag and pulled out two sheets. "My school is having a science fair and its no longer just about potato clocks and such. It has to a big mindblower or else its garbage so I had this idea last year of a project. I called it Who's Your Siblings? Catchy huh? It was where I took a bunch of family members and tried to find out which one was my real brothers. In the end the results were inconclusive so I tried a different approach this time."
"You're rambling now." A boy playing his video games pointed out.
"Right yeah sorry." I handed Lysander and Leigh the flyers. "Science fair is in 2 weeks I hope to see you there even if you don't believe you're the right ones?"
"Right ones for what?" Leigh asked still not seeing the point in this. Before he could ask anthing else I reached down and quickly pulled a few strands of hair out his head. "Oww!" He yelped.
I glanced at it before nodding. "The roots are the best and most unaffected parts. Good you got long hair too..." I said more or less to myself. I also managed to get some of Lysander's when he for a moment took his eyes off me. I reached into my pocket placing both into a plastic bag and sealing it up.
The red headed boy sat up glaring at me. "What kind of stalker are you?"
"This better not be for Nina." Lysander added still rubbing his head.
I started to take a few steps back when that dog walked up. He growled lowly at me making me yelp and jump back even further. I turned and sprinted towards the exit where a bunch of other kids were frantically yelling to me. They got on their bikes and started to ride off. I managed to hop on the back of one just as it was starting to pull off. I risked a glanced back at them.
"What was that about?" Rosalya asked when the rest of the kids were gone.
Lysander shrugged and let out a sigh. "Who knows. Well we can ask her in two weeks."
"You're not really thinking about going? That girl stole our hair!" Leigh told his younger brother.
"I know but I wanna know why. Don't you? It seems somewhat interesting to find out." He explained with a shrug.
"As long as you know what your doing." Castiel huffed taking his dogs leash.
13 days later
I stared at the group of teens sitting under the same tree they were when I last saw them. I had been so nervous about getting the samples and leaving that I forgot to really say what I needed it for. They probably thought I was some freaky stalker or something. My uncle said I should come back to apologize but now I was rethinking it.
Taking a breath I walked over to them. Confusion then slight anger crossed over their faces as they saw me.
"What do you want? More hair for your shrine? What about a voodoo doll? That what you want?" The red-headed boy growled at me. I dropped my head and took a few steps back.
"Castiel that's enough." I looked up to see Leigh right in front of me. "What was your name?"
"T-Tessa Addison." I flustered at his close proximity. He seemed to notice and smiled taking a step back.
"Addison..." Lysander mused to himself.
The albino haired girl eyed me as she wrapped her arms around Leigh. "So why did you take their hair?"
I bowed my head apologetically. "I am so, so sorry. I got caught up in my science experiment."
"Your science experiment?" The blonde repeated. I nodded.
"I-I don't know if I-I explained this or not b-but I was t-trying to figure out, and prove why, who my b-brothers were via test. So I had to t-take DNA hair things for my uncle who was g-gonna help." I stuttered.
I looked up when a hand placed itself on my shoulder. Lysander smiled softly trying to ease my discomfort. "And what makes you think we are your brothers?" I pulled a piece of paper of my pocket and handed it to Leigh. I held in a breath as he read it.
Before I knew it he was engulfing me in a hug. His shoulders shook as he cried softly into my hair. Even at his knee level, I could only barely see over his shoulders. Everyone else was shocked by his sudden outburst. Lysander looked over the paper Leigh dropped.
"So does that mean you're coming to the science fair tomorrow?" I asked finally. Leigh released me finally gazing into my eyes through his tears. He brushed some hair behind my ears.
"Of course." He said softly. I spun around as a car honked. "T-that's my ride now. See ya tomorrow then..." I ran off without another word and jumped into the car.
"Who were they?" the driver asked.
"The long lost..." I breathed out.