Chapter 1.

A man in his sixties, wearing a tailored designer suit, who at 64 still looked very distinguished and with more than a little of his old charm and good looks, stood facing off with a girl of 17 who standing at a height of five feet was doing an impressive job at intimidating the old retired lawyer who was known to have been a shark in the court room.

He shook his head, he knew that he shouldn't have taught her to win arguments so effectively, well he was suffering for it now. He and his wife, Annabelle, had taken his granddaughter, Mandy and her twin brother Charlie, in and raised them from infancy when shortly after their birth their parents had been killed in a car accident. It had been a big decision but an easy one.

Joseph truly loved his grandchildren and the young adults they had become. But now that he was dealing with a pissed off teenage girl he suddenly felt truly old.

Mandy looked at her grandfather who just seconds ago was standing tall and proud seemed to shrink in front of her and looked rather old to her eyes. Her defiant stance suddenly faltered, she knew that her grandfather didn't mean to upset her. But to move across the country to a small town for her senior year was just unacceptable to her.

Mandy looked up as her grandfather who had been like a father to her spoke.

"Darling, I know this is hard but can't you understand that your grandmother and I aren't as young as we used to be. Your grandmother is still ill and the doctor said that the Texas weather and lifestyle of the town of Dillon will be good for her. I know we're uprooting you from your life here, away from your friends and the life you've created here but you might like it there. Plus it really doesn't matter what school you go to, as long as your grades are good you will still be able to go to the school of your choice. After all the Crawford name still holds a lot of weight."

Mandy's stance faltered again and Joseph knew he had one this battle.

"Okay. I'll go." Mandy's answer was short and clipped but she knew that she wouldn't have won this battle of wills especially with her grandfather using her grandmother as part of his arsenal, because she loved them and knew she probably would do anything for them. She just wished she didn't have to move to some no name place and leave everything she knew and had come to love about California.


Mandy left the room and went up to her brother, Charlie's room. She knocked and entered upon hearing her twin brother say "come in". Mandy looked around the room that was rather typical of a teenage boy.

Clothes were strewed everywhere and the walls were covered in posters of football players and teams as well as the scantily clad cheerleaders. Mandy smiled as she saw her brother hard at work on his school work. Charlie may have been your typical jock except for the fact he actually cared about school work and was pretty damn smart.

He was tall, six feet to be exact, towering over her petite form of only a measly five foot three. They looked similar but you would never peg them as twins. Siblings yes, but not twins. He was classic handsome, all tall, dark and handsome where Mandy exuded a silent but charged warmth and understanding.

Mandy wasn't your classic beauty, she looked more exotic than anything, she had naturally curly hair which was mostly straightened and big grayish eyes, she also happened to have a rather athletic build from her years of playing all sorts of sports. Looking at her brother she wished she could still play but from her accident on the field and a now a pretty useless knee all her sports dreams had been cut short. This thought tended to put her down but she had other interests now, and she realized that if anything maybe the move would be good for her. At least in helping her not dwell on her past as a star athlete.

Maybe this could be a new start to her life as someone other than a jock. She liked the sound of that, not that she would completely give up her love for sports, she had her brother for that. He was a star football player and apparently this small town they were moving to , Dillon, was home to a pretty damn good football team.

Mandy smiled at her brother as he looked rather fiercely concentrated on his work, "Hey big brother, (he was 7 minutes older than her), what you up to?" she asked as she leaned against the door frame.

Charlie looked up and smiled to see that his sister didn't look as angry as he had originally thought she would, "My last paper before we move." He got up and walked closer to his sister a look of concern appearing on his handsome features, "You okay with this move? I know its tough but it will be okay." His deep, low voice was a comfort to Mandy and she thought that maybe it would be okay.

"Yeah, maybe it will be. I guess I overreacted huh?" I said with a wry quirk of my lips, referring to my earlier screaming match with our grandfather.

"Maybe just a little." Charlie chuckled. He threw his arm around his sister and lead her out of the room. "Come on little sis, lets go play a little one on one. Don't worry I'll go easy on you." He smirked.

"Please Charlie, you know even with a fucked up knee I can still kick your ass." I smiled as we headed outside of our rather large home.


Joseph smiled as he watched his grandchildren teasing each other and heading out to play a game of basketball. He shook his head, they sure were quite the pair he thought fondly, and with that he went off to find his wife to see what was for dinner, whilst hoping that this move would be good for his family.
AN: Okay so longer than the prologue. Tell me what you think and hope to see in the future chapters. Like I said before I am open to suggestions to make this story as good as possible. I have a vague representation as to where I want to take this story but I may need help getting it there. Anyways review please.