Hi! I'm sorry in advance if I get some things wrong in this, or any of the other chapters. My brain keeps spacing out and I keep forgetting some things. They put a re-run of Falling Skies on the other day, but now they wont show anymore. So if some things aren't right, sorry again.

Sorry it's been so long :P Life's a bitch sometimes. XD And…..

I'm turning 15 tomorrow! AHHHHH!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for original characters and ideas. If I did, Ben would be my boyfriend XD *Sigh*

Chapter 2.

Jillian's P.O.V.

"Get up!" My eyes opened to find Matt in front of me. I groaned and sat up. I just realized I was on my bed.

"What Matt?" I yawned.

"Dad told me to wake you up." He smiled. I smiled back.

"Thanks bud. Where is everybody?" He shrugged.

"I dunno. No one tells me anything." He grumbled. I chuckled and ruffled his hair. He swatted my hand away, then left the room. I sighed and stood up.

I walked to the bathrooms down the hallway and relieved my self. After cleaning myself, I turned to flush the somehow working toilet, but stopped when I saw the blood red water. I pulled my pants and underwear back down, and sure enough, my underwear was full of blood.

"Shit!" I cursed, and grabbed some more toilet paper. Laying it on my underwear, I used it as temporary padding and pulled my pants back up. Flushing the toilet, I walked out of the stall and washed my hands, then walked back to my family's room.

I kneeled down next to my bed and pulled my old school bag out from under the bed and opened it. I opened an inside zipper, only to find it empty.

"Oh come on!" I sighed. Standing up, I got a cramp and clutched my stomach. I waited for a couple seconds before it went away. Carrying my bag with me, I went to see Anne. She was treating some little kid and when their dad went near one of the medical supply cabinets, Anne freaked.

"Stop!" The man gave her a weird look. "Get away from the cabinet." She commanded. She finished with the little kid and his dad rushed him out of the room, glancing at Anne. She sighed and smiled at me. I noticed her busted lip. I had heard about the incident with the medical supplies earlier, but didn't say anything.

"Hello Jill. Can I help you with anything?" She asked. I blushed and nodded.

"Um, do you have any tampons?" I asked, feeling very embarrassed. She gave me a knowing smile and nodded. Opening another cabinet, she pulled out a package full of some.

"Here you go. You can keep the one's you don't use for the next time. I've got plenty more." She handed them to me. I gave her a grateful smile and put them in my bag.

"Thank you." She nodded just as Hal walked in. She greeted him with a smile and he sighed.

"What's the matter with you?" She asked, putting some of the medical supplies away. I set my bag down and went to help her.

"I don't know. Does Ben seem… different to you?" He asked her. I raised my eyebrow at him along with Anne.

"What do you mean?" She asked. Hal shrugged. He then started talking about how different Ben was acting.

"I mean, when Jill fell asleep on the windowsill earlier, he picked her up and laid her down on her bed." Well that explains how I got on the bed.

"And…?" Anne nodded.

"He shouldn't be able to do that! He could never pick her up before the invasion!" I was irked at how he was talking like I wasn't here. Narrowing my eyes at him, I put my hands on my hips.

"Are you calling me fat?" I asked. He looked at me.

"No! I just meant he was a string bean before the skitters!" He panicked. I gave him a look, then went back to putting supplies away. Anne laughed.

"You have to be careful of what you say around a girl Hal. And the harness probably has something to do with his strength. Who knows what the skitters are capable of." Anne told him. Hal sighed and nodded.

"Yeah I guess." He gave her a small smile and left. After putting away the rest of the supplies, I told Anne goodbye, grabbed my bag, and went back to our room. Ben was now in the room laying on his bed, reading a "Harry Potter" book. I put my bag down on my bed and sat next to it. Ben smiled at me.

"Hey." he greeted me.

"Reading I see." I grinned. We absolutely love Harry Potter. He closed it, laying it down on his bed.

"I was, but now I feel like taking a walk, maybe look around." He sat up. I smiled and pulled my shoulder length, curly blonde hair into a pony tail.

"Cool, I'll come with you. Just give me a few minutes." I stood up, only to get another painful cramp and bend over again, clutching my stomach. Ben rushed over to my side, putting a hand on my back.

"You ok?" He asked. I groaned and nodded.

"Yeah, just a cramp." I took a deep breath and stood straight up again. Ben looked confused for a second, before his eyes widened a little and he nodded understandingly.

"Oh! Your on your menstrual cycle." He said it like it was nothing, while I blushed like crazy. I smacked his arm and searched threw my bag, until I found a fresh pair of underwear.

"I'll be back in a minute." I told him. He smirked and nodded. Giving him a playful glare, I went back to the bathroom and changed. once in the clean underwear, I wrapped the dirty underwear up in a plastic bag and walked back to the room. Ben was tapping his finger against the windowsill, staring outside. I hide the plastic bag under my bed and walked over to him.

"Ready to go?" I asked. He jumped a little and turned to me. He gave a small smile.

"Sure." He seemed nervous.

"What's wrong?" I asked, playing with my necklace. It was my mothers locket, shaped like a heart. On one on side was a picture of the whole family together, making silly face's at the camera, and on the other side is a picture of my mom smiling. I always wear it, scared that if I take it off I'll lose it. I was also wearing a loose white tank top, blue jeans and my old converse.

"Nothing. I'm fine." He tried to convince me, but I didn't believe it.

"No your not. Tell me Ben." I put my hand on his shoulder. He sighed and looked away.

"What will people think? This weirdo boy with spikes sticking out of his back." I rubbed his arm.

"Your not a weirdo boy Ben, you're my stinky brother. Now come on! You've got a school to see." He chuckled at me and pulled me into a side hug. I linked our arms together and lead him out of the room.

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After I introduced Ben to a bunch of people, and hearing about Terri Clayton's plan to send us away, we went to get something to eat.

"So, what do you think of our little community?" I asked as we waited in line for food. He chuckled and was about to say something, when some random dude came up.

"I'm not standing in line with this Razorback." Random dude hissed. My happy mood dropped like that and I glared.

"What's your problem?" Ben asked him. The dude scoffed and I stepped more towards Ben.

"My problem is you and all those other Razorback's. You're the reason the skitters are after us!" He exclaimed, gaining unwanted attention. Hal and Maggie stepped over and Hal got in the guys face. I didn't pay much attention to there conversation, since I took off after Ben, who stormed out of the cafeteria.

"Ben! Ben wait up!" I yelled, chasing after him down the deserted hallway. He ignored me so I grabbed onto his shoulder, forcing him to stop. He huffed and turned to me.

"What?" I flinched at his dark tone. I rubbed his arm in an attempt to calm him.

"Don't listen to him Ben, he doesn't know shit." He removed my hand and set off down the hallway again. Sighing, I followed behind.

"Ben….." I stopped when he turned around really fast, almost colliding with his back. His face was all red and he was pissed.

"What Jillian?" He practically screamed. I backed into the lockers from shock and felt my eyes start to water. I had never seen Ben like this before, and it scared the hell out of me.

"I was just trying to…." "To what? Help? Yeah, well you cant! So just leave me alone!" I couldn't help the few tears that escaped my eyes. His eyes softened when he noticed and he instantly looked guilty.

"Jill, I…." I turned and ran down the hallway, my sobs blocking out his voice.

I kept running until I reached my family's room. I walked in, slamming the door shut behind me. Throwing myself down on my cot/bed, I cried into my pillow. Some people might think I was being over dramatic, but they wouldn't get it. Ben was the one I always went to for comfort (besides my mom), to talk to when I couldn't sleep and he would just make me feel better about what ever was bothering me. It's a horrible feeling to have someone you love so much, be so angry at you.

I rolled onto my side, and looked down at my locket. Sniffling, I opened it and smiled sadly at my mothers picture. Even though Ben and I are twins, I looked more like my mother. Same shade of blonde hair, same blue eyes, same smile. Dad always said I was like her twin, rather than Ben.

"I miss you mom." I sighed sadly, focusing on my mothers bright smile. I tried to calm down, and thought about an old memory of our family, before the invasion.

FLASHBACK:

"No, no, no. Your doing it wrong!" I laughed at my mother's attempts to do the correct dance moves. We are playing "Just Dance" on the WII, Katy Perry's "Hot N Cold" blasting through the speakers. She glared playfully at me.

"I'm trying! Lets see you do it!" She exclaimed playfully. I smirked and nodded. Restarting the song, I did all the moves perfectly.

"Show off." She muttered. I laughed and she smiled. I showed her the moves over and over about 4 times, before re-starting the song again.

"Alright, I'll get it this time!" She told me confidently. I giggled and played the song.

"We, used to be

Just like twins, so in-sync,

The same, energy,

Now's a dead, battery"

Just as we reached this part of the song, Dad came in the backdoor, along with Hal, Ben and Matt. I heard dad chuckle and saw him sit down in his recliner out of the corner of my eye.

"You still got it honey." He directed towards mom. She smirked, but didn't look away from the T.V.

"You know it, babe." I laughed at my parents flirting, while my brothers made gagging noise's.

Once the song came to an end, I turned to find Hal leaning against the wall, Ben and Matt on the couch, all looking amused.

"Alright, you win!" Mom declared dramatically, laying her head on my shoulder.

"I always do!" I giggled. She gave me a playful look and I squealed as she tickled my sides. I fell to the ground, laughing so much. She smirked and tickled under my knees. I screamed and kicked my feet, my eyes watering from laughing.

"Ok! You *Giggle* Win!" I laughed. The boys and dad laughed at us and mom let me up.

"I always do!" She mimicked me. I playfully shoved her, and she shoved back.

"Are you sure your not sisters, instead of mother and daughter?" Hal joked. Mom and I shared a smile. We bumped our hips together, brought our pointer fingers to our lips, then set them on our butt's, making Sizzle noise's. Hal rolled his eyes and plopped down on the couch with Ben and Matt.

"I'm sorry I asked." He mumbled. I smirked and turned off the WII, mom making herself comfy in dad's lap. Grabbing my video camera off the coffee table, I started recording them.

"And here we have the worlds most amazing parents in the world, getting cozy on the recliner!" I said in a funny announcer voice. Dad laughed when mom blushed. She hide her head in his chest, and I smirked.

"Now now! Don't be getting to cozy! I don't need another little brother!" I scolded in my regular voice. Mom's head shot up and her eyes were wide.

"Jillian Cassandra Mason!" Mom exclaimed. I sighed dramatically.

"Fine, but at least wait until Matt leaves the room! Spare him the horror!" I smirked, watching her eyes get even bigger.

"That's it!" She was tomato red. She shot up off dad's lap and lunged for me. I ducked out of the way.

"Come and get me, mommy!" I cackled evilly, running into the kitchen. She chased me around the kitchen island about 4 time's before I bolted for the living room again, video camera pointed over my shoulder the whole time catching our little chase on tape. Just as I thought, my brothers were laughing at us with dad. I quickly handed Matt the video camera.

"Save the camera Mattie!" I yelled dramatically, and mom once again tackled me to the ground. We rolled around the floor, trying to pin each other.

"Are you getting this?" Ben asked Matt, who nodded. Eventually, mom pinned me, elbow on my stomach. We were laughing to much, and I had to pee.

"Ok! Let me up! I gotta peeeeeee!" I giggled, crossing my legs. She laughed and let me up. I snatched my video camera back from Matt, turned it off, then ran to the bathroom.

Later that night….

It was now 8:00 PM, and every one was just being lazy around the living room, chilling in their pajamas. My bare feet were in mom's lap as she painted my toenails a glittery red color. Dad was in his recliner again, Hal and Ben sat on the floor, leaning back against the couch, and Matt was on the other side of mom, leaving her in the middle of us.

"Uh huh, this my shit,

All the girls stomp your feet like this,

A few times I've been around that track,

So it's not just gonna,

Happen like that,

Cause I aint no hollaback,

girl,

I aint no hollaback,

Girl!

A few times I've been around that track,

So it's not just gonna,

Happen like that,

Cause I aint no hollaback,

Girl,

I aint no hollaback,

Girl!"

My cell phone went off from beside's me, Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" as my ring tone. Dad groaned at my choice of music and I smiled cheekily. Flipping it open, I held my phone to my ear.

"Helllooooo?" I sang. Mom laughed and shook her head.

"Jill? Can you talk for a while?" Came the happy voice of my best friend, Vanessa. I nodded, even though she couldn't see it.

"Course I can. What's up?" I asked. V, my nickname for her, was like a sister to me.

"You know Dean?" She asked. Dean was this really cute boy at our school.

"Yeah, what about him?" I asked, taking a sip of my coke a cola. She giggled.

"Wellllll, he asked me out!" She exclaimed. I did a spit take.

"What! Oh my god V! That's awesome!" I screamed, getting some odd looks from my family.

"I know! We're going on our first date tomorrow!" We both giggled like school girls. We spent 30 minutes talking, before mom mouthed "Time to hang up".

"I gotta go now V. Call me after you get back tomorrow!" I commanded.

"Well, we aren't leaving until 12:00, so will you come over and help me get ready? Please?" She begged.

"But of course! I'll be over at 11:00 to help. Now, I've gotta go, my mom is giving my "The Look"!" I exclaimed, sticking my tongue out at my mom, who rolled her eyes.

"K. Love ya!" She laughed.

"Love ya too!" And with that, I hung up.

"What was that about?" Hal asked. I grinned and pulled my feet out of mom's lap.

"V's going on a date tomorrow!" I screamed, standing up all happy and what not. Hal rolled his eyes, and I noticed Ben's face fall a little. Oh shit. I forgot he had a crush on Vanessa.

"That's nice." Mom smiled. I smiled back at her, glancing at Ben.

"Yeah, I'm going over to her house tomorrow and help her get ready." Mom nodded and I sat down next to Ben.

"Don't worry about it Ben, it's only one date. I can still convince her to fall in love with you." I smirked when he blushed and shoved my shoulder.

"Oh shut up." He mumbled, but smiled. I chuckled and turned my attention to the T.V. "My Girl" with Dan Aykroyd came on and I squealed. I LOVE this movie.

Once the song "My Girl" by The Temptations started to play, dad got up and pulled me up. I laughed as we started to dance around the room. Mom opened my video camera up and started recording us, while Hal, Ben and Matt smiled at us.

"I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day,

When it's cold outside,

I've got the month of may,

I guess you say,

what can make me feel this way?

My girl, my girl, my girl,

Talkin' 'bout my girl,

My girl!"

I giggled as dad sang along with the words out loud, smiling down at me. He spun me out, then pulled me back in, and then spun us in circles. He would always sing this to me when I couldn't sleep or when I was sad, and still does. I'm defiantly a daddy's girl.

After I started to get tired, I pulled away, grabbed the video camera and pushed mom to dad. They smiled at each other and started to dance, while I then recorded them. My brothers lined up next to me and we watched mom and dad dance for a while, before I let out a gigantic yawn. Closing my camera, I turned to my brothers.

"I'm going to bed now." I whispered, nodding to the clock which read 11:00.

"That's a good idea." Hal nodded. I noticed Matt was practically sleeping standing up, so I bent down and picked him up. He wrapped his legs around my waist and laid his head on my shoulder. I let out a quiet laugh and walked to the stairs. I put my pointer finger to my lips and nodded at our parents. They were now slow dancing, and didn't even notice us leaving. Ben and Hal nodded, so I grabbed onto Matt again and started upstairs.

Hal opened Matt's bedroom door for me and I laid Matt on his bed, tucking him in.

"Are mom and dad gonna come say goodnight?" Matt asked sleepily.

"Probably in a little while, ok?" I told him. He nodded and yawned again. I leaned down and kissed his forehead.

"Goodnight Mattie." I whispered, getting up.

"Night Jilly." He whispered. I smiled and walked into the hallway, where Ben and Hal were waiting. They quickly told him goodnight and Ben closed the door. I leaned against the wall, noticing how tired I actually was.

"Night, dumb jock." Ben smirked at Hal. Hal returned it.

"Night, math geek." He shot back. I yawned and smiled sleepily at them.

"Nighty night boys." I hugged them both, then stumbled down the hall to my room.

"Goodnight, Princess." They said at the same time, smirking. I rolled my half closed eyes and opened my bedroom door. Princess was their annoying nickname for me, just like dumb jock and math geek. With a little wave, I closed my door and collapsed onto my bed. I snuggled into my pillow and blankets, sleep consuming me.

END FLASHBACK.

Sighing, I closed my locket and wiped at my eyes.

Click.

I looked up to see my dad enter the room. He smiled at me, until he noticed I was crying, and then frowned.

"What's wrong, Jill?" He asked, pushing some of my hair out of my face. I sniffled and shook my head.

"It's nothing, I just got into a little fight with Ben." I said, looking down. It wasn't really a fight, but I didn't know what else to call it, so meh.

"A fight?" Dad laughed. I looked up to his amused face. "You and Ben never fight. But when you do, you've never stayed mad at each other for longer than a day." I let out a little smile, but it was gone and replaced with another sad face once the door opened and Ben stepped in. Dad noticed and sighed. He then went and started messing with something, but I didn't pay attention to what, just laid back down and turned over so my back was to them. I heard Ben sigh sadly and walk over by my dad. I listened to them talk, and Ben say that he wanted to go with Clayton. My eye's widened a little at that, but then I shrugged it off. With a sigh, dad left the room.

"Jill?" I huffed at him and closed my eyes. I heard him come closer, until I felt the cot shift and his hand on my arm.

"Jilly Bean?" He coaxed. I almost turned around, but controlled myself and ignored him. He sighed and I jumped a little when he laid next to me and pulled me to his chest.

"I'm sorry Jill, I just got so mad. I shouldn't have yelled at you." He sounded sincere, so I turned over to face him. I could tell he meant it by the look on his face. I hugged him and he returned it.

"It's ok." I whispered. He pulled back and smiled.

"So, are we going with Clayton?" I asked. He nodded.

"Dad's out there telling everybody now, that he's sending us." I nodded and sat up.

"Well come on then, we should get ready." I sighed. I didn't want to go with Terri Clayton. Something about him seemed off, and I had a bad feeling about this. But, knowing dad, we don't have a choice, so meh. Standing up, I pulled out my old back pack and started packing, along with Ben.

"Lets see if we cant catch the end of dad's little speech." Ben said, once we finished. I grinned and skipped to the door. Ben followed, chuckling.

"What?" I asked. He shook his head and smirked.

"Only you can be so sad and depressed one minute, then start skipping like you've won the lottery the next." I laughed with him and we made our way to the cafeteria. Well, I skipped the whole way while Ben walked.

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