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A/N okay here's chapter two!! R&R!

Let's roll! (lol iforgot 2 do that in chapter one .xD)

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CHAPTER TWO:

In school the morning after Maylene and I went to the mall, I noticed there was a new kid and a new girl in all of my class. Well, all my classes before lunch, which was at twelve thirty. I sat near the back, and so did the boy, but the girl sat right up at front.

They were obviously twins, because they both had straight purple hair and black eyes. The boy's hair was to his chin, and a some of his bangs went into his left eye. He didn't seem to notice. The girl's hair went to her mid back. They were both dressded in dark colors:

The girl wore a dark blue shirt with a gray sewed on vest and a black sewed on tie, a pair of black skinny jeans and white Uggs. The boy wore a black and blue sweatshirt,
black baggy jeans and blue sneakers.

The girl (I found out her name was Alicia) seemed happy, considering she was always smiling, but her brother (I hadn't heard his name) seemed...

Miserable.

He looked like he'd rather be anywhere else than here. He was as pale as I was, if not paler. He was tall too, because when we were going to second period, he walked by me and I had to look up a bit, and I'm tall for my age and weight, which is like 90 pounds.

Anyway, I didn't say anything to either one of them at all. But I did see them at lunch. They sat with a girl Manny, and her friend Brian. They looked like friends all ready, but I later learned that Manny and the twins were cousins, and because Manny and Brian had been best friends for a while, Manny introduced them.

So. I caught the boy looking at me a few times. He would look for a second longer, then go back to his sandwich, or take a sip of chocolate milk. Finally, when he had got up to throw away his tray, he didn't to back to his seat.

He sat down across from me.

He just looked at me and said, "What's wrong?"

How he knew, I'll never know.

I just faked a smile and said, "Nothing."

The boy (I still didn't know his name) stared into my eyes for awhile, and I could practically see him getting through the fake smiles and lies.

What he said next really surprsied me.

"Tell the truth."

I felt like crying after I told him how miserable my life was. Lunch lasted almost an hour and a half because we had a free period afterward. I saw Alicia trying to come over here, but Manny and Brian stopped her and led her somewhere.

He (his name is Paul) listened, and didn't interupt or ask questions or anything. Just.
listened and understood.

"And that's my life." I finished. I looked at my hand. I was shaking. I don't know why; I was so relieved to finally tell someone that wasn't certified in Child Psycology.

"Wow. And I thought I had it bad."

"What happened to you?"

"Up until I was 8 years old, I lived the life every 7 year old dreamed of: a funny twin sister, an adorable younger sister and a cool older brother. Plus two parents that love you to death. Well, I woke up on my 8th birthday, expecting a cake with candles, surrounded by my parents and Reggie, my brother and Cyrstal, my younger sister. But, instead, Cyrstal was sitting on the counter. Alicia sat on a stool and so did Reggie, next to each other. Reggie was 13, by the way. Cyrstal was 5. Reggie was holding a... a letter. It was from my parents. They said they were sorry, but... they had to leave."

I gasped quietly.

"I haven't seen them since. I'm fifteen now, so Reggie is 19, and Cyrstal is 12. And honestly? I don't miss them."

"How come?"

"They left us. Our only relative in Sinnoh was in Jubilife City, and he's my Uncle Billy. We moved in with him, and I hated it there, because I grew up here in Veilstone. We moved back here last week, to the same exact house, too. I still have the letter. Sometimes... I read it to myself."

"I think you have it worse."

"Nah, you do. I'm with my real family. You're living with girls and boys you probably haven't even known for over two years."

"Why don't we agree both our lives suck?"

"Yeah. But- Never mind."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Tell me."

He looked in my eyes again.

"Last night, I was listening to music, alone in my bed, just staring at the ceiling, when I started thinking. Do our lives have to suck this badly? Is there anything we can do to make it better? Find someone to help?"

"I know exactly how you feel. Last night, the same thing happened to me. I was listening to a sad song and I thought the same exact thing. I thought that they has- there just HAS to be a way to fix everything. Make it better. Make life better. Not just for us but for our families too."

"I know. There must be something better than... than being miserable."

"Exactly."

We really clicked, and that'd never happened to me before, except with my own family. We stayed there, until the bell rang for seventh period. For the rest of the day and the next few days, we had a silent understanding.

A secret bond, I guess you could say.

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A/N sorry its so short! =) aw well! dont know how long the story in all will be, probably maybe... 7 chapters? more? less? i dont know, al i know is that three and a half are written!! =)

R&R!

Manny's rollin out! (lol forgot this in chapter one too...xD)