Aqua Lily: The story is called Castle of Glass because I was inspired by the song Castle of Glass by Linkin Park. Well the castle more refers to the individuals inside a household because they all have their own problems to deal with. Glass is obviously something really fragile and can easily break and well this story relates how easily people can be broken, whether it is by rumors, heartbreak..etc. So each person has their own story, their own problems and it makes them fragile in their own way. Not sure if i explained it well...if you need further clarification just leave a review or PM me.

It had been over two hours since she left that house. Mai tried to relax by reading another chapter of The Wind Up Bird, however, she found that she couldn't get past two pages without her mind straying. She wondered if Gene was okay and if Oliver would keep his word that he would not call the cops since she kept her promise. It didn't seem like Oliver was the kind of person that went back on their word; yet, Mai didn't know him at all, so she couldn't assume anything.

If it weren't for the loud voices arguing outside, Mai would have continued to be lost in her thoughts.

Mai got up from her place on the couch as she went to open the door for her adopted parents.

As soon as Mai opened the door, her adopted father engulfed her in a hug.

"Ow! Why did you hit me old woman!" Monk cried out as he let go of Mai.

"Mai was turning blue because of you," she said as she wacked Monk again with her purse. "Now hurry up and get these suitcases inside and I'm not old," she yelled as she hit Monk again with her purse. Monk simply absorbed the hit while faintly smiling at Mai, as she giggled at their antics. For a fleeting moment, she forgot all about Oliver and the incident, but a movement of curtains made her think about Oliver once more.

"So those are the new neighbors, " Madoka said as she closed the curtains and made her way to the library.

Lin finished speaking on phone when Madoka entered. "I can't seem to reach Martin or Luella. This is the fifth time I've called them," Lin said.

"Just wait an hour and if they don't call back, then call them again," she said as she draped her arms around her husband's shoulders as he leaned into her. If it weren't for the fact that he was sitting on the couches, she wouldn't have been able to put her arms around him so easily due to him being so tall. "So that tiny little girl broke your arm," Madoka chuckled. Madoka didn't have to see his face to know that he didn't appreciate her comment.

"It's not like I really could have done anything, even though she broke in," Lin argued.

"I was just making an observation," she said.

Oliver really couldn't believe that his brother was awake once more. To say he was happy would be an understatement. In all honesty, he didn't really ever expect for his brother to ever wake up. It was really tough the first year, but he didn't really want to think about it. All he knew was that his heart completely shattered when the doctor told his adopted parents and him that it was most likely that Gene would never wake up from the coma he was in after he was hit by a car. Gene and Oliver were only ten at the time and it had affected Oliver a great deal.

Oliver was never much of an outgoing person. Gene was always the more sociable of the twins and when Gene went into a coma, Oliver became even less sociable. For instance, instead of attending a regular public school, his parents hired a private teacher for him because he wished to be homeschooled instead of attending a public or private school.

"Did you stay here the entire night?" Gene asked, effectively gaining Oliver's attention.

Oliver nodded.

"You know you didn't have to."

"I know."

Oliver didn't have to say it, but Gene knew that his brother wanted to watch over him because he was worried that him waking up might have been a dream.

"So has Lin finally alerted mother and father?"

"Yes, but due to some business matters they cannot avoid, they won't be home for a couple more days, but they said they will call you later. They were really upset that they couldn't fly over here the moment you woke up but running the business has been paying all the medical bills so don't blame them."

"No I understand. Anyways, what time is it?"

"Around 7:00."

"Shouldn't you be getting ready for school?"

"I don't usually start until 9:00."

"Have the schools changed their start time that drastically or have I been in a coma for far too long?" asked Gene, who was really confused on why Oliver wasn't getting ready for school.

"You have been in a coma for far too long, but no, the usual start time is 7:30 or 8 but those are for people who aren't home schooled, though the time class begins usually depends on the teacher."

"Homeschooled? You are homeschooled?"

"Yes."

"Why would you want to be homeschooled? You are missing out on meeting new people and making friends and…"

"I'm not missing anything. Being homeschooled isn't a bad thing. In fact some research suggests that homeschooling might actually be better for students."

"I'm not necessarily saying its bad, but…"

"I was never much of a sociable person Gene; I still hardly am, so it doesn't make much of a difference."

He grabbed her chin and forced her to look up at him. She couldn't deny that he was attractive as she gazed into his deep blue eyes. His hair slightly covering his face and his pale skin glistening as the moonlight hit his face. He tilted her head slightly and his fingers caressed her throat, making her blush and her breath hitched. He leaned forward and kissed her throat and she was embarrassed when she let out a slight moan. His lips kept hovering over her throat as he whispered, "Mai."

Suddenly, he let his fangs show and he quickly bit her.

"Mai? Are you still with us? Miss Taniyama?" Mr. Moore asked, slightly irritated. That was when Mai awoke from her dream. "It seems that you don't find my lesson all that interesting," Mr. Moore added after Mai finally woke up. The girls giggled at her embarrassment while the boys though she looked cute with her red cheeks.

"I'm really sorry," Mai apologized.

"Well I'd be more willing to accept the apology if you could answer the following question," he said.

"I'll try my best," Mai said.

As far as Mai could tell, what Mr. Moore wrote on the white board was another language. She had no idea what he had written on the wall and that's when Mai knew that Calculus would become her least favorite class of the day.

"So Miss Taniyama, could you please direct me on how to solve this problem?"

"I'm sorry Mr. Moore, I can't."

"Now if you were paying attention, you would have known that not even the rest of the class could have figured it out because I haven't even taught most of the rules of limits of functions as x approaches a constant."

"Sorry," Mai mumbled.

"Now as I was saying…" continued Mr. Moore, while Mai once again lost interest and stopped paying attention. She really shouldn't have watched Twilight with Bous-san and Ayako last night, not that they willingly put that movie on themselves. Since there was nothing on TV that night, Twilight was the only decent option. If it were up to Mai, she would have seen Pride and Prejudice but unfortunately she had watched that movie too many times that the disc couldn't even be read anymore.

"I'm surprised I haven't heard anything about the Davis family being a bunch of vampires "Mai thought.

Lost in her thoughts again, Mai didn't realize that class was over. It was until Masako loomed over her desk that Mai realized that class had ended.

"So what happened," Masako asked, which prompted Mai to begin recalling the events that took place the day before as she walked to English class with Masako. Along the way, Yasu met up with them and so she also told him what happened.

It was late in the evening when Oliver entered Gene's room once again.

"So how'd the phone call go?" Oliver asked.

"As you can probably imagine. Mother was crying in relief and happiness that I had finally woken up and father was happy as well but was less emotional then mother, I doubt that father cried. They said that they would be home in a couple of days and they gave me the okay to begin my therapy sessions so I can gradually get out of this bed. Oh and they told me to tell you that they loved and missed you as well."

Oliver nodded as he stood at the edge of Gene's bed but he quickly went over to his brother's window as he heard some loud arguments outside his house. Oliver sighed as he saw the brown-haired girl arguing with a girl and boy with black hair. He thought he would be able to ignore her despite being neighbors, but it seemed like he wouldn't be able to.