A/N: AYE! I have returned *fake fancy accent* I have brought Chapter 3 for you guys! Also I recently made Pinterest board, so you guys can follow the link in my profile or search for "Crystal (Kurai Akumu)" on Pinterest! I have posted pictures for the Chapter 2 already. Once again thank you so much for the follows and views! Tris is now living with the Pedrads and gonna settle in with them :D

DISCLAIMER: All rights are reserved to Veronica Roth and I own nothing but the plot line to this fanfiction! (I'm pretty sure Veronica Roth is not a 15-year-old girl who is entering her sophomore year ^_^")

~Chapter 3~

June 10th, Morning

"-day to you, Happy Birthday dear Beatrice, Happy Birthday!" Caleb and my parents sang and I blew out the candles on my special Dauntless cake. I turned 12 years old, and my parents took me out to eat at my favorite restaurant then got me Dauntless cake. We took the cake home so we could celebrate in peace. Dad cut a large slice for me since it is "my special day" as my parents said. Mom, Dad, and Caleb got quite slightly smaller slices because they are being selfless, as usual. We were so happy and having a good time. I take a bite-

I wake to Aunt Hana gently shaking me. Oh, it was all a dream, it wasn't real. I slowly open my eyes and let them adjust to the bright sunlight coming from my skylight.

"Good morning, sweetie. How did you sleep?" Aunt Hana greets me as she kisses my forehead.

"Good Morning, Aunt Hana. I slept very well. It was...nice," I respond with a tired smile and sleep lacing my voice.

"That's good. Well, it is time to get up. You better get ready and come downstairs for breakfast before the boys devour it all. I already ate so I'm safe," she jokes as she leaves my room, closing the door behind her.

I sit up in bed and replay me dream from last night. That was the night before the accident, my birthday is a day before the day my family died. I was so happy then because I finally turned 12 like the rest of my friends, since I am considered the "baby" in my group of friends. My last happy memory with my family-

I am brought out of my reverie when I hear Uriah and Zeke fighting over who gets to use the bathroom first. That's my cue to get out of bed and to get ready for the day. So, I jump out of bed and run straight to the bathroom to brush my teeth and take a quick shower.

After my morning routine, I walk out of the bathroom in just my bra and panties while drying my still damp hair. I walk straight to my dresser and open the third drawer, hoping to find that extra set clothes Aunt Hana told me about yesterday. When I open the drawer, I find a pair of maroon leggings and white Fall Out Boy tank top. Fall Out Boy is one of my top three favorite bands, right above Paramore and Evanescence. I grab the clothes and the pair of socks and quickly change into the clothes. I go to grab my combat boots, but I find a pair of black wedge sneakers with straps. I don't remember seeing that last night, but I was really tired so I wasn't actually paying attention. I decide to put the wedge sneakers on instead of my combat boots. I'm too lazy to do anything with my hair, so I leave it down in its natural beach waves.

I run down the stairs to the second floor and slide down the railing to the first floor. I immediately run to the kitchen once the smell of chocolate waffles hit my nose. I run into the kitchen and see Aunt Hana is still cooking the waffles but behind her, the island is cover with various bowls of fruit, a can of whip cream, different flavored syrups, and various juices and milk.

"Smells and looks good in here," I comment as I make my way to stand beside her, which apparently startles her.

"Oh, you scared me," she chuckles as she holds a hand over her heart, "And thank you. Here's your plate and go help yourself," she motions to the island filled with various toppings and drinks as she hands me a plate with four slices of the perfect chocolate waffles.

I drizzle vanilla syrup on top of the waffles, and scoop up some strawberries and bananas onto my plate. I also pour myself a cup of orange juice, and I take my food to the dining table. I peacefully eat my breakfast as I watch Aunt Hana continue cooking for Uriah and Zeke, while she occasionally takes a sip of her coffee. I'm taking a sip of my juice when I hear Uriah and Zeke bounding down the stairs, speaking of the devils.

"Morning, Trissy-Poo!" they scream as they storm into the kitchen. "Morning, Mom," they say quieter this time. When they go up to Aunt Hana to get their waffles, they also give her a kiss on the cheek.

"Good morning, boys. You ready to go shopping today?" she asks but the tone in her voice says that they have to be ready to go shopping. She starts to clean up the dirty dishes.

"Yes, Mom," they say in a monotone voice like they know there is no way out of this situation. They take the seats across from me.

"Good. Tris, do you know what you need to buy and what you want to get?" she asks in the same tone as before, while she starts to dry the dishes.

"Yes, ma'am," I reply quickly since I was quietly making a list in my head right when I woke up.

"Oh, sweetie, you don't have to call me 'ma'am' or 'Aunt Hana'. That sounds way too old for me, plus you're my daughter. You know you can call me 'Mom'. I know it may be too earlier for you but know that is what you can call me," she tells me with a small smile as she dried her hands. "Oh, before I forget. Tris, I got you a new phone since your old phone broke. And don't worry, the memory was salvageable so all your friend's contacts are in your new phone plus my number and the home phone number. Basically everything from your old phone was transferred onto this new phone, including all your apps and accounts," she explains as she hands me an iPhone 6 Plus with a galaxy print case.

"Thank you so much, A-Mom," I say trying to call her "Mom". "This is really too much," I say gratefully. She just waves her hand as if to say "Don't worry about it. It was no problem". I just nod my head in understanding.

I turn on my iPhone and find all my contacts and apps from my old phone are actually here. Every app and account are my own, and I still have the same number. My first notifications are a huge spam from a group chat with my friends (Christina, Marlene, Shauna, Will, Uriah, and Zeke) and all these messages are from yesterday.

June 9

OMG! i heard wat happened! r u alrite Trissy?! im soooooo srry for the accident :'( kno we all r always here for u ~ Christina (Chrissy)

Trissy r u alrite?! pls answer us! we luv u and r here to support u 3 ~ Marlene (MarMar)

MarMar and Chrissy jst txted me on wat happened :( im srry for ur loss but kno we r going to help u though this ~ Shauna (Shay)

Beatrice, we heard wat happened from Dumb and Dumber, aka Zeke and Uriah, but kno tht we r waiting for u respond and tell us tht u r alrite. we will give u as much support u need and never forget we r also ur unbiological family :) ~ Will (Willy)

Trissy-Poo we luv u and r glad u r part of our family! ~ Zeke (Zekey-Bear)

ALSO! tht is so mean of u, Will ;( ~ Zeke (Zekey-Bear)

dear Trissy-Poo we luv u with all r hearts and now tht u r living with us tht makes it so much better. me and Zeke r gna b the best bros ever! ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

WILL! THTS SO MEAN OF U! T-T ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

WAT?! TRISSY! UR LIVING WITH THE IDIOT PEDRAD TWINS! ~ Christina (Chrissy)

UR LIVING WITH URI AND ZEKE?! ~ Marlene (MarMar)

im so srry, Trissy. i'll b at ur funeral wen Zeke and Uri gt to u XD but how r u living with the idoits? ~ Shauna (Shay)

srry, Zeke and Uriah ^_^' *cough*but its true*cough* ~ Will (Willy)

since wen did u live with the Pedrad twins? ~ Will (Willy)

I look up at the at the twins and they were looking right at me. I mouth 'thank you' to them and I looked back down at my phone to respond. Those twins can really be sweet at times even though they are huge clowns. My friends are so caring too; they were so worried for me. I'm very grateful to have such amazing friends like them.

June 10

guys, im fine and healthy. tysm for all these nice and supportive messages :) and Zeke and Uri helped me yesterday to forget bout the pain and im fine really :)...the twins...r able to live with XD my family will always b in my memories and i'll treasure them for the rest of my life :') also i started to live with the twins yesterday, their mom let me stay with them so now they r my family :D! today we r going to go shopping so i cn buy some new clothes and decorations (im looking and picking but Zeke and Uri r doing the heavy lifting XD) btw i changed my name so now u guys gtta call me 'Tris', Uri made the name up...ik im shock he came up with a good idea XD so im gna go now and finish my breakfast (chocolate waffles) if u guys hav anymore questions, y dnt u all come over 2morrow and we cn hang out :D bye guys ttyl ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

"Mom? Can our friends come over tomorrow so I can answer their questions about what has happened?" I ask Mom, it feels a bit more comfortable calling Aunt Hana, "Mom".

"Sure, sweetie. I bet they have a lot to ask," she responds as she begins to put away the extra toppings and drinks for breakfast. Then I feel my phone vibrate constantly. Well, those guys answer fast.

kk, thts good to hear :) i cnt believe Uri had a good idea and u arent taking me shopping :'( but we r so going shopping nxt time also c u 2morrow ~ Christina (Chrissy)

tht makes more sense :) hav fun Trissy and enjoy ur waffles, c u 2morrow ~ Marlene (MarMar)

good, as long ur able to live with those twins XD i'll c u 2morrow Tris ~ Shauna (Shay)

Tris. thts easier to type XD plus it fits u better! good luck with the twins, c u morrow ~ Will (Willy)

PARTY AT OUR HOUSE! ~ Zeke (Zekey-Bear)

PARTY AT OUR HOUSE! ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

I look at all the messages and close my phone with a smile on my face. My friends are so supportive and caring. I'm thankful I have such great friends and now I'm also part of this great family.

After I respond all those texts, I finish up my breakfast and take my empty dishes to the sink to rinse them a little. I then go to help Mom put away the rest of the extra toppings and drinks from breakfast, and I help her wash the dirty dishes.

"Thank you for helping me clean up, Tris," Mom says as we walk back to the dining table.

"It was no problem at all," I say respectively as I take a seat across from the twins and Mom leans against the island.

"Such a sweet child," I hear her whisper and I smile to myself. "You boys ready to go?" she questions the twins.

"Yeah," Zeke responds and shovels the rest of his food in his mouth. Uriah just nods his head since his mouth is full all the food on his plate and he is trying to wash it all down with his milk.

"Uriah! Chew and swallow your food! You are not a little kid anymore and you can't stuff your face with food," Mom scolds him, and I just snicker at him.

Uriah does as he was told and all the food didn't come back up, surprisingly. Then the twins get up and rinse their dishes in silence, probably dreading on going shopping and scared that Mom will scold them. But I'm going to go with the latter since they seem to fear Mom more right now.

"Come on! Let's go shopping!" I fake cheer to clear the silence.

"I have never heard you so enthusiastic about shopping," Mom laughs as she goes to the car with her purse and keys in hand.

I go to follow Mom with Zeke and Uriah slowly trailing behind. These guys are literally dragging their feet behind them. I run back to them and link my arms with them so they will walk faster.

"Guys, shopping is really not that bad. You know the faster we get there and finish buying all the things I need, the faster we can come home," I tell them, trying to cheer them up. If they hate shopping this much, then I wonder how they will react when their girlfriends will take them shopping...if they get girlfriends for that matter. I look into their eyes and see a bit of playfulness. "There we go. You know, I really prefer happy-pranking-twins, not moping-overreacting-twins," I tease them.

"Hey!" they object. "We are not overreacting! If you didn't know, guys don't shop for fun unless it is for video games," they protest.

"Yeah, I don't like to shop either, but I have to," I say as I get into the car. They mumble something under their breaths so I can't hear how they respond, and they follow me into the car.

"Oh. There you are," Mom says as she looks at us through the rearview mirror.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Mom. The twins were moping about going shopping," I explain.

"We are not moping!" the twins whine.

"Right!" I say sarcastically. "You guys are four-year-olds who likes to whine about everything," I tease. "That seems about right," I say in a baby voice.

"You don't know the pain of shopping," Uriah mumbles.

"It is horrible. Just walking around and pushing the cart, not able to get anything we want. But the worse kind of shopping is clothes shopping," Zeke says with dread.

"Yes that is true-" I start.

"See even you agree!" the twins cut me off.

I continue as if they didn't cut me off, "but no matter how painful shopping is, we have to do it because we need to get our necessities," I explain to them. "Also you have phones. So you can entertain yourselves since you are just going to push the carts and carry the heavy stuff," I reason, hoping to lift their moods. Their only response was a nod of the head. The rest was in complete silence. It wasn't awkward, it was comfortable.

We finally arrive at IKEA, probably the only place to get everything I need for my room. 90% of what I need for my room can be found here and decorations too, most likely.

"Mom, can I have a smart TV in my room?" I ask her as we enter IKEA, and grab a map and an item form.

"Sure, if Uriah and Zeke have a TV, then you can also have a TV. It is only fair," Mom says with a smile. "Pick out any TV and TV stand to go with it," she says as we start to walk though the displays.

Zeke and Uriah are off running through the displays, going through each room, and basically couch/chair hopping. And they said shopping was horrible and painful. I chuckle to myself at their childishness. They look like they found the jackpot at Game Stop. As Mom and I walk through, I write down the items I want so we can pick them up later in the lower floor.

So far in an hour, I found a wooden computer desk with a shelf on the left side of the desk and drawers on the bottom, a black vanity, a white night stand with a charging station in the top drawer, a LG 70-inch Cinema 3D Smart TV LA8600, a TV stand with white edges and black drawers. I'm still looking at the decorations for my room.

"Trissy! Hurry up!" I hear Uriah yell as I look at some wall decorations.

"Yeah! Come on, Trissy! Mom said we can get some ice cream and cinnamon buns when we finish!" Zeke continues.

"So! Hurry up already!" they both scream at me. They don't have an inside voice at all. All they did was scream and I am right next to them.

"Calm down. I just need a few more things, then we can pick them up downstairs. I don't see why you're in such a rush. The food will still be there when we finish," I reason.

"But we are hungry now and dying of hunger," they whine and they run off to catch up with Mom. Geez, these guys have no patience. At least they are not screaming. I will take whining over screaming any day. I write down a few more items before I catch up with Mom and the twins.

"Mom, can we go to Home Depot to pick up some paints?" I ask politely. I really would like to paint my walls and make them unique. After seeing all those unique wall papers, I want to paint my walls and make them something for me.

"OK, how come though?" she asks curiously.

"I want to be able to paint my room to fit me," I say brightly.

"That makes sense," she says. "Well, did you write down all the stuff you want?" she asks while looking over my sheet.

"Yep, I got everything I need from here," I say happily.

"Then let's go collect them," she says as we walk towards the stairs that lead to the first floor.

"Uri! Zeke! We are going to go get the stuff I need for my room!" I yell to them since they were about to run through the small tunnel that leads to the baby/child section.

I hear them groan, "We're coming!" I thought that they were hungry and eager to go earlier, but now they just want to play. No matter how old they get, they will always be children at heart.

"Come one, guys! I need you guys to lift all the heavy boxes!" I yell at them so they would hurry up. "The faster you help me, the faster you can get your food!" I shout, hoping that will convince them to hurry. Apparently it worked since they are running down the stairs. Maybe I was wrong earlier. Their stomachs need to be filled all the time comes before anything, no matter how much fun they are having.

"I can never make those boys work or that enthusiastic about shopping. How did you do it? What's your secret?" Mom teases with a laugh.

"I just mentioned food and they just ran," I say also laughing.

"If I did that, then there won't be any more food in the entire world," she teases. "We better catch up with them and make sure they don't go running to the food," she says descending the stairs with me following her footsteps. To our surprise, we reach the bottom and see that the boys both have carts and are ready to go, not attacking the food court.

"Geez, it took you guys forever to come down those stairs," Zeke says while sighing overdramatically.

"I'm sorry that we walked down the stairs carefully instead of running down the stairs," I say sarcastically while rolling my eyes.

"Oh, it's fine. I accept your apology. Now, what do you need to get, Trissy?" Uriah questions, completely ignoring my sarcasm.

"Follow me," I command playfully with a giggle.

"Aye, sir!" the twin cheer.

Mom just laughed at us and she starts to browse through the sections. If you didn't know us like all the other people in the store, you would probably think my brothers and I are in elementary school and not 12 year olds about to in our first year of middle school. Yep that's right, in just two months the twins and I are going to be sixth graders.

As the twins and I walk through the sections, I start to put the small decorations in the cart. When we reach the boxes of furniture, I point out which item I wanted from my list and the twins get them for me. This goes on for each section we go through and I check each item off from my list.

After walking for an hour, we were able to get all the furniture and decorations for my room, which took up four carts that Mom, the twins, and I are pushing. The twins said they could push all four carts, but I felt bad that they did a lot of work so I decided to help them and push one of the carts. I can't let them do all the work, this is my stuff after all. Right now, we are waiting in one of the checkout lines and it is moving at a snail's pace.

"Ugh! Can they move any slower?!" I hear Uriah voicing my thoughts.

"My feet are killing me just standing here!" Zeke exclaims.

"I have to agree with them. Plus, my patience is thinning quickly right now. I don't know how much longer I can stand here," I grumble.

"Kids, I know that we have barely moved, are very hungry, and just tired of waiting but we are almost there," Mom says, trying to calm us down. Just as Mom finishes talking, the line moves and it is finally our turn. "Why don't you kids go get your food," she says as she hands me the money, "this might take awhile." Before I can respond, Zeke and Uriah drag me to the food line.

We each end up getting something different. I got ice cream, Zeke got cinnamon buns, and Uriah got some cookies. We take our seats close to one of the entrances but still within Mom's vision.

"Man, those were some good buns," Zeke says as he rubs his stomach.

"Nah, I say the cookies were the best," Uriah says while cleaning crumbs off his face.

"I like the ice cream," I say licking my lips. "Anyway, let's go and help Mom. She should be done by now," I say and walk over to the checkout line where Mom is. "Hey Mom!" I say cheerfully.

"Hi, sweetie. How was your snack?" she asks as we wait for the cashier to finish scanning the last of the items.

"It was yummy. I had ice cream, Uriah had cookies, and Zeke had like three cinnamon buns. He said he is eating one for each of us," I say while laughing.

"Yes, it was for all of you. Also, best buns ever," Zeke adds on when he appears by my side.

"I personally loved the cookies," Uriah interjects as he pops at my side too.

"I hope you didn't eat too much since we are going to get a quick lunch at Willy's Bagels and Blends," she tells us. We all just nod our heads.

When the cashier finished scanning our-my-items, we walk out with our four carts to Mom's car. Surprisingly, all the stuff fits in Mom's SUV...barely.

"Looks like we have to go home and drop off all this stuff before we continue shopping," Mom informs us as she starts to drive.

"I agree. I love you guys but I never want to be this close with you guys," I try to say nicely with a smile but fail. I am basically sitting on top of the twins, my feet are on Zeke's lap and I am sitting on Uriah's lap. I am supposed to be sitting between them, but it ended up with me on top of them when Mom had to put down one seat to say down the furniture.

"Ummm...Tris, can you scoot down a bit," Uriah says with a strained voice and a blush dusting his face.

I suddenly realize where on Uriah's lap I am sitting because of certain circumstances, so I scoot down a bit on his lap. "S-sorry," I cough out in embarrassment. Well, that wasn't awkward at all. I look anywhere but at Uriah so he won't see the blush on my face. An awkward silence comes down on us.

"So, where are we going now?" Zeke asks, trying to break the silence.

"Well, first we are going to Willy's Bagels and Blends for lunch. Then we are going to go home to eat out lunch and drop off all this stuff. Finally, we have to go to Home Depot, Best Buy, Hollister, Forever 21, H&M, Hot Topic, and..." Mom starts to list off. She really paid attention to me and knew what kind of style I wanted. "Tris, do you need to go anywhere else?" she asks me.

"I think Tilly's, Charming Charlie, Delia's. Oh! Also Victoria's Secret," I tell her, naming all the stores she hasn't mentioned and were on my mental.

"OK. Why don't you boys just say home after lunch? We don't need your help anymore, and you can relax for the rest of the day," Mom tells the twins.

"OK," they say with a monotone voice. I look back at their faces and see relief they don't have to go shopping with us. Tch, typical.

It's kinda weird that I am excited to go clothes shopping, since I am never excited to go shopping in general. Oh my, Christina would be so happy if she found out I liked to go shopping. I bet she would throw a party just because I started to like shopping a little bit. I laugh at the thought. That would so-

"What do you kids want to eat and drink?" Mom says, breaking my train of thoughts.

"I will have a turkey sandwich on an Asigao bagel with a white chocolate mocha, please," I request politely.

"BLT with a Cookies-n-Cream smoothie," Uriah asks.

"Pizza Bagel with a Carmel Craze," Zeke says.

"So, basically your guys' usual," Mom says with a laugh as she locks the car and walks into Willy's.

My neck is starting to get stiff from leaning against the window, so I rest my head on Uri's chest, forgetting about the incident that happened earlier. Uri instinctively wraps his arms around me. I start to hum the melody to Say My Name by ODESZA since I'm bored from waiting for Mom. Zeke recognizes in immediately and starts to drum the beat on my legs which are still on his lap. Uriah joins me on humming the melody. Now we got something going on like a personal concert and a huge smile spreads across my face.

Suddenly, we hear clapping and I open my eyes, which I didn't realize I closed, to see Mom clapping in the driver's seat. "That sounded wonderful," Mom compliments us when we finish the song. The three of us say some sort of thanks, not really speaking up.

"Did you get the food?" Uriah is the first to speak up.

"Yes, I got the food. It is in the seat right next to me, honey," she says, starting to drive home. The drive home is not long so we get home in no time.

"Before you boys go rushing in, you have to help move all this stuff into Tris's room. Also while Tris and I are gone after lunch, I decided you boys will start to build some of the furniture to save time, understand?" Mom says as her hands hover over the lock button.

"Yes, Mom," the twins comply, knowing there is no point in arguing.

She unlocks the car. I get out first followed by the twins. Before they can walk to the back of the car, I turn around and give them both a hug.

"Thank you for helping me," I say to them as I continue to hug them.

"It's no problem at all, Trissy," they say as they both hug me back.

We release each other from the hug at the same time. They both walk to the back of the car to start unpacking. I go to help them by carry all the small stuff. I grab as much as I can and I run up to my room, and I leave the door open so Zeke and Uriah can bring in the furniture and larger items.

After an hour and a half, we were able to get all the furniture and decorations in my room. Now my room is just overflowing with boxes everywhere. It is starting to look like a storage space again.

"Kids, it's 2 and all the stuff has been unloaded so go and eat your lunch," Mom says as she puts down the last box of decorations.

"Finally! It's time to eat!" Uriah exclaims as he runs down to the kitchen.

"It's about time we ate," Zeke mumbles as he walks down to the kitchen also. I laugh at the boys as I start to follow them down.

Once I get to the kitchen, I see Zeke and Uriah rummaging through the fridge, but our food is on the shelf above them. OK, what?

"What are you guys looking for?" I question them, completely confused.

"Our lunch from Willy's," they say as if the food weren't above them.

Man, these guys don't really pay attention to what is in front of them. "Then look up," I point out. I walk towards them and move their heads up. I hear them mumbling something but I can't really make out what they said. So, I just ignore them and grab my bagel and drink.

I take my food over to one end of the dining table. The twins still end up sitting on both sides of me. Zeke on my right and Uriah on my left. I take a sip of my now ice white chocolate mocha, since Mom put it in the fridge. I moan in pleasure as the cold white chocolate hits my taste buds. This has to be the best thing I ever tasted, right below Dauntless cake.

"Is it really that good?" Mom says, startling me.

"Oh! Yes, it is," I say with a bright smile. "I dare say it can even rival Dauntless cake," I explain.

The twins gasp and glare at me. "Nothing can rival Dauntless cake!" they exclaim overdramatically.

"Dauntless cake is life!" Uriah says with his hand over his heart.

"It is the most important thing in the world!" Zeke exclaims while making huge hand motions, but it just looks like he has noodles for arms and they are flying everywhere. I shield my face because I don't want to be hit by Zeke's crazy noodle arms.

"Calm down boys," Mom says with a chuckle. "Tris can have her opinions about whatever no matter what it is about. You know, not everyone feels as strongly about Dauntless cake as you two," she states calmly.

"Yeah. You guys haven't even tried my iced white chocolate mocha, so what do you know," I retort smugly.

The twins look at each other and it looks like they are having a silent conversation. They both nod their heads, signaling they have come to a conclusion most likely. Then they look at me, sticking out their hands.

"What?" I look at their hands confused.

"Give us your drink," Zeke orders. I clutch my drink tightly.

"We want to take a sip and see what you really say is true," Uriah explains.

"Only a sip. I actually want my drink," I say reluctantly as I hand over my drink.

They take my drink and they both take a sip with thoughtful looks on their faces. Once they took their sips, I rip the drink out from their hands and clutch the drink close to me chest.

"So? What do you guys think?" I question since they have not said a word or moved for that matter.

That is quite concerning to me, while Mom is sitting at the head of the table with a mischievous smile on her face. Maybe she knows how they will react. Then the twins mumble something incoherent.

"What did you say?" I say. They continue to mumble. "Guys, you have to speak up because I can't hear what you are mumbling," I tell them.

"It's really good," Zeke starts.

"And you were right," Uriah finishes.

I gawk at them; they never admit something is better than Dauntless cake. They worship that cake as if it is a god. Now they just said my ice white chocolate mocha beat Dauntless cake.

"Seriously?!" I scream in surprise.

"It doesn't beat Dauntless cake," Uriah says.

"But it was close," Zeke continues.

Now that sounds more like the Pedrad Twins I know. Dauntless cake will always be their favorite, no matter what. I swear they will marry that cake, eat it, and repeat.

Mom starts to get up and stood behind my chair. "Tris, finish up your bagel so we can finish shopping," Mom tells me as she pats my shoulder.

I take the last bites of my bagel and chug down my mocha. "OK, Mom. I ready," I announce as I get up and throw away my trash.

"Then let's go! Boys, don't forget to start assembling the furniture and the furniture ONLY!" she says, giving the twins a warning look.

"Yes, Mom," they say with a little bit of fear.

I don't blame them with the threatening look Mom is giving them. The twins finish their lunch and throw away their trash, run into the garage through the door in the corner of the kitchen, then they reappear with a box of tools and they run up to my room. Wow, if I didn't know them, I would think that they were enthusiastic to work.

"Shall we get going?" Mom says as she starts to walk towards the door.

"Yeah," I say as I follow her out the door and into her car.

"So Tris, is there anything you are interested in like a hobby?" Mom asks as she starts the car and drives to Home Depot.

"It wasn't a hobby but more of an admiration of guitars, acoustic guitars. They sound so beautiful and calming. Caleb played and he taught me to play on his guitar. I only played when he was around to watch me. I enjoyed playing the guitar so much," I tell her as the memory of Caleb first teaching me to play flashed through my mind.

"How well do you play?" she asks.

"Quite well since Caleb has been teaching me for a couple years now," I say proud of myself and Caleb.

He has taught me so much, and my parents were so supportive and encouraging when I was having a hard time in the beginning. My mom would just continue to cheer me on even if I messed up or stopped playing. My dad would also cheer me on along with my mom. But my biggest fan was Caleb, he was so proud of me when I completed my first song cover. He made me do a Taylor Swift song, not really my favorite but it was alright.

"Well, here we are," Mom announces. I look and see we really are at Home Depot. Wow, that was fast.

Mom and I both get out of the car and walk into the store. Once we get in, I immediately go to the paint section and start picking out paint samples.

"So, do you have your paints picked out?" Mom asks as she approaches with a cart and she eyes the paint samples in my hand.

I got shades of red, yellow, orange, blue, purple, and I plan on buying just plain black. "Yeah. I think I got all the ones I need," I say looking down at the paint samples in my hand.

"Then let's go get those paints," she says as we walk towards the aisles with the paint.

After half an hour, I got four different shades of purple, five different shades of blue, blood red, bright orange, bright yellow, and only one can of black paint. I two cans of the other colors to be safe. Right now, Mom and I are waiting in line. This line is faster than the lines at IKEA. We get out of the store in no time, and back on the road. Now it's off to...Best Buy? Why are we going to Best Buy?

"Mom, why are we going to Best Buy?" I ask her.

"To buy you some stuff," Mom says vaguely.

"OK?" I say unsurely.

"We are just getting you a laptop, an iPad, an iPod, and some speakers. The boys have them so it is only fair that you also get them," she explains.

"Oh OK, that makes sense," I say as we get out of the car since we just arrived.

"After we get all your stuff from here, we will go shopping for your new clothes," she says as we enter Best Buy.

I end up getting a LG Ultrabook Z360, a gold iPad mini 3, a black keyboard for the iPad mini 3, tall and skinny smart TV speaker, Logitech computer speakers with subwoofer, a blue iPod Touch 6, and a dark red and purple case for the iPod Touch 6. That only took us half an hour. We walk out of the store and now it's off to clothes shopping and to the mall we go. Yay...so exciting...

Clothes shopping took a good three hours. I got enough clothes, shoes, accessories, and bags to last for a good two years. I have no idea how all of my new clothes will fit in my dresser and walk-in closet. This is when I will really need Christina's, Marlene's, and Shauna's help. They know how to organize clothes and stuff like this. I am also shocked how all these bags fit in Mom's car.

Oh, tonight is going to be a long night of arranging, organizing, and decorating my room. I sigh heavily. This is so much work. More than I expected.

"What's with the sighing? You tired already?" Mom teases me.

"No, I'm not tired yet. I'm just not looking forward to arranging my room, since it's going to take all night," I say exasperated.

"That's true, but I bet you will love the end results," she says, reasoning with me.

"Yeah, I know," I say, knowing there is no point in saying more.

"It won't be that bad. The boys will help you, and we both know that it will not be boring," she says laughing, which causes me to laugh. She is right. Those twins can make anything boring into something fun within minutes.

We are finally home and now it is time for the many trips up and down the stairs while carrying armfuls of bags.

"Boys! We are home!" Mom shouts when we enter. The twins starting bounding down the stairs and jump down the last three steps.

"What you need help with?" Zeke asks.

"Also, we finished building all the furniture," Uriah informs.

"That's good to hear. We need you to bring up the speakers and help bring up some of the bags," she tells them.

The twins nod in understanding, salute us, and they run out to the car. I run up to my room and drop off the bags that I brought in. When I enter, I see that all the furniture is wonderfully built. The twins did a good job in assembling these. Mom follows me in and put down the bags she brought in. Not long after, the twins bring in the speakers for the TV and computer with a few bags and puts it down.

"Now that is skill," I laugh.

"Thank you. Thank you," Zeke says as they bow.

"Please, please hold your applause," Uriah says holding his hands up.

"Oh, you boys are such show offs," Mom says with a smile.

The twins laugh as they walk out to grab more bags. I go follow them with Mom trailing right behind. It doesn't take long to bring up all the bags of my clothes/accessories and electronics along with the can of paint. Currently, my room just looks like a storage space with bags of random stuff strewn all over the place.

"Why don't you start rearranging and unpacking while I go cook dinner?" Mom suggests as she leaves my room and goes down to the kitchen.

I start to unpack all my clothes items, while ripping off the tags and storing them away in my closet and dresser. The twins help by putting all the trash in a black trash bag and folding up the empty bags. When finish putting all the clothes along with the accessories away, my room is less cluttered and actually looks a bedroom, not a storage space. I then notice there are no empty boxes in my room.

"Where did you put all the boxes?" I ask the twins.

"Garage," Zeke simply says.

I just nod my head. I should have known that, but how did I not notice the absence of the boxes earlier. That should have been obvious when I first entered the room earlier. Or did they move the boxes while I was busy with the clothes? Oh, whatever. It doesn't matter now. They did get a lot of work done while Mom and I were gone.

"Why don't we start to arrange the furniture?" Uriah suggests.

"Actually, I have to paint my walls first, before we move the furniture. So can you please move any furniture against the wall to the middle of the room?" I ask politely.

"Sure thing. Give us 15 minutes," Zeke tells me as he walks to the dresser.

"Also while you wait, you can find the paint brushes, paint brush rollers, paint trays, and probably other stuff you need. We will get the ladder for you if you need it," Uriah informs me as he follows his twin to the dresser.

"OK. Thanks, you two," I thank them as I walk out and down to the garage.

I walk around the garage and look for those paint supplies. I finally spot the paint supplies hidden away in a box. I decide to just grab the entire box and head back up to my room. I struggle up the stairs but I finally reach my room. I drop the box when I see the twins really moved all the furniture to the middle of the room.

"Oh good. You brought up the entire box. That makes things so much easier," Uriah says as he notices me by the door. He opened up the box and took out the tarps to cover the carpet and the furniture.

Zeke takes out a screwdriver to open the cans of paint. I take out a tray for each color and all the brushes. I start to design the walls, first starting with the outlines and then working on actually painting later.

The twins bring up the ladder and move it wherever I go. Neither of them says a word as I work, surprisingly. The only noise is the sound of the ladder moving and our footsteps crunching on the tarp. Eventually, we opened up the balcony doors to let out the paint smell that is starting to fill up my room. When I finished up with my walls, I had some leftover paint so I also painted my ceiling. That really hurt my neck. Always looking up to paint the ceiling, but the end result was totally worth it. I am proud and happy how my painted room turned out.

I finally finish touching up the walls and ceiling after another hour. The twins and I are just texting our friends as we wait for dinner to be ready and for the paint to dry.

June 10

SO ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

TIRED ~ Zeke (Zekey-Bear)

OF ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

WORKING! ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

WORKING! ~ Zeke (Zekey-Bear)

WORKNG! ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

r u guys ok? ~ Christina (Chrissy)

wat happen to u guys? ~ Will (Willy)

u guys sound done for the day XD ~ Marlene (MarMar)

dnt die yt! XD ~ Shauna (Shay)

im nt ok! D: my necks hurt from painting my ceiling! my freaking ceiling! ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

went shopping with Tris and Mom and watever Zeke is bout to say ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

same as Uriah and we had to build furniture, take boxes and bags up to Trissy's new room, help her arrange her room, and all tht stuff ~ Zeke (Zekey-Bear)

nt even done :'( we r waiting for the paint to dry so we cn move all the furniture bak to its final spot. also im hungry and dinner is nt ready yt :"( ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

*dead* ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

^basically ~ Zeke (Zekey-Bear)

im srry guys :( ~ Christina (Chrissy)

it will b over soon ~ Marlene (MarMar)

u will survive till then! ~ Shauna (Shay)

live through it! ~ Will (Willy)

tnx hope so ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

"Kids! Dinner is ready!" the twins and I hear Mom call.

"Coming!" we yell simultaneously.

*revives* bye guys talk to u later! FOOD IS READY! _ ~ Uriah (Uri-Pie)

c u guys 2morrow at our house! ~ Zeke (Zekey-Bear)

din din is ready! so bai and nite guys! :3 we will c u 2morrow! ~ Tris (Trissy-Poo)

bai :3 ~ Christina (Chrissy)

bai bai ^-^ ~ Marlene (MarMar)

c u guys! :D ~ Shauna (Shay)

nite guys! c u 2morrow! ~ Will (Willy)

Once we finish reading all the texts from our friends, the three of us race down to the kitchen since we are so hungry. The smell of chicken-macaroni casserole wafted into my nose as I entered the kitchen.

"Mmm. That casserole smells good," I compliment.

"Thank you, sweetie. Did you finish with your room?" Mom asks as she takes out the casserole from the oven.

"Almost. We just need to move the furniture when the paint dries then we are done," I explain as I take my seat at the end of the table. Zeke and Uriah take their seats beside me, like how we sat at lunch. I feel like there will be our "assigned" seats.

"You kids made a lot of progress in this amount of time," she says as she gives each of us a huge helping of the casserole. "Maybe the paint will be dry by the time you guys finish dinner so you can move the furniture," she tells us as she takes her seat at the head of the table.

I take a bite out of the casserole and it made my mouth water. It was perfect to me. Mom really knows how to cook amazing food. Every meal is so mouthing watering and delicious. I don't know how she learned to cook so well.

"So, what do you kids plan on doing tomorrow when you friends come over?" Mom asks as she takes a bite of her casserole.

"Besides my interrogation, I don't know," I tell her.

"Maybe just play some games or hang out," Zeke says thoughtfully. He is probably planning what we are going to do tomorrow. Normal behavior for him.

"PARTY!" Uriah yells as he jumps out of his seat and fist pumps. OK, that is normal for him too.

"No parties at all," Mom scolds, shooting down Uriah's idea.

"Fine..." Uriah mumbles as he sits back down. He finishes his dinner quietly for the rest of time.

Zeke tries to hide his laugh by coughing which just turns into him choking on air. I try to suppress my smile and eat my dinner, never looking up. If Uriah caught me laughing at him, he will so get me back for that. I don't feel like being pranked anytime soon or anytime at all for the matter.

Once the twins and I finish dinner, we run back up to my room. I notice a breeze coming from the still open balcony doors. Hopefully they help the walls dry faster. We go check all the walls to see if they are still wet.

"Dry," Zeke calls out.

"All dry," Uriah states.

"Good. Now let's move this furniture," I declare happily. "OK, how about you guys move the bed and dresser back then we can move the other stuff," I suggest to make things easier.

"Sure," Zeke says. Uriah just nods. They push the bed back to its original spot, then they drag the dresser to the left of the bed. I direct the twins to where I want the furniture since they won't let me do anything else.

After two hours, we-they-were able to arrange all the furniture. They also put up the TV and speakers, but we didn't know how to set it up so we left it alone. I am hoping Will will do it when he comes over tomorrow. I also was able to put all the decorations. Plus, I also got to set up my Ultrabook, iPad mini, and iPod Touch 6.

"Thanks for helping me get set up. It means a lot to me," I say gratefully as I go to hug my brothers. "You guys now earn the title of Best Brothers Ever," I laugh as I remember Uriah's text from earlier.

"YES!" they cheer, while fist pumping. "We are officially the BEST BROTHERS EVER!" they yell happily as they hug me tighter.

"Guys, I can't breathe," I choke out.

"Sorry, Trissy!" they apologize as they release me.

"It's fine. Well, we better get to sleep unless you want to pass out when our friends come over," I say amused at the idea of them falling asleep when are friends are here.

"It is late. So night, Trissy," Zeke says as he kisses the top of my head.

"Goodnight, Trissy. Don't have any nightmares," Uriah says as he also kisses the top of my head. They both walk out of my room, closing the door behind them.

I walk to the door and release the tie in the middle of the silver drapes I added. Yep, I got silver drapes for my large French Oak doors. I go to the arch balcony doors and close them. I also release the tie on the gold drapes that were added. I turn around and take in my new room. There is a black three panel standing mirror to the right of the French doors, and a wooden computer desk with a shelf on the left side of the desk and drawers on the bottom. The computer desk is to the left of the French doors. There are small star string lights that are hanging around the desk. I put my LG Ultrabook Z360 in the middle of the desk between the Logitech speakers. I also put the subwoofer on the shelf. I decided to paint the wall with the French doors so it looks like waves are crashing against it. The stronger waves climb up the middle of the wall and the rest of the wall has a stormy sky. For my bed, I have flame bed sheets and covers so it looks like the flames are climbing up from the edge. I put a leather bench in front of the bed. I got a white nightstand with a charging station in the top drawer, and I put it to the right of my bed. On top of the nightstand, I put a tree lamp with lights in the flowers. I stored my gold iPad mini 3, the black keyboard for the iPad mini 3, my blue iPod Touch 6 with its dark red and purple case, and my red and black Beats ear buds in the second drawer. The nightstand contrasts my dresser that is on the left side of my bed. I painted a purple aurora borealis on the wall with my bed. I put the TV stand with white edges and black drawers across from my bed, and the LG 70-inch Cinema 3D Smart TV LA8600 rests perfectly on top. I set up the tall, skinny smart TV speakers on both sides of the TV stand. There are four baby blue bean bags in front of the TV in the shape of a crescent. I also put a purple tie dye rug under the bean bags. I painted the wall with my TV so there is a galaxy design. I set up my black vanity to the left of my arch balcony doors. There is a soon-to-be-filled black and red checkered collage board to the right of the balcony doors. I painted flames creeping up from the black background on the wall with the balcony doors. I finally look up at my ceiling and see the moon and stars that I painted around the huge skylight covering half of my ceiling. Mom was right, even though it took a lot of work I am proud of the end results.

I hear a small knock on my door and Mom appears.

"Hi swee- Wow your room looks gorgeous," she compliments. "All these walls look amazing. Did you do all of this yourself?" she asks in awe as she circles my room.

"T-thanks. Yes, I painted all of these walls. My brothers did help me get higher up," I say embarrassed.

"Oh my... Your ceiling is absolutely breath-taking. It looks so realistic," she continues as she admires the ceiling.

"T-thank you," I say shyly. I'm not really used to compliments on what I do.

Mom walks over to me and wraps her arms around me. "Just amazing," she whispers and she kisses my forehead. "You are amazing and so talented, so strong, so brave, just amazing," she says as she caresses my cheek with her thumb. "Goodnight, my wonderful daughter. Sweet dreams," she tells be as she as kisses my cheek and walks out of my room, closing the door behind her.

"Goodnight, Mom," I whisper before the door closes.

My future-style alarm clock on the nightstand is glowing 11:53 P.M. Wow, it is later than I thought. I take off my shoes and go to put them on the shoe rack in my closet. I go to my dresser and grab a dark blue bra with matching panties. I then walk into my ensuite and go through my normal routine, putting on the pajamas from last night after my shower. I crawl into my bed and I put my phone in the charging station.

Today was really busy and tiring, but it was actually fun too. Now I am officially settled into to my new home. I also really love how my new room turned out, it is better than I imagined. This is my perfect dream bedroom and wouldn't want anything else. It was nice working with the twins on some big project like this. They didn't goof off or anything like that, they were very professional the entire time we were working. They were straight to the point on everything. I never knew they could be so serious about something. It was something completely new to me. I so have to tell everyone about this when they come over tomorrow. My friends will be so surprised when they hear that The Pedrad Twins can be serious about something that is not food.

But back to my room, my favorite part was painting the walls and ceiling. The ceiling is my most favorite. I look up at my ceiling, and I notice my painting somewhat blends in with the real night sky that I see through my skylight. Yep, that is totally my favorite. I love the color of the night sky; it is a perfect shade of royal blue. I would say that is my favorite color. To me, it looks like a color of mystery, hiding something from the world and deceiving the world.

My eyelids start to feel like lead as I continue to gaze upon the night sky, observing each star and cloud that passes by. The lull of the night calms me down, making it harder to resist sleep. I want to observe the night sky and watch as it turns into the early sunrise, but my body wants to drag me under to the darkness. I eventually comply and let sleep pull me under, causing me to go into a deep sleep. The best sleep I'm going to get after that horrible accident.

There you have it! That is all for Chapter 3 of NFNLNL! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I made a bit longer this time too :)

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