"So, Bianca, was tonight that bad?" Amy asks me once we are home. I could give her a straight answer, but I decide to annoy her a bit instead.

"I believe, Amy," I say slowly, "that it is I who should be asking you questions. Tell me, what do you think of what's his na-" At this, Amy cuts me off instantly.

"Alex?" I giggle. I knew she'd get a bit worked up about me calling him that.

"Yes, Mr. Wesley indeed. Please, do tell." I grin at her and flop myself down on my bed, then prop myself up with my elbows.

"Oh, he's really nice… and funny, and sweet…" She sighs almost imperceptibly.

"You like him, don't you?" I ask, this time switching to my 'understanding' sister mode. She nods and blushes. "Well, he did seem nice to me, and it seems he actually listens to you," I continued, remembering he had asked me if I studied art. Amy must have told him that, and he didn't really have to remember. We both fall into a contemplative silence. Amy is probably thinking about Alex. I, on the other hand, about what Amy had asked me.

"Bianca, you never did answer my question, you know," Amy says after a few minutes.

"If you must know, it was pretty fun…" My voice fades out.

"But…?"

"But there was a certain someone who kinda left me a tad bit annoyed, if you know what I mean." All I'm really trying to do is avoid actually mentioning him.

"Certain someone? Wait, you mean Nick?" I nod. There was something about him that either annoyed or scared me. "Why? I mean, I heard about the avocado incident, but really, he's not that bad."

"Amy, nobody's bad according to you. But seriously speaking, there was something strange about him. First, he gets all mad at us for pretty much saying the word boogies. Then, he refuses to talk to Sam and me. As Sam said, he was the scowling statue of the avocado. The oddest thing, though, is when we were leaving to go dance, I looked his way for a second, and found he was staring at me, almost as if he was trying to melt me or something with his eyes."

"Bianca, I think you both just overreacted a bit. For goodness sake, he can't be that bad… maybe he was having a bad day or something. I think I'll ask Alex, after all, they're best friends." I shoot up at the mention of him.

"Ask Alex? When are you seeing him again?" Amy blushes once again.

"If you must know, tomorrow," she looks at her watch. "Well, technically, today."

"Woah, that was fast. Where are you guys meeting?"

"He's picking me up here, actually." This gets me to raise an eyebrow. I mean, really, what if he's really some sort of creepy stalker that wants to know exactly where you live so he acts all nice? Okay, so maybe Alex doesn't really fit the stalker stereotype, but you never know. "So, do you have any plans for tomorrow?"

"Now that you mention it, I think I'm going to call Nick and ask him out." I say sarcastically. Amy gets the picture though. I think she's moving too fast. She just gives me a "sweet of you, but bugger off" look. "Actually, I was thinking about actually figuring out what we are going to do during our trip."

Our family trip this summer is going to be quite interesting, if I do say so myself. We are going to South America, Chile, to be more specific. It's a long and skinny country that looks a rather bit squished by Argentina. Why are we going? Because we want to.

Actually, it's got to do with my dad's job. You see, my dad works in the wine industry. I don't really know what he does (okay, maybe I do, but I really don't like explaining). The thing is, he gets to travel quite a bit to wine producing places. So, that's where Chile comes in: they make wines. So, my dad went there a couple of years ago, and he really loved it. Now, it came up that he needs to go again for work, and he decided to coordinate his vacations and the trip. That means that we get two weeks traveling as a family doing sightseeing, and then another week with my dad working before returning to the States.

I'm really looking forward to it myself. I've been doing some reading about the places, and I've seen a ton of gorgeous photos. So, you can imagine the temptation that is for me, being a bit photography obsessed.

I don't really know what my other sisters think about the trip though. I have a feeling the only reason they're interested is because it'll give them some sort of bragging rights for having gone out of the country, even if to an unknown place.

Come to think of it, "my other sisters" have not been introduced. Well, you know there is me, then Amy, and we are both 20. Then, there is Molly, who is 18 and going to be a senior. She is really serious about everything she does, although she really needs to loosen up sometimes. She loves singing though, and is pretty good at it, if you can tolerate opera-like singing.

After Molly comes Kirsten, who is going to be a sophomore, as is Laurie. Now, don't get the idea that they are twins too, because they're not. Laurie is actually older, but her… straggling ways led her to being held back in 9th grade. If you ask me, that's just about the worst thing that could have happened, because with that, Kirsten started to try and follow in Laurie's footsteps. I mean, Kirsten didn't start trying to get held back (who would?) but she did start taking up Laurie's bad habits of partying too much (without Mom or Dad's permission), not doing homework and having a boyfriend a week. I'm sure Laurie had at least 20 boyfriends last year, if not more. I honestly don't know where she gets them. I mean, there isn't an endless supply stupid guys in a small town like ours. They have to turn out a bit smart sometime.

A/N: Woohoo! Another chapter… would you look at that!

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Should I post some sort of character sheet? I know it's kind of hard to keep track of the characters when you are reading several stories at once… even I get them confused XD