I felt shivers going up and down my spine. "Alex, we discussed this. It's time." It was the man who spoke. My heart stopped.
"Alex, what's going on? How do you know them?" Alex ignored me.
"Yes, but"
"No 'buts', Alex." I was expecting Alex to laugh at that. He didn't.
"I can't." His voice was barly more than a shaky wisper.
I was scared. I touched him lightly on the arm. He looked down at me. "Alex, what's wrong"
"I'm not letting you take her away!" He shouted.
"Alex, take me away where?" For the first time in this conversation, they actually heard me.
"Oh," Alex said quietly. None of them knew what to do.
"Let's get you two back, we'll talk there." No one argued with the woman. Alex put a hand around my waist and we walked back to the suddenly inviting walls of our home. Everyone else, at this point, was already eating dinner. Chicken or tofu. Those were the two options every Tuesday. We sat all sat down at a table with Craig. Craig imediatly looked up and saw them.
"Micheal?" Craig managed to spit out.
"Craig?" The man went wide eyed in disbelife. Now I knew something weird was going on. When was this pathetic excuse for a nightmare going to end? I groaned, pulling my hands up to my face. Once again, I was ignored.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Craig practically shouted. "I thought you were dead"
"In a way..." he threw a glance at the black haired girl. "I'm..." He looked at Craig again, "What are you doing here"
"I live here. Mom and Dad died." Alex and I looked at Craig, worried. Craig never talked about his parents. "But I asked first"
"I'm here for my daughter." This sentence didn't enter my mind. Not, at least, untill I saw Craig look at me, surprised.
"I'm not sure I'm following," I said, confused. "Who's your daughter"
Now, I'm usually smart, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out why everyone in this conversation (the black haired woman, too, though she hadn't said anything) staring at me like I belonged in a big room covered in white fluffy pillows.
The woman spoke, "you are." I opened my mouth. My mind said what my mouth was too shocked to speek: WHAT!
"You're my-"
"Parents, yes."
"Wait," Craig spoke, "so, I'm her...uncle?" The two elders nodded. "Uncle Craig?" He laughed, causing me to laugh, causing Alex to laugh. It was so good to hear his laugh after he had been so seriouse in the forest. I put a hand to my head. OH MY GOD! This must be a dream! It's just too bizar that I would find my parents and be Craig's neice.
"Allana, you need to come with us." The woman said morwe seriously.
"Who?" I didn't think there was an Allana sitting with us.
She looked at Alex. "You didn't even tell her her real name?" She hissed.
"I didn't want her to know, just as you instructed." Alex wrapped his cool arm around me. I, at one time, had felt a little uncomfortable with his cool body being so close to mine, but I quickly got over that and now it was one of the few things that could comfort me. "Her name is Jacey now."
Micheal lifted one eyesbrow, "really?" I nodded. "That is a very lovely name, Selene." He looked at the woman, my mother. I picked up the end of my hair and started chewing on it. A bad habbit.

A/N: Ok...I know it's not the best, but I'm tired and wrote this on a whim. Anyway, I love your reviews and need more. Keep them coming. More coming very soon.

Caffinated,

Kayl