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Chapter 2: Manchester, Ohio

September 12, 2002

" Lissie? Yo, Lissie! Hey! Where are you Lissie?!" A short, curly brown haired

girl raced down the steps of her large Victorian house. She was in a tank top and

capris and looked like any other girl. She was probably in her twenties and was on

her way to work. " Lissie, get your but down here! LISSIE!!!!!!!!!" The girl

couldn't see where she was going and fell down the steps. Another, younger

girl with darker hair and bright blue eyes raced down the steps.

" Hey Bella, are you ok?" A very angry Bella stood up.

" Where have you been? I've been screaming for you for an hour!"

" Bella, I didn't hear you! Calm down will you! I was upstairs in the tower reading."

" Oh. Oh, well, bye, got to go. If that stupid aunt of ours comes by, tell her we're

not here!" Bella rushed picking up a brief case and a jacket.

" Ok, bye sis! Love ya!" Bella opened the door to find two teenagers standing

outside. They had dark brown hair and were both just a bit taller than the 5"1

Bella.

" Hey, Merridith, hey Patrick, umm Lissie's upstairs if you want-" Bella was

cut off as the two teens rushed up to the tower.

" If you two destroy anything, I will kick the you know what outta you!"

Bella doubted that they had even heard her. In the tower, Lissie was reading

Something on her computer. She was so transfixed that she didn't hear the door to

the tower open and the pitter patter of feet run up the stairs she only looked up

when her door slammed open and Merridith (or Merrie) and Patrick (Pip) ran

forward and started to act like well…..Merrie and Pip. Merrie jumped on her sofa

to talk very, very fast and Pip dove into her candy bowl (literally).

" Ouch! That hurt!" Pip said with the candy bowl on his head.

" Well maybe if you thought more about getting hurt instead of stuffing yourself

candy, you wouldn't have doven into the candy bowl!" Merrie said

flipping through a fashion magazine she had brought over. Lissie didn't

much attention to the whole clothes scene, though she did dress very well.

" So, Lisse, what are you going to do about Bella's 27th birthday party? Everyone in

town's talking about it. Is it true she's planning a big party? I can't wait,

I've been waiting forever to get the partay going on. Is she hiring a DJ?

C'mon what's she doing?" Lissie laughed to herself. Merrie was the most popular

girl in school and she always liked parties, though in the small town they lived in,

there weren't that many.

" Well, I know this guy who's her friend, is coming. He's really nice.

He owns a major corporation, but he also has a research institute and he

knows how to make fireworks. His name is Maurice Georg Isandri.

Sometimes, I feel like I've know him for a long time."