Chapter One: When Strangers Meet
When the strange people had come to the house and brought them into this room, she had orginally thought that it was for a party. But after a while of waiting for the fun to start she finally came to the conclusion that it couldn't be a party. If it was a party then it was the only one she had ever been too that no one seemed to be having any kind of fun at all.
A sense of uneasiness began to grow in the pit of her stomach. Where were her mother and father? All most absently, to counteract the uneasiness, she began to play a game that her Grandmother had taught her. The game was actually very simple; try to guess who in the room was lying and who was telling the truth.
"They're too young to be orphans."
"I can't believe that they were left all alone as it is."
False
"Well, the way things turned out, it's a good thing that their parents has such a lack of parenting judgment."
The young girl blonde girl sat on the edge of a sit that was too big for such a small girl as she watched the faces of the adults whenever one of them spoke. Besides her, her twin sat curled up into a ball, scared by the absence of ever one familiar face among crowd of people. Their other sister sat on the far side of the room holding her teddy bear, not saying a word.
As if on a command she couldn't hear the adults crowded around her, blocking everything, but her twin from view. Some of them looked worried, others looked sad, but most of them looked triumphant.
"It's really such a shame that their parents died when they were so young. Of course I always told John that if he married that woman, she would drive him to his death." A woman on her right declared.
True
The small girl felt tears begin to gather in her eyes. Why were these people speaking so badly about their mother? Where was her mom any way? Why didn't she come and make these people go away?!
"I really don't think that that was an appropriate way to phase that, Margaret." A new voice said from somewhere outside of the circle of adults. "I don't see why it's her fault that she happened to be driving when they got hit. If the fates allowed it, John could have been driving that car when that drunk driver hit them."
True
The adults around them grew silent and parted allowing the girl to see threw to the woman standing next to her sister. The woman's hair was a light brown, and her bright blue eyes somehow reminded her of her mother. The woman that had been identified as Margaret stepped forward agressively.
"Well, you would take up for her being her sister now, wouldn't you? Now leave, you have no right to be in this house of mourning!"
The woman's eyes flashed momentarily in anger.
"I have more right then you do, Margaret. In the will I'm sure you'll find that I was named the children's Guardian in case of an accident. I've come to take them home with me."
True
The woman walked towards the young girl and kneeled in front of her. Absently she reached out with one hand and gently patted her twin on the head, comforting her. There was something about this woman that told the girl that she could trust her.
"Do you understand what has happened, darling?" The woman asked her calmly.
The girl shook her head.
"Well." Her face clouded momentarily with pain. "You're mother and father aren't going to be able to come back to you for a long long time. They sent me to take care of you until they can come back, okay? You're going to come home and live with me." She paused for looking at the other children. "You're going to have to be strong. Your sisters are going to need you to help them through this."
True
* * *
Thirteen years later
"Well that seems to be all for today's meeting." Kiki Masion declared looking down at the schedule in front of her. She then looked up back up with a confident smile on her face that had become her trademark in high school. "Does anyone else have anything that they feel we have haven't discussed, or that still needs to be discussed?"
Silence filled the room as the rest of the Student Council looked around at each other.
"Good! Then I call this meeting to an end. Our next meeting will be.two weeks from now." Another smile. "See you then."
Everyone began to move around, and a faint mummur filled the air. It had been a long day for all of them. Kiki gave a sigh and momentarily let the smile drop from her face as everyone filed out of the room.
Ever since that day thirteen years ago, when she and her sisters had been told that their parents were dead, Kiki had worked hard never to let anyone down. It was a show of how well she had done keeping this vow that she had been voted Vice-president or President of five different clubs and two councils. Two of those clubs and one of the councils met on Thursdays.
This day had been way too long. Thankful tomorrow was Friday.
Kiki let a really smile flicker across her face. She had taken her Aunt's advice to heart and had been strong for her sisters, and later been strong for all those that counted on her. She had never lost her calm in the face of anything short of disaster. Even when eight year old Kat had discovered the fact that fire did and could burn through most things.
She began to file away the notes for this meeting and cleaning up some of the mess that the other members had left. In all honestly, she could have had others stay and help her with these chores, but she enjoyed the feeling of accomplishment that she got as she finished up for the day. There was nothing like knowing that you had really done something with your time and not let even a minute go wasted.
When Kiki had finished doing that and gathering her things, she looked down at her clock.
Eight thirty.
Aunt Sally had to work the night shift tonight. Kit, her twin, was going to spend the night with one of her friends. The phone number to her friend's house was on the fridge. Katherine would be waiting on the porch, waiting for her to get home. Unless she actually remembered her house key, but knowing Kat the sky would fall first.
It was because her mind was going through its mental list, instinctively turning off the lights and locking doors, that she ran into the young man standing propped up against the frame of the door.
Kiki blinked once or twice getting her mind to focus on her surroundings. She frowned slightly before she looked at the guy she had so thoughtlessly ran into. It just wasn't like her to get so distracted that she actually hit something. Maybe she was sick.
Then she looked up into the most beautiful eyes that she had ever seen. She felt her knees go weak, and her eyes widen. But the moment he opened his mouth a part of her mind instantly distrusted.
"Sorry, if I'd seen you coming I would have moved." He smiled a gorgeous smile at her.
False
She studied him as objectively as she could, which wasn't in all honestness very. He had to be the hottest guy that she had ever seen in her life, which was only being fair. He had midnight blue eyes, and dark black hair. Kit would definitely be having a heart attack right now. That part of her mind that distrusted him noted that he looked utterly sincere. So why was she so sure that he was lying to her?
She smiled at him as these thoughts ran through her head.
"It's okay. It was my fault any way. I didn't think anyone was here so I let myself get distracted. Are you waiting for someone?"
"You could say that."
True
"Well, would you really mind waiting outside? I promised that I would lock up for the night." Kiki started to walk forward, but the guy didn't move out of her way. She gave him a look of alarm. Her pulse began to speed up. Why hadn't she left when the others had? Was he going to try something?
He smiled that disarming smile yet again, but this time it had no real affect on her. With a mocking bow he moved out of the way.
Kiki's nerves screamed as she walked past him. What was wrong with her? He was just a guy. A cute guy, but that wasn't a reason to be freaking out like this! She forced her muscles to relax, and smiled her most genuine looking smile.
"Are you starting school here?" Kiki, without looking at him, asked as she locked the front door of the school. As long as he stood there it wasn't polite to ignore him.
"I'm thinking about it." A quick nervous glance told her that he was now leaning against the wall, the very picture of casualness. "My family and I just moved here. I was going to put off starting, but now that I know a girl like you is going here, I'm definitely going to start school as soon as possible." He flashed her yet another smile. He obviously thought he was being very gallent.
False
Well, at least most of what he'd said wasn't true. She believed that he truly was going to start school as soon as possible. She didn't believe that it had anything to do with her looks.
Not that she was bad looking. Her pale blonde hair was pulled back into an efficient ponytail. She was slender and the tallest of her siblings, but she was realist enough to know that her bright blue eyes were by far her only good feature. Her eyes though were nothing compared to the jewel like brightness of the stranger's eyes. He made her feel awkward and young, out of control of the situation. That was not a feeling that she liked at all. There was no way she was going to introduce this guy to Kit.
"Well it was nice meeting. You'll have to look me up when you start school." She turned away from him and started walking toward her car as quickly as politeness allowed. "Good bye!" She shouted over her shoulder. The farther she walked, though, the calmer she felt. Maybe she would even tell Kit about that guy after all, she thought generously. He was definitely more her type any way.
"I'll definitely be seeing you around, Kiki Masion!" The guy shouted after her.
True
Kiki froze in mid-step. She had never told him her name.
"How did you-" Kiki started to say as she turned around, but the young man with the jewel-bright eyes was nowhere to be seen.
When the strange people had come to the house and brought them into this room, she had orginally thought that it was for a party. But after a while of waiting for the fun to start she finally came to the conclusion that it couldn't be a party. If it was a party then it was the only one she had ever been too that no one seemed to be having any kind of fun at all.
A sense of uneasiness began to grow in the pit of her stomach. Where were her mother and father? All most absently, to counteract the uneasiness, she began to play a game that her Grandmother had taught her. The game was actually very simple; try to guess who in the room was lying and who was telling the truth.
"They're too young to be orphans."
"I can't believe that they were left all alone as it is."
False
"Well, the way things turned out, it's a good thing that their parents has such a lack of parenting judgment."
The young girl blonde girl sat on the edge of a sit that was too big for such a small girl as she watched the faces of the adults whenever one of them spoke. Besides her, her twin sat curled up into a ball, scared by the absence of ever one familiar face among crowd of people. Their other sister sat on the far side of the room holding her teddy bear, not saying a word.
As if on a command she couldn't hear the adults crowded around her, blocking everything, but her twin from view. Some of them looked worried, others looked sad, but most of them looked triumphant.
"It's really such a shame that their parents died when they were so young. Of course I always told John that if he married that woman, she would drive him to his death." A woman on her right declared.
True
The small girl felt tears begin to gather in her eyes. Why were these people speaking so badly about their mother? Where was her mom any way? Why didn't she come and make these people go away?!
"I really don't think that that was an appropriate way to phase that, Margaret." A new voice said from somewhere outside of the circle of adults. "I don't see why it's her fault that she happened to be driving when they got hit. If the fates allowed it, John could have been driving that car when that drunk driver hit them."
True
The adults around them grew silent and parted allowing the girl to see threw to the woman standing next to her sister. The woman's hair was a light brown, and her bright blue eyes somehow reminded her of her mother. The woman that had been identified as Margaret stepped forward agressively.
"Well, you would take up for her being her sister now, wouldn't you? Now leave, you have no right to be in this house of mourning!"
The woman's eyes flashed momentarily in anger.
"I have more right then you do, Margaret. In the will I'm sure you'll find that I was named the children's Guardian in case of an accident. I've come to take them home with me."
True
The woman walked towards the young girl and kneeled in front of her. Absently she reached out with one hand and gently patted her twin on the head, comforting her. There was something about this woman that told the girl that she could trust her.
"Do you understand what has happened, darling?" The woman asked her calmly.
The girl shook her head.
"Well." Her face clouded momentarily with pain. "You're mother and father aren't going to be able to come back to you for a long long time. They sent me to take care of you until they can come back, okay? You're going to come home and live with me." She paused for looking at the other children. "You're going to have to be strong. Your sisters are going to need you to help them through this."
True
* * *
Thirteen years later
"Well that seems to be all for today's meeting." Kiki Masion declared looking down at the schedule in front of her. She then looked up back up with a confident smile on her face that had become her trademark in high school. "Does anyone else have anything that they feel we have haven't discussed, or that still needs to be discussed?"
Silence filled the room as the rest of the Student Council looked around at each other.
"Good! Then I call this meeting to an end. Our next meeting will be.two weeks from now." Another smile. "See you then."
Everyone began to move around, and a faint mummur filled the air. It had been a long day for all of them. Kiki gave a sigh and momentarily let the smile drop from her face as everyone filed out of the room.
Ever since that day thirteen years ago, when she and her sisters had been told that their parents were dead, Kiki had worked hard never to let anyone down. It was a show of how well she had done keeping this vow that she had been voted Vice-president or President of five different clubs and two councils. Two of those clubs and one of the councils met on Thursdays.
This day had been way too long. Thankful tomorrow was Friday.
Kiki let a really smile flicker across her face. She had taken her Aunt's advice to heart and had been strong for her sisters, and later been strong for all those that counted on her. She had never lost her calm in the face of anything short of disaster. Even when eight year old Kat had discovered the fact that fire did and could burn through most things.
She began to file away the notes for this meeting and cleaning up some of the mess that the other members had left. In all honestly, she could have had others stay and help her with these chores, but she enjoyed the feeling of accomplishment that she got as she finished up for the day. There was nothing like knowing that you had really done something with your time and not let even a minute go wasted.
When Kiki had finished doing that and gathering her things, she looked down at her clock.
Eight thirty.
Aunt Sally had to work the night shift tonight. Kit, her twin, was going to spend the night with one of her friends. The phone number to her friend's house was on the fridge. Katherine would be waiting on the porch, waiting for her to get home. Unless she actually remembered her house key, but knowing Kat the sky would fall first.
It was because her mind was going through its mental list, instinctively turning off the lights and locking doors, that she ran into the young man standing propped up against the frame of the door.
Kiki blinked once or twice getting her mind to focus on her surroundings. She frowned slightly before she looked at the guy she had so thoughtlessly ran into. It just wasn't like her to get so distracted that she actually hit something. Maybe she was sick.
Then she looked up into the most beautiful eyes that she had ever seen. She felt her knees go weak, and her eyes widen. But the moment he opened his mouth a part of her mind instantly distrusted.
"Sorry, if I'd seen you coming I would have moved." He smiled a gorgeous smile at her.
False
She studied him as objectively as she could, which wasn't in all honestness very. He had to be the hottest guy that she had ever seen in her life, which was only being fair. He had midnight blue eyes, and dark black hair. Kit would definitely be having a heart attack right now. That part of her mind that distrusted him noted that he looked utterly sincere. So why was she so sure that he was lying to her?
She smiled at him as these thoughts ran through her head.
"It's okay. It was my fault any way. I didn't think anyone was here so I let myself get distracted. Are you waiting for someone?"
"You could say that."
True
"Well, would you really mind waiting outside? I promised that I would lock up for the night." Kiki started to walk forward, but the guy didn't move out of her way. She gave him a look of alarm. Her pulse began to speed up. Why hadn't she left when the others had? Was he going to try something?
He smiled that disarming smile yet again, but this time it had no real affect on her. With a mocking bow he moved out of the way.
Kiki's nerves screamed as she walked past him. What was wrong with her? He was just a guy. A cute guy, but that wasn't a reason to be freaking out like this! She forced her muscles to relax, and smiled her most genuine looking smile.
"Are you starting school here?" Kiki, without looking at him, asked as she locked the front door of the school. As long as he stood there it wasn't polite to ignore him.
"I'm thinking about it." A quick nervous glance told her that he was now leaning against the wall, the very picture of casualness. "My family and I just moved here. I was going to put off starting, but now that I know a girl like you is going here, I'm definitely going to start school as soon as possible." He flashed her yet another smile. He obviously thought he was being very gallent.
False
Well, at least most of what he'd said wasn't true. She believed that he truly was going to start school as soon as possible. She didn't believe that it had anything to do with her looks.
Not that she was bad looking. Her pale blonde hair was pulled back into an efficient ponytail. She was slender and the tallest of her siblings, but she was realist enough to know that her bright blue eyes were by far her only good feature. Her eyes though were nothing compared to the jewel like brightness of the stranger's eyes. He made her feel awkward and young, out of control of the situation. That was not a feeling that she liked at all. There was no way she was going to introduce this guy to Kit.
"Well it was nice meeting. You'll have to look me up when you start school." She turned away from him and started walking toward her car as quickly as politeness allowed. "Good bye!" She shouted over her shoulder. The farther she walked, though, the calmer she felt. Maybe she would even tell Kit about that guy after all, she thought generously. He was definitely more her type any way.
"I'll definitely be seeing you around, Kiki Masion!" The guy shouted after her.
True
Kiki froze in mid-step. She had never told him her name.
"How did you-" Kiki started to say as she turned around, but the young man with the jewel-bright eyes was nowhere to be seen.