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This one is out to all the people who read and don't review. Reviews are not an accurate way to tell how popular a story is. I don't even review half the stories I like. But reviews are APPRECIATED, as well as questions, comments, and concerns, either by review or e-mail or IM.
FYI: I do not watch or have any interest in Beyblade. All I know is what I am told.
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"What's so disturbing in her past that she doesn't want to talk about it?" Oliver asked as all the boys sat around Bryan's room since the girls wouldn't go near it for fear of the Russian.
"I don't think it is right to meddle in her past." Lee said and Tala gave him a look that read 'And yet you meddle in mine'.
"Well how do we go about finding about her past when we don't know where to start?" Tyson asked ignoring Lee.
"Find out her social security number." Eddy supplied since this was after all America.
"Yea what good would that do?" Kevin asked knowing about the American government.
"Quiet a lot. If we know her social security number we have access to her traveling history, credit history, and medical history." Steven said and Michael agreed.
"And that helps us how?" Tyson asked and the demolition boys rolled their eyes.
"How an idiot like you became world champion of Beyblading is beyond me." Tala muttered. "It allows us a free access to her birth certificate, and any medical injuries she's had in the past."
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Melinda growled in anger as she walked threw the halls. 'Why must I find the boys and inform them that Natalie's little cousin will be dropped off and we have to take care of her?' She thought angrily only for her anger to rise even more. 'I hate babies.' She thought but another thought went threw her head and she stopped. She took a slow shaky breath and used the wall for support. For some reason the old memory she just had made her feel weak and helpless. 'No, that's all in the past. Get over it.' She scolded herself and began to look for them again. She then closed her eyes and listened for a while. Some air displacement in Brian's room caught her attention and she went to it since she found herself in the bladers' hallway. She got there and gave a swift knock that didn't sound to loud so she wasn't sure he heard her.
"Who is it?" Bryan's cold voice asked and she smirked. 'Well maybe he did hear me.' Melinda thought making sure her voice wouldn't give away the emotion of sadness going threw her.
"Melinda. Do you know where they other guys are?" She said to the door her voice held a lively sound of happiness, which made her smile.
"No why?" His voice reached her ears.
"Because I just wanted to tell you that Natalie's baby cousin is coming to stay here for a while. Unfortunately all of us have to take care of the little brat." Melinda said knowing if Samantha ever caught her calling Natalie's cousin a brat she would see to it Melinda was beat to a bloody pulp.
"Okay." He said and she smiled walking off and making sure her footsteps were a little better to hear then they normally were.
Bryan and the other boys sighed having not been caught but that's when what Melinda said really sunk in. "What?" Was all they could say in shock and went to find some truth. Unfortunately Natalie confirmed what Melinda said was true and they guys now had to deal with a baby in the house.
"Great." Tyson said then thought about little kids. "I was never good with little kids."
"Well I'm sure your better then Mel. With just a glance at them they cry for their mothers." Samantha said and there was Melinda caring a large pile of cloth.
"HEY! I resent that!" She yelled at her taller friend her voice cold heartless and sharp. She growled angrily at Samantha then tossed all the cloth at Samantha who fell down because of the sudden weight. "That's only when I'm mad." She said crossing her arms and walking off. The two girls just sighed knowing Melinda went off to find something to do other then harm anyone.
"She most likely is in the gym by now training." Natalie said to herself. "My cousin will be here in an hour." She informed them then left. Kenny was working on finding out Melinda's social security number and the other boys were all in the library when Lee heard the sound of a beyblade sound threw the house. The teams went to find where the sound was coming from and soon found themselves at a door that led to a sub gym that didn't seemed to be used by the girls that often. When they entered they found themselves on a balcony over looking a room with at least ten large beydishes and a few small ones. Just then Taylor and Natalie came out onto the balcony and looked down to find Melinda and Samantha battling.
"How are you?" Taylor asked coming up to them.
"Fine. How come you never told us you had this place?" Tyson asked looking around in amazement. Just then a large gust of wind blew them close to the wall since they were all caught of guard. They looked down to find Samantha sitting on the floor rubbing her head with her red and gray blade by her feet. She was five feet away from the dish and Melinda just stood there not having moved form her spot. Her black, silver, and gray blade was spinning in the middle of the dish. She caught her blade with a smirk but they saw the coldness and apathy in her eyes. Samantha stood up and looked at her in the eyes but smiled.
"Well to answer your question. You didn't ask." Rebecca said as she stood up. "Come on, why don't we go down there?" She said with a smile and took them down the stairs.
"And that's the reason why you should practice." Melinda seemed to conclude about talking about something. She was helping Samantha to her feet while saying this. The two then began to laugh and Samantha almost fell down on the ground again. "Care for a rematch?"
"No you're way out of my skill level." Samantha said knowing all to well that Melinda would defeat her. "Besides it'll be more fun to practice, get stronger, and then try to defeat you again." She said and a few of the bladers wanted to know just how strong a blader Melinda was. Just then the doorbell rang and they all went to the sitting room as Taylor got the door. In came Taylor with a young couple and a little child maybe around a year at most.
"Auntie." Natalie said hugging the woman. She also hugged the man and looked at the young child.
"This is Serenity. I hope you take good care of her and good luck. She can be a little devil at times." Natalie's Uncle said and then the couple left. The group all looked at each other but Samantha seemed to enjoy taking on the task of taking care of Serenity. The first several days went fine but soon Samantha couldn't take it anymore and all but the anti-social boys, Johnny, and Melinda were up.
"Can someone shut that kid up?" Johnny growled and the boys sat around the library. Samantha was supposed to take care of the baby but she was fast asleep in a chair. Even Max was worn out from taking care of Serenity.
"Don't look at me I never took care of a kid before?" Kai, Tala, Brian, Ian, Spencer, and Lee said at the same time.
"Melinda?" Johnny asked and Melinda looked at the kid with apathy on her face. They noticed that her hands flexed as she sat in an armchair. "Can you shut it up before I strangle it?" He asked his eyes flashing with anger. She growled and stood up going up to it and picked it up. Serenity quieted as soon as Melinda picked her up. Melinda sat down back in her chair and Serenity curled up against her. "But how?"
"Shh. She's asleep." Melinda said quietly looking down at the child in her arms. They just sat around like that until.
"WAAHHH!" Little Serenity wailed as she cried in Melinda's arms. Her sudden outburst made a few of the boys jump, but Melinda seemed not to be taken by surprise. She sighed and stood up with the little girl in her arms. She went over to Kai the one of the only ones not to jump.
"Can you hold her while I get her, her bottle?" She asked and showed him how to hold the young child. Soon the boys and Melinda would take care of the young girl when the others were whipped out. They kept it a secret as to not allow the others to know that there was a soft side to the guys. When the day came for the young child to leave the small group of back-ups where happy. "Yay! No more noise." Melinda said stretching as they all stood outside watching the car with Serenity leave. The boys that helped her smiled also happy to get rid of Serenity.
"We know you eight took care of Serenity. I wish we only had pictures." Tyson said with a smile. Since they were all asleep they didn't know about all the funny stories that came form the baby's stay. Melinda's smile widened and she started to giggle. "What?" He asked as she pulled out a white square and turned like a deck of cards she fanned them. When she turned them over they could make out pictures of Serenity there were seven of them.
"Blackmail." She said then put them back into her pocket.
"Hey give us those." The seven boys coursed and Melinda smile widen as her eyes all of a sudden had an evil edge to them.
"No I think I'll hang on to them for a while." She said then walked off laughing.
"Melinda you're evil." Ian said before she disappeared. She turned around to look at him.
"It took you this long to notice? You're slower then I thought." She said them shrugged before going inside.
"Don't think we're off her blackmail list either." Rebecca said to the other teens. "I have a feeling that she also has something on us. Well more on me and the other three girls but that doesn't mean she left you out." She said and the other teens nodded.
"Don't you have anything on her?" Emily asked not really liking the fact that probably now Melinda had all she needed to get her to do something.
"No. Whenever we get something on her she somehow finds away around it." Natalie said with a slight growl.
This one is out to all the people who read and don't review. Reviews are not an accurate way to tell how popular a story is. I don't even review half the stories I like. But reviews are APPRECIATED, as well as questions, comments, and concerns, either by review or e-mail or IM.
FYI: I do not watch or have any interest in Beyblade. All I know is what I am told.
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"What's so disturbing in her past that she doesn't want to talk about it?" Oliver asked as all the boys sat around Bryan's room since the girls wouldn't go near it for fear of the Russian.
"I don't think it is right to meddle in her past." Lee said and Tala gave him a look that read 'And yet you meddle in mine'.
"Well how do we go about finding about her past when we don't know where to start?" Tyson asked ignoring Lee.
"Find out her social security number." Eddy supplied since this was after all America.
"Yea what good would that do?" Kevin asked knowing about the American government.
"Quiet a lot. If we know her social security number we have access to her traveling history, credit history, and medical history." Steven said and Michael agreed.
"And that helps us how?" Tyson asked and the demolition boys rolled their eyes.
"How an idiot like you became world champion of Beyblading is beyond me." Tala muttered. "It allows us a free access to her birth certificate, and any medical injuries she's had in the past."
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Melinda growled in anger as she walked threw the halls. 'Why must I find the boys and inform them that Natalie's little cousin will be dropped off and we have to take care of her?' She thought angrily only for her anger to rise even more. 'I hate babies.' She thought but another thought went threw her head and she stopped. She took a slow shaky breath and used the wall for support. For some reason the old memory she just had made her feel weak and helpless. 'No, that's all in the past. Get over it.' She scolded herself and began to look for them again. She then closed her eyes and listened for a while. Some air displacement in Brian's room caught her attention and she went to it since she found herself in the bladers' hallway. She got there and gave a swift knock that didn't sound to loud so she wasn't sure he heard her.
"Who is it?" Bryan's cold voice asked and she smirked. 'Well maybe he did hear me.' Melinda thought making sure her voice wouldn't give away the emotion of sadness going threw her.
"Melinda. Do you know where they other guys are?" She said to the door her voice held a lively sound of happiness, which made her smile.
"No why?" His voice reached her ears.
"Because I just wanted to tell you that Natalie's baby cousin is coming to stay here for a while. Unfortunately all of us have to take care of the little brat." Melinda said knowing if Samantha ever caught her calling Natalie's cousin a brat she would see to it Melinda was beat to a bloody pulp.
"Okay." He said and she smiled walking off and making sure her footsteps were a little better to hear then they normally were.
Bryan and the other boys sighed having not been caught but that's when what Melinda said really sunk in. "What?" Was all they could say in shock and went to find some truth. Unfortunately Natalie confirmed what Melinda said was true and they guys now had to deal with a baby in the house.
"Great." Tyson said then thought about little kids. "I was never good with little kids."
"Well I'm sure your better then Mel. With just a glance at them they cry for their mothers." Samantha said and there was Melinda caring a large pile of cloth.
"HEY! I resent that!" She yelled at her taller friend her voice cold heartless and sharp. She growled angrily at Samantha then tossed all the cloth at Samantha who fell down because of the sudden weight. "That's only when I'm mad." She said crossing her arms and walking off. The two girls just sighed knowing Melinda went off to find something to do other then harm anyone.
"She most likely is in the gym by now training." Natalie said to herself. "My cousin will be here in an hour." She informed them then left. Kenny was working on finding out Melinda's social security number and the other boys were all in the library when Lee heard the sound of a beyblade sound threw the house. The teams went to find where the sound was coming from and soon found themselves at a door that led to a sub gym that didn't seemed to be used by the girls that often. When they entered they found themselves on a balcony over looking a room with at least ten large beydishes and a few small ones. Just then Taylor and Natalie came out onto the balcony and looked down to find Melinda and Samantha battling.
"How are you?" Taylor asked coming up to them.
"Fine. How come you never told us you had this place?" Tyson asked looking around in amazement. Just then a large gust of wind blew them close to the wall since they were all caught of guard. They looked down to find Samantha sitting on the floor rubbing her head with her red and gray blade by her feet. She was five feet away from the dish and Melinda just stood there not having moved form her spot. Her black, silver, and gray blade was spinning in the middle of the dish. She caught her blade with a smirk but they saw the coldness and apathy in her eyes. Samantha stood up and looked at her in the eyes but smiled.
"Well to answer your question. You didn't ask." Rebecca said as she stood up. "Come on, why don't we go down there?" She said with a smile and took them down the stairs.
"And that's the reason why you should practice." Melinda seemed to conclude about talking about something. She was helping Samantha to her feet while saying this. The two then began to laugh and Samantha almost fell down on the ground again. "Care for a rematch?"
"No you're way out of my skill level." Samantha said knowing all to well that Melinda would defeat her. "Besides it'll be more fun to practice, get stronger, and then try to defeat you again." She said and a few of the bladers wanted to know just how strong a blader Melinda was. Just then the doorbell rang and they all went to the sitting room as Taylor got the door. In came Taylor with a young couple and a little child maybe around a year at most.
"Auntie." Natalie said hugging the woman. She also hugged the man and looked at the young child.
"This is Serenity. I hope you take good care of her and good luck. She can be a little devil at times." Natalie's Uncle said and then the couple left. The group all looked at each other but Samantha seemed to enjoy taking on the task of taking care of Serenity. The first several days went fine but soon Samantha couldn't take it anymore and all but the anti-social boys, Johnny, and Melinda were up.
"Can someone shut that kid up?" Johnny growled and the boys sat around the library. Samantha was supposed to take care of the baby but she was fast asleep in a chair. Even Max was worn out from taking care of Serenity.
"Don't look at me I never took care of a kid before?" Kai, Tala, Brian, Ian, Spencer, and Lee said at the same time.
"Melinda?" Johnny asked and Melinda looked at the kid with apathy on her face. They noticed that her hands flexed as she sat in an armchair. "Can you shut it up before I strangle it?" He asked his eyes flashing with anger. She growled and stood up going up to it and picked it up. Serenity quieted as soon as Melinda picked her up. Melinda sat down back in her chair and Serenity curled up against her. "But how?"
"Shh. She's asleep." Melinda said quietly looking down at the child in her arms. They just sat around like that until.
"WAAHHH!" Little Serenity wailed as she cried in Melinda's arms. Her sudden outburst made a few of the boys jump, but Melinda seemed not to be taken by surprise. She sighed and stood up with the little girl in her arms. She went over to Kai the one of the only ones not to jump.
"Can you hold her while I get her, her bottle?" She asked and showed him how to hold the young child. Soon the boys and Melinda would take care of the young girl when the others were whipped out. They kept it a secret as to not allow the others to know that there was a soft side to the guys. When the day came for the young child to leave the small group of back-ups where happy. "Yay! No more noise." Melinda said stretching as they all stood outside watching the car with Serenity leave. The boys that helped her smiled also happy to get rid of Serenity.
"We know you eight took care of Serenity. I wish we only had pictures." Tyson said with a smile. Since they were all asleep they didn't know about all the funny stories that came form the baby's stay. Melinda's smile widened and she started to giggle. "What?" He asked as she pulled out a white square and turned like a deck of cards she fanned them. When she turned them over they could make out pictures of Serenity there were seven of them.
"Blackmail." She said then put them back into her pocket.
"Hey give us those." The seven boys coursed and Melinda smile widen as her eyes all of a sudden had an evil edge to them.
"No I think I'll hang on to them for a while." She said then walked off laughing.
"Melinda you're evil." Ian said before she disappeared. She turned around to look at him.
"It took you this long to notice? You're slower then I thought." She said them shrugged before going inside.
"Don't think we're off her blackmail list either." Rebecca said to the other teens. "I have a feeling that she also has something on us. Well more on me and the other three girls but that doesn't mean she left you out." She said and the other teens nodded.
"Don't you have anything on her?" Emily asked not really liking the fact that probably now Melinda had all she needed to get her to do something.
"No. Whenever we get something on her she somehow finds away around it." Natalie said with a slight growl.