Title: Problems wit the Past

Author: I AM GRUMPY BEAR

Rating: PG

Spoiler: None

Disclaimer: I didn't own them in the first chapter and I don't own them now.

Summary: Gary meets a girl who's past is quickly catching up to her and that could spell disaster for everyone.

Note: This chapter doesn't seem very important now, but it will make sense later. Maybe by the end of the chapter.

Problems with the Past

Chapter Two: Rachel's Story

Rachel walked into her house where she lived with her mother, father, and nine siblings. She was the second oldest of ten children.

Rachel wasn't like most of her brothers and sisters. They all seemed to be brave, outgoing, and social, while she and her younger brother, Jamie, and her younger sister Lucy were more like their father. They were shy, quiet, and absent-minded. They would talk, but not a whole lot if they didn't know the person too well.

Rachel set her bag down in one of the kitchen chairs and went to get something to drink. She opened the fridge and saw that all the pops were gone. She had gotten there too late once again. Rachel closed the fridge and sighed. She picked up her backpack and headed up to the bedroom she shared with her thirteen-year-old sister Sarah.

No one in the house got there own room. There were ten kids, two adults, fourteen cats, two dogs, and four fish. Rachel's older brother Daniel was in college and was barely ever home anymore. Her mother was a vet and her father was a college professor. They were gone most of the day and Rachel and Sarah were in charge most of the time. No one in the family was ever put first either. When there were ten kids, everyone had to be treated equally. The only time someone got special treatment was when they were sick or something like that.

Rachel stepped into her bedroom and set her bag down on her bed. It was her job to make dinner and make sure everyone was home on time. It was Sarah's job to make sure everyone got their homework done and that they were in bed on time.

Rachel's Aunt Irene and Uncle Bob lived a block away with their six children (everyone in the Pendri family had a lot of kids) and Rachel's siblings Luke, Lucy, Annie, and Marilyn often went over there to play. It was normally Rachel's job to go and get them at dinner time.

Rachel sat down at her desk and thought back to one of the times when she had gone to get her siblings. It had still been fairly light out and Rachel hadn't expected anything out of the ordinary to happen. She had walked past an alley between two apartment buildings when two people had grabbed her. Not being like her other siblings and being able to think fast on her feet, she didn't really put up any fight at all.

"Give me your money!" was all the first guy had said.

"I don't have any," was Rachel's nervous reply. She wasn't able to manage much more. She had never been mugged before, but her brother Daniel had. He had ended up with stitches in his arm when he had tried to fight his muggers. "I swear I don't have any."

One of the muggers had glared at her and then said something quietly to his partner. Rachel was thinking about making a run for it while they were talking, but before she had the chance a person shouted something at the two muggers.

"You leave her alone!" the man had shouted. The muggers had quickly ran off and the man had come to see if Rachel was alright.

"You okay?" the man had asked Rachel.

"Pretty sure," Rachel replied. "Thanks."

"You're welcome," the man said. Before Rachel could say anything else the man was already leaving. Rachel watched as he took a newspaper out of his pocket and left the alley. She had finished the walk to her aunt and uncle's and told no one about the near mugging. It was best her family not know for once.

Rachel came out of her day dream and started to work on her school work.

"You here, Rachel?" her sister Sarah shouted up to her.

"Yeah," Rachel shouted back.

"Are you going to fix dinner?" Sarah asked.

"Yeah," said Rachel. "Hold on." She put away her homework and went downstairs.

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I don't know if you know it yet, but there is a point to this chapter.