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Author's Note: This next chapter is dealing mostly with Sarah and her pov, her direct thoughts will be in italics. Your going to get a little more history which will give you more insight on the characters. Please review and let me know what you think.

CONTEMPLATING AT THE AIRPORT

Sarah searched the airport for her brother Toby. When Sarah had spoken to Karen on the phone she had told her that Toby would be waiting for her at the airport, not the other way around. Toby goes to NYU which is only an hour away from the airport. Since it is on the way to their old house in the suburbs, he had volunteered to pick Sarah up. What a shocker, Toby is late. Sarah grabbed her suit cases from the baggage claim and went over to the waiting area and sat down. God Toby, why did you have to be like me. You walk around with your head in the clouds and you wonder why your always late. Sarah smiled in spite of herself.

Sarah and Toby were two peas from the same pod. They are both dreamers, conquerors, explorers. They could be described as: determined, imaginative, passionate and loving.

Sam, on the other hand, made Sarah wonder if there had been a milk man in there somewhere. They were as different as night and day. Not to say that Sarah and Toby didn't have their flaws and boy did they ever have their flaws. (Sarah glares at author who in turn smiles evilly.) It just seems that Samantha lacked life, laughter, and spirit. Sam was a very down to earth, mouthy, unmotivated, slightly lazy, bummet. Yet, something about her sister captivated a person. You wouldn't say she was sweet, but underneath her aloofness was a lot of love. Underneath her cynical nature was a passionate spirit just waiting to get out, it just wasn't strong enough to break free. When Sam was a child she had shown as brightly as the sun, not afraid to dream and reach for the stars. But, she had changed. Now she had so much underneath and nothing above the surface. She was a shell of the person she could have been. This worried Sarah most. God I hope everything works out for Sam. I think she died a long time ago.

Sarah remembered the day she found out Karen was pregnant again. It had been the summer before her senior year, approximately a year and a half after she went through The Place. Considering all the growing up she did during that brief moment in her life she handled the news in an adult fashion. Flashback: "What! Another one! I just got used to Toby, now I have to take care of another slobbery, crying, smelly, spoiled, diaper wearing, dwarf." "Sarah," Karen said, struggling not to laugh at her stepdaughter, "What difference does it make, you will be going off to college in a couple of years anyway."

"Besides," her Father interrupted, "we will take care of the majority of the walking, feeding, training, and treats. We may even teach it to sit up and beg." Sarah tried to glare at her Father, knowing he was making fun of her previous comment, she failed. Sarah started to laugh while her parents joined in. "I'm sorry," she began, "the news just came as a shock and I didn't know how to deal with it." Summoning all the humility in her soul,

Sarah said, "Forgive me?" "On one condition," Karen said, hugging her, "You have to change the dwarf's diapers." She smiled evilly at Sarah. "KAREN!") (end of flashback)

Sarah smiled at the memory. She remembered how unsure she had been about the new baby, but the moment she held her bratty sister, Sam in her arms, she knew. She knew that this was someone special and that they were connected in a way that was unknown to herself and the one she held in her arms. Sarah still had that feeling when she was around Sam, though she knew the feeling wasn't mutual. It didn't take a genius to know that Sam despised her sister Sarah. The two had fought from time to time like normal sisters and if that had been the reason Sam disliked her, Sarah would understand. But, there seemed to be more of an underlying reason for it, which confused as well as hurt Sarah. She was shaken out of her deep thoughts when her brother seemed to appear out of nowhere.

"SARAH!" He picked her up off the chair and into a big bear hug. "Toby," Sarah laughed, "Put me down!" She pulled away and looked at her brother. She was smiling at the blonde, blue eyed, 6'2" actor, when suddenly her smile turned into a glare. Everyone in the waiting area had turned to smile at the happy twosome, but quickly looked away when Sarah's smile had faded. "Where the hell have you been? I have been waiting for over an hour." "I am sorry sis," Toby said as his face fell, "You see what had happened was Nancy stopped by the dorms today..." Oh boy, Toby's on and off girlfriend. I even feel sorry for the girl. My brother sends out so many mixed signals he could scramble a radar. "so I was just trying to make it up to her and..." "You know, Toby I am really sorry I asked. Let's just go, okay." She smiled up at him to show that she had forgiven him. He smiled back at her, grabbed her bags, and escorted his sister to the parking garage. Neither one of them realized they were heading towards a storm, in more ways than one.

Another Author's Note: I don't know much about the east coast, so I am not really positive if there is an NYU. If there isn't, just keep telling yourself that it exists in this story. Also, I wrote that Toby was an actor, and he is. He has acted in many productions at the University and is getting his degree in drama.