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Katie stayed in her room, the so-called "Tower" of the house. Downstairs, she could hear her half-siblings racing around the house. The notebook in her hand was messy and scratched; half the page had school of rock doodles, the other half was caricatures of her band mates. Yes. She was THAT addicted to her band…and friends.

Problem was, her father died around two years ago, right after their big break, and they couldn't afford having her in a private school. So she left, (many teardrops were shed that time) and stayed at a nearby public school. Her mother made everything else worse. She remarried to a divorced man a year later, making her family a bit-no-a lot larger, since the guy had seven children and one baby. That makes the family nearly a dozen, as Katie had a younger brother.

Her step-father was really, truly nice…to his own children. He would go to work, kissing one, two, three, four, five, six, seven children and leaving Katie and her brother, Daniel, with a mere glance that was more than pity, rather than a step-fatherly love.

Katie was fifteen that time, Daniel was thirteen. Her following siblings were these:

Mara was seventeen and was a drug addict. She is now in a rehabilitation center. Gerard is thirteen and is the most disgusting boy in the house. He never takes a bath more than once a year. Boyd is sixteen and is a sex god. Hippie, aged ten, is a glamorous girl but would never amount to a single warthog. Hannah is seven and a big spoil, while Jerry, aged one, is just Jerry (Good thing he stayed at her real mother's but still, he visits the house sometimes). But there was this guy, Jonathan, fifteen, who was the world's nicest guy and would always protect Katie from his family. The two were inseparable, both at school and at home.

Anyway, Katie was just finishing her work when their mother called them for supper. With a sigh, she closed her notebook, slid neatly onto the tube that she cunningly attached from the tower to Daniel's room and landed softly on the mat. Daniel looked up expectantly from atop another one of his writings.

"Are we about to eat?" he asked, dropping the pen, so like their father, who had like, departed so long ago.

"Unfortunately, yes. Mom, called us down about five minutes ago" Katie said, sighing, looking down at her battered hand-me-down shoes.

"I do wish we were back at Horace green. I liked learning real stuff" Daniel said, standing up and brushed off pieces of dirt that clung to him.

"That is so like father, Dan. You're becoming like him more and more each day" Katie sighing as she opened the door.

"And you're like our once noble mother" Daniel said, going out of the room and into the noisy outside.

It took several minutes to calm the family down. The table was a wide oblong shape and everyone could sit anywhere, and I mean anywhere; in the kitchen, in front of the T.V., in the porch…as long as they don't enter the Master's bedroom, where the parents would probably excite themselves with a short lovemaking.

Today, their parents had a short announcement. Jonathan, Katie and Daniel sat together.

"Kids, we are proud to present to you…the last family member" Their step-father announced, touching Katie's mother's belly.

"I have a feeling that this relationship would last only a year." Katie whispered to Daniel, carefully standing up, as to not disturb Jonathan, to get the ringing phone.

-

"Hello?" Katie asked, entering the kitchen where one telephone sat (the other one was given to Katie ages ago…complete with private line)

"Oh good, Katie, listen, this is Summer"

"Hi Manager, nice to hear from you, why d'you call?"

A short pause, then.

"I wanted to enter the band in this battle of the bands…"

Katie smiled. "Sure, when's practice?"

"…Wait!" Summer half-shouted impatiently. "It's actually not a rock type"

"Well then, I think we need to talk to Dewey about that"

"I did. He agreed. We'll see you tomorrow at his manger"

"Got it. What time?"

"Whole day"

"Fine. I'll be there. See you"

"Bye"

-

Katie smiled as Jonathan and Daniel started shooting hoops. Their food was gone, and so was hers, and there was still time for fun before lights went out. She reminisced her Horace green days. Her thoughts went to Drummer boy, and a sudden rush of emotions swelled up inside her. She remembered herself being cheered up by Spazzy. Hell, most of her tears were spilt on his uniform. And that's what she liked about him. And that's why she was glad to see him tomorrow. On a midsummer's day.