Monday, April 12th, 5:00 A.M.
Kim woke up and looked at the clock. She quickly put on a robe and walked downstairs quietly. She went into the kitchen and poured herself a cup of coffee. She spotted her photo album and decided to leaf through some pages. There she saw lots of memories: James right after she gave birth to him, him with his father learning how to shoot a basket, him with baby sister Maggie, Maggie beinging kissed by her father, Maggie napping with James, then James learning how to talk, Maggie & James looking at baby Luke, then Maggie, James and Luke looking at baby Leia, Kim & Wally's wedding picture, and the last family picture of them before the battle that took Wally's life.
Just then, little Casey ran down stairs. "Hia Casey," Kim said to her youngest. Casey looked at her and said, "Hi Mom… what are you doing?" "Oh, just looking at some old photos, " Kim answered. "Do you want to see some?" Casey walked over, and sat in Kim's lap. "Who's that man mom?" asked Casey. "Why Casey, that's your father." "And where am I?" "Why you're still in my stomach." "Oh."
James walked downstairs. "Hey Mom." "Hi James." "Hey, you're looking at some of those old photos, Casey, I remember Mom telling us that we had to dress up for that pictures, then about a hour after that picture was taken, she told us that she was going to have a another baby. Dad was shocked, but happy. But I remember he said he was so proud of this family, then, three mouths after you were born…" His voice trailed off and his eyes got wet. Kim looked at her oldest and hugged him. "I miss him too." She told him.
After a big hug and a quiet moment together, Jim remembered today's plan. "Hey, what time do the movers get here?" he asked. Kim opened her eyes and looked at the clock. It was 5:55 A.M. "Oh my gosh, they come in an hour!" Kim said, shocked. She ran upstairs. Casey and Jim waited. When Kim ran back downstairs, she said, "Jim, please make some breakfast, for the others. I don't care what you make, but make it out of the remaining food in the fridge." She ran upstairs again. Jim looked in the fridge where there was a full case of milk, 9 pieces of baloney, 4 eggs, 8 hot dogs, bread, and a pack of Coca-Cola. He looked at Casey, and said,"Better get to work."
Kim ran upstairs into Maggie's room. "Wake up Mag, the movers are going to be here in a hour." She said. She looked at Maggie. 'No dice' she thought to herself. She ran into Luke's room. Luke was in his bed in his orange PJs, and was just rubbing his eyes. "Mom its 5:57, and its spring break, couldn't you have told the movers to come around four tomorrow?" he asked. "Maybe next time we move, " she said, "although there's a good possibility we won't have to do this again." She added:"Hey can you wake Maggie up? I tried but I couldn't, can you?"
"Sure." he answered. Kim grinned at her son, and then ran into the room that Casey and Leia shared. She pulled back the door that separated the room and saw her daughter already clean, dressed, and finishing combing her hair. Leia had brown hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a red shirt, brown-green shorts, white socks, blue shoes and glasses, with her hair in a low ponytail. "Leia, come downstairs and help Casey & James make breakfast." Kim said. "I hope all your stuff is packed because the movers are coming in a hour."
"Ok Mom," Leia said. Finishing her hair, she put her brush into the box then closed it and carried it downstairs. Kim looked at her clock. 5:59 A.M. She counted on her fingers, 3, 2, 1 … "Honk!" went the horn. Right on time.
Kim looked up and saw Maggie coming out of her room. Maggie had long beautiful red hair and blue eyes. She wasn't looking very happy just at the moment. "Mom, I was in a dream when Taylor Roberts said he was going to miss me when I moved, and he was just about to kiss me. Then MASTER Skywalker here blew a horn in my ear. Ughhh. Punish him or something NOW!" she demanded.
Maggie crossed her arms and looked at Kim and Luke. Kim looked at Maggie and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right. How 'bout no TVfor two days? Maggie, I told him to wake you up because the movers are coming officially in a hour. So go get dressed."
Maggie groaned and walked back into her room. Just then, Kim heard an explosion coming from the kitchen; she and Luke ran downstairs and saw black smoke everywhere. Leia, Casey, and James were all covered in black soot. James explained: "Hey Mum, I was trying to make Hot Dogs, but I set the oven too high. What do you want to do with the bread, milk & soda? That's the only thing's not burnt." Kim sighed and said, "I guess we'll just have to eat that." Leia, Casey, James, Luke, and Kim all sat at the table and started to eat the bread and sip on coke. Maggie came downstairs in a short skirt, a short tee- shirt, and knee-high boots. Kim looked at her daughter and said: " No. Margaret Ann Lee West, you will go upstairs and change into something that doesn't have to do with those Boots, Shirt, and Skirt."
Maggie whined. "This is the style, Mom. Why won't you let me wear this?"
It was no use, though. Kim just pointed to the stairs and said, "Go up and change or else when we get on the airplane, I will make you sit right next to Luke and Leia in MIDDLE CLASS and you will be grounded until Casey's 21st birthday. GO UP AND CHANGE NOW!" Maggie groaned at Kim and went upstairs. Leia & Luke looked at Kim and both said, "Wow."
Several hours later….
"Okay kids, here is a picture of our new house," said Kim. James, Maggie, Luke, Leia, and Casey looked at their new house. "Mom are you sure that the right address?" "I never knew that we were going to live in a…House," James asked. "Am I going to get my own room?"said Maggie. "Is there more than one bathroom in here?" Leia asked. "It look's so cool!" Casey and Luke said together. They were all on an airplane heading from Central City to Middleton. And all of them were in middle class. Maggie was sitting between Leia & Luke, because when she was force to change, she went upstairs and only put on a sweater, so she was grounded until the 21st of April and she still was going to sit between Leia and Luke. Kim was sitting between James & Casey. "Attention Passengers, this your pilot speaking, the loudspeaker blared. "We will be arriving in Middleton in exactly 20 minutes, so please stay seated and turn off all electronic devices. We will be landing shortly. Thank you." "Ok kids,do what the pilot says." said Kim. Casey looked at Kim. "Mom, tell me again why we're moving." "Well, because before your father passed away, he was considering taking a promotion that his company was offering him, and surprisingly, it meant we would move to Middleton, my hometown. But after your father passed on, the company offered to go on with the move. I thought about it for awhile and then, last December, I said yes. I think the change will be good for us. "Oh," Casey said. Maggie was looking at the picture of the house again. "This looks very familiar," she said. "That's because it was my childhood home," Kim replied. "Wow," they all said.
7:00 p.m. in the new house….
Casey knocked on Maggie's bedroom door and Maggie looked up from the magazine she was reading, to yell,"Come in." "Mom said that next week we start school," Casey told her. "James in 11th grade, you in 9th, Luke & Leia in 7th, and me in 5th grade." Maggie knew what she was getting at. "Don't be nervous, Casey," she said. "Everyone is nervous at some point in their life, but you have until next Monday. So…try to chill." Leia, who was on the bottom bunk, looked up and asked, "Can you guys be quiet? I'm trying to get to sleep." Before either Casey or Maggie could answer, Kim popped her head in the door and said, "Ok girls, time to close those eyes." "Aww Mom, it's only 9:30, " Maggie protested. "Can't we stay up later?"
Kim crossed her arms and said, "People who are grounded do not get to stay up later than their usual bedtimes. You'll have to rough it a bit on mattresses tonight. The beds we ordered for you and James aren't coming until tomorrow. Goodnight girls." Casey climbed up on the bunk bed that she was sharing with Leia, and Maggie laid down on her mattress.Kim looked at all of her daughters, and turned off the light. She walked out of the room, and stopped at the boy's room. Luke was sleeping very hard, and James was just drifting off to sleep. Kim looked at them for a moment, then walked on. The little extra room she was using had all the stuff Kim had when she was a superhero. She looked through a few things in that box and noticed a special piece of paper. It was a picture of her and Wallace on their wedding day. She hung it up on the wall, smiled and walked away.
Well, that's the end of the chapter, the next two chapters are mostly focused on Casey, and it will have the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in it. Casey will start to wonder why her mother spends so much time in that little closet of hers. And please give this chapter good reviews!"