Disclaimer: Only one of the main characters in this story is mine, but I'm proud of her! ;)

Notice: AAARRRGHH! It seems the alert-mails aren't getting through again, and, to make things worse, I don't get the review-mails either! Well, I hope this is fixed soon… Anyway, I checked the reviews on ff and this one won! Here you go!

A/N: This is a Black Sheep "what if" future fic, written after Black Sheep 2 this is supposed to be written by a kid, so don't expect perfect grammar or anything… ;o) I didn't try to make it too bad, though, just in the style of "write the next thing you think off"… Someone with English as a native language could do this a lot better, as I would be able to do it much better in Swedish, because there is a special way most kids write, and I know how I wrote as a kid, but in English? I have no idea… so I didn't put in strangely spelled words and stuff (unless you find one, in that case it was naturally on purpose! –grin-) but it was fun anyway… especially when you read between the lines… ;) I don't think a kid this age could have written this, normally, but please consider the genes… -smirk-

The Assignment

Write a short essay about your family. It is to be finished by next Monday.

-Miss Oakgroove

My Family

By Addie Wayne

7, soon 8 years old.

My name is Martha Lillian Adeline Wayne, but I am just called Addie, if mum isn't angry at me, then she says all of my names. Dad does too. I don't know why.

My dad's name is Bruce and my mum's name is Rose, it kinda rhymes, right? Alfred is an old man who lives with us. He used to be our butler, but now he is too old, although I'm not supposed to say that to his face, only help him out. He is like my grandpa, but my real grandpa is dead. He was my paternal grandfather (mum helped me with that word) and he and my grandma got murdered when my dad was little, but I'm not supposed to know about that yet, until I'm 'old enough' dad said. I like to sneak around and listen to people. I hear a lot of strange stuff when I do!

I have another grandpa though! My mum's dad! He's great! He is the one who started calling me 'Addie'. My mum says that I am named after three very important women.

My real grandma is also dead, in a car accident, but I have another grandma now instead! I don't know if that is the right word, though, because my other grandma is a boy…His name is Richard and he and grandpa Slade are living together! It is very funny when they come home, because daddy doesn't like grandpa Slade much… he loves Richard, though, because daddy took care of him when he was a kid and his parents also got murdered! It is all very much like a movie, but I'm not allowed to watch movies like that, so I'm not meant to know that either…

Grandpa and Richard are very funny, when they come by we have adventures and go on treasure hunts! Sometimes they pretend to fight, not with words like mum and dad does sometimes, but with real kicks and stuff! They are really good, and they are teaching me too! One time they were wrestling, and then grandpa started KISSING Richard! He got all red in the face and lost the fight! Then they told me they had to take a nap and went to their room for an hour. I didn't know adults had to take naps, but they seem to do that a lot. Daddy always mutters when he finds out, but he still makes ME take naps! Parents are strange…

Mummy and daddy have many friends, like Clark, who is a joorn.. jurn.. writer for a paper. He can throw me up in the air much higher than even daddy can! I think he is very strong, but he pretends not to be. I told him that once, and he smiled and said that I would make a great detective, just like my daddy, but my daddy isn't a detective, he works in a company in the city… I think Clark meant that sometimes they play games like Cluedo, but I'm not sure. Sometime they go to dress-up parties as well, I've seen some costumes!

Daddy loves to teach me stuff and he is so clever! He tells great stories too, about dangerous adventures and heroes! Sometimes he makes grandpa Slade the bad guy, but grandpa only laughed when I told him. Daddy got a bit red in the face, maybe it was a secret?

Mum told me once that it is very important to always keep secrets so I am going to ask dad about that tonight.

Mum is very smart too; she can fix almost anything, even computers and stuff! She is very pretty too. I wish I had white hair like her, but I have black. My eyes are gray-blue, and everyone says I look like my daddy, but my grandpa says I have his eyes. When I was little I thought I really DID, because he only has one! I was very sad and felt sorry for him. I was silly when I was little.

My mum works with older boys and girls who need extra help. Some of them are our friends and come by our house, especially when grandpa and Richard are visiting. Sometimes they have a nick-name for Richard: Robin. Many call him that, but it is like a joke, mum says. I call him grandma, because that is a funnier joke. Even daddy laughs at that.

I am not supposed to tell about most of our friends, because that is secret, but Shield and Shift are working with mum, so I can tell you about them. Shield is really big and has brown skin and a really big smile. Shift is very pretty and he can change how he looks! He said he used to be better, but I don't know how. He is fun, but he is very picky about messing up his hair or clothes, so he never goes on any adventures with us. He says he must look pretty so Shield will still love him, but once, after dinner, when Shield heard him, he poured a whole BOWL of custard over his head and said: See? I still love you!. That was very sweet, but daddy didn't like it when I did it to him. Everyone else laughed, and daddy laughed after a while too, but mum told me not to pour food over people just because I love them. Later I saw Grandpa Slade and Richard take a bowl of custard upstairs to their room. I guess they were hungry.

Some think that it's strange that boys can like boys, but daddy says that you can't help who you fall in love with, and then he glares at Richard like it is his fault anyway… I hope I fall in love with a boy just like dad or grandpa. I told mum and Richard that and they laughed for a very long time. I heard Richard whisper that he hoped I found someone a bit more normal, and that wasn't very nice, was it? I asked what he meant, but he just laughed again. I ran and told grandpa, and I was too fast for Richard to stop me, but he tried! Grandpa grinned and said something about getting a bag, and Richard got all red in the face again, like he does a lot.

I like it when everyone is friends but sometimes they fight. Mum and dad sometimes fight when daddy is tired or when he has fallen and hurt himself. He does that sometimes, and mum says she is not angry, only worried, but she sounds angry. They always become friends again quickly.

Grandpa and grandma fight too, but I'm not sure about what. I've tried to sneak up on them but they are very sneaky back! I think they fight about work. I don't know what they do, exactly, but Richard says he helps people. Shield has started a business protecting people and sometimes both Richard and Grandpa helps him out, traveling with people and stuff. They never fight then, so I told them that they should work together all the time. Mum heard that and said a weird thing: 'from the mouths of babes' (I asked her what she said and how to spell it, 'cause I couldn't remember, I hope that isn't cheating. Daddy says never to cheat. Grandpa says to cheat when no one is looking.). Grandpa and Richard looked at each other and rolled their eyes, like mummy was nagging at them.

That is my family! It's not very big, but I love them! And it will get bigger, dad told me yesterday, because mum has been eating weird stuff and gotten a bit fat, and that means I will get a baby brother or sister! I don't know how that is supposed to make the stork come with the baby, like Alfred said, because I know babies grow in the mommy's stomach… Grandpa and Richard are coming tonight, and mum and dad are going to tell them at dinner, so it is a SECRET until then. When they come, I will ask granddad about where babies really come from, because daddy told me to, when I asked HIM!

The End.

The End

A/N: This was probably a bit difficult to read, but I hope you managed… ;)