Author's note: I want to personally thank chichirichick for letting bounce this idea off! I got it while reading their two works - "Suits and Skins", and "Beats of the Heart". Check out any of the works! They are amazing! Tugs at the heartstrings, but overall the writing it amazing!


Black Star and his older twin sister - Adora were living with their adoptive parents - Franken and Marie Stein. What ever happened to their birth parents? Well, no one knows the truth. There are lot of rumors going around. Black Star and Adora were only three when their birth parents vanished. Some say that they ditched their kids - because they didn't want them anymore while others say they were killed, either by suicide or by someone else. Franken and Marie made sure that Black Star and Adora had everything that the two of them could give. It was hard for Adora to accept Franken and Marie as her new parents, Black Star was able to understand and accept the idea of having his father's best friend take care of them. Adora shut herself out. Being only three years old at the death of their parents, and Marie and Franken had taken full custody of them when they were at the age of five.

As the time went on for them - mostly ten years, Adora soon drifted off towards drinking to numb the fact that her parents were gone. She didn't understand how Black Star could accept the Stein's as their new family. She felt alone in the world. Sixteen and Adora was drinking behind their backs. When she went to a party - she ended up calling Black Star to come get her and not Franken or Marie.


Adora one night snuck out of the house. There was party happening at Free's place and she just wanted to go have fun and forget about the world. Tonight was her night. She didn't have to bother with anyone else. Adora was herself. She wasn't Black Star's older twin sister. She was Adora the Party Girl. Though tonight, the drinks were mixed stronger than she thought. So after a few of them, she headed outside to call someone to come get her. Usually her call would be Franken if he knew about her going to a party. Though she knew that it would be a bad idea to call him when she snuck out to come to Free's party. She called her brother, praying he would answer his phone.


Black Star was up still - doing his homework. He forgot about a paper that due in the morning and yet he never did. They were still high school students. And here he was in the middle of the night working on a paper when he should be sleeping.

"Such a big star like me - still doing homework. Such a lame ass." Black Star muttered to himself.

He was brought out of his thoughts as his cell phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Adora calling. He sighed. It was a school night and she was out - right.

He answered the phone and knew that she was drunk.


"Black Staar~" Adora called.

"W-what? Adora where the hell are you?" Black Star growled.

"At a party~"

"Stay there, I'm coming to get you."

"That - called~ I wanna go~"

"How much did you drink?"

"Hmm~ don't know~"

"Stay where you are. I'm coming to get you. Don't talk to anyone, and stay on the god damn phone"


Black Star kept Adora on the phone as he prayed that she would be okay. He got into his Ford Pick up truck and started to drive to the location. Thankfully for the Family Location App Adora hated the app, but it was because she would always sneak out and Franken would have to go and pick her up from where ever she was. It was difficult, no one understood why Adora was acting out. There was no reason behind it. Of course, the family knew that Adora was probably going to dig herself an early grave if she didn't get help with her drinking. Tonight would be the last straw - Franken and Marie, and of course Black Star were going to make sure that Adora got her help that she needed.

When did he become the older brother? Wasn't it Adora who was supposed to be the protector? Though right now that was Black Star's job. He had to protect her. The morning that Black Star and Adora went off to school, Black Star texted Marie about the events that happened last night. They needed to be dealt with since this wasn't the only time she had snuck out.

After school, since it was the way to get them to all talk. Marie called a family meeting to talk about Adora's drinking. She was only sixteen, so they don't understand how the hell she was able to even drink since they the Stein's never kept alcohol where they could find it. They also rarely bought the alcohol. They all sat at the table. Marie and Franken knew about her drinking, and tried so many tactics to get her to stop.


Three years ago: Adroa - Age: Thirteen

Adora found the alcohol that Franken had hidden in the cabinet. She wondered what all the talk about the alcohol was about. She took an open bottle, and smelled it - it smelled horrible. Though she wondered if it was one of those - it smells bad, but taste good. She took a sip and put it down. It burned going down her throat. She she shook her head and put it back. Grabbing a different bottle to try. This one tasted better. So she took the bottle and went up to her room and closed her door. She just sipped at it - even though it still burned going down her throat. She would get used to it.

Later that night, she tried to put the bottle back. She was caught red handed.

"Adora!" Franken looked at the thirteen-year-old. He was shocked. "What are you doing?"

"I...I wanted to try it." She muttered.

"Adora, that's not healthy for you. You can't be drinking at your age, you have to wait until to your 21. I'm going to have to ground for three weeks for this."

"Please Franken! I won't do it again!" Adora said. Fingers crossed behind her back.

"I still have to ground you." Franken shook his head.

Three weeks. She was grounded for.


"You need help with your drinking, Adora." Marie sighed as she looked at the girl. "You need help."

"What are you talking about?! I can stop on my own!" Adora looked at her family. She looked towards Black Star, "Please don't let them do this."

"Adora, you need help. I don't want to lose you." Black Star looked at his sister. "You need help with your drinking. You shouldn't even be drinking at the age we are!"

"Listen, you need to back off Black Star!" Adora growled.

"Adora!" Maire was shocked to listen to the tone that Adora was using.

"What! I don't trust either you or Franken, to be my forever home." Adora said. "You will never replace our real parents!"

"What-" Black Start to say, but Franken cut him off.

"Adora, we will never replace your parents. We want to be here for you when you need someone to talk to." Franken started to say.

The family conversation went on for two hours, before Adora broke down and cried. She knew hat she needed help but she wasn't sure id the help was going to be - really all that good, since she could feel herself fade away with all the drinking that she has done on her body. Adora didn't want Black Star to know the truth about her drinking as it would just crush him in the end to know that the only - true reason that she was drinking - their parents died because of her.

Adora got their parents killed. The question is how - how did little Adora kill her parents? Really, it was a simple stupid mistake that did it. Black Star hardly remembers the events, and hardly remembers their parents. Sure they were were great - but she still blamed herself for getting them killed. It happened like this -


Adora's Memory

It was a normal day at the park. Adora and Black Star were playing with Liz, Patty, Soul and Kid. Just then a group of older kids had wanted to play with Black Star's ball, and of course, Adora was being the older twin had wanted to war them to knock it off before they got hurt. Well, it wasn't like that was going to do anything at all. Adora got pushed around by the older kids, and she tripped. Falling down on some rocks. She broke her arm that day - due the older kids.

Those older kids did get in trouble, the kids were only five at the time and they were bullying a bunch of three-year-old children. So the woman watching Adora and Black Star, had to take Adora to the hospital because of her broken arm. The doctors had to reset the arm, and call her parents.

It was when they were rushing to the hospital for Adora that they got hit by the truck driver that ran through the red light. Their parents died that day. It was that day that people started the rumors - that they were killed because it was on purpose and not an accident. That their parents died because of the fact that they didn't want them anymore - so they planned their death. There was no proof of that and the trucker who was driving was on drugs when he ran through the light - and he was placed in jail for 10 to life because he already had a DUI on his license.

It was her fault that they were killed.

Her fault.

If she never got hurt, broke her arm. They would still be alive today.


Adora was sitting in her room as she looked around. Her life was over. She knew that this place was suppose to help. Though she didn't know just how much time it would take for her become clean. She ruined her body with all the drinking that she has done. The doctors here were suppose to help her. Make sure she would never drink again. She was at this hospital because it would help her. Stop her from killing herself at sixteen.

How long will she be here for? How long will it take for her to get better and out here? Franken and Marie - even Black Star wanted her to get better and stop her drinking.