Okay! I have officially gotten one good review. (Thanks very much to the person who subnitted that review, by the way. :D ) Anyway, it's been two weeks now since I last posted, so I think it's time I posted some more. So here you go, see what you think!

Oh, and I don't plan on taking this long to update every time, either. I tried to post this earlier, but wasn't able to.

Meghan's head bobbed as she sat against the headboard of her bed, headphones latched to her ears. Her eyes were closed, and she was engulfed in the music. She therefore did not notice when the door to the room opened and a girl walked in.

"Meg."

Her eyes remained closed.

"Meg."

No response.

"MEG!!"

"Ackwhere'sthefire!" shouted the startled teenager.

Daphne burst into laughter.

"It's just me, dork!"

Meghan calmed down at the realization, and was hit with a pang of embarrassment.

"Well, you shouldn't scare me like that." she said as she switched off her CD player and took off the headphones. "I was busy."

"Yeah, busy dancing like a maniac."

Meghan gave the laughing brunette a sarcastic smirk.

"Har-har. I'll remember that the next time I hear you singing disco songs in the shower."

"One time. I do that one stinking time, and nobody can let it go."

"What? It was classic."

Daphne rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, I came up to ask you what you wanted on your part of the pizza."

"Uh, what I usually have. Sausage and peppers."

Daphne made a face. Meghan cocked her head.

"What's wrong with sausage and peppers?"

All Daphne could say was, "Yuck."

"Picky."

"That's me!"

Daphne turned and started to walk out.

"So how was the blood test?"

Daphne stopped and turned back.

"Blood test?"

"Yeah, your blood test. You were supposed to get one today."

The girl gave Meghan a puzzled look.

"I didn't get any blood test."

There was a pause as Meghan's eyebrows shifted in confusion.

"But, Mom said... "

Daphne seemed to realize something. She bent her head.

"That's what my mom must've told her." She once again turned to walk out, more hastily this time.

"Wait, Daphne...?" Meghan started to protest, but gave up.

Her cousin closed the door behind her.

Weird. Meghan thought. She strapped the headphones back on and let herself slump into her bed.

Three women sat around the dining table, enjoying some delicious pizza. One of them, of course, was Meghan, who held a slice high above her head. A long string of cheese trailed from it, ending with her mouth. The girl next to her sat gingerly picking sausage and peppers off of her portion of the yummy meal. Across from them, the oldest reached across the table into the flat, square box for seconds.

"Geez, I think I ordered the extra crispy crust by mistake." Meghan's aunt commented. "But hey, it's still pretty good."

"I can see that." her neice said, slurping up the cheese. Crispy crust or not, Meghan was enjoying her dinner.

She soon heard Daphne let out a satisfied breath. She turned.

"There. Finally done." she said, relieved to be finished with her extraction of toppings.

Meghan snickered.

"Daphs, you don't know what you're missing." she told her.

Libby, who had opted for a simple pepperoni topping, shrugged.

"You have to admit, Meghan." she commented. "You do have some interesting food preferences."

"All part of being a leader, and not a follower." Meghan stated.

"Hey, 'Leader'." her cousin remarked. "You've got cheese on your shirt."

"Huh? Oh, darn." Meghan said, looking down. She quickly grabbed a napkin to dab off the gooey substance. Looking at Daphne, she crumpled up the napkin and placed it in her lap.

"Thank you," she said, "for bringing that to my attention, kind friend."

"You're very welcome." came the goody-goody response. The girls both smiled as their caring aunt/mother looked on. She then smiled as well.

Meghan watched as Daphne took a tiny bite out of her pizza, then immediately set it down on her plate to take a tiny sip of water. She then wiped her hands on her napkin, and started again, only with two bites. After taking another sip and wiping once more, she bit into the pizza again, springing for a whopping four bites this time.

I guess she's savoring the flavor. Meghan thought. She took another huge bite of saugage-and-peppery goodness, and another string of cheese hung from her lips.

It was two months later. Meghan and Daphne had just finished their junior year of high school and were enjoying their summer vacation. They lay on beach chairs on the roof, soaking in the scorching hot late-July sun.

"Meghan?"

"Mmm?"

"This is boring."

"Course it is. But there's nothing on TV, we're broke, the car is down the street getting repairs, the computer isn't working right, and there're no catalogs left to draw mustaches in."

"Well, we've been out here for an hour and a half now, and my skin feels like it's melted off my body."

"I don't like tanning either, Daphne, but mom says I need some color."

"Who cares about color? Certainly not you."

She's got a point there.

Meghan said nothing for a moment. Just then, she realized how hungry she was.

"Wanna go inside and get something to eat?"

"Oh, I thought you'd never ask."

Both of them got off their chairs, grabbed the water bottles they'd taken out which by now were luke warm, and went inside to take off their bathing suits and change into their clothes.

They came downstairs to find Daphne's mother in the kitchen wiping off the counter. Catherine was in the living room watching a talk show.

Daphne sat at the table while Meghan searched the freezer.

"Want some microwave burritos?"

"I just want some food."

And so, the microwave was soon whirring with burritos cooking inside. When they were done, Meghan took them out and set one of them in front of Daphne. The other she set before herself. They became very impatient as they waited for them to cool.

"Aw, come on!" Daphne whined.

"That's it. I'm tired of waiting." Meghan announced. She then proceeded to take a huge bite out of her burrito.

She was forced to spit it right back out on her plate and run for a glass of water.

The others chuckled.

"Sweetheart, haven't I told you to wait for things to cool before you eat them?" her mother said.

"Yeah, I bet you find this so hilarious." Meghan said sarcastically.

Suddenly, she heard the front door open and close. She hadn't heard her aunt go outside - she had been busy washing her mouth out - and was surprised to see her walk back inside with her arms full of mail.

Meghan watched her sort through junk mail and bills, and pull out two decorating magazines. When she pulled out one particular envelope to examine it, the woman frowned.

"Apparently...Meghan," she said, "you've got mail."

Libby smiled cheerily as she walked over and handed her the parcel.

Perplexed as to why she would be recieving anything other than college brochures or the next issue of Teen Vogue, Meghan slowly tore the envelope open.

"Oooooohh, maybe it's a love letter." Daphne swooned.

"Sock it, Daphne." Meghan told her. "That'll be the day when I..."

Silence. Meghan's aunt and cousin looked at her questioningly.

"Oh, my..."

Alright then. Well, as promised, I've posted two chapters at a time, so the next one's up as well.