Hey popples! Sorry If this was too long a wait, but soon it'll be worth it. Tottaly worth it! There's gonna be some new little secrets becoming of this chapterrrr. You get to find out how Cara (yep, that's me.) knows everything about this life! Hehe [: enjoy.

I'm in the middle of my morning routine. Wake up to my cell's alarm, get out of bed. Go downstairs and have a bowl of cereal for breakfast. Go back upstairs and get changed, brush my teeth and hair. (The shower is at night.) Say goodbye to dad, grab my lunch. Place it in my bag, walk to school. Meet friends on the walk to school. All the usual. Nothing ever changes, but I don't care. I like having a straight schedule in the morning.

"So, same old morning?" Pepper asks, approaching me first, like every day. Sometimes I like changing something in my morning schedule, just to shake it up a little. Never much, though. Sometimes I get changed then eat breakfast. Sometimes I entertain my younger sister, Emma. She's the only still-at-home sibling I have. She's three years younger than me, and likes to follow me on my way to school. She knows what I know because I tell her, but I tell her in the form of a story because she likes my stories. Usually she's out doing things with her friends. Other times she has some sports thing to do.

"Yepp. Exept I'm tired this morning because my sister woke up in the middle of the night because she told me she was scared of a noise she heard coming from her closet. I don't know. But I'm just gonna sleep first bell today. No big, it happens all the time at my old place." I explained, rubbing the sand out of my eyes. When Emma does that, I tell her its because the Sandman comes during the night and puts them in there. She still has childish beliefs, but that's okay, considering where me and Emma really come from.

Truth be told, me and Emma thought that our mom back before living here was our real mom. But it turns out that faker-mom only gave birth to us because we were sent to be born on earth by the goddess of the sky. Now, don't get me wrong, I believe in god all the way. I just believe that there's someone else there too. That's our real mom, and since she knows everything about everyone, I do too, and so does Emma. It's okay, I like knowing everything. It makes me suspicious and mysterious, like a ninja. Hehe.

"Hey, guys. Morning." Rhodey greeted, Tony following with a simple 'hello' and a wave. The wave more in Pepper's direction, thank my stars. I wanted those two in lovey-dovey love. I know that Rhodey does, too. He's more patient than me, though.

I have a short temper, so I can get mad pretty easily. Annoying people usually do the trick. The thing is that I can be really annoying too. It's weird, I know. I'm weird. It happens a lot with me. For example, I'm outgoing and social, I have a lot of friends; on the other hand, I'm really shy and antisocial at the same time. It's weird, I know. Oh well.

"Hey, Tony, hey, Rhodey." Pepper greets back. Rhodey and I giggle at how Pepper greets Tony first. Pepper glares at us and turns her attention to Tony, then starts blabbing away. Me and Rhodey hold back laughs this time. Oh, yeah, I know what you're thinking, and no. I only respect Rhodey as a good friend of mine. Nothing more. Nope, sir, just friends, no lie.

Me and Emma used to play in the yard when we were at our babysitter's house, back when we were little. We used to play that game where a certain surface is made of lava and we can't step on it. We'd play hide-and-seek with the babysitter, then someone would get caught, but we'd all lay on the grass and laugh. When we stopped laughing, we'd lay there and look at the clouds in the sky and tell each other which one looked like a bunny and which one looked like a doggie. Then Emma would get hungry, and ask for lunch. We'd go inside and the babysitter would make us our favorite grilled-cheese sandwiches and some tomato soup to go along, and Emma would make a huge mess, but we would all laugh anyways. After that, my parents or my older siblings would come home, and the babysitter would take the money my parents left on the counter and leave.

Before she left, we would do our special secret handshake. Then I got old enough to be responsible enough for me and Emma, and the babysitter stopped coming. It's too bad, because she was a lot like my 'sky' mother. I missed those days, where life was perfect and nothing ever went wrong. When there was nothing we ever had to worry about, and then the way my family would sweep into the house then the perfectly-perfect fun times together would end. It all seemed to sweep by so fast. I miss those times so much.

Then I heard a voice calling my name. At first it seemed distant and far away, and I tried to walk to it, but I was at a loss for steps. I extended my arm to reach for the voice as it started to sound more and more, but less and less like my real mom at the same time. Then I felt someone shaking me, and propped my head up. Then I saw who was calling my voice. My heart sank as I saw it was just Pepper.

"Yeah? What is it?" I asked, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes to see that I was already in first bell.

"You fell asleep, and the bell is almost over. You were screaming and moaning, and shouting someone's name. Someone called 'Nanatalie'. Who is that?" Pepper explained, ending with her own question. I felt tears forming in my eyes and rolling down my cheeks.

Nanatalie was what Emma and I called our babysitter.

Whoo! That was angsty…..sort of. But interesting! Now you know a little more about Cara. Yeshh, Emma seems a little more like a 7 year old than a 13 yr old, since she's three years younger than Cara. but oh well. Deall!!! Well, anyways, sorry if it's too short for you, I'm doing the best I can to make these chapters longer! Reviews [: