I cursed silently.

The closet door opened, and I mentally screamed at myself for being a part of this plan.

"Hi." I said, half grinning, hoping that maybe Guy would show the teeniest bit of mercy.

"Do you have something you'd like to confess?" Guy raised an eyebrow. And was that... amusementin his eyes?

"Um, we were spying, I guess?" Rylan admitted.

"Where your siblings involved in this as well?" Guy asked.

Rylan and I nodded.

"Why don't you come out of there, and ask them through your, um... phones? if they would please meet us in our room." Guy said firmly.

"Walkie talkies." I said as I pulled out the walkie talkie, calling Kyla and Nolan.

"Hey, how's the mission?" Nolan came on.

"Aborted. Could you please come to the guest room, please?" I asked.

They entered momentarily.

"We-"

"Don't say it, I can tell what happened." Kyla facepalmed herslf.

"Let's hear all your sides of the story." Guy said.

"Well, last night we made plans to spy on you, and they fell through when you found us in the closet." Rylan said.

I was screaming inside.

"We decided to spy on you last night, and we were sitting on the stairs right outside the basement door when the plan fell through." Nolan muttered sheepishly.

"What were we talking about again?" Kyla looked up from examining a mosquito bite on her leg.

A sense of fury grew in the pit of my stomach. "Kyla..."

"She means the same as me." Nolan said hastily, pointing to Kyla.

"Well, Rylan pretty much said all that needs to be said." I murmured.

"Say it anyway." Guy said.

"Last night we made plans to spy on you. Rylan and I would sneak into your room before you woke up, and hide in the closet, and watch you through a crack in the door. Kyla and Nolan would wait on the stairs, we'd talk through a walkie-talkie, and when you guys went out, we would switch. Then, obviously, you found us in the closet and the plan fell through. Now we're here." I gave a more detailed description of the story, in case the others had left something out.

"Remember what I said about Eep and Guy being cool about this? I'm starting to rethink that..." Nolan whispered in my ear.

"Well, something needs to be done about this..." Eep said. Both Eep and Guy turned around and whispered, but words snuck out anyway.

"Tell the parents?..."

"No... too harsh..."

An awful feeling filled my gut.

"Decision..."

"OK."

They both turned around, opening their mouths to speak.

I knew what I had to do.

"We've made our decision."

"Wait." I whispered nervously.

"We think that..."

"Wait." I said.

"...you should..."

"Wait."

"Tell your..."

"WAIT!" I screeched.

"Geez! There's no need to yell!" Nolan said.

"Oh, yes there is!" I could hear the fury in my voice. "There is a need to yell when you are completely being ignored. You know what there is NOT a need for? Not paying attention when somebody is trying to say something important! Listen to your surroundings! One of these days, somebody is going to quietly say something that could save your life, and you won't even care, will you?"

"OK... geez..." Nolan muttered, a bit taken aback.

"I'm not finished!" I'm sure my eyes were on fire. "Don't interrupt quiet people! I am trying to say something important to Guy and Eep, but NOOOOO! Nobody cares! What's the point of even LIVING if nobody will listen to you? If nobody even seems to care? If no matter where you go, you never fit in! YOU ARE ALWAYS AN OUTCAST!"

"Kaylene... please..." Guy put a hand on my back.

"AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AN OUTCAST!"I snarl-screamed.

I looked everybody dead in the eye, making sure they knew how furious I was.

Wait. Was that... fear?

"Kaylene, what were you going to say?" Guy asked gently.

"I was just going to say..." I said. "I think I speak for all of us when

I say that I'm sorry." I paused. "And it was wrong of me to go along with this plan."

I took a deep breath. "I choose to take everybody's punishment. Please let the others go, and I'll take whatever punishment you give us. Times four." I got up and walked out of the room.

Wow. Ultimate rage from Kaylene, huh?

That rage from Kaylene is specifically for all those who ignore the things outcasts say, and ignore the outcasts, too. I hope that if you are on of those people, that you'll realize how much it hurts us.