WHALE HELLO THERE. MY PARENTS DON'T GET WHY I'M ALWAYS ON MY LAPTOP. THEY THINK I'M ANTISOCIAL WHEN REALLY EVERY TIME I GO AND TRY O SPEND TIME WITH THEM THEY IGNORE ME OR I SAY SOMETHING 'RUDE' AND GET YELLED AT FOR THRITY STRAIGHT MINUTES. SO I GO TO MY ROOM, GO ON MY LAPTOP AND GET SOME PEACE AND QUIET. **SIGHS** I WISH PEOPLE CARED.

HERE'S YOUR CHAPTER LOVELY REVIEWERS.

When I wake up, the sun is barely rising. I like waking up early because it's the only time I'm alone. I try to go back to sleep but I'm already too awake. I hear a meow and Grandma's gray cat, Violet, jumps onto the bed.

For some reason, I'm not to fond of cats. Violet nuzzles my face with her wet nose and I push her away. "Go bother Prim." I mutter and grab my phone off the white nightstand. Five-thirty in the morning.

I go on YouTube and watch funny fail videos by myself until I hear the soft pattering of feet meaning Grandma is awake and making breakfast. I put my phone on the charger and head downstairs. Grandma is in the large white kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite countertops.

I sit down on the one of the stools at the island. "What 'cha making?" I ask.

"Pancakes, bacon and scrambled eggs." She says pouring some pancake batter into a pan. Everything Grandma makes is made from scratch. That just makes it all the more delicious.

"When will Uncle Sean and Lindley be here?" I ask.

"By nine this morning. Their flight was moved to last night instead of yesterday morning. You can go watch TV, dear. Breakfast will be ready soon." Grandma says.

I go into the living room, plop down on the corner of the L shaped couch and turn the large flat screen on. SpongeBob is on so I watch that until Mere comes downstairs and sits next to me.

"Beth is snoring like a pig." She says and we laugh.

It's nice to watch SpongeBob with another human being close to my age. My group of friends says that they're 'to old' for SpongeBob but Mere and Beth have been watching it with me since birth. Of course, I'm a month older. That is something I take deep pride in.

Elsie comes downstairs next in her pajama shorts that are extremely short and an almost see-through tank top. "Hello, brats." She says and grabs the remote and makes herself comfortable. She changes the channel to MTV.

"Hey, we were watching that," I say.

Elsie glares at me. "And I'm watching The Hills. Get over it."

Mere turns and makes a face of annoyance. "Come on, I think breakfast is close to ready. We should wake up Beth." She says and glares at Elsie over her shoulder.

We go upstairs and wake Beth up. Then my Mom and Prim.

Mom is already awake but Prim is asleep so we wake her up.

"Is this real life?" Prim mumbles into her pillow.

"Yes. Get up." I say.

"Grandma's house is haunted." She says and sits up.

We go downstairs and sit at the long dining room table. The breakfast is amazingly yummy. I get thirds then Beth, Mere, Prim and I go down the garage. This house has two garages. One is for cars and the other has been turned into the game room. We play Super Mario Brothers on the Wii and cuddle into the huge beanbags.

There's a mini kitchen filled with junk food that Grandma restocks every time we come to visit because we go through all of the snacks within four days. We're here for seven. Maybe Grandma put extra or she'll have to make another trip into town.

I hear the doorbell ring and everyone bolts up the stairs to the main floor.

Uncle Sean and Lindley are standing talking to Grandma. Well, Lindley is being held by Uncle Sean but she waves to us over his shoulder. "Hi guys."

Lindley is six. She looks exactly like Uncle Sean so I can never guess what her mother might have looked like. Lindley's blonde hair with blue eyes like most of my family on Mom's side. Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Susan, Uncle Sean, Mom and Prim all look that way. Elsie, Mere and Beth have brown hair from Uncle Warren and blue-green eyes.

Uncle Sean puts Lindley down and she runs up to us. "Hey!" She says loudly. "Look how tall I've gotten," Lindley is barely 4'3 and around 45 pounds. Her and Prim could be exactly the same. If Prim was six, her and Lindley could easily be mistaken for twins.

"Yeah, you're going to pass me up soon." I tell her and she smiles.

"Mere, your hair is like a baby." Lindley says reaching up and petting Mere's head. "You're soft. Like a puppy."

We laugh as Lindley gets distracted and spins around in her blue polka-dot dress. I look up and notice a woman I hadn't noticed standing next to Uncle Sean.

"That's Daddy's girlfriend." Lindley says, noticing I was staring. She's stopped spinning and is staring at me seriously with her large blue eyes. "Their gonna get married." Then she quickly covers her mouth as we all stare at her in shock.

Beth is the first one to speak. "What do you mean?"

"Well... Daddy asked Amy to marry him last week. She said yes, but... Um, it was supposed to be a surprise. Daddy says to me on the plane, 'Don't you go tell'n everyone that we're gett'n married. I'm gonna surprise them.'"

"Oh, then we'll act surprised." Beth says. "Won't we girls?" She turns to us and we nod.

"Okay." Lindley smiles. "It's our secret. Won't it be?"

"Of course." Beth says and we take her to the living room to watch Wow-Wow-Wubzy. I have to admit, I actually kind of like the show. It's not bad.

The rest of the family gathers in the living room except for Elsie. Apparently she's in a 'mood.'

"Isn't she always?" Prim whispers in my ear and I stifle a laugh.

Mom, Aunt Susan and Amy begin to talk about weird lady things while Grandma and Grandpa talk with us, Uncle Warren and Uncle Sean.

Finally, Uncle Sean stands up. "I'd like to make an announcement. Amy and I are getting married."

The adults are surprised and start talking excitedly. We pretend to be surprised with fake enthusiasm.

"Also... Lindley?" Uncle Sean turns to Lindley.

"What?" She ask with the 'what did I do' face.

"How would it feel to be a big sister?" Uncle Sean asks.

Oh crud. I remember this talk.

"No." Lindley says.

"No? But wouldn't a little baby be fun?" He asks, getting everyone's attention. Amy has one of those know-it-all faces on.

"You're having a baby?" Aunt Susan asks widely to Amy.

Amy nods. "It's due in February."

"That's how long it took for you to tell all of us this?" Grandma looks kind of mad. How she looked when Uncle Sean told her that Lindley was being born. I remember. We were here over the summer and I was seven. Out of nowhere, Uncle Sean calls and says he's flying over with his new baby.

Uncle Sean shrugs. "We also might be moving out here."

Grandma looks like she's gonna flip. As do most of the adults in the room.

"How 'bout we head down to the garage." I whisper in Beth's ear and she nods. All the kids head down to the garage to let the adults figure it out. We continue Super Mario Brothers and Lindley finds the dress-up chest and that will keep her busy for awhile.

Being a grown-up must be hard.

WHAT DID YOU THINK? HOPE YOU LIKED IT!

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF THERE WERE SOME FAMILY COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE REALLY, IT ISN'T A FMAILY GETHERING WITHOUT ONE! :)

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