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Welcome to Middle School

Aunt Kate was finally back from D.C. and we're all so happy. Why is she home you may ask? Because Aunt Kate fed the news an anonymous tip about a young woman to protect her from becoming a mole. Since the FBI found out it was Aunt Kate, they fired her and now she can't get her old job back at the precinct due to station budget cuts, preventing Gates from simply re-hiring her. So, she's kind of at a loss as to what to do with her life right now. Hopefully she gets to return to the precinct soon because she loves being a detective.

Today was my first day of middle school and I really didn't want to go, but I kind of have to. I walked down stairs in my school outfit and saw Aunt Kate making herself and Castle coffee.

"Good Morning Aunt Kate," I said as I sat at the kitchen isle.

"Good Morning, Em. Are you ready for your first day of middle school?" she asked.

"Is anybody ready for a first day of middle school?"

"I guess not. I'm sure you'll have a good time."

"I hope so."

Aunt Kate handed me a plate of food and said, "Here, I made some breakfast."

"Thanks," I said and started to dig into the eggs and toast.

"Do you want me to take you to school?" my aunt asked.

"No way! I'm in the sixth grade, I can't have my aunt taking me to school," I said.

"Yeah, Kate. She can't be cool if you're tagging along," Castle chuckled as he entered the room.

Aunt Kate rolled her eyes and said, "Fine, just make sure you get there on time and come straight here after school."

"Fine," I mumbled.

"So, Kate. What are you doing today?" Castle asked.

"I have no clue. I haven't been out of work like this for so long. I need to think of something to do," my aunt sighed.

"We'll figure something out. Maybe we can go out somewhere together."

"Yeah, maybe that will take my mind off of things."

"Yeah, it will be great, I promise. Plus I need to get out of here myself."

Aunt Kate chuckled knowing exactly what he was talking about. This place has become pretty crowded. Alexis brought Pi home, we're living here, and also his mother. It's like a whole big crazy family. A family with no boundaries I may add, I shudder at the sights I've been seeing lately. I thought all the other things that ever happened to me would scare me for life, but I think these come pretty close to the traumatization I've suffered.

"Good morning everyone," Pi said as he came down stairs.

"Morning Pi," we all mumbled.

"Hey, Mr. C. Do you have a pair of boxers that I can borrow? I kind of ran out and Alexis is doing the laundry so…"

Castle let out a small disgusted sound and said, "Sorry, Pi. I don't and even if I did, I don't think you'd be able to fit in them."

"That's cool. I just thought you'd might have an extra old pair that you couldn't fit into anymore, lying around somewhere. Not the first time I've gone commando," Pi said with a shrug and headed back upstairs.

"That kid shares too much information," Castle said.

"He's very interesting," my aunt said with a small smile.

"Tell me about it."

"I'm gonna to go," I said.

"Okay, have fun, Em. Be good please," my aunt said.

"I will," I said.

"Bye Mini Beckett. Have a good time," Castle said.

"I'll try, bye Castle."

"Bye," my aunt said giving me a hug.

"Bye," I said.

I grabbed my back pack along with my skateboard and headed out the door. I road all the way to my new school. It was huge and I wasn't ready to start a whole new school, grade, and being the young one on campus. I started walking to the front entrance of the school and there were so many kids, I could barely see where I was going. You can see all the age differences while walking through the halls. There were tall kids, short kids, older looking kids who looked like high schoolers, and young looking kids who look like they belonged back in elementary school.

I found my locker which was surrounded by a whole bunch of obnoxious sixth and seventh graders. Some were throwing paper airplanes, while others were drumming on the large lockers. Middle school was definitely going to be a big change for me, but hopefully it'll be easy and go bye quickly. I took out my schedule and read over it a few times, so I knew where to go. Turns out I have lunch after my third period class, which is pretty good.

I went to my first class of the day, and it was math. I wasn't a huge math fan, but I could handle it. When I walked into the classroom, our teacher set up a name card on each desk for each period he had. I went around the room and it turned out it was in alphabetical order. Since it was in alphabetical order, I was near the front of the class, which sucked. I took a seat and there was only a few other kids in the class so far. I didn't know them, so I figured they went to another elementary school. I was really hoping to have a few kids from my old school in my class, especially Mike.

After a few minutes, a bunch more kids started to shuffle in, looking tired and weary of their new school. I caught a glimpse at one of the students and it was Mike. I waved to him and he came bounding over to me with a lopsided smile on his face.

"Hi, Emmy. This is so awesome! I'm glad we have a class together," Mike said.

"Yeah, it is. I was hoping to have someone I knew in my class," I said

"Yeah, me too. And I'm happy it's you."

"Yeah, I'm glad it's you too."

He looked at the names on the desk and said, "So, I guess we're sitting in alphabetical order."

"Yep, it sucks."

"Yeah, I hate having M as my last name. I'm always near the back."

"Yeah, well having B as a last name isn't too awesome either. I'm always near the front."

"Guess both of our name placements suck."

"Yep."

The bell rung and Mike said, "I'll talk to you later."

We went through every class pretty quickly on the first day. Our teachers mostly went over what we'll be learning for the whole semester. I had Mike in all my classes except my two electives. He has wood shop and computer technology, while I have PE and Art. I didn't think I'd like middle school, but it turns out it's actually not that bad. It may have only been the first day, but I have high hopes for it.

I went back to Castle's place after school and found Aunt Kate and Castle cuddled up on the couch.

"Hi guys," I said.

"Hey, Em. Did you have a fun day at school?" my aunt asked.

"Yeah, I had a great time. I actually have a lot of the same classes as Mike."

"That's great. I hope you'll continue to like it."

I plopped down on the couch next to my aunt and said, "Me too. So, how was your day?"

"It was really nice. Castle took me to a few places and we hung out."

"That's cool."

"Yeah, it was great mini Beckett," Castle said.

"I'm glad you two had fun," I said.

"Thanks," they said.

I guess all in all, today was a good day for all of us. Hopefully, we have many more great days together, but who knows, sometimes our luck isn't on our side.