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I reluctantly open the door of the 1996 Chevrolet Caprice that I've been stuck in for two weeks. It's a really nice car but of course it is, the Government paid for it. I walk up besides Kirk as he approaches my new family, The Martins. "Hello Mrs. Martin. I'm Kirk Jackson and this is Amy" "Hello Kirk, Hello Amy" I just wave which was kind of hard seeing as I had three bags in my hands. "Well I'm Mrs. Martin (Me: Sorry I don't know what her name is. If you know please tell me) and this is my son William but he goes by Billy and my daughter Lily. (Me: I know that Billy actually has a sister Sarah but I don't care in my story his sister is Lily) Billy is 15 and Lily is 6. How old are you Amy?" I know she knows how old I am already so I just mumble "16" "So you are a year ahead of Billy?" "I guess" "Billy help Amy carry her things up to her room please" Billy switches his little sister's hand to his mom's then grabs my biggest suitcase and pulls it through the open door. I follow him through the door and into the living room. I look to my left and see a kitchen with a table in the middle of the room. The room is actually very small. Actually the whole house is small. Billy starts walking up a staircase and every time my suitcase goes up a step there's a "Thump" As we reach the top Billy pulls my suitcase to the last door on the right and leaves it there. "This is your room" He opens the door and I walk in. Billy closes the door and I start getting out my posters. I have 10 in all. One Rancid, two Green Day, three Slipknot and four Silverchair. I lay them on my bed and hope that Mrs. Martin will let me put them up. "Billy, Amy Dinner!" I open the door and see Billy coming out of the first door on the left, which I assumed, was his room. Billy walks down the stairs and I follow him. I feel like I'm playing follow the leader. We both walk into the kitchen and he takes one of the empty seats. I go around and take the seat across from Lily. "Amy, are you religious at all?" "Umm no" "Oh what a shame. Well in this house we always say blessing on the food and we always go to church. I won't make you go to church this Sunday but I would really appreciate it if you went with us next Sunday" "Ummm Yea I'll think about it" "Lovely" Mrs. Martin puts my food in front of me then asks "You aren't a vegetarian are you?" "Uhh no" "Ok I only ask because Billy is one" "No-" "Oh I mean he's a vegan" "What's the difference?" It was Billy's turn to talk "A vegetarian just doesn't eat meat, a vegan doesn't eat anything that comes from animals" "So you don't eat eggs or cheese or any of that?" "Nope" "Wait does that mean you don't eat cakes or anything like that? Because cakes have eggs in them" "Nope I don't eat cakes" "So what do you do for your birthday?" "There is a lot of other things to eat besides cakes" "Ok that is enough talk about vegans and vegetarians. I will say the blessing tonight and each night we go around the table because usually everyone just sits in the same seat. We say the same thing unless we want to something" "Ok" I clasp my hands together and look down and close my eyes. "Our dear kind Heavenly Father we ask Thee to bless this food. Please help it strengthen and nourish our bodies. And thank you for bringing Amy into our lives and please help her feel welcome into our home. In the name of Jesus Christ Amen" "Amen" The word echoed throughout the small house as I opened my eyes with a smile of content on my face. For once in my whole entire life, almost, I felt welcomed. "Mommy Paul's little sister Crystal wanted to know if I could go over to their house tomorrow" "Have you finished your summer packet?" I got lost in my own thoughts as Lily and Mrs. Martin carried on their conversation. I can't believe they have already made me feel welcomed. It's incredible. I've never felt this before. It's awesome. "Amy? Aaaaaaaaamyyy?" "Huh? What?" "I asked you if you liked your new room. You must've zoned out or something" "Yea I must've" "So do you like your room?" "Yea I do but I wanted to ask you a question" "Ok" "Can I hang up some posters in my room?" "Go right ahead Sweetie. Billy has a whole bunch of posters in his room" "Oh really? How many do you have?" "I have eight" "Cool which bands?" "Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, and Silverchair" "OOO I love Green Day and Silverchair but I don't think I've ever heard Nirvana or Nine Inch Nails" "Oh you have too. They're awesome" "Ok after dinner will you show me them?" "Yea sure" "Cool" Conversations like that went on all the way through dinner. I learned that Billy is in a band with four of his friends. He is a guitarist and the lead singer is his friend Joel and then there is Benji who is Joel's twin brother and the lead guitarist and also the back up singer. There is Paul who is the bassist and also Aaron who is the drummer. I also learned that Benji and Joel's dad left them not even two years ago. Billy's dad left when he was two but they still talk a lot and Billy still sees him. I just learned a lot about everyone. There never was a silent moment all throughout dinner. After dinner I followed Billy up to his room. "Billy?" "Yea?" "Have you felt like we've been playing 'Follow the Leader' at all today?" "Yea actually I have. Have you?" "Mmmhmm" I sat on Billy's bed and waited for him to put the Nirvana cd in. Billy changed to a song and said; "I think you might like this song" I started listening to it and got lost in the words. I got so lost in fact that I didn't notice Billy had gotten a drawing pad and was now sitting next to me well it was more like diagonal from me. I only noticed when the song ended and he said, "So how'd you like the song?" I jumped and turned to look at him. "Wow when did you move there?" "At almost the first of the song" "Oh I must've zoned out again" "Hmm you do that a lot?" "Yea but most of the time it's better then sticking with reality" "Yea very true" It was silent for a bit until Billy broke it "You never did answer my question" "Oh sorry. What was your question again?" "I asked if you liked the song" "O yea I did. A lot actually" "I thought you would. It's actually Benji's favorite song" "Really?" "Mmmhmm" "Hmm... He's got really good taste in music" "Yea most of the band has similar tastes in music" "Cool" "Yep... So how many posters do you have?" "I have ten" "Really?" "Yep" "Wow. Which bands?" "Green Day, Silverchair, Rancid, and Slipknot" "Are those your favorite bands?" "Yea they are pretty much the only bands I listen too" "You and Benji have parallel tastes in music" "Really?" "Yep... Well now that you like Nirvana you do" "Cool. So what was that song called?" "Smells like Teen Spirit" "Hmm. Cool" "Yep" I glanced back to Billy to see what he was doing. "Whatcha drawing?" "Oh just a cartoon character I saw on t.v. today" "Cool which one?" "I don't remember his name" "Ohh" "But this is what he looks like" Billy showed me the picture and I knew right away who it was "That's Kermit!" "Oh yea! That's his name. Thanks Amy" "Yep" Billy takes his drawing pad back and writes "Kermit" at the bottom. I scoot back so I can see what he is doing now. Billy finishes up Kermit then says, "Wanna see some more of my drawings?" "Yea I'd love too" He open his drawing pad to the very first page and I see an anime drawing. It's a drawing of a guy in a karate outfit and stance. There is a bubble above his head and in it, it says, "I will kick your ass." I laugh slightly and Billy smiles. "This is just a goofy anime pic of Benji. Each one of the guys in the band has a different thing about him. A different personality or characteristic if you will. Benji is the tough one. He's the badass" "Ohh I see" "Yea and Joel-" He turns the page "-is the sweet and sensitive one" This drawing shows Joel, I guess, looking up and holding a rose. In his bubble it says, "I'll be your Romeo if you be my Juliet" "Ohh that's so cute!" "Thanks" He turns the page and there's a picture of a teen in a teddy bear outfit holding out a trick or treat bag saying, "Trick or Treat!" "This is Paul. He's the most childish of all of us" "It's so cute. I love it" Billy just laughs. He turns the page and says, "And this is the picture of me" His picture show him drawing the cover of a video game case. "So I guess you are the drawer and gamer one?" "Yep" "How come yours doesn't have a bubble?" "Huh?" "All the other ones have bubbles and they're saying something. How come yours doesn't?" "Oh because I haven't thought of anything that I could say" "Ohh" "Yea" "Well how about something like 'Almost done' or something like that?" "Yea that works. Thanks again" "Yep glad to help" Billy draws a bubble and writes, "Almost done" in it then says, "Perfect" "Billy, Joel's here!!" "Ok Mom!" Just then a guy, Joel I'm guessing, walked through the door. "Hey man" "Hey Joel" "Who's this?" "This-" Billy wraps his arms around my shoulders and pulls me into a side hug. I laugh and hug his waist "-is my new sister" Billy lets go of me and I hold out my hand "Hi I'm Amy" "Joel" He accepts my hand and shakes it. I let go of his hand and stand up. "Well I'm going to go hang up my posters. It was nice to meet you Joel." "Yea it was nice to meet you too." I walk out of Billy's room and shut the door. "Holy shit she's hot!" "Joel! She probably heard you" "Ha ha oops" I start grinning wildly as I walk to my room. I reach into one of my suitcases and pull out my bag full of thumbtacks and pushpins. "Amy! The rest of your stuff is here!" "Ok!" I put the bag on my bed then run downstairs. "Wow Amy you sure do have a lot of stuff" "Yea well my parents spoiled me once it was just me in the house." The movers continue to move the rest of my stuff into my new house. When they get done I give them a little tip and they leave. I look at all the stuff that is scattered across the living room and say, "Well I guess I better get all this stuff upstairs" "Well you can't do it all by yourself I'll get the boys to come help you" "Ok" "Billy! Joel! Come help Amy get her stuff upstairs" Billy comes down the stairs shortly followed by Joel. I see Joel and start grinning wildly again. Joel looks at me and a small blush paints his checks pink. I laugh slightly then grab my stereo. I haul it upstairs and set it on my floor since there isn't any other place to put it yet. Billy and Joel come walking through my door with my dresser "Where do you want this Amy?" "Umm put it right here" I show them where to put it and they drop it. "We'll go get all the drawers now" "Ok" They walk down the stars and I put my stereo on top of my dresser. I go downstairs and see the boys pick up my four drawers, each boy carrying two. "Wow look at you strong boys" Both of them laugh then continue to lug the drawers upstairs. "Amy! Does it matter what order the drawers are in?!?" "No!" "Ok!" "Joel I need your help!" "Ok!" He comes running back downstairs and says, "What ya need?" "Will you help me get my table upstairs?" "Sure" "Ok I'll get this end and you get that end ok?" "Ok" He grabs his end and I grab mine. We start carrying it upstairs just as Billy is coming down. "Wow" Billy goes back into my room so Joel and I can bring my table in. We set it down on the wall opposite of my bed. All of us go back downstairs. The boys grab my desk and carry that upstairs as I grab a box full of my art supplies and drawing books. The boys put my desk against the wall furthest from the door and I set my box on it. I go downstairs and grab my t.v. "Wow look at the strong girl" I laugh at Joel's comment because he was clearly mocking me. I take my t.v. upstairs and put it on my table. Joel comes upstairs with my V.C.R. and I tell him to put it on my table besides my t.v. Billy comes upstairs with one of my boxes of pictures. I can tell it's my box of pictures because it says, "Pictures" on the side of it. "Damn Amy you sure do have a lot of pictures" "I know but half or more of them are from the last week I was with my friends and each of us got a camera because we knew that it would be the last time all 6 of us would hang out together. Do you guys wanna see some?" "Sure" "Yea that sounds like fun" I go over to the box and pull out a handful of the pictures. I sit down on my bed and the boys sit on each side of me. I look at the first picture and it's a picture of my five friends and me pulling kissy faces at the camera. "This is Kyle (me: yes she is a girl), this is Alexandra but she prefers Alex, this is me, this is Jennie, this is Lucy and this is Kye!" I point to each of them as I say their name. I take that picture and move it to the back. The next picture shows Alex and me kissing a guy's cheeks "Who's that guy?" "A guy Alex and I thought was hot" Billy looks at me "Do you know him?" "No Alex and I just thought he was cute" Joel starts laughing and I look at him "What?" "You and your friends are too weird" "Yea but that is why everyone loves us so much" I flash him my cheesy little kid smile and he just smiles back. I turn back to my pictures and reveal my next picture. This picture shows Lucy and me in a big bear hug and our faces are squished together. "Awww how cute" "I know isn't it?" I switch that picture to the back and say, "Kye and I took this picture because Kyle pulled out her camera and said 'Amy! Kye!' So both of us looked at her and both of us were drinking our pop so this is the pose we did" The pose is Kye and me having our heads together with straws in our mouths. The next picture shows Kyle and me playing with little kid guitars. "I love this picture! All six of us went into this toy store and I went down one aisle and Kyle went down the one right next to mine and both me and Kyle came back to where everyone else was saying 'Hey guys look at this kick ass guitar' It was really funny" "So you and Kyle decided to take a picture with them?" Joel asks. "Yep!" "Cool" "Mmmhmm" The next picture was me and Jennie doing the "Emo Pose" "Me and Jennie always do the 'Emo Pose' when we get our pictures taken so we decided to do it for our picture together" "Emo Pose?" Billy and Joel ask in unison "Yea this is the 'Emo Pose'" "Ok?" "Yea me and my friends saw someone doing it and we like it so we called it the 'Emo Pose'" "Mmmhmm?" "Yea" I go through the rest of the pile explaining each picture as I go. When I get to the last picture my eyes start welling up with tears because this picture is me with my parents. "This would be me and my parents." I say on the verge of bawling. I lay my head on Billy's shoulder and Joel rubs my back soothingly. "I'm going to miss them soo much!" I say through tears. All three of us sit in silence for a little then I sit up right, wipe away the annoying tears that have fallen from my eyes and say, "Well there are a lot more boxes to bring up here so lets get going" All of us go downstairs and bring up the rest of my boxes. "Thanks for the help guys" "Yep no problem Amy" "Yea I was glad to help" They walk out of my room and I start getting out my stuff to put it away. After I have everything put away I take out my drawing pad, sit at my desk and start drawing.