Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin

Can somebody tell me who sings "Once Bitten Twice Shy". I've had that song stuck in my head for like ever but I forgot who sings it! Help?

Sorry I haven't updated again in a million years lol. I made that banner thingy because I was sooooooooooo bored. lmao

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Rachel was at my house when I had gotten home. We had spent at least an hour trying to find something to wear. I think we both have decision issues, well, when it comes to clothes. I ended up wearing my black skinny jeans and just a plain black tee. Rachel wore her HIM shirt with the heartagram on the front and just regular jeans. I think we're probbaly going to be the plainest fans there, haha. Now, we're walking to the train station because driving a car is useless since we can never find anywhere to park.

"You, know," Rachel said as we turned the corner and entered the park that we were going to cut through, "I got the strangest call today." She said in a conversational tone. We passed buy the swingset that I had always played on when I was a kid. I remember just going there to think about everything that popped into my head like my friends, family and my strange dreams.

"Who called you?" I asked, turning to look at Rachel who was staring at the shadows as we walked by them. I followed her gaze and I thought I saw something white flash into the shadows. Strange.

"Some guy. He didn't say his name but he was calling for you. Like, all he asked was where you were at and I was like 'I don't know' and then he just hung up. He sounded like such a bastard, you know?" Rachel sighed and shook her head slightly. "You know, I envy you." I raised an eyebrow at Rachel and she went on. "well, you have like three really hot guys after. Two sexy actors and a hot singer. I wish I had three guys go after me like that. Though, Eryn told me that John likes me. He's weird though."

"Singer?"

"Yeah V-...nevermind." She looked away.

"Rachel, do you know something that I don't?"

"Weeeell...."She sighed. "Okay but don't get mad at me okay?" I nodded as we were about to reach the end of the park. "Ville, that guy you met like two days ago, is actually the lead singer of HIM. But, I asked you to go before I even knew he asked you out, so you can't be mad at me." A crunching noise sounded from behind Rachel and I. Rachel didn't seem to notice because she was still ranting. But my heart was beating faster, and I was frozen in my steps.

"Do you hear that?" Was all I said to Rachels rant. She rolled her eyes.

"You're not going to say something mean and sarcastic, are you?" I shook my head. And she sighed. "I don't hear any-" She screamed before she could finish her sentence. A figure--a man maybe-- jumped out of the shadows and tackled us both to the ground. A sharp pain was sent up my arm but, I thought I was in a cemetery for a second. All i could see was grass and tombstones...and then I saw the slide again and some swings. I started kicking at the man who tackled us. rachel had gotten up and I was yelling at her to run. She looked at me and hesitated.

"Run and get help!" I screamed at her. She listened this time and ran out of the park. I pushed the man off of me and was able to get up. I tried to run but he had gotten ahold of my ankle and yanked me off of my feet again. I hit the ground and my arm screamed out in pain yet again. The man flipped me over and he now loomed over me. I saw his face.

I saw the same doe eyes, dark hair and nose piercing. A sense of familiarity flowed through me. I know him, I know him but who is he? He went rigid all over when he saw me staring at him. Does he recognize me too? "Brandy?" He asked. I couldn't speak but I wanted to say something....something to him but I can't even remember his name. I thought I felt something run through me that wanted to make him hug him and smile. He was a friend. But who? Did he go to Hgh School with me? And I saw his face in my mind, like memories that were locked away in my head, like I couldn't reach them.

I can see him in my mind giving me a photo album, I can see him giving me a hug when I saw sad, I can see him making me laugh without trying to. I remember the movies, the memories of me and him. I remember him.

"Frankie?"

 

to be continued...

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Sorry if it's a bit crappy and sorry it's kind of short too...

 

It's a thrift shop up the street from me and it's absolutely amazing. They have all of these brand names clothes for less than $20. Like, I bought a dress which was originally from Forever 21 and it only costed $8, and an Xhilaration top which costed $6, Old Navy Special Edition jeans which costed $9 and a really cute Owl top that costed $6. If I would have gotten them from another store, each item would have added up to over $50. But, my mom also had gotten three tops from that store and my sister got her prom dress (for only $12). And all of my things and their things added together only costed $50! Ah! I love love love that store!!!!

Sorry I haven't updated in a while =/ PSSA's suck >:(

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"Brandy, do you have time for one client before you meet with your twelve o'clock?" Karina's voice doomed in my doorway. I glanced up at her, Karina with her curly black hair, grey eyes and red lips, and I nodded my head. I glanced at the little clock at the bottom of the computer screen and see that it's only 10:30, I should have time for one client before I meet with Alicia and Gaspard. Karina walked to my desk and sat down at the chair across from mine.

"You look tired." She stated with a slight smirk. "The little ones keeping you up all night?"

"No, actually they sleep all through the night most of the time. It's weird. But, I did stay up most of the night reading this amazing book called 'City of Bones'. Have you read it? It's really good." I pulled the book out form my blakc bag that I usually take with me to work and I put it on the desk. Karina snatched it from the desk, flipped to a random page and started reading.

"'Why? Does it hurt?' Clary asked.

'No. I have a high pain threshold. In fact, it's less of a threshold and more of a large tastefully decorated foyer. But I do get easily bored.' He squinted at her. 'Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, you'd get dressed up in a nurses's outfit and give me a sponge bath?'

'Actually, I think you misheard,' Clary said. 'It was Simon who promised you the sponge bath.'

Jace looked involuntarily over at Simon, who smiled at him widely. 'As soon as I'm back on my feet, handsome.'" Karina snickered. "if the rest of the book is as amazing as that last line, then I'll consider reading it." She stood up and left the book on my desk. As she walked out of the door, a man walked in. He is tall, from what it looks like, and his hair is a blondish brown color and curly. His muscles showed through his white t-shirt and I found a pool of drool on my desk, mostly likely from me.

"Hi," He said with a charming voice. "I'm Kyle, Kyle Schmid. I'm supposed to be your ten-thirty today." He stretched his hand out toward mine. I nervously took his strong and warm hand and shook it. My God, he looks exactly like I imagined Jace from City of Bones.

"Oh, hi. I'm Brandy." I said stupidly. Of course he knows my name, I think. No, he does because he laughed a little when I said that.

"You don't know who I am, do you?"

"Jace Wayland?"

"What?" He cocked his head, confused

"Nothing." My had suddenly gotten warmer with embarassment. Jeez, I should have just said "No, sorry, don't know who you are. Explain" but I didn't. "Um, you look familiar." I sputtered out.

"Have you ever seen the show Blood Ties on Lifetime?" He asked, raising his eyebrow. My heart started to beat a bit faster and it was hard to catch my breath. His blue eyes met my green ones and waited for me to answer. But I forgot how to talk, how to breath. What do I say now?"

"I think so. I haven't watched much television since I had my kids." I finally had been able to choke out. Kyle leaned back into the chair and flashed me a beautiful white smile. I envy how white his teeth are. It's like that time I met Prince Caspian in Disney World and was blinded by his white teeth and perfect voice. Of course Prince Caspian told me to pose like Tinkerbell, but that has nothing to do with my blindedness.

"Well, I play Henry Fitzroy, the vampire, on Blood Ties. I'm actually supposed to do a photo shoot for the show but our other photographer was busy and the word around town is that you're incredibly amazing with your photography and graphics."

"And you want to know if I'll do the photo shoot?"

"Well, yeah. But I'm actually here with the producer of the show but they're in the bathroom. And I didn't want you to be late for your twelve o'clock."

"You're very considerate." I smiled and Kyle grinned along with me. He leaned toward the desk and glanced at the door quickly.

"And, I hope this doesn't sound creepy," he said with a low voice and a smirk. "But I keep seeing you everywhere and I wanted to know if you'd go out with me sometime?" I felt my eyes get bigger and nearly pop out of my head. In the last two days, I've been asked out by two extremely gorgeous guys who make my heart skip a few beats and my face go red. Though one kind of stalked me, it still makes me feel...well, pretty.

I nodded and grinned again. "When?" I asked. My fingers were itching to pick up the phone and call Rachel to tell her that Kyle Schmid just asked me out and I said yes and that she needs to watch Blood Ties and record the show for me because something tells me that he makes such a great vampire.

"How about tomorrow night, if you're not busy?" I nodded again and I felt my face stretch as far as it could go.

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The little alarm on my phone rang five minutes before noon to warn me about my meeting. I always set the alarm to go off before all of my meetings so I know that I actually have one and I hope that I'm not late or at the wrong place. As I turned my cell phone off and put it back in my bag, both Gaspard and Alicia walked in and sat themselves across from me. I couldn't keep my eyes off of Alicia as she sat. She leaned herself away from gaspard and looked at me with wide, almost frightened, eyes. Gaspard, on the other hand, looked calmed and even had a clever grin on his face.

"Hello." He greeted with a heavy fench accent. I hello-ed back and leaned back into my chair. He makes me feel so uneasy, uncomfortable. Maybe it's because I had an asshole ex-boyfriend who was French a couple years ago. Maybe he reminds me of him. Or maybe he just reminds me of the monster who was in my nightmare last night.

"Um, so, what do you guys want to do for the movie cover?" I said directly, not wanting to lolly-gag around with anymore clients. "What exactly is the movie about?"

"Well, it's about this lovely girl named...Brenda who falls in love with this guy named...Vincent. But little does she know that another guy named...Jasper is in love with her, and she loves him too. But she marries Vincent and leaves Jasper shattered into a million pieces. But, he decides that he wants the love of his life to be with him and not Vincent. But, there is also a problem, Vincent and Brenda already had to kids-twins, named Khalin and Diana. Jasper always wanted to have a family with Brenda and when he hears about the two kids, he thinks that if he gets the kids, that she'll go willingly with him. She doesn't. So he's left with another problem, how to get her to him. So, he murders Vincent and her friends and threatens to kill her kids. In the ned, she goes with him, marries him, and loves him until the end of her days."

"Um, that sounds-- interesting?" Okay, weird summary. I'm a horror movie fan, though, and I am hoping that the movie is scarier than that. It sounds more like a drama, though, doesn't it? "Um, I'm thinking that maybe I could take a couple pictures of you and the actors who play Brenda and Vincent. Like, maybe Brenda can be in the middle with you on the left and Vincent on the right and there could be a bloody background or scenery of something in the movie. Or maybe we can do something kind of like the movie cover for the movie Fear, you know, the one with Resse Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg, you know?"

"Yes, I know. I like the second option. Um, Brenda could be in Jaspers arms while Vincent lies dead in the background. I think that would be perfect. What about you, Alicia? Do you like the idea?" He turned his grin on Alicia who kept her eyes one the ground. She looked up at me and I realized that she was reading the back of my copy of City of Bones. Quickly, she placed it back on the desk and gingerly looked over at Gaspard.

"Yeah, it sounds really awesome. We should schedule a day for the shoot." Alicia suggested. "Um, how is Thursday?" She swallowed and looked back down at the ground. She doesn't seem that professional. Maybe she just needs a hug?

"Thursdays good. So, I'll write down what we um came up with and get everything set up for Thursday. So, I'll see you then." All three of us stood up at the same time and I shook both of their hands. Alicia, before she walked out, tapped my book without Gaspard noticing. I picked up my book and put it closer to my computer. Gaspard, after Alicia had already walked out, lingered behind.

"Brandy," he said in a seductive voice. "I was wondering if you would like to go out with me tonight?" That again, took me by surprise. Three guys in the past two days, three. I'm seriously not THAT good-looking.

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to a HIM concert tonight with my best friend, Rachel. Maybe another time?" I said with sympathy written on my face.

"Of course." He said before he walked out, closing the door behind him. I sat back down at my desk and leaned back in my chair. But I had remembered Alicia tapping on my book and I reached for it to pick it up. When I did, a piece of paper fell out. A note.

I don’t have much time to write this and sorry if my writing is sloppy. But please read this. Brandy, do not, under any circumstances, go near Gaspard or date him or anything. Please, I’m begging you, choose Ville. -Alicia

 

 

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sorry if this is kind of bad =/

I have a cold. I have to take the PSSA's and it snowed outside.

But hey, at least there's free Rita's Water Ice today :)

Ugh, she just hasn't been around me for like two weeks. Why? Because her and Eryn aren't talking anymore and she has a boyfriend and new friends. I miss when Sofia would blush when we told her that she was cute and I miss her giving me advice when I needed it. I mean, I'm happy that she has a boyfriend, but she can't just shun all of her friends who encouraged her to actually talk to him (after five months of liking him and avoiding him).

I actually remember having a dream not that long ago about me losing all of my friends. I feel like I'm losing Sofia and I don't ever see her to tell her that. She says that she's happy now with her boyfriend and her new friends. Was my friendship and Eryn's friendship not enough? And one of her new friends is actually the girl that Sofia hated up until she started to date her boyfriend. I don't get it, how can you automatically like someone after you get a boyfriend? Especially if you hated that person?

I dud see Sofia today for like only five minutes and she asked me "Do you miss me?" and of course I said yes and she was like "Good." and like basically walked away. I'm used to talking to her everyday and her showing me her artwork or vice versa. She is one of my closet friends, but she seems so far away. But maybe we need our time apart? Could that be it? Becuase I know Sofia and her boyfrined probably won't be together forever (even though they're like made for each other). That decision can't be based on two weeks of dating. *sigh* I miss her so much.

It's been only a few weeks since the battle between Shadowhunters and Demons on Valentine's ship. I've seen many of my Shadowhunter bretherenparish at the hands and claws of those filthy, slimey demons that Valentine brought here with the Mortal Cup and Soul-Sword. Nobody had known that Valentine had captured my sister Eryn and I and hid us from his demons, and of course, nephilim. My sister and I are of direct lineage of the Angel Raziel who made Shadowhunters come to light in 1234. And we are the only ones who know where the Mortal Mirror is.

Once Valentines ship started to sink, Eryn and I were brought aboard one of the boats sent by the Lady of the Seelie Court. Isabelle Lightwood had taken us with her after we explained to her what had happened and why we were taken. She took us to a warlock who would help protect us until Valentine is found and killed. The warlocks name is Magnus Bane and he is extremely...shiny. He had taken us away from Brooklyn and Idris to protect us from Valentine. We've been in a house that he had set for us in a new town with new lives for the last three months with no real contact from the outside world besides some grocery trips.

It always rains here and it is not something Eryn and I are accustomed to. Most days, Eryn and I spend cleaning the house or reading the books in the library that Magnus gave us. Both my sister and I wish that all of this would be over so we could go home to Idris and be with the remaining family and friends that we have left. It's so lonely here. It's only noon, and Eryn and I are doing our usual chore of cleaning. She is cleaning the dishes thatare in the sink and I am dusting the book shelf. We had the radio turned on and sang along with the song.

"People are strange when you're a stranger, faces look ugly when you're alone," We sang to "People Are Strange" by The Doors. "Women seem wicked when you're unwanted, streets are uneven when you're down. When you're strange, faces come out of the rain, when you're strange. No one remembers your name, when you're strange, when you're strange, when you're strange." We have never fully lsitened to music before we've been put into hiding. We never even knew who The Doors were before a month ago. And the only song we've ever heard before was the one our mother used to sing to us before she was killed in The Uprising fifteen years ago and I was only about a year old when my parents were killed. Eryn was three.

"Brandy," Eryn called out to me from the kitchen. I heard her shut off the water and enter the living room. She walked over to the radio and turned it off and at that moment, I heard knocking at the door. "There's someone at the door." She cracked a smile and went to answer the door as I continued what I was doing. I can't help but wonder who wanted to see us or who even knows we're here. I heard a few voices from the front door. A couple of husky voices and Eryn's of course. A heard nothing but silence after that.

"Brandy," Eryn scared the living crap out of me as she snuck up behind me with three men standing next to her. I lost my balance and fell backwards and expected to land on my back and in pain. But instead, a pair of musclar arms caught me in mid-fall.

"Woah, dude, nice catch," I said to him with a grateful smile. He set me down on my feet and looked at me with wide admiration. Suddenly, my heart started beating faster every second and I felt my face flush as he stared at me in that way. "Thanks." I said a little more simply.

"No problem." He shrugged and smirked a little. I looked at Eryn who seemed to be busy with putting some of the books I had taken off the shelves back. I have never felt this nervous and my heart hasn't beat this fast since the first time I had met Jace Wayland a few years ago when we were being housed at the Institute while we were on offical business for The Clave. Jace was extremely gorgeous. He was well-built and had a unique and handsome face and his rude but funny attitude went perfectly with him. But his golden eyes were what had gotten me nervous. I've liked him until I found out from the Clave that he was Valentine Morgenstern's son and Clary was Jace's sister.

"Oh, this is my sister Brandy." Eryn finally said to break the awkward silence that was left hanging int he air. "Brandy, this is Seth, Embry and Quil. They're from La Push."

"We heard that there was a house up here and we wanted to see who lived here. It's kind of strange living in the heart of the forest." Seth said with with an uneven voice.

"Well, it's very nice to meet you all." I smiled with still a bit of blush on my cheeks. "So, uh, what exactly is La Push? Is it a town?"

"Yeah, kind of. It's mostly home to us Quilette Indians. It's really nice there and just a few miles away is the town of Forks. It's okay there." I smiled again and my cheeks started to hurt but somehow I couldn't help it. I think Eryn knew that I was truly smiling instead of faking it especially after what happened on Valentine's ship. I have never truly smiled since then except for now. We ended up talking to the Quilette boys for the rest of the afternoon after that. They asked us some very general questions after that and Eryn and I had to lie about a lot of things. We told them that we were from Brooklyn and moved here because we wanted away from the city. They asked us were our parents were but we didn't lie about that, we just said that they died in an accident a few years earlier though the real reaons our parents died wasn't an accident at all.

It was at least five o'clock now and I could hear the rain fall gently outside. I've known many people who have said listening to the rain fall is soothing and relaxing. But whenever I hear the rain, I hear an ocean of water filling the room and taking me under. I can still taste the nasty east River in my mouth as I tried to surface and get air. My lungs still hurt.

"So, I was wondering," Seth said quietly to me and freeing me from my painful reverie. "I knwo this may be a little early but I was wondering if you'd like to go out with me tomorrow?" I couldn't help but to smile again. He looked so sincere and his eyes were so innocent. I have never really been asked out on a date before. The only person who has ever really asked me out was my friend back in Idris named Wyeth Livingstone. Wyeth was wounded on Valentine's ship by a Ravener demon. I constantly thank the Angel that Magnus was there to heal him.

"Okay." I answered  just as silently as him. "When?" I added.

"I can come over tomorrow, maybe in the afternoon if you like." I nodded with a smile still on my face. I looked over at Eryn who was talking with Quil and Embry. Embry was giving her the same look that Seth was giving me. I wonder how old they are? "I think it's time for us to go but I'll be back tomorrow." He reassured me. I showed the guys out after that and ate dinner with a grin on my face.

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I woke up at eight o'clock in the morning and instantly went to find an outfit for the afternoon. I couldn't find anything that I wanted to wear. I had even went through Eryn's closet to try to find someting and came out empty handed. But at nine o'clock, another knock came at our front door. I had answered this time and a lovely, small girl with dark choppy hair and honey-colored eyes stood with two bags in her hands.

"Hi, I'm Alice, Alice Cullen." She said with a wind-chime voice. She flashed a brillaint pearly white smile. "Okay, let's get you ready." She walked into the house before I could even invite her in and walked into the living room.

"What?" I said, following her into the living room.

"Well, you are going out ona date with Seth, right?" I nodded. "Well, I can see that you have nothing to wear. Though, i would love to see your date but since with going out with him, I'm blind. So I decided to come here and get you ready myself."

"Uh-huh. Well, I'm Brandy." She beamed and grabbed myhand and led me to my own bedroom. For the next hour and a half, I was her personal guinea pig. She curled my fiery red hair and put pounds of make up on my face and she even made me try on a few outfits and shoes and jewelry. Finally, I kept on a shortish tight red dress with cute lacey heels and a pearl necklace. I couldn't believe that it was only ten thirty when we were finished. Alice looked at Eryn and smirked.

"I'll be coming back on Saturday for you." She said sweetly. After that, she left with satisfaction on her face. It was raining outside again and I found myself hoping that we weren't having an outside date. I started reading The Gray Book to pass the time. But I started thinking of the beautiful glass city and how it shined in the sunlight and how tall the demon towers were. I remember when my adoptive family would take me into the city, I would always looks up at all of the towers with an expression of awe on my face. I miss Alicante the most.

I remember the old house we lived in too. It was grand. To me, it was like a castle and Eryn and I were the princesses of the castle and we could rule Idris from our bedrooms. I loved the backyard the most though, because of the beautiful rose garden my adotpive mother kept back there. I used to go out there and draw the roses and help her tend to them. I haven't seen any roses here yet. I sighed.

Another knock came at the door and it was way louder than Alice's had been. I knew exactly who it was and my heart started to beat as I neared the door. Seth stood there with damp hair and a wide-eyed expression on his face. I felt over-dressed and a little embarassed that I was showing too much of myself. In idris, we wore cloaks a lot and shadowhunter gear. I haven't worn them in a long time.

"You look so beautiful." he said as I stepped outside. I flushed and started playing with the end of the dress out of nervousness. "Alice told me that she dressed you but I wasn't expecting you to look so magnificent. I'm not saying taht you weren't magnificent looking before, I just mean that you just lookso beautiful."

"Thanks, Seth." He extended his hand out to me and I took it graciously. We started walking through the woods as the rain still fell gently around us. The rain was cold against my skin and I had goose bumps all over. I had no idea where we were going or what we were doing. All I knew was that these shoes were not made for walking in mud.

I started to look around the woods as the animals made all sorts of noises that I wasn't used to. It was strange, walking through the woods holding hands with a guy that I barely knew but I knew that I liked him. And worst of all, I swear I saw faces in the woods, looking back at me with evil eyes and an intention to kill. I remember seeing that face on Valentine when he captured us. He intended on killing us once we told him where we hid the mirror.

I looked back at Seth who had stopped walking, or at least slowed down because we were still moving. A house came into view and it looked absolutely charming. It was all white and glass and it looked appealing to anyone who was walking in the woods and stumbled up on this place. "The Cullens said taht they would prepare our date here. They're really nice people and I know you've already met Alice. They are really curious about you and your sister living in the woods too. So, i hope you don't mind that they want to meet you."

"No, it's okay. I don't mind." His hand was on the small of my back as he led me inside the Cullen's house. It was just as charming on the inside as it was on the outside. In a moments notice, about ten people were standing in front of us with skeptical looks on their faces. Alice looked bright and the man beside her looked like he was in pain. Another girl had a sour expression on her face while another one smirked. There was a burly looking man with a huge grin on his face looking at Seth and another one looked confused. Two of them, one man and one woman, walked up to me and shook my hand. Their hands were cold and at that moment, I knew that they were vampires. But they weren't ravenous or unfriendly, I could tell by the kindly smiles in their eyes.

"You must be Brandy," said the woman with a sweet smile. "I'm Esme and this is my husband, Carlisle. And those, well most of them, are my children. Edward, Alice, who you've already met, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie," she said pointing to each of them. "And that's Renesmee, Bella, and Jacob."

"Hi." I said shyly, waving my hand just a little bit.

"So, I hear that you and your sister live in the woods, kind of like we do." I nodded and smiled politely. "So what brings you here, then? Oh, how about we go into the living room to sit." I looked up at Seth who only smiled down at me. My heart started to jump again. The living room looked alomst completely white and it was beautiful. Each of the family members and friends took their places around me and I felt as if I was giving a speach in front of a huge crowd. One of the men-Edward-whispered something to Carlisle who looked instantly astonished.

"Well," I started to answer the question that she had asked me. "My sister Eryn and I moved here from Brooklyn," I said, hoping that was remembered the lie right. "We really just wanted to get away from the city. Too many murders and stuff."

"I didn't even know that they were building a house in the woods, especially that far back. How did you find it?" I haven't thought about anyone asking me that question though I should have seen it coming. Eryn and I should have set our story straight before we decided to go out on any dates.

"Um, well," I started and my voice started to go up an octave or two. "It was really our friend, Magnus who had found the place for us. I don't know how he found it, but he did." Which was a lie as well. I was there before the house was even there myself. Magnus had created a portal to take us there. At first I thought we were going to walk to our house but as soon as he snapped his fingers I knew he was going to make it appear there.

There was an awkward silence for a few moments and my eyes lingered to the window. I watched the rain fall faster than it had only moments ago. My eyes had taken me back to that day when the ship was sinking. Eryn was screaming for me to follow her through a hole that we found in the ship. But the water came too fast and it knocked me off of my feet. Eryn dove in after me and tried to pull me away from the hole that we saw that was coming from the bottom of the ship. We were taken under completely and we didn't know which was was up. We saw many demons drowning and dying and already dead go down past us. We saw a figure of a man with fair hair but he was there for only a moment. Then the mermaids came and the sea-sprites were with them. They had grabbed ahold of the both of us and pulled us up. I tried to look for the man that we saw. And before we were pulled to safety, I saw the vengeful face of Valentine Morgenstern.

"Alice, are you okay?" Somebody said. I looked away from the window immediately and looked at Alice with confused eyes. her face was frightningly blank and her eyes were focused on nothing in particular. She remained that way for a few minutes and then she snapped out of it. She shook her head once and looked at me.

"Who's after you?" Is all she said. The next few minutes were silent and her words hung in the air like a fowl odor. This is one hell of a first date, I thought to myself. I thought about Alice's question for a moment. Do I tell them? Do I tell them about Valentine and all of the troubles that Eryn and I have been put through? But, I can tell that they're vampires and they do not know of Valentine and if he succeeds in his war, then they'd parish.

"Valentine Morgenstern." I said quietly. I looked down at the dress and started playing with the hem.

"Way to imprint on a girl who's being stalked, Seth." Emmett said with an unnatural grin on his face. Seth gave him a sharp look as I looked up at him.

"What?" I asked , thinking that he had done something perverted to me at night.

"It's hard to explain." He said but smiled a little. It looked like he was blushing.

"How about we get back to this Valentine guy? Why is he after you?" Alice asked, sitting beside me with a worried look on her face. She brushed the hair out of my face and tried to comfort me. I looked at the window again and thought I saw his face.

"Because my sister and I are the only ones who know where The Mortal Mirror is." I said with a voice that sounded hoarse. The inside of my chest started to feel like it was shrinking or slowly fading away. I felt as fragile as glass and felt as if at any moment I would break.

"The what?" I sighed and shrunk back against Seth. He wrapped his arms around me awkwardly to try to comfort me. It was awkward because we had only met yesterday and I have never been fully felt comfortable around people but he made me feel comfortable and that itself was awkward.

"The Mortal Mirror. It's one of the three Mortal Instruments that the Angel Raziel gave us Shadowhunters. The Instruments have certain powers that could make any man or woman powerful. The Mortal Cup, if it is drunk out of, can turn anybody into a Shadowhunter. The Soul-Sword, or the Mortal Sword, can make anybody tell the truth. They can also control any demon from any world. No one really knows what the Mortal Mirror can do, that's why only a few years after The Uprising in Idris, the Angel Raziel came to me and my sister to hide it from valentine and anyone who was seeking it. Valentine found out about that a few months ago," I paused and my voice dropped. "He kidnapped my sister and I took us on his dark ship. He tortured us for two weeks to tell him where it was. But before he could get anything out of us, Shadowhunters came aboard the ship and there was a battle between the demons and nephilim. The ship started to sink and we were taken uner but we were rescused by Mermaids and Sea-Sprites.

"Not long after, Isabelle Lightwood took us to Magnus Bane, the one who found the house and he brought us here under protection. But I gather that we won't be protected anymore." I forced out a weak smile. "Sometimes I stll see Valentine's face in the rain. It's strange." Alice looked up at Carlisle and then at Edward. Edward whispered something into Bella's ear as well.

"What would happen if Valentine got ahold of the Mortal Mirror?" Carlisle asked. I looked back at him with a grim stare.

"Chaos would erupt. Downworlders would be killed and the Clave would bend at the word of Valentine Morgenstern."

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My and Seth's date did take place after that strange conversation. It didn't seem to change his mood that much. He was light hearted and he cheered me up with just one smile. He was taking me home through the forest again except this time I was on his back because the rain made the ground extremely muddy. He kept telling me about all of the fun that he had with the Cullens throughout these past two years and he also told me that he was a shape-shifter. At least I knew that he wasn't a fragile mundane that could be killed instantly. He also took his time to tell me that imprinting isn't something perverted at all. That it meant that we were soul-mates and meant to be together. I thought it was the sweetest thing in the world. He also told me that Embry imprinted Eryn and that they were on a date now and that Embry told Alice that the date was Saturday. I laughed.

We had gotten to my front door in no time and he set me down on my feet. I felt unnaturally short next to him and extremely small. I was very nervous since I have never been kissed before and I knew that usually first kisses happened at the end of first dates. And this was one hell of a first date. "Can I see you tomorrow?" He asked with hope in his husky voice. I smiled brightly.

"Of course." Both Seth and I stood there for an awkward moment. I decided to be brave for the first time, especially with a boy. "Aren't you supposed to kiss me?" Seth smirked and leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on my lips. The kiss itself lasted for a few moments until he pulled back. I felt the heat rush to my face.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He said as sweetly as his kiss. I could only wave and watch him walk off into the forest. Suddenly, I heard glass break inside and I threw open the door to find a Ravener demon crawling towards my sister. Another Ravener came out of the corner and lunged itself at me and I screamed. Eryn screamed my name as a Forsaken came out after the Ravener brandishing a huge sword in front of itself. I lunged for the seraph blade that was thrown into the corner as the Forsaken swished the sword at me. I took the blade and threw it directly at the Forsakens head. The blade sunk in between its eyes and it fell to the ground. The two Raveners turned and scurried their way to my direction. I grabbed for the Forsakens sword when one of the Raveners jumped on my back. I forgot how heavy they were.

I screamed out in pain as the other one joined it on my back. I was pinned to the ground. Eryn pulled out another blade, screamed its name and ran her way towards me. But out of nowhere, werewolves ran their way into the house and a sandy colored one knocked both Raveners off of my back. After a few moments of fighting, both demons folded into themselves and disappeared. They were dead. The werewolves then changed into the Quilette boys. The sandy colored wolf transformed into Seth. My back ached and I saw that my arms was bleeding. The sword did happen to touch me after all. Seth raced to my side and sat me up properly.

"Are you okay?" I nodded and looked down at my arm with an expression of pain on my face. He examined my arm himself. "Maybe I should get you to Carlisle. He's a doctor and he can stitch you up." I shook my head no.

"All I need is my stele and I can fix it myself." Eryn drew her stele out of her pants pocket and handed it to me. I drew a pattern of circles and lines and felt the slight sizzle of the iratize work it's magic on my wound. A few moemnts later, my arm was as good as new. "It's a healing rune," I said as each of the completely naked boys looked at me with fierce eyes. I tried not to look at all of them and stared at the ground and Eryn stifled a laugh. I don't think they knew that they were naked until Eryn made that noise. Seth untied a pair of pants off of his leg and put it on, and I think the others did that as well because they were all wearing pants when I looked up.

"What were those?" Jacob asked me as Seth pulled me to my feet. He kicked the Forsaken with his foot and had a disgusted look on his face.

"Um, that's a Forsaken and the two ones that disappeared were Raveners. Don't worry, they're dead." I added at the end so they wouldn't worry. Seth hugged me and I was caught in his steel like grip. "Theyre gone, really." I said because I felt as if I couldn't breathe. He released me only a moment later. "Though, we're probably going to have to move again especially since they're dead and Valentine will be suspicious."

"No, don't go." It was Embry who spoke this time. He walked over to Eryn and locked her in a hug too. "We can protect you."

"We can't ask you guys to do that. You barely know us. We don't want you to put your lives in danger for us." Eryn said though she knew what they were going to say next. I think Embry explained the imprinting thing to her as well. I bet she thought ti was something perverted too.

"And plus, that's our job." A very familiar voice said. We turned and saw Jace standing at the end of the steps with Alec and Isabelle and Magnus behind them. All I could think was 'Where's Clary and Simon?'

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked, stepping toward them. Isabelle reached me first and threw her long arms around me in hug.

"We're going to Idris soon and I wanted to see you guys before we left. You know, the Accords are getting re-signed soon." Isabelle said with a hige smile. "And we told Magnus to stay here with you guys while we're gone. But I see we kind of have a demon problem here, huh?" I nodded and filled them all in about what had happened only moments ago. Isabelle looked at Magnus who looked extremely interested with looking at Jacob.

"Can you put a protection ward on the house, Magnus?" She asked after a few moments went by. Magnus rolled his cat-like eyes.

"I am the High Warlock of Brooklyn, Shadowhunter." He hissed. "Of course I can put a ward on. It's simple magic.Though they are hard to break." Seth seemed relieved to hear that news. I don't have to leave after all. Though I do think I know where Valentine is headed next. There is only one of two options that Valentine has. He is either going to come here and get Eryn and I or he is going straight to the Glass City to start a war. The second one seemed more likely to me.

"But can't Valentine break through wards?" Eryn asked. Magnus shrugged and thought for a moment. He crossed his glittery arms and leaned against the railing of the stairs. He was dressed in his usual dress. He had on tight leather pants with millions of zippers on it with no shirt but a long leather jacket that was open in the front. His hair was spiked up as usual too and he wore fingerless gloves.

"He could and if he does, you're screwed."

"Can't you just hide the Mortal Mirror somewhere else?" Alec chimed in. He walked past Magnus who eyes lingered on Alec's back. "Can't you find someone else to hide it?"

"No," I said curtly. Alec sighed dramatically and muttered something that sounded like 'we're screwed' under his breath. "If we hide it somewhere else now, we risk it being found. It's better off where it is now."

"And where is that?" Jace growled. Jace stopped liking me after I told him that I felt uncomfortable around the spawn of Valentine. I had never meant for it to sound mean and I never meant to hurt him. But it was true because Valentine's blood coursed through his and Clary's veins. Eryn and I looked at one another.

"Somewhere safe. Somewhere he will never find." She answered for me. Jace walked toward me and came face to face with me. I could see the anger and hurt in his golden eyes. He leaned in close to my ear and said.

"I feel uncomfortable around someone who has the mortal mirror beating within their hearts." My mouth opened slightly as I was about ot ask "How did you know?" But I thought better of it. He walked back up the stairs and Alec followed hesitantly. My heart started to beat faster and I could feel it pulse inside of me. I remember the day when Raziel came to Eryn and I and ordered us to find a safe place for it to be hidden because he feared that Valentine would find it and use it. we had asked raziel if it were safe for him to shrink down the mirror and split it in two and safely put it in our hearts. Eryn and I said the oath that we would not tell anyone where the mirror was hidden. The only person we could tell was our one true love, our soul-mates, and they could be the only ones to retrieve it because our hearts would be theirs for the taking.

I looked up at Seth and knew instantly that he and Embry were now the guardians of the mirror itself. The existence of Downworlders would rest upon their shoulders if we were found by Valentine again. They would be the ones forced to reach into our hearts and pull out each half of the Mortal Instrument and put it together for Valentine if it were to happen. But we said nothing of it because we feared of what Valentine could do with it. The chaos, the murders, all the power he would have. We can never tell them either until Valentine is stopped. But that may never happen.

 

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Sorry if it's bad or whatever, lol. And just and FYI, I don't think this will be happening in City of Glass. lol (which is coming out thi smonth!)

Sorry it took me a few days to write this, again. Let's just say I hate World Civ and the term fricken paper I have to write...grrr >:(

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"I'm so bored...."I moaned while spinning around in my chair at my desk. It's only eleven o'clock and I've had nothing to do all morning besides spin around in my chair and check my buzznet and email. I would like nothing more than to just go home and spend some time with my children. I miss them already. I think I have separation issues. I only have another hour until my lunch meeting with Alicia Way and Gaspard Ulliel. Both sound oddly familiar to me and I can't figure out why. Maybe I'm just going out of my mind?

I stop spinning and the brief dizziness flashes over me. I sigh and lay my head down on my desk. I think I need some work so I can just do something. I'm about ready to go to Karina's office and beg her to give me extra work. I grab a pencil and some printer paper and start doodling to pass the time. I drew a rose, a broken heart, A skelanimal and then, as if my mind was controlling the pencil, I drew those eyes that I saw. So beautiful and green and just amazing. I wonder if I had a dream that involved green eyes last night.

"Swallow your soul and drink from this life," My cell phone sang out to me from my pocket. "As you choke on your pride. We all look elsewhere. We all look-"

"Hey, Rachel. What's up?" I greeted into the phone to Rachel. I heard little Desdemona crying in the background. I heard her sigh and my stomach jumped. "What's wrong? Are the kids okay? Why is Des crying and where is Kaiden?"

"Whoa, calm down, Cujo," Rachel said as she called me by the nickname she gave me in Junior High. "The kids are fine and Des just woke up. I just called to tell you that I totally forgot that I had a doctors appointment today. Do you think you can come home because I need to get my eyes checked again."

"Rach, I have to meet with a client at noon. Can't you rescedule?(Sp?)" I groaned. Karina would be so pissed if I had to rescedule on my first day back.

"Do you really want a blind person with A.D.D. watching your kids? I could accidently drop one of them in the toilet!" I rolled my eyes and looked at the clock. Only 11:15. Maybe I can call them and hopefully they'll understand. Or maybe I could get Deirdre to fill in for me?

"I'll see what I can do. And for now, don't go anywhere near a toilet with any of my kids in your arms. I don't want to come home and find out that you flushed Kaiden or Des down the toilet." I hung up before Rachel could say her goodbyes and walked to Karinas office. I knocked gently on the door and I heard voices other than hers from inside. She called for me to come in and I did.

"Hey, Brandy. We were just talking about you!" Karina smiled from behind her big oak desk. Her office was way better than mine. Well, besides the fact that she's my boss and she deserves a better office; I'm way jealous. Her walls were a cream color with paintings and advertisments that she had done in her early days. She was way better than I am and I have a lot to live up to. "You clients actually came here instead of waiting for you at the restuarant." Two people turned around and smiled brightly at me. One-who I can only guess is Alicia-has long black hair, pale skin and a lovely face with beautiful features. The other-who is most likely Gaspard-has dark brown hair with brown eyes, pale skin and a brilliant face. But something about him made me a little nervous and I can't figure out why.

"Oh, um, hi." I said nervously. I flushed and gave Karina an apologetic look. She seemed to read my expression but she did not look angry. "I'm really sorry but I have to reschedule. My babysitter had to leave and I can't leave my kids alone and no one else can watch them." I looked at both of my clients. Alicia's face looked surprisingly relieved and Gaspards looked...strange. Calm, but not quite.

"It's all right," Gaspard said with a french accent. "Maybe we can stop by tomorrow and arrange things?" I nodded my head and he smiled but his eyes said something else. He and Alicia rose form their seats. "Come, Alicia. We've got some work to do." Odd. An actor telling the producer what to do. They headed towards the door and Gaspard brushed against me as he walked by. As Alicia walked out the door, her eyes were set on me and stared at me until the door closed behind her.

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I called Rachel before I left work and told her I was on my way. Her appointment was at one, so I should be there in time. I gather up my things before I left my office and waited impatiently in front of the elevator. A few people surrounded me and I watched the levels go down every few moments. I sighed as the elevator door opened up with a ding. I walked in with my eyes on my feet and I felt a cold arm touch mine as I walked inside.

"Wait," I heard a man's voice whisper from behind me. Goosebumps crawled all over my body and the hairs on the nape of my neck stood up. His voice seemed oddly familiar. "Is that her? I think it's her." I felt my face get hotter as I realized that I was the only woman on the elevator. A man next to me with blonde hair looked me up and down. My face had gotten even hotter.

"I think it's her, too. But remember, she doesn't even know who we are." Another man with an accent whispered back to him. His voice was oddly...calming and sweet sounding. My heart jumped and pounded in my ears.

"Just, I dunno, say something to her, Ville," the other man said. "Remember what you have to do?" Have to do? Men are confusing. Is this a game? A dare? A bet? Please, elevator, open up and let me get home to my children. I heard the other man inhale deeply and there was a moments pause before I felt a hand touch my shoulder. I silently sighed and turned around and saw the most beautiful pair of green eyes.

Just then, the elevator door opened and I made my way out before he could speak to me. The look on his face when I turned around and looked into those eyes. It was like...like I knew him and he knew me. Who is he? why do I recognize those eyes? Thos beautiful, beautiful eyes. I walked my way to my car and drove out of the parking lot quickly. Today has been really strange and I have fifteen minutes to kill. Maybe I'll quickly buy a book before I go home. I need something to do at work when I have nothing to do.

I turned into a Borders parking lot and parked near the entrance. I knew my way around the store and I absentmindedly walked over to the fiction section and started to scan the books. A cover with a beautiful tan boy with tattoos and blonde hair caught my eye. 'City of Bones,' the cover read. I picked it up and flipped the book over to read the back. Interesting.

"You'll like it," a stranegly familair voice said. "It's a wonderful book." I looked up from the book and saw the same man who was in the elevator.

"Are you following me?" I asked with a hint of panic in my voice. His eyes looked apologetic but hopeful in a way. He looked down at the floor and then at me again.

"What...what would you say if I said yes?" My facial expression must have looked surprised or frightened because he added, "I'm not, though. I just needed a book and I like fiction..." he looked down at the book shelf and pulled out a book. It was 'The Black Tattoo' by Sam Enthoven.

"That's a good book. You'll like it." I smiled before I walked away to pay for the book. I waited five minutes in line before I was next to pay. I felt Ville standing behind and I couldn't help but get a little creeped out but flattered at the same time. The cashier rung up the book.

"$15.95," the young cahsier said with a high voice.

"Here, I'll pay for it." Ville said, handing the cashier a twenty. I stared at him with an expression of disbelief. He smiled with heart and I had to look down. My cheeks went red as the chasier handed me my book and I heard her ring up Ville's book. I let him walk me to my car in silence. It wasn't an awkward silence, or that awkward of a silence.

"Thank you," I said with a lump in my throat. He smiled again and his eyes were bright and hopeful. "Here," I said, reaching into my purse and pulling out a twenty.

"What are you doing?" he asked with amusement.

"Paying you back."

"The reason why I paid for your book is so that you don't have to pay yourself." He chuckled a little bit. I put the twenty back in my purse and pulled out my keys. I fiddled with them for a few moments before I spoke.

"Why would you do that?" I looked back up at him and found his eyes staring into mine. Beautiful green eyes.

"I think you have the most beautiful eyes." he said as if that answered everything. My face can not get any redder.

"Um, thanks," I said with a nervous voice. "Um, I have to get home. My babysitter has to leave soon and I can't leave my kids alone. You know, because they're little babies. Infants." I found myself bringing my kids up before I even knew it. Maybe I'm saying to see if he's turned off by kids. Surprisingly, a lot of men are, which sucks.

"Awww, you have kids? How old?" He looked oddly interested in my having kids.

"A few months. They're twins. So I really need to go. I'm sorry." I said before I could think.

"Can I ask you out before you leave?" My jaw nearly dropped. He is still interested. Maybe I should go out with him. he seems to be really into me, though it's kind of creepy since I think he followed me. But I have two babies at home and finding a babysitter is hard and I'm back at work so a lot of my time will be taken up. What to do? What to do? I was supposed to be home five minutes ago, crap.

"Um, here." I said, taking out a pen and paper and writing down my name and phone number. "Call me sometime. Wait, what is your name so I know that it's you calling." He grinned.

"Ville," he said with a sweet accent. "Ville Valo."

"Nice to meet you, Ville Valo. I'm Brandy, by the way." I stuck my hand out and he shook it. His hands are soft and warm and his grip was firm. I waved him goodbye as I entered my car.

I had gotten home five mintues later and saw rachel sitting on the porch, looking at her watch. She rolled her eyes when she saw me pull in. I got out of my car slowly with my book and purse in hand.

"The kids are sleeping," She said before I could ask. I smiled as she got up from her perch on my steps and opened up the door. "And I need to ask you a question." She said, following me into the house again.

"Hmmm?"

"Well, there were like four people looking for you today, it was quite weird. I just wanted to know if you knew any of them because I'm sure that you would've told me if you knew, you know, famous singers and an actor." She put her hands on her hips. "Seriously, do you know any famous people because if you do and you didn't tell me, I'll be so pissed."

"What were their names?" I asked as I put the book down on the coffee table and I took out my cell phone to charge it.

"Um, Gaspard Ulliel, Alicia Way, Gerard Way," she said. "And Ville Valo." I looked up instantly at her at the sound of Ville's name. Anger and fear and confusion flowed through my veins like a drug. He was following me. And Gaspard and Alicia too? Well, they're my clients...maybe Karina told them my address? Who is Gerard? Is he the other guy who was with Ville in the elevator?

"No, I don't know them." I said through my teeth. Rachel grabbed her coat and keys. "Have fun at the doctors." I sighed.

"I will. See you tomorrow."

"Yeah, tomorrow. Bye."

Damn it, I gave Ville my number. I fell back onto the couch and moaned. I gave a creepy stalker guy my number. A cute creepy stalker guy with magnificent green eyes but that's not the point. I'm going to have to decline his date when he calls or maybe change my number. I hope I never run into that guy again.

 

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sorry if it's a little crappy =/

 

Today was going so great. Me and my friend actually have a nice talk at lunch, two of my teachers aren't in school, and I got my Hanna Beth gift. And then, I come home and no one is there yelling at me. But my little sister had to get a psychiatric evaluation and then my mom calls and says that she was emitted into the hospital. Apparently my eleven year old little sister might be going to the same Mental Institution that I went to, or the one that my older sister went to.I never wanted this to happen to her. Not my sister. But she was forced to see her dad (I say her dad because I disowned him). He made her worse. He's now abusing her instead of me and my older sister and I was stupid enough to think that it wasn't that big of a deal. But she was this way ever since she was two. She's had split personalities for 9 years and no one ever knew. And now she can't get out of the fantasy world that she created. And I'm frightened and pissed and I don't know what to do. I don't think I can get any sleep tonight because I know what she might have to face. She'll be scared and I'll be scared. I know she'll be scared because she'll be in a place where she feels like she doesn't belong and I'm scared for her.Is it my fault that I haven't told anybody that our father beat us for years? Could I have saved her from this?

So I was one of the winners of the Christmas Tree contest thingy (the one who doesn't live in L.A.) and I just got my Hanna Beth gift :P I got awesome make up(which I was in dire need of) and awesome buzznet buttons!!!! I am so happy! It just made my day!

I mean, it doesn't happen all the time, but in my school it does almost everyday. Now two of my friends, who are like sisters to me, aren't friends anymore. One has finally got a boyfriend and one has a lot of family problems. The one with the boyfriend told the other one that she can't be friends with her because she's "too self-absorbed in her own problems to be happy for her." But she really isn't. It doesn't make sense. But nothing really makes sense anymore, does it?

And they're both trying not to get me involved, but like it or not, I'm involved. I've been involved since day one and it just hurts, you know? Like, usually they both sit with me at lunch, but if one is there, the other is not. And sometimes they're both not there. I still have other friends at the table, but I just get lonely sometimes. I really wish they were still friends and that things will go back to normal soon. I don't think it will though, because nothing is ever the same.

Can anybody give me some advice to help me survive this?

 

xoxo Brandy a.k.a. Mikey♥

Sorry I haven't updated in a few days. I don't have much time on the computer like I did before. And more drama erupted with my friends so it's makes it even harder to do things.

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I yawned and turned over slightly as I opened my eyes. The room is dark, everything is silent and I feel like crap. It's Monday and I have to go back to work from my maternity leave. Kaiden and Desdemona are asleep in their bedroom finally. It had taken me all night to get them to sleep and finally the deed is done. If I can only get more time to sleep or just stay home with my kids I would. But their father vanished after our "one night stand" and my mom has work too. I need to find a babysitter.

My cell phone rings to the tune of Aiden's "Die Romantic". Rachels name came across the screen and I sighed. The clock next to me reads 5:45 a.m. and I groan. I hate getting up this early. "Hullo?" I greeted groggily into the phone. I pulled myself into a sitting position and found that my pillows had dark spots on them, I flicked the light on and saw that it was mascara taht stained them. I was crying in my sleep.

"Hey," Rachel greeted bright and cheery and extremely hypery (if that's a word). "Are you getting up? I just wanted to know because I was wondering if I can watch the kids today. I love babies and I am prepared to take care of babies and I got them a gift!" I sighed in relief. I thinks Rachel somehow knows that I needed a babysitter. Sometimes I think Rachel is psychic.

"Yeah and yes, thanks! I needed a babysitter today. I had so much trouble finding one," I got to my feet and headed towards the bathroom. "What time should I be there?" I asked as I got out the toothe paste and my toothe brush from the medicine cabinet.

"I'll come over there. My house is boring and plus, my cats get all jealous of little kids. There's no telling what they'd do if Kaiden and Des came over." Rachel sighed into the phone. "I feel like a crazy old cat lady who one day will throw her cats out the windows at the kids trespassing on her front lawn."

"You just need to get more, Rach. I think we all do." I leaned against the wall behind me and stared at myself in the mirror that was directly across from me. I looked at my eyes, examing their color. People say my eyes are blue and them some say green, or hazel, or grey. But they're green, as green as the grass. A poisonous green that gets brighter if I stare at them too long. Are those my eyes? Is that my eye color? They can't be, they seem almost perfect...

"...with me Saturday?" Rachel said, breaking me from my thoughts. I shook my head slightly and tried to get back into the conversation.

"What?"

"I said, would you like to go to a HIM concert with me Saturday? I've got tickets and I already know that Joe can't go and Nikki will be working all day and Tory doesn't really like HIM. So, do you wanna go or not?"

"I need to find a babysitter." I said into the phone. In all honesty, I don't know who the band HIM is. I don't think I've heard of their music before or maybe I'm too out of it to remember.

"Oh don't worry about that, my mom can watch them. She loves kids. That's why she had me." I laughed and I heard Rach take a bite out of something over the phone. "So, do you wanna? Huh? Huh? Huh?" She said with a mouthful of whatever.

"Yes," I sighed in defeat. "But what do I wear?" Rachel and I laughed.

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My hair was neatly in place, my teeth were neatly brushed and my clothes have no wrinkles or stains. So far, today is going good. And the children are surprisingly cooperative today. No spitting up, no dramatic crying and no pulling mommies hair. They seem to understand that I'm going back to work and I need to go back in a good mood. Rachel came about fifteen minutes after we hung up with each other. I realized today that today was Friday and that Rachel had meant to go to the concert tomorrow. I thought the day would be somewhere further down the week. She's a tricky one. Or I'm just really out of it.

I had put the twins back in their cribs when Rachel walked in with the gifts. They were neatly wrapped and I couldn't help but laugh. Little babies can't open wrapping paper. I think Rachel wants ot un-wrap them herself. I can't blame her, mostly because I love unwrapping gifts myself.

"This one if for little Kaiden," She said, placing a blue wrapped gift into his crib. She held up a pink wrapped gift and put it in Desdemona's crib. "And this one is for little Dessie." She looked thoughtful for a moment. "here, let me unwrap them for you two." I surpressed a giggle. She unwrapped Des's first and revealed a cute little Skelanimal kitty. It was plush and adorable. Then, she unwrapped Kaidens. He also had a Skelanimals but his was a Bat. Rachel loves Skelanimals, no wonder she got the toys for them.

"Well, I have to go and please don't leave the trahs in the kids' cribs and make sure they get fed every couple of hours and don't be afraid to change them!" I yelled the last part over my shoulder as I supn around to leave. Rachel followed behind me quickly and poked me in the shoulder. "What's up?" I asked as I turned around to face her again.

"I just need to ask you a question." I nooded for her to continue but she hesitated. "I had a strange dream last night about Sofia. You remember Sofia, right? Our little fun-sized friend from High School?" I nodded again and urged her to continue. "Well, I had a dream about her last night, like, she was dating some British guy who was really hot. I haven't seen Sofia in years. I was just wondering if you heard from her?"

"The last time I talked to Sofia was about three years ago when she was on her way to Italy to study art there. That's the last that I heard from her."

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Work has not been nice at all. As soon as I step into my office, my boss is waiting in there with papers in her hands. She smiled and I knew that I already had a job to do. "Brandy, nice to see you back. How's the kids?" Karina said as she handed me the papers. I looked down and saw that I was going to be designing the cover for a movie.

"Their doing fine. Great, actually," I set the papers down on my desk and sat in my spinny chair. "I have a job already. I must be that good." Karina smiled.

"They'd like you to meet them at noon at the Chili's in Center City. You'll be meeting one of the producers and the actor who requested you to do the job. Be nice, offer your ideas, but remember, your art work will be what the client wants, not what you want. Remember what happened the last time?" She reminded me nicely. I told the client that her idea was crap and that she should stop thinking all together because everything she was saying was stupid. Not a good idea to do that.

"Yeah, I almost got my ass fired. I remember." I leaned back into my chair and turned on my computer. I needed to email my mom about Saturday night just in case Rachels mom can't watch the twins. And I miss my mom, I haven't seen her in a few weeks.

"Yeah, well, I know you won't be making that mistake again," Karina turned to leave out the door. "Noon." She called over her shoulder. I rolled my eyes and looked back down at my papers to get some sort of idea of who I will be meeting and what kind of movie that it will be. I saw that it was going to be a horror movie and the first thought about the horror movie that jumped inside my head was lots of blood. Lots and lots of blood. Then the producers name came into my view. Alicia Way it said. She sounded so familiar. Maybe I've seen one of her movies.

"And Gaspard Ulliel." I said aloud. His name sounded familiar as well. Maybe I've seen one of his movies too.

"What about Gaspard Ulliel?" I heard a cute familiar voice say. I looked up and Deirdre was standing at my office door. A smile grew on my face when she ran over to give me a hug.

"Oh, I'm working with him on a movie cover." I smiled and took Deirdre's glasses and put them on myself. She laughed and snatched them back.

"Lucky! Get me an autograph! He's so cute!" Deirdre started to walk out of my office. She giggled.

"Where are you going? Are you just going to pop in and out randomly and leave me all alone?" She laughed out loud and Nancy atthe front desk looked at her strangely. She walked back in and gave me another hug.

"Actually, yes I am. I work her now because they fired Marty in developing. So you'll be seeing a lot of me. And I will scare you." She looked at me awkwardly. "Are you wearing contacts?" Her question took me by surprise. she knows I don't need contacts. Are my eyes that green color again? Maybe they changed their color again? Or maybe it's just the light?

"No." I answered finally. "But I've got to get to work. I have to meet Gaspard and Alicia at noon."

"Good luck with that."

"Thanks." I said as she left the room. I took out my compact and stared at my eyes in the tiny mirror. They still look like the same color green to me.

 

to be continued....

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Sorry if it's kinda crappy or boring...but I promise it gets better soon. I should know, it's my dream lol....

Why not rebel against everything that's bad in the world?

Rebel by taking good care of yourselves and everyone and everything around you. Show the world that there is still some good in it, and rebel.