{Character in picture: Ellen Page as Kyler Kennedy}

{Song in video: Good Charlotte - The Anthem}

I banged on the bathroom door. My older sister, Clarissa, already spent over 20 minutes in there. "Clarissa what are you doing in there? I have to get ready too you know!" I yelled through the door.

"Wait a few more minutes! I'm putting on makeup!" Clarissa yelled back.

I officially ran out of patience and burst through the door.

"Get out I need privacy!" Clarissa was already dressed and had makeup on.

"Oh for crying out loud you're already dressed and have makeup! How much more do you need?!"

We're basically the opposite of each other. I don't know how we're sisters even. She's a total girly girl who always wears dresses, blouses, skirts, makeup, and heels and I'm a tomboy who wears jeans, flannels, t-shirts, combat boots, converse, and vans. The only makeup I wear is eyeliner and that's only occasionally. She likes shopping, doing people's makeup and hair, and gossiping. I like skateboarding, roller skating, and eating food. She's the most popular girl in school and I'm basically invisible. We're only a year apart, she's a senior and I'm a junior.

Clarissa continued to ignore me and I groaned and decided to make myself breakfast in the meantime, but noticed my older brother Dylan drinking from the milk carton. "Ugh how many times do we have to tell you not to drink from the carton?!" I yelled.

Dylan snickered and drank more of it. I begrudgingly got myself cereal and ate it - without the milk.

Clarissa walked downstairs to eat breakfast. She was wearing a fancy girly blouse and a skirt (just like most days).

My 13 year old brother Jared grabbed a piece of toast and ran outside. My dad rushed out the door and my mom was in a rush to get my 5 year old sister Madeline to school.

"Hurry up and eat Madeline," my mom said. "We're already running late."

I went back upstairs to go to the bathroom to wash my face, brush my teeth, and what not.

A few minutes later I went downstairs and noticed everyone was gone, including my parents. Of course this would happen when I'm running late. I didn't even have time to make myself a sandwich for lunch or get money to pay for it at school. The bus had already left a half an hour ago. I groaned and went outside and skateboarded all the way to school. It took about 20 minutes to get there.

I ended up coming to class 10 minutes late. My 1st period teacher Mrs. Russell said, "I'm marking you tardy. Next time come to class on time."

I sighed and went to my seat.

"Where were you?" My best friend Alexis Shay asked.

"My whole family left me so I skateboarded to school."

Mrs. Russell eyed them. "There will be no talking in this class Kyler Kennedy."

I sighed and did my work.

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Later at lunch while I was eating my pizza that Alexis gave to me, Dylan came by and said, "Yo what's up my shorties," and rubbed me and Alexis' head. I'm 5'1 and Alexis is exactly 5'0.

"You're going to mess up my hair!" Alexis said and looked mortified.

When he was done, he grabbed the pizza out of my hands and took a big bite of it.

"Dylan hands off! Get your own pizza!" I exclaimed.

"I would but I forgot my lunch money so I have to munch off of everyone," he said back.

"Not my problem." I rolled my eyes and he walked away.

Dylan is very annoying and obnoxious. He always pranks somebody, never listens, and is always getting into trouble. And yet somehow he's popular with the ladies.

"Wow I legit never see you get along with your siblings," Alexis said and laughed.

"That's because they do annoying things. Especially Dylan and Jared."

"What about Clarissa? She's always...serious."

"Oh yeah she could be annoying too but in a different way. She's just very controlling and acts like a goody two-shoes even though she's not."

"Well Madeline is the only innocent one then."

"She's usually fine but she goes through my stuff sometimes. I just tell her to go through Clarissa's stuff instead and she does."

Alexis laughed. We've been best friends since me and my family moved here a few years ago and she introduced herself and helped me get friends. I admit when I first met her I wasn't really sure of her. I thought she was just like Clarissa but she's warm, friendly, carefree, and optimistic. She has beautiful blonde hair, loves fashion, and usually wears blouses and skirts, sometimes jeans.

All of a sudden, one of my other best friend's named Amy Weiss slammed her tray down on the table. She had medium-length red hair and dressed casual most of the time. "Look what they gave me," she said, looking annoyed. The food on her tray looked like cat puke.

"What the hell is that?" I asked and scrunched my face.

"Ew," Alexis said and made a disgusted face.

"Apparently this crap is turkey and stuffing." She made hand gestures. "The person in front of me got the last slice of pizza."

I burst out laughing.

"Think that's funny? Well how's this." She flung a small spoonful of it on me.

I raised my hands up, closed my eyes, and tried to dodge it but it hit me on the cheek. I kept laughing and Amy and Alexis started laughing as well. While that happened, my crush Seth Walker passed by and chuckled.

"Hey Kyler," Seth said and gave me a slight smile. He had amazing blue eyes, brown hair, and a perfect face. He was one of Dylan's best friends but he's more mature, nicer, and on the introverted side. He's also 6'2 (tall!).

I quickly wiped off my face. "Hey Seth," I said to him.

We watched him go sit by Dylan and the rest of their friends.

"Oh my gosh did you see that? He actually smiled," Alexis said.

"Hey he smiles," I defended, "You're making it seem like he never does."

"I gotta admit that's like the first time I saw him smile," Amy said.

"That's just because you're never around him," I whined.

"You should just ask him out already."

"Are you crazy? He'll never go for someone like me. His type is probably Clarissa and other girls that are like her."

Alexis rolled her eyes. "You never know until you try."

I noticed Clarissa and her two best friends, Addison Rockwell and Yasmin Mitchell, pass by.

"Uh-oh here comes the CCC," I muttered to my friends and we laughed. CCC stands for Clarissa Cult Clan since she always walks in front of them like she's their leader. To make it worse, there's a few girls in each grade that copy her and want to be her.

"Seriously how are you two sisters?" Amy said. "I think she's adopted. You look like your mom and she doesn't look like either one of your parents."

I shrugged. "I always had a theory that she was an adopted alien from planet Mars."

The 3 of us burst out laughing.

"UGH! Look what you did to my outfit Cornelius!" I heard Clarissa shout. We turned our heads toward her direction. Clarissa had turkey and stuffing all over her dress. Everyone in the cafeteria stopped what they were doing and stared at them.

"I'm sorry Clarissa!" Cornelius Bernard, who's one of my friends, said. "I have a special product that can clean your-"

Clarissa dumped milk all over his head. "I'm going to count to 3. If you're still here then you'll be sorry!"

"But-"

"1."

"Clarissa please-"

"2."

Cornelius quickly ran away. Everyone roared with laughter.

I sighed. "Let's go help him." Alexis and Amy nodded in agreement. We grabbed napkins and quickly went after Cornelius. He sat on the floor next to the lockers.

"Cornelius?" I called out.

"Yeah," he mumbled.

"It's okay. I know you have milk all over you but she has gross food all over her dress." We gave him napkins and helped wipe off the milk.

"I know and your sister is going to make my life hell now."

"Probably." I sat down next to him. "But hey she makes my life hell everyday and I'm still alive."

He smiled a little. "I can't believe you two are sisters. You two are total opposites."

"I know. I get that a lot." I laughed.

The bell rang. "Most of the milk is off. Think you can come to class?"

"Yeah I'll be fine." He got up and we walked to our classes.

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As soon as I got home I plopped on my bed and took a nap. About an hour later I woke up feeling hungry. I went to the kitchen and opened up the freezer. I was digging through it and then I noticed my bra was in there. It was frozen and covered up in jello. Dylan!

I stormed back upstairs and barged into Dylan's room. "Dylan why would you do this?!" I shouted and showed him my frozen bra. Unfortunately Dylan's friends, Luke Harper, Cayden Miles, and Seth Walker were in there. Oh my God Seth is there!

They all burst out laughing. My mouth dropped open and my face flushed red. I didn't know what else to do so I just went up to Dylan and wacked him with my frozen jelloed up bra.

"You're a douchebag you know that?" I muttered and stomped out. I bet they were going to make fun of me now. I wouldn't mind if Luke and Cayden were the only ones there but it made it a ton worse since Seth was there. Why did I have to crush on one of Dylan's good friends?

"Hey sis what's up," Jared said to me as I passed by him in the hallway.

"Buzz off," I said.

"Someone's got their panties in a twist. Or should I say BRA." He cackled.

"Twerp." I went back into my room and flopped on my bed. I decided I would get Dylan back by blasting music really loud. I plugged my iPod in to the stereo and blasted "The Anthem" by Good Charlotte.

Not even 10 seconds later, Dylan barged into my room. "Hey turn that down!" he yelled.

"Make me!" I yelled back and stuck my tongue out.

He stomped off and left. I smirked.

A minute later I hear Dylan blasting "A Candlelit Dinner With Inamorta" by Asking Alexandria.

Does he really think he could get me back by playing another song loudly? Especially one I like? I smirked to myself.

Clarissa barged in my room. "Shut off that awful music!" she yelled.

I gave her a look. "You're probably mistaking my music for Dylan's. He's blasting the screamo not me."

Clarissa glared and stomped off. I went in the hallway to follow her. She went into Dylan's room and turned off his music.

"Hey!" Dylan exclaimed.

"I don't want to hear that screaming music blasting out loud!" Clarissa yelled.

"Kyler started it." He pointed at me.

"Actually YOU started it when you put my freakin' bra in the freezer!" I exclaimed.

Luke, Cayden, and Seth snickered.

Clarissa turned to me. "Now you can turn off your music Kyler."

I rolled my eyes. I went to my room and unplugged my iPod from the stereo and listened to my iPod with earbuds on.

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A/N: What do you think of the story so far? Do you come from a big family? I don't but sometimes I wish I do.

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{Character in picture: Michael Seater as Dylan Kennedy}

{Song in video: Sum 41 - Fat Lip}

I went up to my locker and tried to open it but it wouldn't budge. It actually happened to me a lot, especially lately.

"You seriously can't open that?" Amy noticed and chuckled.

"Obviously not since I'm struggling," I said and gave her a look.

"Here let me help." She went to the locker and it popped right open and hit me in the face. I almost fell over.

I put my hand on my cheek. "Owww," I groaned in pain.

Amy gasped. "I'm so sorry!" She shrieked.

Unfortunately, Dylan, Cayden, Luke, and Seth passed by when it happened. They were all laughing at me except Seth. Of course I would embarrass myself when Seth is walking by.

"Way to go Frozen Bra!" Cayden yelled.

Seth came up to me. "Hey are you okay?" he asked.

My face flushed red. "Um yeah I'm fine," I said casually.

"Yo Seth!" Dylan called out. "What are you doing?" Him, Cayden, and Luke had walked down the hall without him.

"I'll be there in a minute!" Seth said back. He turned back to me. "Sorry about that yesterday thing with the bra...I had nothing to do with it." He scratched his head nervously.

My face flushed even harder. "Oh it's no biggie," I mumbled and looked at the ground.

"I shouldn't have laughed. I was being a jerk."

"It's okay I'm cool with it. If it happened to someone else I probably would have laughed too."

Dylan kept motioning and pestering Seth to come over. He glanced at them and back to me. "Um I'll see you around I guess." He gave me a small smile and walked away.

"Oh my gosh he came up to you and talked to you!" Alexis shrieked, practically jumping up and down.

"Yeah I guess," I said and smiled.

"What did he mean by the bra thing yesterday?" Amy asked and looked confused.

"Ohhh that. Well yesterday I got hungry and looked in the freezer for ice cream and I pulled out my frozen bra that was covered in jello. So I barged into Dylan's room since I knew it was him. And Cayden, Luke, and Seth were there...and yeah..."

Alexis' eyes widened. "You didn't know they were there?"

I shook my head.

"How did they react?" Amy asked.

"They laughed of course. You know how teenage guys are with that stuff," I replied.

"That must have been embarrassing."

"It was but it's whatever. I got over it."

The bell rang and we walked to class. My next class was music class. Pros: Seth, Alexis, and Amy were in that class. Cons: Dylan, Cayden, and Addison were in that class.

There were no desks so we sat on the floor. "Psst! Frozen bra!" I heard Cayden say behind me.

I rolled my eyes and ignored him. He was as big of a pest as Dylan, if not worse.

"Kyler he's talking to you," Dylan said.

I looked behind and glared. "He didn't say my name."

"I said your name Frozen Bra! I have a gift offering for you." He handed me a cup of red jello.

I opened it up and flung some on him.

"Hey I was trying to be nice!"

"Piss off." I flung a little more of it.

"Kyler Kennedy there will be no food throwing!" The teacher, Mrs. Moore, said sternly and took away the jello.

Dylan and Cayden snickered.

I heard Dylan and Cayden talking to Addison and they kept laughing and pointing at me.

I whirled around. "Got a problem?" I said to the three of them.

"I can't believe Dylan froze your bra and put jello in it. That's sooo impressive," Addison laughed. She probably thought it was stupid but she's showing off in front of the guys, like always. She's a huge flirt like that.

"Guys leave her alone," Seth said. Cayden and Dylan gave him a weird look and laughed. I gave Seth a small smile.

"Awww," Alexis said.

"Shhh! He's right there," I hissed.

Amy laughed.

"Class I would like you all take out your books and partner up. You all are going to read about Japanese traditional music on page 62 and do this worksheet together," Mrs. Moore instructed.

Amy and Alexis partnered up right away. They grinned and glanced at Seth and back to me. Very clever guys.

I looked around and noticed Dylan and Cayden partnered up.

"Hey Seth wanna be partners?" Addison said, brushed her hair back, and smiled.

Seth glanced at me and back at her. "Um...yeah...sure I guess."

Crap.

Addison is also Seth's ex. They've dated for almost a year but broke up a few months ago. I don't know the reason but I do know she still flirts with him. I've heard rumors that she's trying to get back with him.

Alexis winced. "Sorry," she mouthed.

I gave her a small smile. "It's okay," I mouthed back.

I ended up being stuck with Jason Grimaldi for a partner, who's Clarissa's recent boyfriend. He's a rich preppy guy with blonde hair. Exactly Clarissa's type – go figure.

For the whole time all what Jason talked about was Clarissa. I acted like I was paying attention but his speech about her went in one ear and out the other.

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Me, Alexis, and Amy walked into the cafeteria with trays in our hands.

"Hey let's go outside," Amy suggested.

We went outside and sat at a table next to where Dylan, Cayden, Luke, and Seth was sitting.

I shot Amy a look. "Really Amy?"

Amy wriggled her eyebrows. "You know you like it."

We burst out laughing.

"What's so funny over there Frozen Bra?" Cayden taunted. I gave him the finger.

"Oooh," Dylan, Luke, and Seth said at the same time.

All of a sudden, Addison sat at their table, next to Seth.

"Seth you're looking cuter than usual today," Addison flirted to him and touched his hair.

I rolled my eyes and made a disgusted face. "I mean look at her with her flippy blonde hair and salads and flirting and what not."

"Somebody's jealous," Alexis said in a sing-song voice.

I nudged her. "Hey not too loud."

"Look at you with your rad brown hair and that chicken sandwich and what not," Amy said to me and we laughed.

"Hey Alexis!" Dylan yelled out and Cayden tried to shush him.

"Yeah?" Alexis said.

"Somebody at this table likes-" Cayden interrupted him by stuffing a bunch of Addison's salad in his face.

"Hey that's my food!" Addison cried out and slapped Cayden's hand.

Dylan tried to talk with his mouth full but we couldn't make out what he said. Salad pieces kept falling out of his mouth.

"Ew," Alexis said and looked disgusted.

"We have no idea what you're saying Dylan," Amy said and gave him a weird look.

"Probably nothing important. He's my brother after all. I should know," I said.

Clarissa and Yasmin came by Dylan's table. "Ugh not you," Dylan mumbled.

Clarissa rolled her eyes. "Trust me I don't want to be here either." She turned to Addison. "Addison what are you doing at my gross brother's table?"

"I'm just chilling with the guys," she said and grinned at Seth.

"Well we have an emergency." She handed her a magazine and opened it to a certain page. "See that Louis Vuitton purse? It's a limited-time offer starting from today at 3 to sometime at the end of the week. We need to go to the mall pronto and wait in line so we could be one of the first people to own it!"

"Okay seriously? I mean I love Louis Vuitton but if it's available until the end of the week then why do we have to go now?"

"Ugh can you all stop talking about girly crap!" Dylan exclaimed and covered his ears.

"I would like to second that," I said. Did I actually agree with Dylan on something?

Clarissa looked at me and Dylan. "This doesn't concern you two. Mind your business."

"Well you're kinda up in mine so..." Dylan said. Me, Seth, Cayden, and Luke snickered.

Addison turned to Seth. "I'll see you later Sethie." She rubbed his hair, winked, and then left.

"Did she just call him Sethie?" Amy whispered to me and Alexis.

We nodded.

Seth looked in our direction and I quickly looked away. I could see him from the corner of my eye though. He smiled a little.

"Kyler, Seth's looking at you," Alexis whispered.

"I know," I whispered back. "I see him from the corner of my eye."

He looked away after 10 seconds.

"Did you see that? He was checking you out!" Amy whispered loudly.

"Shut up or they'll hear you!" I hissed. "How do you know if he was checking me out? For all I know I could have some crumbs on my face or something stuck on my teeth."

"You don't have any crumbs on your face or anything stuck on your teeth." She rolled her eyes.

"Hey it can happen. Awkward is my specialty you know." We laughed.

Cayden kept looking back and forth between my table and his. If I wasn't mistaken, he actually looked a little nervous. What was his deal?

"Yo Cayden!" I exclaimed. "What's up with you? Have something to say?"

"No not at all!" Cayden exclaimed, rather nervously.

The bell rang and Cayden practically ran off.

"I wonder what that's all about," Amy said.

I shrugged. "Who knows."

Dylan must have heard us because he said, "Oh yeah what I was going to say earlier is that someone at our table likes Alexis." He smirked.

Our mouths dropped and we went to hysterical laughter. "Ooh Alexis!" Amy cooed.

"I can't believe that weirdo likes you Alexis!" I exclaimed between laughter.

Seth, Dylan, and Luke watched us as we were being hysterical about it. They looked amused.

"So that's what girls do when they find out someone likes them," Luke said.

"Great observation Luke," Dylan said and patted him on the back.

The guys walked off. "So what do you think of him, Alexis?" I asked.

Alexis' face flushed. "Um I don't know...I mean I never really thought of it. I mean he IS cute-"

"Ahhh!" I yelled and covered my ears.

Amy smacked my arm. "Quit being obnoxious Kyler. You're acting like Cayden."

"I'M acting like Cayden?! Oh no you didn't!" I smacked her arm back jokingly and then turned to Alexis. "You may finish. Sorry for my outburst. It's just when you said Cayden was cute I kind of died a little inside since I knew him for such a long time." I shuddered.

"He's cute but I don't know I just never thought of it basically. I mean I don't know him THAT well but I do know he always messes with Kyler," Alexis said.

"Boys tend to act different around their crushes though," Amy said.

"He just messes around with me because Dylan does. They're both on the same level, sometimes Cayden is worse. It depends," I said.

"Hey we're late to class!" Alexis exclaimed. "Let's go before we get in trouble!"

I didn't even realize we were late to class until Alexis said something about it. I looked around and there was no one else in sight, except us 3. We walked to our classes.

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A/N: So Kyler's face got slammed by the locker, and to make it worse, it was in front of her crush. Ouch, that must have hurt! Any of you ever had awkward experiences around your crush? :o

Also, Cayden likes Alexis! Will they get together?

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{Character in picture: Leighton Meester as Clarissa Kennedy}

{Song in video: Blink-182 - All The Small Things}

"Kyler, honey, can you run some errands for me?" My mom came into my room and asked. It was 9'o clock Saturday morning and I had just woke up half an hour ago.

"Now?" I said.

"Yes now. I was going to make breakfast but we're out of eggs, milk, and bread. I can't make anything without those."

"Oh okay."

She walked out of my room and I groaned as I put on clothes and got ready.

I got in the car and drove to Walmart. I actually loved coming here with my friends because we had fun and messed around with different stuff but I knew they wouldn't be happy if I told them to meet me here this early. Besides, my family was waiting for me to come back so we could eat breakfast.

I parked and then went inside. I grabbed a shopping cart and went to the colder section to get the eggs and milk. I went to the bread section afterwards. I looked around and noticed there was no one in the aisle so I pushed the cart really fast and put my left foot on the bottom part.

Unfortunately, it was short-lived fun because someone appeared in front of me and I couldn't stop in time so I crashed into the person.

"Hey are you okay?!" I asked worriedly. "I'm so sorry-" I looked at the person and realized it was Seth. I just ran over my crush. Smooth.

"It's fine I do the same thing sometimes." Seth chuckled nervously. "I'm okay. I might be a little bruised but nothing major."

He was wearing a worker's outfit. "So you work here?" I asked.

"Yeah. I work weekend mornings and afternoons."

"Oh cool. I've never noticed you here and I come here a lot."

"Actually I just started working here like a week ago." He rubbed the back of his head and bit his lip.

"Oh okay. Well I better get going. My mom sent me here to run errands and my whole family is waiting for me to get back so they can have breakfast."

"I'll come check you out at the register if you want."

My face lit up. "Yeah sure. That'd be cool."

We went over to the register and he scanned the items. "It will be $7.40."

I gave him the money.

"Thanks and have a great day Kyler." He smiled.

I smiled back. "You too. I'll see you around."

I went back to the car and drove home.

"What took you so long?" Dylan complained as soon as I walked in the house.

"Oh shut up," I said to him and rolled my eyes. I went to the kitchen. My mom, Jared, and Madeline were in there. "Here mom I have the eggs, milk, and bread!"

My mom came to the kitchen. "Thank you sweetie!" She kissed me on the forehead. "Now we can have pancakes."

"Alright!" Jared exclaimed.

"Yummy!" Madeline grinned.

Dylan walked into the kitchen. "Did you get any bacon?" he asked me.

"No..." I said slowly.

"You went all the way to Walmart to get breakfast foods and you didn't think of bacon?"

Before I could say anything, my mom said, "I'm sorry Dylan I told Kyler to get eggs, milk, and bread. I completely forgot about the bacon."

Dylan gave me an annoyed look but didn't say anything else. I made a disgusted face at him and sat down.

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Later on, I had Alexis and Amy over at the house. I told them about what happened at Walmart this morning.

"You ran over Seth?" Amy snickered. "Oh man I would've paid to see that."

"Don't be so mean Amy!" Alexis exclaimed. "I'm sorry Kyler that must have been embarrassing."

I shrugged. "It was at first but it actually turned out okay. We talked for a little bit."

"The good thing is now you know his shift!" Alexis exclaimed.

"Yeah. Now whenever your mom tells you to run errands to Walmart, you'll be much more inclined to do it," Amy said.

"That could be your excuse too!"

"We should go to Walmart every other weekend."

"Every other weekend? Why not every weekend?"

"Because that would be suspicious Alexis."

I rolled my eyes. "I'll just go there whenever I have to go. I see him around school anyways."

"Yeah but he's usually around Dylan," Amy pointed out. "So you don't get much alone time with him."

"Well he comes over sometimes."

"And again he's around Dylan."

Alexis' face brightened. "You should hang out with him one on one!"

"You don't think that's a bit weird? He's one of Dylan's best friends and Dylan would be suspicious if I wanted to hang out with one of his friends," I said.

Her face fell. "Oh...right."

"I assume Dylan doesn't know about your crush on Seth?" Amy said.

"Of course he doesn't! If he did he would torment me forever. Not to mention he'll also tell Luke, Cayden, and Seth himself. That would be horrible!" I exclaimed.

"It's okay Kyler deep breaths," Alexis said.

Amy patted my back. "We'll think of some way you can hang out with him without seeming suspicious."

"Okay enough guy talk. Let's just chill and have some fun!" I said and we ate snacks and played video games for the rest of the day. Alexis left around 3 because of some project she was finishing up and Amy left around 5.

After they left, I was on my laptop watching Gravity Falls but then my mom came in and said, "Dinner's ready!" She gave me a warm smile and left. I walked downstairs and to the kitchen. The food smelled great. "Chicken pot pie?" I asked.

My mom nodded. "Chicken pot pie."

I grabbed a plate and cut my piece of it but then Dylan swooped in and took it. I kicked his shin and he gave it back to me.

"Owww," he said, clutching his shin.

"Baby," I muttered.

"Grow up you two," Clarissa said to us.

I rolled my eyes and then sat down.

When the rest of my family sat down, my dad said, "Kids we have good news." He smiled.

We all looked around at each other and grinned.

"You're giving me a monster truck?!" Dylan asked giddily.

"No," my mom replied.

"Tell us what it is," I beamed.

"You all remember your cousin Melody right?" My dad asked and we nodded. "Well her and her family are moving to our town!"

"That's great dad!" I exclaimed. Melody Price was the same age as me. Whenever our family visited hers or hers visited mine, we got along pretty well. She's more on the rebellious side and actually ended up in juvie a few times. I'm a bit surprised that my parents allowed us to hang out with her.

"Great now the crime rate in our town will go up," Jared groaned.

Dylan laughed. "Up top!" he exclaimed and they high-fived.

"But Melody is scary!" Madeline cried out and looked scared.

"Now now my brother said she has changed for the better," my mom said. "I don't want you kids to pester her."

"And by you kids she means Dylan, Jared, and Kyler," Clarissa spoke up and smirked.

"Hey don't drag me in this," I said. "I never stooped to their level."

"When will they be moving here?" Clarissa asked my parents.

"Anywhere from a few weeks to a month," my dad replied. "They're not sure exactly when but it'll be pretty soon."

"I want each of you to make Melody feel welcome," my mom said. "Show her around town, help her make friends, and help her to feel comfortable."

"Will do," I said and smiled.

"Good." She looked at Dylan, Clarissa, and Jared.

"Ugh fine," Clarissa muttered and rolled her eyes.

"Okay," Dylan said.

"I'm just a 13 year old boy. I don't know what to do around 17 year old girl cousins," Jared said.

"Just make her feel welcome and be nice to her, Jared. That's all I'm asking of you," my mom said. She looked exhausted. After we ate dinner, we helped her washed the dishes.

After we were done, my dad asked, "Anyone want dessert?" He grinned.

"Yeah!" we exclaimed.

"I got some brownies in the fridge."

We went the fridge and ate some of the brownies.

"Mmm," I said while eating it. It was so chocolatey and moist. My dad always made the best desserts. His brownies were the best ones I've ever had.

"This rocks!" Jared exclaimed.

"I love brownies!" Madeline grinned.

After I finished eating the brownies, I went up to my room, watched a few more episodes of Gravity Falls, and then went to bed.

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A/N: Ooh, Kyler accidentally ran over her crush with her cart in Walmart...yikes, but it turned out they had a good conversation :D

Also, any of you watch Gravity Falls? I've only seen a few episodes and I think it's pretty decent for something that's airing on Disney Channel.

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{Character in picture: Cameron Boyce as Jared Kennedy}

{Song in video: Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life}

I was watching The Flash on a Sunday afternoon and then I got hungry so I went downstairs to eat lunch. Dylan and Clarissa were also at the dining table.

"I'm going to need at least one of you kids to babysit Madeline later today," my mom said.

"Can't...Jason is going to pick me up any minute now. Sorry," Clarissa said while putting lipstick on and looking into her compact mirror.

"I can't either. I'm going over to Cayden's," Dylan said as he walked out the door. "Later!"

"Well I guess it's only you," my mom said to me. "Jared is at the park with his friends right now."

"I'll look after her," I said. I didn't have any plans anyway.

"Thank you so much sweetie. That means a lot." She smiled. "I'm going to get ready." She went upstairs.

I went to Madeline's room. "Hey," I said as I walked in. "Looks like I'll be the one who's babysitting you today."

Madeline was playing with her dolls. "What about Clarissa?" she asked, not breaking eye contact from it.

"She's going to be out with Jason all day." I knew Madeline preferred Clarissa babysitting her because they were both girly. She'd put makeup on her face and let her dress up and put on her heels. "I want you to think about what you want to do later and we'll do it, even if it includes makeovers and playing dolls." I smiled.

"Really?" her face lit up. "We'll dress up, have makeovers, and have a tea party with the dollies!" She beamed.

"Okay that sounds like fun!" I grinned at her and walked back into my room.

A few hours later, I went downstairs and my mom and dad were dressed formal.

"You two are looking spiffy," I complimented.

"Thanks," my dad said. "Thank you Kyler for doing this."

"We'll be back around midnight probably," my mom said.

"We'll see you later! Call us if there's an emergency."

They walked out of the door.

I turned to Madeline. "Looks like it's just you and me. What do you want to do first?" I asked.

"We'll change the dollies clothes to fancy dresses!" Madeline grinned.

"Awesome!"

We went into Madeline's room and sat on the floor.

I took the clothes off of one of the dolls and put a red dress on it.

"Oh no that's Princess Clara," Madeline spoke up. "She always wears pink. Here give her this." She handed me the doll's long pink dress.

"Oh okay," I said and redressed the doll.

After getting the dolls ready, Madeline gave me a "makeover." While she put pink glittery eyeshadow on my eyes, I heard the doorbell ring. "I'll be back in a minute," I told her and went down the stairs.

I opened the door and saw Seth standing there. "Oh! Come on in!" I said, looking surprised.

"That's a new look for you," Seth said and grinned.

"Oh uh I was actually babysitting Madeline. She was giving me a makeover," I said and felt my cheeks burn.

"Oh okay." He slightly chuckled. "Is Dylan here by any chance? That's why I came by."

"He's actually at Cayden's house. Do you want me to tell him that you're here?"

"No thanks...I guess I'll get going then."

"Okay...see you later then." I turned away. "Madeline?" I walked back up the stairs and into her room. "Madeline!" I didn't see her. "Madeline where are you? If you're hiding please come out." I looked under her bed. Crap! Where did she go?

I went into Clarissa's room. "Madeline?" Nothing.

I went back down the stairs and noticed Seth was still there. "Oh!" I was shocked that he was still here.

"Oh...I uh heard you call for Madeline and it sounded like you couldn't find her so that's why I'm still here. I'll help you look," he said.

"Oh okay."

We kept calling her name out but there was no sound. My parents would be pissed if they found out I lost her.

"Where would a 5 year old girl go?" I mumbled, looking into the lower cabinets.

"Did you check all the rooms?"

"Not the bathroom and laundry room."

"I'll look in the bathroom and you can look in the laundry room."

I opened the door to the laundry room. "Madeline?" No answer.

I went back into the living room. "Nothing?" I asked Seth.

"Nope. Not in the bathroom."

I was beginning to freak out. "Oh man I hope we find her. If my parents knew about this..."

"Hey it'll be okay. Don't freak out yet." He touched my shoulder and I felt my face flush.

"I hope so. I'll look in the garage." I went in there and there was nothing.

"Maybe we should check outside."

"Good idea." We walked over to the back door and saw it was slightly open.

"She must have went outside," I said.

We checked the backyard and called out her name. We went in the front yard and did the same thing. Still nothing.

"Let's walk up and down the street," Seth suggested. We did and kept calling out her name.

"I can't believe I can't find her! What am I going to do? What if she's kidnapped or something?" I said, welling up with tears. I'm not an easy crier but just the thought of my little sister being out there somewhere lost or worse made me extremely sad.

"Look! She's over there!" Seth pointed at the next door neighbor's backyard. Madeline was squat down on the grass holding a white rabbit.

"Madeline!" I ran over to her and hugged her. "What were you doing? I was so worried about you! Don't you ever go outside without telling me ever again!"

"I found a bunny!" She said giddily and beamed.

"How did you grab the bunny?" I said, confused.

"I just picked it right up. Now we can have our tea party since I found the bunny!"

"Why do we need a bunny?"

"Because Alice had some at the tea party she went to." She was obsessed with Alice In Wonderland lately.

I laughed. "But this bunny probably had their own tea party to attend to. You don't want to ruin this bunny's plans do you?"

Madeline looked serious. "Hmmm...I guess not. I'm sorry bunny go to your tea party." She released it. She looked over at Seth. "Perfect! Now Seth and Kyler can be husband and wife!" She got up and ran to our house.

Both of our faces flushed and we nervously chuckled. "Kids..." I said, as we walked back into the house.

Seth scratched the back of his head. "Yeah..." he said.

We went into Madeline's room. She had a mini table and had some of her dolls and stuffed animals on the chairs.

"Okay first thing's first," Madeline began. "Seth and Kyler you two need to change into fancy clothes."

"Um there's one problem with that," I said, trying not to laugh. "I don't have a dress and Seth didn't bring any fancy clothes."

"You can steal Clarissa's and he can steal Dylan's."

Me and Seth laughed.

"Okay I'll get right to it!" he said and went into Dylan's room.

"Since you don't wear dresses I'll pick the dress for you," Madeline said as she grabbed my hand and led me to Clarissa's room. She looked through her dresses in the closet and took a sleeveless pink dress out.

"I want you to wear this." She gave it to me.

I winced at the dress. "Oh...thanks. I'll change into it!" I said and faked a grin. I hated the color pink but what could I do? She wanted me to wear it and I wasn't going to ruin her tea party.

She went back to her room and I changed into the dress. I looked in the mirror. The dress actually didn't look half bad on me. It fit pretty okay too to my surprise since Clarissa's 5'5 and I'm 5'1. It's probably because we had a similar body figure, despite our height difference.

I walked back into Madeline's room and saw Seth standing there, wearing Dylan's tux. The pants and the sleeves were a few inches short on him but he still looked really cute. I burst out laughing.

Seth chuckled. "What? Me and Dylan have a bit of a height difference." It was true. Dylan was 5'11 and Seth was 6'2. "You look really pretty by the way..." He gave me a slight smile.

"Oh...um...thanks." I felt my face flush.

"Kyler you need heels!" Madeline exclaimed. I was hoping I could sneak it past Madeline wearing my black and white converse but I guess that didn't work.

Seth laughed. "Yeah Kyler put on some heels."

I shot him a look and laughed. "I don't think I own any pair of heels..."

"Wear Clarissa's." She sighed, grabbed my hand, and led me to Clarissa's room once again. She picked out light pink pumps and gave it to me.

I put on the pumps and almost fell while doing so. Unfortunately, me and Clarissa had the same shoe size so I couldn't make an excuse to not wear the heels.

I struggled walking to Madeline's room, or should I say wobbling. I grabbed onto the wall and my legs were wobbling on the way there. These pumps were at least 4 inches high.

"I'm here!" I exclaimed as I made it to her room.

"I was wondering what was taking so long. Yeesh," Madeline said.

"I was struggling with these heels..." I stood there, still trying to keep my balance. What's ironic is I can skateboard with no problem but I can't walk, or even barely stand, in heels.

Seth looked at me and laughed.

"No please don't laugh! You're making me to laugh!" I exclaimed in between laughter. It was even harder for me to balance.

Madeline was setting up her Easy-Bake Oven. She was making cookies and cakes. "Kyler can you please make the tea for me?" she asked.

"Yeah sure. On it," I said. I struggled turning around. I heard Seth laugh again. "Shut up!" I started laughing again.

I managed to go into the hallway. I stopped by the stairs and gulped. I don't know if I can do this...

I took a deep breath and slowly walked down the stairs. Unfortunately, when I was half-way down the stairs, I lost my balance and fell down. I was sprawled out all over the stairs.

Seth and Madeline rushed over to me.

"Are you okay?" he asked me.

"I'm fine!" I exclaimed. "I'm just having a moment of being thankful that these are carpet stairs."

"Are heels really that bad?" He almost looked concerned.

"Yes!"

"Not really," Madeline sighed. "You don't have to wear the heels. Just wear your converse."

I got up giddily and took off the heels. "Thank God!" I exclaimed and ran back upstairs to put on my converse.

I went back down the stairs and made the tea. When it was done, I got the tea cup and took it to Madeline's room.

"Yay the tea is here!" Madeline clapped her hands and grinned. She had the cups and plates out. The mini cakes and cookies were done. "Pour some tea for Mr. Piggles, Princess Clara, and Count Fluffykins."

I did as I was told.

"Can we eat and drink yet?" I asked.

Madeline paused for a moment. "Not yet. I wasn't finished with your makeover."

I sighed and Seth chuckled.

She shoved pink lipstick in my face and put it on. It felt like it was drawn all over my face. "Thanks Madeline but I can do it myself."

"Oh okay." She gave the lipstick to me. I wiped some of it off and reapplied.

When I was done, she asked, "What do you think Seth? Does she look beautiful?"

"Yes she looks very beautiful," Seth replied and I blushed.

"Next time Kyler we'll have to curl your hair. Don't you worry. But we don't have time for it now."

"Aw shucks," I said jokingly.

Seth laughed.

"Okay we're officially ready for our tea party! You two will sit together since you're husband and wife." She pointed across from where she was sitting. They sat down. "Introduce yourselves to Mr. Piggles." She pointed at a stuffed animal pig.

"Hey Mr. Piggles," Seth and I said at the same time.

"He says hello to you too," Madeline said. "Oh and he wants Seth to kiss Kyler's hand."

Before I could say or do anything, Seth took my hand and kissed it. My face flushed red. After he was done, he gave me a smile.

She introduced us to Princess Clara and Count Fluffykins. She put the mini cakes and cookies on all our plates.

"Mmm this is really good Madeline," Seth said with his mouth full. "You're an excellent cook."

"Thank you," Madeline beamed.

We ate the rest of the cookies and cakes and drank our tea. After a while, we heard the door open from downstairs.

"Yooo," I heard Dylan's voice call out.

"We're in my room Dylan!" Madeline yelled out to him.

Dylan walked in her room and burst out laughing. "What have we got here?" he smirked.

"We're having a tea party."

"Seth? What are you doing here? Are you wearing my tux?" He laughed even harder.

I shot Dylan a look. "He came here looking for you," I said.

Seth scratched his head. "Um yeah..."

"And you're here having a tea party with my lame sisters? What did they blackmail you with?" He smirked.

"They didn't blackmail me Dylan. I was just helping Kyler out okay?" Seth looked a little annoyed.

Dylan looked confused. "Oh...okay. What did you need me for anyway?"

"It's not important now. I'll tell you later."

"Alrighty then." He grabbed the last mini cake and ate it. "This is some good stuff."

"Dylan that was for Princess Clara! She always gets the last piece!" Madeline cried out.

"Whatever." He laughed again.

"Dylan just go. I don't want Madeline being upset," I spoke up.

He made faces while I talked and I stuck my tongue out at him. He finally walked out of her room.

"I'm sorry that evil Dylan ate Princess Clara's last piece of cake," I said.

"It's okay. Remember the dolly that Dylan took apart and shaved the hair?"

I nodded.

"Well mommy fixed it." She took it out. It had bandages all over it and had a missing leg. "This is Dylan. He's the evil dolly."

Me and Seth laughed.

"Yeah that's Dylan alright," I said.

Seth looked at the time on his watch. "Well I'm going to put my regular clothes back on because I've got to get home for dinner," he said. He got his regular clothes and went to the bathroom. When he came back, he said, "I'll see you all later. I had a lot of fun today." He smiled at me and Madeline.

"I did too," I grinned.

"Me three!" Madeline exclaimed. "I want you two to babysit me from now on next time!"

"Okay we will." He gave us one last smile and walked out of the room.

Me and Madeline cleaned up the plates and cups. After we were done, I helped washed her up and got her ready for bed. Jared and Clarissa had come back home.

A little while later, my parents came home. "Hey how was it?" my mom asked softly.

"It was great," I grinned. "I think from now on I want to babysit Madeline."

"That's great honey!" My dad said.

"How was the business gathering?"

"It was good. We had a great time."

"That's good!"

"Well I'm going to bed. I don't know about you but I'm exhausted."

"I'm exhausted too. I was only awake to wait on you all."

My dad walked up the stairs. "Good night and love you.

"I'm going to bed too. Love you Ky," my mom said.

"Good night. Love you too," I said. I walked upstairs and got ready to go sleep. Today turned out to be a great day was the last thought I had before I drifted off to sleep.

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A/N: Awww Seth helped Kyler find Madeline and babysit her. What do you think of Seth? 

Also, isn't Madeline just adorable? Such a cutie :3

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{Character in picture: Maya Irene Wada as Madeline Kennedy}

{Song in video: Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)}

"Awww Seth kissed your hand?!" Alexis shrieked and grinned after I told her and Amy about what happened when me and Seth babysat Madeline.

"Shhh! What if someone hears you?" I hissed at her. We were talking to each other during lunch at our usual table.

"I wonder if he likes you," Amy said and had a thoughtful look on her face.
"Why do you think that?"

Amy gave me a look. "Are you serious? Okay Kyler think about it. He helped you babysit your little sister even though he came over to hang out with Dylan. Why would a guy hang out with his best friend's younger sister?"

"He stayed to help me find Madeline when she got lost. Any nice person would do that." I crossed my arms.

"True but he also stayed even after you two found her. I mean seriously he joined a 5 year old girls' tea party for crying out loud! He wouldn't do that if it was Clarissa or Jared babysitting Madeline. Heck I don't even think he would stick around after that if Dylan was babysitting."

"You should take this quiz online," Alexis showed me her phone. The quiz said 'Does he like you?' She took the phone back. "Oh and also this." She showed me another website that said 'How to tell if a guy likes you.'

I gave her a look. "Are you serious? I'm not taking a dumb little girly quiz. This is real life," I said.

"It's not just a dumb little girly quiz, Ky, look at the comments."

I looked at the comments. Apparently a lot of girls were happy with the results and think it's highly accurate. "So? That's still not going to convince me."

She sighed and grabbed her phone.

"By the way, my cousin Melody will be moving into town," I said.

Amy raised an eyebrow. "The one that went to juvie?" she blurted out.

"Yeah..."

"Oh cool! I liked her."

"When will she be moving?" Alexis asked.

"I'm not sure but probably next week or something," I replied.

"She can join our squad!" Amy said.

All of a sudden, Cayden came and joined our table.

"Ugh not you," I said and made a disgusted face.

He squinted his eyes at me. "I didn't come to talk to you. I came to talk to Alexis," he said.

Alexis blushed. "What do you need to talk to me about?" She looked into his eyes and smiled.

Cayden's face flushed and he scratched the back of his head. "Um...can we talk somewhere more private?"

"Sure." They got up.

Me and Amy gave each other a look.

"He's definitely going to ask her out," Amy said.

I groaned. "Oh please no."

"No?"

"Trust me you don't know Cayden like I do. He's so obnoxious and...UGH."

"I know he can be a bit obnoxious but I think they would look cute together. Besides he needs Alexis' help. He needs maturing."

I sighed. "Yeah I guess..."

A few minutes later, Alexis came back to our table, grinning and blushing like mad.

"So...spill," Amy said.

"He asked me out," Alexis said.

"Awww that's awesome!" Amy gave her a hug.

I faked a grin. "Awww that's...nice."

The bell rang and Amy whispered to me, "You could be a little more supportive you know?"

"I'm trying to be supportive, I really am. It's just that I've been around Cayden so much he's like another older brother, like Dylan."

She took a deep breath. "Okay look at the bright side. Cayden and Alexis would have to be together more often so what would probably happen is that HIS friends, including Seth, will hang out with us more."

"Wow I actually never thought of it like that. That makes me feel a little better."

We walked to our classes.

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I was at home in my room listening to "Face Down" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and eating a taco when I heard Dylan's voice boom from downstairs, "Ahhh! Not another one of you!" and a door slam.

I went in the hallway and stood on the top stair. "What's going on?" I asked as Dylan dashed to his room.

Jared was downstairs and shrugged. He opened the door and his eyes widened. "Melody?!" he exclaimed.

I raised my eyebrows. "Melody is here?" I quickly went down the stairs to get a better view.

Sure enough there was Melody and her parents, Uncle Jack and Aunt Susan, standing by the front door. I gasped and my mouth dropped. I was so shocked that I dropped my taco on the floor. "Melody?!" It was my turn to be surprised.

The dark make-up, nose piercing, multiple ear piercings, punk style Melody Price that I remembered was standing out here wearing a pink blouse, skirt, heels with light pink blush, eyeshadow, and lipstick. No piercings except for two earrings, one in each ear.

She grinned. "Yup it's me."

"Yes Melody has changed herself for the better," Aunt Susan said and smiled. "Hello." She gave me and Jared a hug.

Clarissa walked up to us. "What is with all the screaming?" she asked, sounding annoyed. When she got to the door and saw Uncle Jack, Aunt Susan, and Melody she gasped also. "Oh...Melody..." She paused. "I love your new look!" She grinned. "Hey Aunt Susan and Uncle Jack!" They hugged each other.

"Thanks," Melody said as she grinned back. She's smiling!

That was the freakiest part. Her and Clarissa looked so much alike. They had similar facial and body features but now that they had the same style they could easily pass as twins. The last time I saw her was only a year ago. So much can happen in a year. No wonder Dylan freaked out earlier.

"You...you look...different," I said and Melody giggled.

"This is freaky," Jared said. "You and Clarissa look so much alike. I gotta get out of here." He quickly walked away.

Clarissa stared at her. "We do don't we?" she smiled. "Come on in."

"I guess we do," Melody said as she walked in.

"Mom, dad, Melody's here!" I called out to them.

"Ow Kyler you yelled into my ear!" Clarissa hissed.

"Sorry."

My parents came to the door. "Hey Jack, Susan, and Mel-" my mom stopped and her mouth dropped when she saw her. "Oh wow Melody. Look how much you've grown!" She gave her a huge hug. "And it's only been a year! You look like such a lady!"

"Thank you Aunt Michelle," Melody said and grinned. Wow not only has her style changed, her personality as well. She never used to smile and talk much.

"Hello Jack and Susan." He gave them hugs. "Hello Melody. Wow you and Clarissa look so much alike. I never realized that." He gave her a hug as well.

Melody smiled. "Hey Uncle Rob."

"Dylan, Jared, Madeline, get down here! Melody is downstairs!" my mom called out to them.

Dylan came back. "Do you see that? I know I'm not the only one that sees it. There's two Clarissa's! One is bad enough but two-"

"Dylan be nice," my dad warned.

Madeline slowly came down the stairs and looked intimidated. She's scared of Melody because of how she dressed but when she saw her now her face lit up. "Melody!" she grinned and gave her a hug.

"Awww hey Madeline," Melody said. "This is the first time you came up to me."

"It is?"

"Yeah. You used to be scared of me remember?"

"Oh yeah. You used to wear scary dark stuff but now you look better!"

She laughed.

"Well dinner's ready," my mom said and we sat down at the dining table with tacos.

"So is Melody going to school tomorrow?" my dad asked my aunt and uncle.

"Yes she's going to get enrolled and will be going to school with Kyler, Clarissa, and Dylan," Aunt Susan said excitedly. "I'm so glad family will stick together. We don't live states away anymore!"

My parents and her parents kept talking amongst themselves while Clarissa and Melody were talking.

Me, Dylan, and Jared ate in silence and occasionally looked around. When Dylan and Jared are super quiet, they're either up to something or shocked out of their minds.

"It's weird right?" I said to them low enough so Melody wouldn't be able to hear.

"Really weird!" Dylan exclaimed.

"Maybe it's a good thing."

"How could being Clarissa's twin possibly be a good thing?" Jared asked.

"Because she's no longer a delinquent," I said.

"I think I'd rather want her to be a delinquent than a Clarissa robot," Dylan said.

I rolled my eyes. "She's not a Clarissa robot."

"Oh yeah look at them." We watched Clarissa and Melody talk to each other. They looked the same, had the same mannerisms, and even almost sounded the same.

"Okay yeah that's freaky," I admitted.

"I'm out of here. Gives me the creeps," Jared shuddered and walked upstairs.

"Just because they have the same features and mannerisms doesn't mean they have the same personality."

They all kept talking, while me and Dylan were quiet most of the time, and then a few hours later they went back home.

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A/N: So Melody is officially here. What do you think of her so far? Yay or nay?

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