(Leo’s point of view)

There are many things in this world but many secrets too. One thing I realize is that all life must come to an end even if it hurts you I think as I look at the person in front of me, not moving because of a broken heart, shattered to bits and pieces, by someone she thought she loved but realized too late that, when she left my dad for that trash, that she still loved him.

I look over my shoulder at my sister, Kayla, shedding tears like when Alice cried that river of tears. I put my arm around her, letting her cry on my shoulder, crying myself.

Even if she left my dad because of false hope I still loved her and that would never change.

(Kayla’s point of view)

When I saw her there, lifeless, not moving, I couldn’t control the tears that needed to be released. My heart ached with sadness at the sight. 

My brother, Leo, lets me use his shoulder to cry on and I am grateful for him trying to comfort me. But they still wouldn’t stop flowing out. I needed to let it all out and just as I thought I had done just that, they start flowing even more than before. I noticed that my brother couldn’t stop his either. 

He says,”It’s alright. Mom’s just gone to a better place, is all.” 

I nod and in between sobs say,”You’re right! Yeah that’s where she went...right!” 

“Yeah,”he says and turns me to him and hugs me and I hug back.

 “Thank you,” I say. 

“You’re welcome.” he says, understanding in his voice. 

“How did she die?” I ask. 

Darkness clouds his features, but in a blink of an eye, its gone, replaced with a sad smile. He says,”It was just her time, honey.” 

“Okay,”I say as I hug him again, a little tighter to assure him that it’s alright, that I’m here. For him and me.

(Teo’s point of view)

I never thought that the next time(or the last) I would see my mother, she would be dead in a coffin right before my very eyes. 

I mean I know she left my dad for some other guy, but come on! That doesn’t mean I want her dead; especially considering today’s also my little brother’s birthday. Yeah, great, right? Just finding out that your own mother’s dead on your birthday. That's not a good birthday gift; more like a nightmare except you can't wake up: it's reality. 

As I look at my little brother,Leo, and my little sister,Kayla, I feel like my heart was crushed to bits seeing them cry like that! I wish that this never happened..if only..I’d stopped her…

(Neo’s point of view)

I walk over to where Kayla and Leo are, seeing them hugging and crying, but giving each other comfort. I tell them that they will get through this because they’ve got family and friends to help them through it. 

They reply, in sync, “Thank you, Neo. For being with us, as family, and as a friend.” 

I tell them no problem~ I’m glad I got to meet all of you!” I open my arms and say” Group hug, anyone?” 

They rush over and gratefully accept the hug. 

I laugh,” Hahaha look at you! Getting all huggable~” 

Leo yells,” Shut up!” 

I see that he’s blushing a bit. Cute I think as I see him blush. Gah what am I thinking?! Oh, nothing, just thinking that my best friend is cute!!? Okay...fine, he is cute..a little...oml here I am thinking my best friend is cute while his mom just died! Wow,Neo! Look what you got yourself into...jeez..

They pull away while I am thinking this and now, look like I’m trying to grab air. So embarrassing! I hastily put my arms to the side and, quickly and nervously, say”Well, I should go check on my parents and go see if Tyler is here yet.” 

“Okay”, says Leo. 

“Yeah it’s all good!,” says Kayla. 

I hastily rush to the car and as soon as I get in, at the exact moment, appears Leo, blushing and to me cutely. 

I blush so deep that tomatoes are jealous. I just went to a funeral, and still is here, and all I can think about is how cute Leo is.

 I never realized how cute or how he can easily get embarrassed. I mean, I know how embarrassed he can get, but...

Oh man, I’m in trouble. I just realized that I may have a crush on him...Omg I just realized.... I think I knew all along and I just finally found it to be true. Or admitted, or accepted, it..

Sigh What am I to do..? I mean he’s straight, right? I guess I never asked..Well, I guess I’ll ask sometime. Yeah, right, I’ll probably chicken out..jeez..what a mess...

(Tyler’s point of view)

I look over at Neo and them as they are talking and wasn’t watching where I was going. Suddenly I am on the floor looking at the guy that ran into me. Or should I say we both bumped into each other. 

I stand up and offer a hand to him. I say,”Sorry for not watching where I was going.” He looks up at me with the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen. 

With his short stature, blond wavy tad bit curly hair, pretty smile, and beautifully long eyelashes, so long I wanted to reach out and touch them, and, again, the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen,I thought he was the most beautifullest thing I’ve ever laid eyes on. 

He reaches out and grabs my hand, pulling me out of the illusion. He says in the most beautiful voice ever known,”No, I’m sorry! I ran into you. You were minding your own business and-” I stop him right there by putting a finger on his lips.

 I say,”No, no need to apologize.” I smile at him. He suddenly blushes a deep red. And then I realize we’re still holding hands. I release my hold on his hand and apologize.

He says,”It’s okay.”

 “Okay,” I say. “ Oh by the way, what’s your name? You’re also very beautiful.” 

He replies with,” Oh it’s Tae but my friends call me Tae-Tae.”

 “ Tae-Tae,” I say dreamily. He blushes again, but a darker shade of red. “Oh hahaha sorry, My name’s Tyler but friends call me Ty,” I say, meeting his eyes. 

Woah..his eyes..He blushes an even deeper red, if that’s possible and breaks eye contact.

 I cuff his chin and look at his eyes again. Woah I was right..They are really beautiful..He blinks and I swear my heart almost jumps out of my chest. 

He whispers,”Uhhhh What are you doing?” 

I reply,” Looking at your beautiful eyes, why?” I unintentionally blurt out what I’m thinking. Oh no..What’s he going to say..? 

“Really? You think they’re beautiful?,” he asks blushing all the more. 

“Yeah,” I say still looking into his eyes. 

“Your eyes are more beautiful than mine,” he whispers. 

“N-no! I think YOURS are prettier, way prettier, than mine!!” I say.

 “NO...Your eyes with the dark brown in the middle and how the brown gets lighter until it’s goldish brown. When it, like, expands...it’s amazing…,” he says.

“W-what?!” I stutter then blush myself. 

“And is that green I see?,” he asks. 

“I don’t know,” I say. 

He looks in his pocket, pulls out a slip of paper and pen, and writes something on it. He hands it to me and says,” Hope to see you often. Tyler.” He waves goodbye and winks at me as he leaves.

 Did he just…? Where’d that confidence come from anyway? I look at the paper and read it. ‘Call me sometime xxx-172-x7xx’ Wow, he gave me his number?! I smile and start humming to myself and spot Neo in the car. 

What’s he doing in the car? Well anyway just wait, Tae, you’ll be seeing a lot more of me I think as I walk back to the ceremony.  

(Tae’s point of view)

See, I ran into this tall, handsome guy and...Well, let’s just say I gave him my number. Why? Hmm let me think-oh because I wanted to. You might think that’s not good enough a reason. Well the guy was handsome and..I’m single! I want to mingle I guess! Aparentally! Like come on! 

A handsome guy shows interest in YOU! Wouldn’t you want a,say, handsome boyfriend or pretty girlfriend? And besides, he seemed nice, caring(I mean he did help me up and besides I saw in his eyes how concerned he was for me;like I got hurt or something), cute(did you see that blush? Like come on! Tell me that’s NOT cute!!), handsome and, well handsome! 

Now, I’m not trying to sound like a jerk or something;being single is lonely. I want someone to love me! Is that so hard to achieve?! 

No..this isn’t what I’m trying to say! Argh! He got me all flustered! 

 Wait...is he straight?! What if he’s straight?! 

Boo I didn’t ask;I should have asked! Stupid me!! 

But at least he can call me now~ And I was cool about it~ 

Right?! Right…? Was I cool…? Wait, am I cool?! Ugh nope! I am the OPPOSITE of cool, okay?! 

Well, lets, I guess, just wait and see. Now I’m talking to myself! Great...Siiiiiggghh~

Meanwhile~~~

(Nala’s point of view)

I scream as I am pushed to the floor.

“You’re disgusting! Go die, you fag!”,says one of the bitches that pushed me to the floor.

The leader, it seems, steps up and pulls my head up using my hair.

“Ahhh!”, I cry.

“You should know your place and be treated as such.”,says the overly bitchy leader.

Then they start hitting me, again and again, until, silence followed by laughing as they walk away.

I curl up in a ball and wish as hard as I can for someone to help me.

“Help me..,” I whisper as I start sobbing. “Please, please help me...someone...anyone…,” I say before I pass out. Later I realize that maybe, just maybe, my prayer was answered.

(Nicky's point of view)

“ Nicky!,” my sister shouts, bounding toward me. 

When she gets close enough to me, she crushes me in a big hug. I squeak out to her,” You’re squeezing me!”

 “Oh sorry~ Just wanted to hug my little brother.”

 “Okay if you say so Nala,”I say. 

“ Yeah, I say so! And I say let’s go get some ice cream!~” 

“But don’t you have homework or something?,” I ask. 

“Um yeah, but-”

 I hone her out and look at the state she’s in, that, I didn’t notice before. 

Well she’s limping a bit, her eyes are red and bloodshot, her hair’s messy, her backpack has dirt and stuff on it,(is that blood?) her clothes are disheveled, and she looks sad but when she realized that she looked sad, she would put on a big smile and tell me,”Ice cream~ Let’s go get some ice cream!~” 

I knew she was trying to hide her sadness, or what the bullies(yeah I know she gets bullied but she just won’t tell us) did to her, from me. 

I want her to be able to talk to me instead of keeping it bottled up inside. Why won’t you tell me or confide in me?

                                    END OF PROLOGUE

Will any of these people get girlfriends or boyfriends? Or nothing at all? Will they be lonely forever or will they finally find the one…? 

*Will Neo tell Leo his feelings? 

*Will Nala or Kayla find someone?

* Will Kayla, Leo, and Tyler overcome their mother's death? 

*Will this be a good story? 

*Will I stop talking/typing?

8 How long will this story be? 

*Why is this so long? Will Nicky be single throughout this story?

* Will Nicky just ask Nala what goes on at school and why she's sad or won't talk about it? 

*Will Nala have her prayer answered? 

*Will Nala stand up to her bullies? 

*Will Tae and Tyler get together? 

*What's the characters' favorite food or color?

* What's the characters' favorite animal? 

*What's my age? 

*What's their age?

* What's their sexuality? 

*Can you ship people? 

*Will this be good?

*How are they connected?

*Why is this so damn long?!

*Will their be QnA's?

*Will you find out their personalities?

*Will you like this?

*Will there be romance?

*Will this make sense?