"Wake up Winter you don't want to be late for your first day of school do you?" Kara yells up the stairs, little does she know that my anxiety has had me up for two hours because I don't know how to tell Hope and Mac why we left and why we came back. "Winter!" Kara bellows up the stairs again.

"Coming!" I yell back but not nearly as loud as she did and I head into Maya's room, "You ready for this?" I ask because she has been nervous since we found out we were coming back here, and since we left in a hast we didn't get to say good-bye to our friends or anyone really.

"No. I think I'm going to throw up!" She said looking paler then usual which makes her deep blue eyes look bigger then they are. She takes a shaky breath and starts to calm down. "Help me with my hair please?"

"Sure and you look beautiful." And she does with her black knee high boots, black skirt that's not to short but not to long and a soft blue long sleeve shirt that shows off her curves...... wait since when did she have cures?! Great my little half-sister has curves! I start to brush her hair while worrying that the boys here are going to stare and--

"Thanks but do you think I should wear my hair in one of your buns or down?" she interrupts my thoughts, I look at the time and then back at her.

"Down because the blue and black with your long blond hair will help you stand out, plus when you have gym you can just throw it up in a messy bun and when your done just take it down again." I said because I know if we don't head down stairs we're gonna to be late!

"Okay and we better head down stairs." Maya said turning to the door then pauses and looks at me with her big deep blue pain filled eyes and my heart breaks just looking at them, "Will you go see dad with me?" I just stare at her, It's been four years since he died but I have never gone to his grave because it hurt to much but I'm numb and because of that I say this with a small smile, "Of course I will, we can go after school." "Okay." was her response and we head down stairs.

"Come on hurry up we have to pick up Mitch before we had to school let's go! Move it!" Blade yells at Maya and I, we look at each other then both roll our eyes and head out the door.

Not two minutes later Mitch hops in the car and slings his arm across my shoulders gently, "Go, go Blade we have to be there in eight minutes!" Mitch yells at Blade thinking it's funny.

"Fuck you Mitch because you just had to spend the night at Nia's house we might be late!" Blade shouts back while speeding to get to school on time. Nia is Mitch's childhood friend and their like brother and sister even though he already has a half-sister and a step-sister.

Maya and Mitch talk about how Mitch's night went while Blade ignores them and I'm not any paying attention to them, I'm busy trying to figure out how Hope and Mac are going to react to me being here because we talk every day but I didn't tell them I was coming and I'm starting to regret it!

And as we pull in to the parking lot I see Mac, his light brown hair is still short but he is no longer skinny he is now big built I mean I can see his muscles through his shirt! And he is talking to a very pretty blue haired girl, wearing all black and laughing at something he said.

I hop out behind Mitch and we wave bye to Maya as she heads to the middle school across the street, he slings his arm around my shoulders again and whispers in my ear, "You ready for this?" "No." I whisper back just as Mac looks this way and catches my eye, his mouth drops open and the girl he was talking to looks this way and her mouth drops open just as he runs towards Mitch and I.

"Shit." I mutter just as he tackles me and pulls me out from under Mitch's arm and on to the ground! "OW! Damn it Mac that hurt!" I try to push him off but he just hugs me tighter and I hear Mitch laughing at us on the ground, "Can't breathe! Crushing lungs!" he slowly let's go and grabs my right arm and pulls me to my feet.

"You're really here?" Mac asks and when I nod he whacks my arm hard but playfully, "Why didn't you tell me?! Hope and I could have driven you to school!" he try's to sound hurt but he's failing, I roll my eyes, Mitch man hugs Mac and then both boy grab one of my arms and we had to the administrative office to get our class schedules.

The blue haired girl Mac was talking to comes up to us, "Hi I'm Tara Ray and you are?" she asked Mitch and I.

"Hello it's nice to meet you, I'm Mitch and this is my step-sister Winter." Mitch shakes her hand and I just stare at her out stretched hand then her dark green eyes and than back at her hand, seeing as I'm not going to shake it she puts it in her black dress.

"Sorry I kind of can't shake your hand without them letting go of me." I glare at Mac and Mitch who both refuse to let go of me for some odd reason.

Tara grabs Mac's right arm and flips him and then turns her dark green eyes towards Mitch and he let's go, puts his hands up so he doesn't get flipped. I smile at her and shake her hand. "It's nice meeting you Tara and I'm guessing that your used to Mac's clinging because you did just flip him."

"I guess you could say she's used to it because she was my you while you were gone," Mac answers for her as he gets up, "and by the way OW! You have to stop doing that!" he sounded so mad, so I just laugh as he glares at me.

"All right let's go." I said because we really need to get going and as soon as I turn to go both Mac and Mitch have my arms AGAIN!

"Hey where's Blade?" Mitch asks looking around.

"He's right there walking to school without people clinging to him! Now come on were going to be late!"