Family History By Fate anguyen1@hic.net or nance85@hotmail.com Chapter 4 Questions I "Come in." I said from the other end of the room not really looking at the door to see who it is. "Serena, hi we came by to talk to you ab............." Raye started and stopped as she started to take a good look at the room. "What the HELL happened? This place look like a tornado came through it and unloaded an electronic store in here. Where did you get all of this stuff?" Raye screamed. "Huh? What are you doing in my room?" I asked shocked as I realized who it was that came in. "You said for us to come in and Raye is right where did you get all of this stuff?" Darien asked. "Um......" I started but was stopped. RING. RING. "I should answer that" I said relieved for once that the phone rang. "Hello." I said. "Hey Serena, I heard from Mary that Cath found out how you and Darien broke up and well I took the next flight out of L.A. to help you out in the 'situation' and well I'll be in Tokyo in about five hours. Don't worry I know that you have your hands full dealing with Cath and Mary's arrival so I'll be stay at the summer house. I know your sort of angry that enough after all that's happened and well I promise I won't get in the way at all. All I need is for you to ask Aunt Irene or Uncle Ken to pick me up at the Tokyo Airport at 4:30 in the afternoon Tokyo time." Chris said quickly. "What? You coming to? Why? Cath isn't that hard to handle. Is she?" I asked. Chris is my older brother by five years and like Mary, he is also someone I talk to when I just need someone to listen to my problems. "So you don't want me to come?" He asked. "Of course I do but at the rate this is going Carol and James might as well come to. Then well have a full set." I said. (Carol and James are my parents.) "Don't worry. They won't be, I know you don't want them to um..... solve your problems for you. At least your not mad I'm coming that a good thing if you ask me." Chris joked. "Hey, wait. Where are you calling from anyways?" I asked. "The plane. I'm using the plane's phone." He replied. "Oh, well since your coming this afternoon, then you can help me with the mess in my room." I said referring to the now disaster area that I call a room. "Your room is a mess? Since when? Are you my sister or an alien pretending to be her?" He asked joking on the last part. "Yeah of course I am. I've just been have trouble with a few things and well a 24 hour remodeling of my room can well.... be a messy job. That's all, so are you planning on helping later or would you rather be left stranded at the airport?" I said. "Sure whatever just as long as it isn't that big of a mess." He answered. "Well let's just say that it's nothing compared to the dump you call an apartment." I said. "Yeah that a load of help. My place makes the city dump look like heaven." He said laughing. "Oh well that something, considering the fact that last time I saw the place it wasn't as bad as that. Maybe I should pay the place a visit later on and help you clean it up, that is if it isn't already started to grow mold. I got to get going. I'll see ya this afternoon and thanks." I said. "No problem. Bye." He said laughing and we both hanged up. "So was that your cousin Mary?" Raye asked. "No that was Chris." I replied. "Who's Chris?" Darien and Reeny asked at the same time. "No one you know and what are you guys doing here?" I asked. "We came by to see if you wanted to talk about what happened earlier but see how your room is I don't think you have time to after all." Raye said. "Wow, Serena where did you get the computer?" Amy asked. "Oh, that's a gift I'd gotten a little while back." I replied. "The laptop?" Amy asked. "Same time." I said. "Oh, so um......... is that a .........um how many megabytes does it have?" Amy asked trying not to stare at the computer. "I think, if I remember right, it about 15 gigabtyes give or take a gig." I replied trying to hold back the laughter from the looks on the scouts face as the look at me as if I was an alien or something because I actually know what a gigabyte is. "Wow. Do you mind if I have a look at it?" Amy said dazed since she a computer lover. "Sure, I already turned it on and if you come across anything that asks for a password than call." I replied. "So what's with all of this stuff anyways Serena?" Lita asked. "Like I had said, it's because of my cousins and well they sort of expect this type of thing. Also, since there coming, Reeny I'm going to need to stay in your room at night since chances are I'll have to share a room with one of them or both. Hopefully it at least Mary." I said. "Why don't you want to read me stories at night?" She asked sad and giving me one of those look that just says watch out cause the waterworks are about to start. "It not that. It just well, sometimes you fall asleep in here and if you do when there here, then someone's going to have to sleep elsewhere. As you can see there's very little room in here for four people and barely for three." I replied. "Oh." Reeny said understandingly. "So, Serena, where are you parents?" Mina asked. "There at my Aunt Karen's place for lunch or something" I replied. "Oh, that's nice." Lita said. "Hey Serena, this says that I need to insert the CD for FF7 to play the game." Amy said. (She meant Final Fantasy 7) "Oh yeah, FF7, it somewhere in this box. Give me a sec Amy and I have it for you." I said starting to search through the filled to the top, no space left for anything, full box of CDs. Four minutes and a few seconds later, a group of very dazed scouts later, and a now half empty box later. The FF7 CDs. "Here you go Amy. Oh, if you want there's the cheat for it in the Temp folder." I said as I gave her the CDs and turned back to the scouts who were now about shocked as ever. I mean to them I don't know how use a computer. "Thanks." Amy said as she directed her attention to the computer. "So this Chris guy, who is he?" Darien asked. "What does it matter to you? He could be anything to me and it'll be none of your business." I said suddenly using the 'factor' of the fact that my brother Chris will be what I need to um... get back at Darien and get out of Tokyo. "Well it matters to me since I'm your future daughter." Reeny said coldly. "Look Serena, we just came by to check up on you to see if your alright with all that happening." Mina said since she's the only one that's well.... not ready to lose it like Raye, Darien, and Reeny. Even if they are trying not to be upset. "I fine Mina. I'm right now just a little busy with some things. Like this war zone that I now call a room." I said thankful that she on my side somewhat. She's the only one of the scouts that I've told about my leaving during Spring Break. I've practically told her about everything except for the fact that Chris, Mary, and Cath are my siblings. All she knows that I'm really Serena Bennett, an only child, and I came here because I was tired of my usual life of a genius. That and I wanted to see how life is for an average teenager. As for Chris, Mary, and Cath, they are just to my close cousins and we regard each other as siblings. One things for sure, she's kept this all to herself and hasn't said a word of it to anyone. Not even Artemis. "So, Mary and the gang are coming here? That's great! I'll give me a chance to meet them and get to know them. Especially Chris." Mina said since she's got the biggest crush on him since I showed her the picture of all of us the summer before we had split up, That was the summer that Mary had came home from college after her first year in college and Chris had graduated. We had gone on a picnic at the park and well just hung out and actually talk to each other like civil human beings. That was also the summer before we had all breaking apart. It was the main real reason I had came to Tokyo. That is the one reason we had never admitted to anyone but each other.