The Others

Chapter 1: The Move

The car was crapped with five people. Our father thought it would be a good idea to move into a bigger house where we get our own rooms and more space for the dogs.

"Are we there yet?" Lily said like the average kid in a long car ride. This made Sydney sigh in announce.

"You've asked that a thousand times already!" Sydney was the second oldest daughter in our family. She isn't really annoyed with Lily. She just didn't want to move and leave all her friends and because of that she's ignoring dad now. Sydney leaned on the door.

"Yes we are almost there," Emma answered looking back at us from the passenger seat. Emma was the mature older sister. She stepped up, ever since mom died, to help dad raise the rest of us. Emma ran her hand through her long silky dark brown hair.

"Sydney you can't stay mad at me forever," dad said while keeping his eyes on the road.

"Watch me," Sydney hissed crossing her arms. Sydney may have only been a year younger than Emma but the maturity levels were far apart.

I rolled my eyes at Sydney and looked out my window and saw the house. It was a big white ranch house. The door was a bright red, it didn't match the way the rest of the house looked. White paint on the outside was chipped and aged.

"Isn't that the house right there?" I say pointing out my open window and Lily leaned on me to look out my window.

"Yup that's our house Abby," Dad said turning onto the dirt road that lead up to the house. Our dogs were already there. Well more like my four dogs and since it was the beginning of summer I could spend all summer with them.

As soon as the car stopped I zoomed out the car my dogs were on my heel running with me.

"No way I'm letting you pick your room first!!" Sydney ran around the car in her flip flops after me.

"Wait for me Abby!" Lily yelled but I wasn't stopping knowing that Sydney was behind me. She'd never catch me though. I spent my free time running with my dogs and she spent her's flirting with boys and causing trouble.

I ran up the pavement, in the wooden steps, opened the door, and stopped. For just a second I thought I saw someone at the wide French window through the corner of my eye but when I looked the person was gone. I then ran up the dark wood steps and they creaked with every step. I grabbed the railing when I reached the top and swung around it to run down the hall. All the doors in the hall slammed shut and I screamed. Only one slowly creaked open.

The dogs started to growl and bark. I slowly approached the room. The door was only open enough to peak in. When I closed in on the door and peaked in but before I could get a good look a hand grabbed my shoulder and flung me around.

"I caught you!" Sydney said as she pushed me out the way.

"Wait I think someone's in there!" I shouted as she started to open the door and she looked at me like I was an idiot.

"Only ones in this house is us. Your not going to stop me from getting the best room," she flung open the door and I held my breath. "No ones here you liar."

"But... I swear I saw someone down stairs and.. And when I came up here all the doors slammed shut! But that one! That one opened a little like someone wanted me to go in there," I explained even though I know it wasn't worth explaining to Sydney. She'd never believe me.

"It must just be that your tired," Emma said coming up the steps holding Lily's hand. Dad was behind them.

"You did stay up all night with me," dad added. It was clear no one would believe me so I let it go. "Anyway I already decided what room everyone gets," dad now changed the topic.

"Which room is mine?" Lily said as dad picked her up. She's always been a daddy's girl. Lily had pulled some of her long light brown hair to her mouth. She had innocent blue eyes. Our mom's eyes. The rest of us had dad's dark brown eyes but my hair was red and wavy like mom's.

"Your room is over here pumpkin," dad walked past me and the dogs to the door closet to the end of the hallway door and opened it.

The room was already had pink flowery wall paper and a white rug was in the middle of the floor.

Lily squealed, "Daddy I love it!" Before he let her down and she went on and on about how much she loved her new room. Then I saw a doll in the corner of the room so I stepped in and picked it up. It was a blonde curly haired doll that had a big pink bow on top of it's head. It wore a pink frilly dress and little girl church shoes.

"You got this for Lily to dad?" I asked and Lily ran over. I handed it to her.

"A new doll! Thank you daddy!" Lily ran and gave dad a hug but he had a look of confusion on his face. He was puzzled that the doll was even there.

"You're welcome?" He sounded more like a question then a statement.

"This room is mine right?" Sydney said pointing to the room at the end of the hall.

"Yea that one was meant for you," dad said standing straight up now.

In that room the walls were painted red and a dark wooden wardrobe was against the wall next to the door.

"It's alright," Sydney shrugged. I guess she already forgot that she was ignoring dad.

My room had a nice view of a lake that was in the woods. The walls were white and my sports posters were already up.