Who was Dr. Brenner?

Chapter 002

Barbara's POV :

As the oldest I like to say I always get to pick the movie we watch, of course they'd still argue with me about it. We were deciding on a movie to watch when my cousin, Enola, decided to leave.

"Hey Ell, where are you going?" Tim was always super curious about everything. I didn't blame him, I wanted to know too.

Enola paused for a moment, then said "the bathroom" and walked out. I didn't think much of it, until I heard Nana talking.

Of course, she's going to play with that stupid clock again or draw.

Sometimes I wonder if she's even related to us, or if Papa and uncle just saw a random kid on the side of the road and decided to adopt them. I quickly moved on from that and picked a movie.

"We're watching the music man!" I said proudly. Sam tried to quickly put in Peter Pan, but I stopped him. It was about 30-40 minutes into the movie when my younger brother decided to shout "I gotta pee!" Then he ran out. Tim and I just laughed at that.

We heard him talking in the hall, but figured he was just on the staircase speaking to Nana or Papa. They never came down here for a reason, it was probably the same reason we weren't ever allowed to enter the room at the end of the hall. Sam re-entered the room with Enola.

"Well it's about time!" Tim was laughing at Ell, saying she must be talking to ghosts in the bathroom if it took that long. I don't know why, but Ell was so different from us. Which is part of the reason I don't think we're related. She can't seem to take a joke very well and she always stays dead silent. I remember one time she was arguing with her father about school and said something like "OF COURSE! Because that's the only thing we do in this cruel world! Wake up, eat, sleep, repeat, and die!" And then she stormed off. I don't know what she has against humanity.

She hates everyone for some reason, she doesn't even give them a chance. She's a sensitive kid and no one really knows why. I remember one time we knocked a snow globe off of her dresser and she caught it by sticking her hand out! Like how she possibly related to us? That was the only time she seemed to do something like that, she got scared and dropped it then locked herself in the bathroom. When she still lived in Hawkin's, all she would do was complain about her headache, if she even talked, or how 'she can't sleep without music playing or she'll get nightmares.'

I wanted to ask Papa why she was SO different from us, but I know he'd probably just get annoyed and ignore me for "asking too many questions". I'm kidding! Although he would ignore me.

I thought it would be cool to have someone with superpowers in our family. I'm just confused on why she's the only one that has them. I know she can be weird and creepy, but she's pretty cool. She's unique and she does care about some life...the life may belong to eight-legged ugly, creepy, creatures..but at least she cares about some sort of life form. I assume she cares for her family too, after all it is her family.

Tim & her had nothing in common, same with her and everyone in the family. The only one that kind of understands her is Papa, but I'm assuming it's because they spend a lot of time together. I don't know why she's so secretive about stuff, she could've just told us she was going upstairs instead of lying. Papa says to not worry about it and that every family has the 'black sheep' of the family.

He's probably right, I shouldn't worry about her.

"Can we watch Peter Pan nowwwwww?" Sam was hiding under a blanket, I just sighed and switched the VHS.

"YAY!" I still don't know how we're related, it might just be because we're opposite genders. We do have some things in common, such as we both play sports and enjoy it. Tim enjoys certain sports, but not all like we do. I don't think I have to explain Ell's feelings towards sports, she especially hates basketball, cheerleading, karate, and band for some reason. I won't try to go into detail with that.

I forgot to skip fast play, so that's lovely. It'll be a few minutes before we even get to the main menu now. Not that it matters when we watch the movie, I think we all know it by heart and can recite every word.