My Wildest Dreams

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It is 2:30 pm on a Thursday afternoon. And I have been summoned to the principles office. This is unusual as I am never called to the office. I am a good student and in all my 5 years at this school I have never been in trouble with any of my teachers or the principle. So as you can guess I'm panicking trying to figure out what it is that I have done.

I reach the principles office to find my parents sitting at the desk. And now I'm worried. I must have done something very wrong. But I don't know what it is. Turns out I didn't do anything wrong. It seems my older brother Zack has taken a turn for the worst and will have the be moved. Ok so let me fill you in.

Zack is 21 and when he was 16 he was diagnosed with cancer. Brain tumour. He was told when he was 18 ,after a lot treatment, that his cancer had gone but that there was still a chance it could come back. And sure enough a year ago it returned. And he is undergoing more treatment. This time however it doesn't seem to be working as well as the first time.

So back to the present. Zack seems to be doing worse then when I last saw him and will have to be moved to Dublin. I live in Galway. He is being moved up today. They are just preparing him. Mam and Dad are going up with him they are going to stay in a hotel for a while until they know more and then decide wether to stay in the hotel or rent an apartment.

Linda ( the secretary ) arrives at the office with my younger brother Luke. Our parents tell us to go and get our things as we are to stay with some friends of theirs whilst they are away so we need to leave now so they can drop us off as we have never met these friends before.
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We arrive at our new dwelling at 5 pm. I know school would have been finished by now. But when I pointed this out I was told that I had stuff to pack. So I don't dare say anything else. We are no sooner greeted at the door and my parents are gone.

"Please come in." A beautiful woman around my mothers age with long brown hair greets us gesturing for us to go inside. As we enter I take notice of how big the house is. I mean our family home is quite big also but this just seems that little bit more spacious than our house.

"My name is Sheila." The brown haired lady announces. A tall man with short grey hair around the same age walks up beside her and introduces himself
"I'm Mark." He smiles.
"Boys. Will you come down for a minute please?" Sheila calls up the stairs.
"They should be around your ages. Our oldest is 18 and our youngest is 11." She smiles. After mere seconds I hear pounding footsteps on the landing making their way towards the stairs. Before long those footsteps are behind me crossing the hall.

"Marissa, Luke these are our sons, Drew and Mason." Wait DREW!! I turn cautiously to find Drew Sparton standing behind me. Drew Sparton, the most popular guy at our school. And definitely the hottest. With his dirty blonde hair, toned physic and those eyes oh those eyes. You could drown in those eyes. And a smirk on his face. He moved to our school last year. It didn't take long for him to find himself as a member of the popular crowd but when you look at him you can definitely see why it was so easy for him.

Me on the other hand I am not so popular. I just sorta blend in with everyone and no one really knows who I am. And that is how I like it. Especially with the way things are with Zack at the moment. It is just easier if no one knows who I am and they don't know my business to ask questions. That doesn't stop the odd bully or one of the popular girls picking on me but everyone gets that it's a normal part of secondary school. Or any school or work place for that matter.

"Hey" he smirks. "I'm Drew."
"I know." I reply. 
"My name is Marissa. I'm in the same year as you. Actually I'm even in a few of your classes." He looks confused.
"You are?"
"Yup. Irish, maths, chemistry and PE."
"Oh! Sorry..." I cut him off shaking my head
"No No... It's fine really. No one really notices me anyways. Just my friends and the odd bully. So don't sweat it." His expression softens and he smirks again.
"Okay then..."
"Drew would you please show Marissa to her room and help her with her bags. And Mason you do the same for Luke." Sheila asks.