17 Again (Double Trouble)*Under Construction*

First Day

I woke up this morning with a start, because some idiot, cough.. cough.. Ned.. cough, left one of the cordless phones in my room. I groggily poked my right arm from underneath the warm bed sheets, in doing so it caused a draft entering the opening sending chills down my spine. This better be good, I whined as I picked up the phone.

I pressed the talk button and took a deep breath while I stretched in bed, "Hello?" I said as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes giving me slightly clearer vision.

"Hey babe how are you?" Just hearing that voice made my heart skip a beat.

"Dave, don't worry I'm okay I'm good for now, but I miss you so much."

"I know me too even Anthony does.

"What did you tell him when he realizes that I was gone?"

"I told him that you're on a business trip, looking around to find a new inspiration for your gallery and actually he was cool with it..... he understood"

"Ya, he's only cool when I'm not there to tell him to..... do his homework, or do his chores." I giggled just thinking about how messy the house was. I hear him chuckle on the other side of the line.

"Don't worry babe, I got everything under control trust me."

"Kay I got to go.. have to get ready for school?" I say checking the time on the digital alarm clock on my nightstand.

"What? .....school?" This was a news to him.

"I'm a teenager, I go to school" I reminded him.

"Back to Hayden?" He asked surprised.

"Mike too!" I added

"He was transformed back to a seventeen year old too?"

"Ya, were going to be Ned's kids" I explained while I flipped my sheets over exposing my body to the houses temperature.

"You changed your names obviously."

"Uh huh, mines Carter and Mike chose Mark"

"Great, I'll see you soon." he cheered.

"Bye," I sang as I put the phone back on it's base on my nightstand. I flipped over laying on my back making my eyes scan around my temporary room. The walls were painted a light gray almost close to silver, the furniture were chocolate brown and very modern. Few posters hung on the wall. Of course they were of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, but I can live with it. My thoughts were disrupted by Ned calling from downstairs. "Charlottttee!"

"Whaaaat?" I cried.

"Come down!" he commanded.

"I don't want to get out of bed!" I whined.

"You're going back to school today!"

"So....?"

"You need to get ready, and you better get up quickly if you don't want your bother picking the car you wanted for himself" I shot out of bed running down the stairs as fast as speedy Gonzalez. "Mike! Don't you dare the GT-350 is mine! You have like a million other cars to choose from!"

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7:45 and I was still in my room putzing around in front of the mirror checking out my new outfit, hoping that I blended in with the crowd. Unlike how my brother was yesterday with his full on Ed Hardy get up. I smiled at my reflection feeling confident in myself. I wore a whole batch of new clothing that Ned bought me after our full afternoon shopping spree. I came down to see my brother checking himself out in the mirror "Hey, come on Pre- Madonna, we gotta get to school" I pulled him away from the mirror by the collar of his shirt down to the garage. I flipped the switch illuminating the whole third floor. The light reflected on each vehicle making them, show off their natural polish looking almost like brand new.