Chapter 16

Miral
My dad and Sam came back very happy. It made me happy, even though I didn't know what happened.
"Kids, guess what?" Dad said.
"First of all, stop calling me a kid," Sun said. She should respect dad more.
"Sorry, Sunshine. Now we can go home, all because of your darling sister Samantha," said Dad. Sam took a step forward, showing us that we should clap. Moon, Duane, Star, and I clapped. Danny, and Sun didn't even bother. Sam bowed.
"Thank you dad, and Sam," I said. Dad gave me a warning look. "Sam-Samantha."
"Dad," Sam whined.
"Sweet-pie we have names, I didn't name you Sam. Now let's go home," said Dad. This is a rip-off and I know it.
"Dad? Isn't it weird that somebody would want us?" I asked.
"Not at all, why do you ask?" he said.
"Never mind, it's just a thought," I said. We all walked home on that horrible rain day. We didn't even have umbrellas. Then again, I'd rather have food since we are barely outside. Then we finally reached home and cleaned up.
"So, what did you do Mrs. Perfect to let us go home?" asked Sun sarcastically. Sam rolled her eyes.
"I got a part in a commercial," Sam said proudly.
"Oh, shut up. All you do is blab all day," said Sun. Like what the heck? That girl should get a lesson from somebody. At least Sam something that kept us together.
"Then why did you ask? Precious Sunshine?" asked Sam mockingly.
"Don't call me Sunshine unless you want it to be your last word on Earth," Sun said while clenching her fists.
"Girls, don't fight. And Sunny, please would you lay it off for one poor day?" begged Dad.
"Just leave me alone," said Sun as she went upstairs to her room.
"I'll..." I said.
"No, you'll go to bed right now, all of you. Except Daniel, now go!" said Dad. Moody much? Sam, Star, Moon, Duane, and I marched right away without any question. My room, and Star's are connected, and we crawl through a hole to talk to each other. But today was too dangerous so we just talked through it, if dad came we would just close our eyes.
"S," I said.
"Yeah,"
"What do you think happened?"
"I dunno,"
"Um, S?"
"Yeah,"
"You and me are......"
"Are?"
"Close, right?"
"No, M, no,"
"Okay, I get it, sorry. I wanna talk to you about something you might not like,"
"Ugh, do we have to?"
"Yes, so?"
"I don't wanna,"
"Star,"
"Miral,"
"If you listen, your gonna wish I told you this before,"
"Fine! Just get it over with,"
"Well......," I said. We got into a big conversation. Well, until dad came, and I actually fell asleep. The next morning came. And Sun, yes Sun, came into my room.
"Can I help you?" I asked.
"Yes, you can," she replied.
"May I help you?" I asked.
"That's better,"
"What do you want?"
"Pushy much?"
"Shut up! Did you come here to make a morning fight?"
"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't,"
"Wow, what an excellent answer, now get out!"
"Nah,"
"DAD!"
"Crybaby,"
"Idiot,"
"Dumbo,"
"Get a life, cause I know why you're acting like this,"
"You think you know everything,"
"Sure, anyways, I don't have time to play with you," I said and headed to the door. Sun stood in my way.
"Have you talked to Moon recently?" she asked.
"Maybe I have, maybe I haven't," I said, snap-snap-snap. I didn't touch her, but I wanted to get away. "Move it!"
"No!"
"You are so annoying! Go bug somebody your own size, so they can beat you up without you being able to say something,"
"Beat me up? Pfft..,"
"Sun, please my darling sister may you move so I can go?"
"Nope," she said.
"That's it!" I said. I pushed her outta the way, and she came chasing me furiously. I stopped to see what she would do if no one was there to see her.
"You idiot!" she yelled at me.
"Okay, you have been disrespectful to everyone, and no one has done anything about it. But I am drawing the line! You should learn to act more responsibly, or else," I said.
"I don't need to hear lies from a big fat liar like you." said Sun. Wow, first she acts all sweet around me, then she just starts being as mean as a bully.
"So I'm the liar now, you are such a big baby. One day, someone will show you right from wrong, and you do not want that day to be today," I said, she finally went and left me. I dunno why, but she just did. So I completed my morning activities, and went downstairs.
"Good morning, my star," dad said to me.
"Hey!" said Star. We laughed.
"I'm just joking," said dad after wiping a tear from his eye.
"Just give me my food and let me leave," Sun said ruining the moment.
"Sure, Miral, hand her, her plate," dad said.
"No thanks, I don't want my food to get contaminated," said Sun.
"Like you aren't gonna make it more than it already is since you came into her," I said.
"Dad, just give me my food," said Sun.
"What's the magic word?" said dad as he raised his eyebrow.
"Give me my food, or else," replied Sun.
"Hey, you! Respect him, or else I'll make you regret living," Danny said.
"Well, listen 'Big Guy' you are not the boss of me, I do what I want, when I want," Sun said. Danny raised his hand. I closed my eye, and I heard slap, ouch. Oh my god, Danny couldn't have. I opened my eyes. But wait, Sun wasn't hurt or anything.................


Then what happened?

Chapter 15

Sam
"Hello," I said, trying hard not to make a bad first impression. Though I was still wondering why they took Danny away, er, Daniel.
"Hello," said the man. I could see he was frustrated. He was holding an ice pack against his cheek. So I guess Danny, ugh Daniel, must've slapped him. Sometimes I wonder, do I belong to my family?
"I am ready," I said.
"Are you like your brother?" he asked. What was he thinking? I don't use violence to cover my anger, I reason logically. "Well, are you?"
"I...I guess not," I said. I'm a little like him I admit. He didn't seem to like my answer, so I just ignored him.
"Let's begin," he said angry. It's not my fault my brother slapped you, so you shouldn't take out your anger on me. "I think you should understand that your brother isn't gonna be happy with the results he gets when he knows about this little incident."
Why was he talking to me about this? I'm not Daniel. This is about me. I always feel like I'm upstaged, even in the wrong moments.
"Okay, now can we start please?" I asked, I've only met him and I already don't like him.
"Fine! Your father, as Daniel said, hasn't explained to you, is that statement accurate?" He asked suspiciously. My family doesn't lie! And my brother is a very trustworthy person. All the Galaxy's were.
"Yes, sir. It is very accurate indeed," I said trying to look as sophisticated as him, though I felt it made it look like  a lie, since people who answer with most of the question is most likely to be lying.
"Are you sure Samantha?" he asked, I knew it.
"Yes, sir. But I have a small request," I said.
"Yes," he said.
"Call me Sam, it's way easier than Samantha. And may I ask that why do you suspect me lying?" I said.
"And why is that Samantha?" he said innocently ignoring my request.
"I said Sam! Well it's really obvious, and I'm a teen so don't take me as a fool," I said. Oh no, I'm showing bad attitude already.
"And you said that you are not that like your brother," he said. I let out a big groan and rolled my eyes.
"Look "sir" can we finish this up please soon? I want to get out of here asap," I said rudely. He looked at me with eyes full of anger. I raised my eyebrow.
"You are very rude, so pick up your attitude young lady, or no one will want to adopt you. Then you'll go to the orphanage, and boy-o-boy don't I see that right now," he said. I glared at him.
"I'm guessing you're an only child. You've never went through hardship, have you?" I asked.
"Would you shut up already?" he asked.
"I would if you would shut up your face," I said. Man! I can see why Danny slapped him now. He is so irritating. I hope I can hold my anger for that long. I mean me, the sweet girl who keeps the peace, is fighting and being rude. Oh, please forgive me.
"Listen, I'm not your boyfriend that you give attitude to, so you'd better respect me,"
"If you were my boyfriend, I'd be dead by now. I couldn't stand you for an hour. And have you even heard of the quote 'Treat the way you want to be treated,'?"
"Yes, I went to school, while you miss poor-rude-and-not-raised-properly didn't,"
"WHAT?!"
"You heard me,"
"How dare you?"
"Oh please, what are you going to do about it? Huh?"
"Do you really wanna go there?"
"Yes, I'm so scared," I smirked at him, while he was still mocking me. I clapped. He looked confused. My dad came in.
"Yes, princess," He said. I took out this recording machine that those people gave me. The man looked scared, he "accidentally" dropped his name tag. I picked it up and saw the name. It was Mr. Martin.
"I wanted to show you this," I said so innocently that you'd think that I was an angel. I played the part when he exactly where he insulted me. And boy-o-boy that didn't make my dad happy. He took my hand and walked out of the room dragging me. He took the the recording machine and showed it to the manager of the place. He didn't seem happy either.
"I would like to thank you, for finding the misleading employee that was messing up our system," He said, his name tag said Mr. Stevens. We smiled at him.
"Why your daughter has the most beautifulest smile I have ever seen, though her teeth are a bit dirty," He said. I frowned.  He searched his drawers, then he called his assistant.
"At your service Mr. Stevens," she said. He smiled at her politeness.
"May you run across the street and buy me a toothbrush and toothpaste," He asked.
"Sure," she said with any further discussion. She raced off.
"I want to give you an offer," he said.
"What is it?" my dad asked so quickly that you'd think Mr. Stevens didn't finish his sentence.
"Your daughter Sam can enter a commercial, and possibly your other children," he said. My dad eye's widened.
"Oh, thank you. I accept!" he said very happy. I giggled at my dad."May, I just ask a question?"
"Sure," Mr. Stevens answered without hesitation.
"Will it be enough money for me to keep my kids?" my dad asked so nervously and shyly he turned as red as a tomato. Mr. S chuckled.
"Yes, it will," he said as he smiled. My dad jumped out of his chair and hugged me. He was squeezing me too hard, but I didn't want to ruin the moment.



Wow, guess you never know what happens until you do it. How lucky is Solar and his kids? Very, if you ask me.

Chapter 14

Danny
I just couldn't believe my dad would leave us. It's enough that my mom had to go. After we did our "fun thing" we talked a lot, shared some laughs and memories. All except Sun. What's up with that girl? I should beat her up just to teach who is the boss here. Today is the day we let go of one another. I don't care, if my dad thinks he can win us back, then he is so out of his mind. What kind of government is this anyway?
"Okay kids, we have to go," my dad said. I could see that he was sad but trying to act okay on the outside so we wouldn't be sad. I don't know about them but this ain't fooling me.
"Dad," I pleaded, "Can we please ditch that and run away somewhere far, where that no one could........?"
"No, this government is powerful and I bet has the money to track us down," said dad interrupting me. I could see that he was mad, because dad never interrupted anyone otherwise. We started walking to the place dad was going to take us to. On the way, Star tugged my shirt. I turned to her.
"Danny," she whispered.
"Yeah," I replied.
"I don't wanna go." she said.
"I can't do anything about it," I said. Her eyes were about to fill with tears.
"Don't cry Star," I said trying to calm her down.
"I can't help it," she said.
"We're here," dad announced. I was a bit relieved because everyone was looking at us. I mean seven poor kids walking with their father. We went inside and a woman greeted us.
"Hello, you must be Solar Galaxy. Right on time," she said quickly. She led us to where we should sit. A man called me.
"Daniel Galaxy," he read from his clipboard. I stood up and went towards him without looking back. I went inside. I sat down.
"Hello, Daniel," he said.
"Hello. You can call me Danny," I said.
"I'll just call you Daniel. Now Daniel has your dad told you about what you would be doing?" he asked refusing my offer.
"Kind of, but he said you would explain everything here,"
"Okay, so you and your family are living in unacceptable conditions.....,"
"What do mean "unacceptable"?"
"I mean that you are not living in sanitary conditions. Now don't cut me off Daniel,............." he started explaining everything. I was getting really bored.
"And, I will let you choose the family you want to be in," he said finally. "Choose the family you want to be in"? I wouldn't want to be in other family, but at least I got the choice.
"Show me them," I said. He started showing me a lot of families that would want me. Me, not anyone else. I felt wanted. The choice was hard, I mean leaving my family to go to another.
"No," I finally said.
"No, what?" he asked.
"I wont choose anyone, I already have a family. I don't care what you could do to me with money. I want my real family and my decision is final!" I said. I could see he wasn't pleased.
"Daniel Galaxy, stop this foolishness right now! If you were smart you would realize that if you go to another family, you could get great education and a job. When you get real money you could buy a house and stay with your stupid-o-loved family," he said. I raised my hand and slapped him across his face. How dare he say my family is stupid?
"Security!" he exclaimed. I knew I was in trouble. My dad came barging in with a bunch of other big dudes.
"Danny, what happened?" he asked. I kept silent.
"He slapped me in the face, that's what happened!" that guy shouted while rubbing his cheek.
"Daniel!" my dad yelled. Okay, I know this wasn't the best time to laugh, but that guy was hilarious, you should give me credit for not laughing.
"Well, he said something that made me do it," I said, trying to show he was also guilty.
"Daniel, come with me we need to talk," said dad. Uh-oh. We walked out as Sam went in.
"Dad stop calling me 'Daniel', call me Danny," I said. He knew how much I hated that name.
"Stop trying to change the subject. Why did you slap him?" my dad asked furious. I knew this wasn't a time to joke.
"He-he-he.........," I couldn't complete my sentence.
"He what?" my dad asked even more angry,
"He called my family stupid," I finally said.
"That's it?" my dad asked expecting for more.
"Yes," I said with confidence. He shook his head. He took a deep breath.
"You can't just slap people, so what if they called us stupid? We aren't even smart," he said.
"You aren't smart by letting this get away," I said.
"Really? That's what you think? Well think again, these people are here to help us not tell us things like that," he said. I thought this all got to his head. He was acting like this was actually a positive thing. I need to save him. I need to save my dad.


Is Danny right? Has Solar lost his mind? Or is Solar fooling Danny? Hmm,.........

The house

As you know the seven kids and their father live in a house. I know you have been wondering how it looks like. Here is how it looks:
It's an old house, that people didn't want because it was damaged. It's in a horrible condition. Everyday everyone would choose a place to clean plus their room. so it is getting better. It has three floors. The first floor has a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room, and a dining room. The second floor has 3 rooms and a bathroom. The third floor has 3 bedrooms also and a bathroom. The house has and attic and a basement. These guys are really lucky to find a house like this. Solar's room is on the second floor. as well as Duane and Danny. Samantha, Miral, and Star's room. Moon stays in the basement, and Sun stays in the attic. Every room is different than the other.
If you have any other questions, post them down.

Chapter 13

Solar
I just couldn't break out the news. I thought it would make everything worse, as it has just became better. No, Solar, I must tell them. Sooner or later they would figure out. I think it would be better if I told them, and not let them figure it out. I took a deep breath and tried not to cry.
"Kids, I love you. Something has happened since I was gone. This is really important, so all of you listen to me," I saw my voice grow serious, all of them looked at me in a really sad way. They knew bad news was coming, as I already told them. I just wish I could do something about it.
"Yes, dad," said Samantha as she looked at me. I could see her eyes full with tears. I was about to cry too, but I held it in.
"The government, has said that, I could not......," My voice began to trail off. I saw a blur and knew I was crying. so I wiped my face as fast as I could. "I could not keep you anymore," I continued. All of them looked at me in shock. I could hear them breathing louder.
"W-W-What?" stammered Miral. I knew she would be the first to object, because of her sweet heart.
"I have to go to them tomorrow and check you guys off, everyone of you will go either to adoption or to a family," I said. The weird thing is that none of them cried. All they did is look at me.
"Tomorrow?" asked Duane. I wanted to complete what I was going to say, but they wouldn't let me.
"Yes, tomorrow. Today is the last day you can spend with each other, I will only be able to visit each of you every once in a month, not more. None of you can visit each other except by an accident. You can't run away. You must stay. What do you know maybe one of you will like where they are staying." I said trying to cheer them up.
"What about you?" asked Duane.
"They haven't decided yet. I'd rather we do whatever we want to do now. They will explain everything to you later," I said encouragingly.
"This is all my fault," said Duane. I knew it was his fault but I wouldn't say that to him.
"No it isn't Duane, sooner or later this would've happened," I said. What do they think now. Why hasn't Danny opened his mouth and said something? Maybe he was happy. No, that's not it. Maybe.........
"This is unacceptable," Danny finally said. "How could you do this to us? I thought you loved us and wouldn't ever let us go." He said to Duane then me.
"Daniel, it isn't nor my or Duane's fault. This government is horrible. You know I love you. I tried my best to stop this, but I am not all that powerful. They said they'd give me a test. One last chance. I have to take one child, live with them. And they would give me money and see what I would spend it on. If I am successful, they would give you back and give us a new house to live in," I knew that wasn't the best response, but why should I be afraid of my kid?
"Who did you pick?" Miral, my sweet dear, asked. I wanted to not answer and stay silent, but I knew better than that.
"I didn't pick anyone, they picked for me," I knew they were going to ask who. but I remained silent until they asked themselves.
"Who?" asked Sun in her tough voice. I knew that Sun wouldn't be as much of a joy around the new house she is going to. I took a deep breath.
"Star," I finally said. She looked at me, she looked as she had a mix of emotions right now.
"Always Star Star Star, why not us? Is it because me and Moon are twins? Star this, Star that. I hate you! I wish my new family would take me right now!" shouted Sun in my face. For a 10 year old I would say that was impressive. I was really hurt by her saying "I hate you!". That little girl was a load of, a load of.... I couldn't think of a word.
"As I said I didn't pick anyone, they chose Star because she is in the middle. I had nothing to do with it. Sun you need to learn to respect other people. You will listen to me young girl because I am your father!" I wanted revenge, I want to teach that girl a lesson.
"No you're not," she said softly.
"What do you mean?" I said truly confused.
"I have a new family, and you're not part of it," she said. I knew Sun was the tough type. She could hurt you without even touching you. she could be a bully. I know she has a soft spot in her, but I just don't know where. I thought that thinking that much would waste my time.
"Am I not?" I asked her in a mysterious voice.
"No," she replied with confidence.
"Well since you are so happy about going to your new family I don't think there is a reason I should have kept you anyway," I said.
"I have wanted all these years to live in a wealthy place like Harry. But no I had to live with Mr. Poor," she said.
"At least I try to make you live in a place that would make you happy, I could have done anything for you if I had the money," I said.
"I'd rather live with anyone but you. I was always the person you thought less of. You thought I'd never be like anyone else. If you had the choice between me and wealth, you'd pick wealth. On the other hand, if it were Star and wealth you'd pick Star," she said.
"I am not part of your conversation," said Star.
"Do you want to sit here and argue or go somewhere and do something fun?" I asked trying to change the subject.
"Pass, you guys go, I want to sleep," she said. Even though it was only 5pm. She never slept before her regular bedtime. I shrugged.
"Oh well, let's go kids," I said. I picked her up and went. I knew she wanted to come. We started walking. As I knew this could be the last time I would see my kids.


This isn't bad. This is horrible! Last time possibly seeing your kids. One says they hate you. Other just sitting down not saying a word. Fighting on their last day. What could be worse?