Ben recognized the look of her wanting him to be gone, and so he tried to make it as fast as possible. "I need to find The Iliad," keep it short and get out of her face as fast as possible, that was the plan. Yeah, Benjamin was a pretty considerate guy. He didn't like making people uncomfortable..especially when he had never talked to them before. He wasn't really sure if this was a vice or a virtue of his..but it was part of him either way.

Faith stood by the front entrance of the library waiting for her brother, reading the first pages of the book.

Rosie looked back in surprise. She probably would never call him, knowing how Sam was going to flip when she saw the twins gone, but she acted on impulse.

" Oh.... okay...." she said, and grabbed the piece of balled up paper and put it in her pocket. Then she walked out with the twins, who were twinkle-eyed with wonder and kept throwing longing glances back towards the house. Even Meimei, the down-to-earth one of the two.

When they got to the library and saw Sam, Rosie sheepishly scratched her head.

"Sure. You can reach the top shelf . . . "

Josh smiled. He was fairly tall and could indeed reach the top shelf. He reached down and took one book from the cart and glanced over the spines of the books, searching for the correct placement. His grin widened slightly as he set it on the shelf, oddly feeling a sense of accomplishment. It was very small, but still there.

Josh turned and opened his mouth to say something to the girl, but when he looked to face her, her face took an expression of panic and the books she had in hand nearly came tumbling to the floor. His eyes widened slightly and he was about to ask what was wrong when-

"Hey, um, can you help me find a book," some one asked, his tone slightly tense and nervous.

The girl let out a small sigh and turned to give Josh and apologetic look. He only smiled and shrugged, continuing to put books up. He decided he would wait until she told him he was no longer wanted. 'Til then, he wanted to help out.

Sam looked at Ben and nodded, looking at Josh. "I'll be back in a second." She answered before going straight to the section where the book should be.

"Looks like someone already has the copies out...If you ask at the desk, Mrs. Simmons could hold the next copy that comes in for you." Sam answered politely out of habit.

When she was sure that Ben was ok, she headed back over to Josh, looking at Rosie and the twins as they sat back down, glad to see they were back but wondering where they'd gone.

"Sorry about that..." She said to Josh before heading back over to the cart and starting to put the books back, doing quite a few and seeming to know exactly where each book went within a second of reading the title.

" Now kids, when Sam gets back and gets angry at us for leaving, it's all my fault, O.K.? " It was a statement, not a question. Rosie didn't want the twins getting in troulbe.

" But Rosie, we're the ones-" Rosie abruptly cut Meimei off with an it's-better-for-you-even-if-not-for-me look. Then she sat the twins back down at the table and read to them some more.
" And the truck said to the train,...."
But neither of the twins were really listening. They were still too awestruck with the tiger.

"Sorry about that . . . "

He smiled. "Don't be. It's fine," He replied, his eyes scanning the books as he spoke. Once he placed another large novel onto the top of the wooden shelves, he glanced back down towards the girl with the pretty face and long blonde hair.

He then looked past the shelves to see another girl who he recognized. He has seen her around before. It was a fairly small town after all. He knew a couple of her older brothers, but not too well. He had also heard of her too. His friends mentioned she was pretty hot, but this was only the first time Josh had really seen her.

He looked back at the girl who he was helping put up books with. "So," He started casually, "Do you and your friend work here?" He asked, nodding towards the girl at the small table with two kids he didn't know. He guessed maybe that she was just watching them for someone who was in the library or maybe babysitting for her parents or a neighbor . . .

"My friend is just watching the twins while I finish work. Her name is Rosie..." Sam started, figuring he was more interested in her and so he was just talking to her to find out about the friend. Guys did that alot in movies, so Sam figured that Josh was doing that as well.

"She's doesn't work here either, so you can go up and talk to her." Sam then added, just in case he didn't want to interupt her from working or something.

Sam had let out a very small sigh, it was always Rosie that got the guys. She kinda didn't mind like, she had the twins to loo after anyway, so it really didn't matter if she never got the guys. Sam didn't really have time for a guy anyway. Not with work, school and the twins. Plus, a guy would just be trouble. So, she concluded after the small arguement in her head, that a guy was no good.

Rosie saw the Josh guy over by Sam glance at her, saw her friend answer with that same hiding-the-hurt expression. Oh no, she thought, not again.

A lot of the time, a guy would ask one of Rosie's friends about her, even ask them to hhok them up. But although Rosie had had many offers, she didn't date. She had guyfriends, not boyfriends. She refused, part of the reason because she didn't want Sam feeling left out, and partly because most of them were going for the looks, not the personality. And third, because if she did date she wouldn't be able to be there for Sam when she needed Rosie.

Just because Rosie didn't like to date didn't mean she didn't want Sam to. Her heart sank as she watched.

Sitting at home now with a large sigh, wondering if Josh was having any luck, "Kunai? What should I do girl?" He asked her with a sigh as he layed back on the couch and began dozing off, the TV blasting Pirates of the Caribbean and his heart in a totally different place, bliss. Kunai layed to his side on the floor, purring loudly as she always did. "Why can't I be like you Kunai? Don't have a man, or well a woman that is. No offense. I like humans not cats not that well you know what I mean." Talking to himself almost but he liked Kunai there, get his mind off of things.

"My friend is just watching the twins while I finish work. Her name is Rosie . . . "

He simply answered by nodding as he picked up another book.

"She's doesn't work here either, so you can go up and talk to her," She added.

Josh was taken a little off guard by this comment. Why would he want to leave her just to go talk to . . . Rosie? She said Rosie right? He felt so stupid. He had almost already forgotten her name and she had just said it.

"I might take you up on that offer later," He began, not wanting to sound rude, but he was beginning to develop in interest in her (Sam), not her friend at the moment, though his friends were right when they said Rosie was attractive. He couldn't deny that. But he didn't want to lead on that he was already starting to take a liking to her (Sam.) (OOC: Sorry if this confusing. He doesn't know Sam's name yet so he has to call her "her"). "But I sorta like talking with you, if you don't mind . . ." He finished, his tone slightly timid.

Sam gave him a completely shocked look next, taken completely off gaurd by that, as she figured he'd have jumped at the chance to talk to Rosie. She hadn't even realised that she hadn't given him her name yet.

"Oh..." She simply answered, still trying to get it into her head that he wanted to talk to her. Why did he want to talk with her? Sam gave the book she was holding a confused look before stacking it on the shelf where it belonged.

He gave a small smile and snatched up another book, scanning it's cover in search of the title so as to find it's correct spot. He had to admit, the girl beside him was much better at this then he was. She would have four books back on the shelf before he could even have the title completely read.

His mind suddenly froze.


. . . "the twins" . . .

Who exactly were they?

He gulped.

Were they hers?

He glanced to look over at her before he reached for yet another book.

"So . . . those two kids over there . . . are they . . . er- yours?"

Sam nodded at first, not registering his question or what he meant by it at first, that was, until she had processed in her mind what he'd said.

"...are they....er-yours?" He'd finished.

"Wait? What? No!" Sam immediately said defensively. "I'm 15 years old and I don't plan to have kids for a while yet."

Her look was somewhat horrified to the idea but at the same time, as she thought about it, in a way, she was a parent, just not the biological one.

"They're my brother and sister if you must know..." She then added, as if she had to explain herself.

Devany sat in her room playing videogames. She decided not to go to school today and stay home. Sure she was going to get yelled at by the wicked witch of the west, but she didn’t care. Nobody was home at the moment so she had the whole house to herself. She paused the videogame and walked down to the kitchen to get a snack. She pulled out a tub of ice cream and got a spoon. She ate the ice cream as she thought of what she could do.

“I could go see a movie” she thought out loud and then added, “Nah there’s nothing good out.” She ate another spoon full of ice cream. “I could go to the library and get a book to read.” Deciding on going to the library she put the ice cream back in the freezer and ran up the stairs. She got dressed in a mini skirt with some black footless tights and a Green Day shirt. She slipped on her shoes, turned her Xbox 360 off, and walked down the stairs. She stood there for a little bit as she wondered what her brother Paddy was doing. She then walked out the door and walked towards the library.

Sam just stood there, not been able to believe in a way that he thought she'd had two kids. TWO kids. She was only 15...Putting some more books on the shelf silently, she glanced over at them and smiled as she watched them all. It would have been good if they had a mother, but Sam figured she was doing a good job of the role herself for someone as inexperienced as her and was just thrown into the role over night. She looked at Josh again, waiting to see what he said from what she'd just told him.

"Wait? What? No!"

Josh winced. He could sense the defensive tone in her voice. Shoot. Could he have said anything more stupid then what he just did? He frowned. Another bad habit. His words always got mixed up with his thoughts, leading for him to say the worse things possible.

He was such a guy sometimes.

"I'm 15 years old and I don't plan to have kids for a while yet."

He could see the look of terror on her face at the diea and he was speechless. His mind went blank for what to say.

"They're my brother and sister if you must know . . ."

"Oh, er, I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything by it," He said quickly, his words over lapping from the over time his mind was working at the moment for lack of what to say.

Brother and sister, you idiot! Why didn't you guess that first? Jeez! 'Are they yours?' You moron!, He thought to himself harshly as he grabbed another book from the cart, placing it on the shelf while sneaking a glance at the two twins with Rosie. He frowned, realizing he should have known better. He hadn't taken the time to assume their ages and the blonde girl's. She was much too young to have them as her own children. How old were they four? Maybe five?

And the girl beside him was what? Fifteen?!

It was odd, but something about the look in her eyes said that she wasn't fifteen. It said she had probably known better days and had seen more of life then Josh ever would or want to.

He suddenly felt very guilty, his thoughts still screaming at him in his head.

"Sorry," He repeated again, his tone deeply sincere.

Sam shook her head and sighed. "It's ok. I didn't mean to get all defensive and stuff. It's an easy mistake to make I guess." Sam sighed, understanding why he'd maybe thought that.

She finished putting the last book on the shelf, still watching Rosie with the twins and then glancing at Josh.

"Thanks for helping, it was nice of you." Sam replied, figuring he was just going to go and see Rosie now as Sam though he was interested in her, and not herself (Sam).

OOC: Hey guys, sooo, I guess this one just kinda fell apart huh? Well, I'm still up for roleplaying with Sam or anyone else whose willing to keep going. ((: