Sephora wakes to the sound of her alarm. Sighing, she crawls out of bed and walks zombie like towards the bathroom. She looks in the mirror and groans."Of all days that I have to go to school it has to be today, my birthday, my 15th freaking birthday." after taking a shower and brushing her hair, she putting on a little bit of makeup, she gets dressed and heads downstairs to the kitchen. her mother and father are already awake eating breakfast. "good morning!" she said to her parents. they just nod and continuing. she thought it strange that neither one of them would speak and neither one would make eye contact. "so any big plans for today?" she asked her parents. they said nothing and just stared at their food. "Did I do something wrong?" she asked. again they said nothing, at this point she hears the bus honk it's horn and without a second thought says goodbye and runs out the door to catch the bus.
when she gets to school she meets up with some of her friends in the library to discuss a project that they have been working on. when the bell rings she had to class, and for the rest of the day everything was normal. Nothing out of the ordinary friends and classmates wishing her a happy birthday, a few getting her gifts. One of her favorite teachers bought her cupcake, she was happy. when she arrived back home after the day was done she found her home empty, her parents left her a note on the counter saying that they would not be back till late and that someone was coming to pick her up. she did not think much of it for this was not out of the ordinary for her parents. They were both professors at the nearby university, and worked long hours. Sephora made her something to eat and went to her room to do her home work. An hour had past when she heard a knock at the door. She went down stairs to answer it. She opened the door to find a very tall man in a suit standing there. "hello?" she said to the gentleman. he looked down at her and she was mesmerized by his golden eyes. " Ms. Sephora, I prossume?" "Yes, that's me?" she answered him quizicly. " I am here to pick you up, your parents will meet us at our destination." she had so many questions but thought it better not to ask. she gathered her purse and bookbag and they headed off. It was about an hour drive in silence by the time they arrived. "Why are we at the airport?" She asked. He did not answer. they walked to apart of the airport were there was a private jet and her parents were standing there. "mom, dad what's going on?" she asked."Is this a surprise for my birthday?" They looked at her with sad eyes. "Sweetheart, we need to talk." her mother said nervously.
"We aren't going with you on this trip, you are going to go be with your real family." her father said. She wasn't totally surprised by this news. Sephora new from a young age that she was to different from the rest of her family to be biologically theirs. For instance, Sephora was tall, curvy and had tanned skin, even in the winter. Her hair was long and jet black. Her family on the other hand were all short skinny red heads with pail skin. "where am I going and who am I going to?" she asked looking at all three people standing there in front of her.
"Julious here is to take you to your real family and parents." her father said. "we will miss you sweetheart." her mother said. "I will miss you too,mom and Dad." she said back. Sephora was sad and nervous as hell, but She was also excited and curious to meet her family. "Ok, Julious... I guess it's time to go." She said hesitantly. Sephora kissed and hugged her parents good bye and got on the jet. Julious sat across from her. It was about thirty minutes into the flight and Sephora had so many questions. "Julious? Do you know my real parents?" she asked the giant of a man in front of her. "Yes I do, You probably have a thousand questions. What I am able to tell you, I will but you must save the Important questions for your parents" She nodded her head in agreement.
She learned so much from Julious, about how the family has lived in the same place for over hundreds of years. How the whole family has and lives in there own little community. Her mother's name was Anna short for Anastasia. Her father's name was Sebastian. After a moment of silence Julious turns to look out the window. "We will be landing soon, best leave the rest for your parents , hmm?" he said. "I guess" she pouted. Which made them both giggle.