Disclaimer: I don't own Death Sentence, though if it were up to me, I would lock Garrett Hedlund in my room and never let him out ;-) I only own Torrance and anyone or anything else you don't recognize from the movie.

A/N: Hey everyone! I couldn't wait any longer to post this, I'm just so excited about it :D This first chapter is just introducing Torrance and her family. Pretty much just showing you what her life with her family is like before everything comes crashing down. The more interesting stuff will come next chapter. I also just want to warn you guys that there will be some dark themes in this story such as death, depression, and possible rape.

Of course the entire story will not be dark, there will definitely be some light quirky humor like there was in Silver Sun, which I'm so happy about it being such a big success! Torrance is mostly based on me, mainly my passion for the arts, I don't have as much experience in dancing as she does though lol.

There shouldn't be any OOCness since I have the movie and my friend Katie (crackerjacksfairy) helping me along the way :-) Anywho, I think that's all I need to say for right now.

Oh wait, one more thing. The title of this story is from the fabulous song Dangerous Game from the musical Jekyll & Hyde. It's an amazing song and it fits the story perfectly! You guys HAVE to listen to it, and I'll put the lyrics on here in one of the later chapters.

Now please enjoy!

Most people say the "Perfect Family" doesn't exist. But that's not true, at least in my family's case. We live in a beautiful two story house, in a beautiful suburban neighborhood, in the much nicer part of Boston. My parents have been married for about twenty years and are still in love with each other. They're both very successful; my dad, Nick, is the senior VP of Starfish Capitol for life insurance, and my mom, Helen, is the Dean of Saint Bartholomew's High School, where my brothers and I attend. In order, there's my older twin brother Brendan (by five minutes), me, and my fourteen year old little brother Luke.

My brothers and I are so close, with the occasional sibling fight here and there, yet the three of us are so different. Brendan, the family's "Golden Boy", is the somewhat typical jock. He's charming, handsome (I guess), a bit arrogant, and is MVP of the school Hockey team. Thank goodness he isn't a total dick like some jocks; otherwise I would have had no choice but to kill him. It's been pretty obvious that Dad favors him, he may not know it, but it's true.

Luke plays soccer, but his real passion is in Art. Ever since he was a little kid, he would paint in his room with Mom, and he really has talent. Dad finds some of Luke's paintings weird because they're abstract, but I love all of his paintings. I told him that if he doesn't study art after high school, that I will personally open a can of whoop ass on him. Luke knows that Dad pays more attention to Brendan, it bothers him, I can tell.

Then of course, there's me. My passion, my calling, is in dance and theatre, especially Musical Theatre. When I was a baby, just barely starting to talk, I was watching The Little Mermaid on TV, and I was singing every song and speaking every line throughout the whole movie, while wearing a pillowcase over my legs and combing my hair with a fork. Mom and Dad were shocked to say the least, here was their one - almost two year old daughter who couldn't even speak a whole sentence, sing and speaking every word from The Little Mermaid.

So from then on, I would put on little performances for them, singing songs from musicals, and they signed me up for dance lessons: tap and ballet. I knew right away that I want to become a Broadway star, so I continued singing, I acted in the school plays (not always the lead, but I don't care, as long as I get to be in them), and got more training in dance. Now I dance tap, ballet, modern/contemporary, lyrical, jazz, folk (belly dancing, African, Salsa), and ballroom.

Like I said, the three of us are totally different, but we love and support each other just the same. Brendan and Luke don't get along some of the time, mainly because Brendan is everyone's Golden Boy, and Luke gets irritated by it. What I find funny is that even though they would sometimes be at each other's throats, they're both protective of me. I've gone on a few dates in the past, but I've never had a steady boyfriend. I have Brendan and Luke to thank for that, they pull out the "scary overprotective brothers" card and use it when there are signs of the opposite sex showing interest in me.

They're buttholes, but I love them. They always come to my performances cheering me on, and I would go to each of their games. Of course when there would be a time when Luke's soccer game and Brendan's hockey game are on the same day at the same time, I would have to choose one of them. So I would go to Luke's game on one night, and then when it happens again, I go to Brendan's game. It took a little while for us to finally come to that compromise; I didn't want to make any of them feel left out or think I had a favorite, so we came up with the switch off and everyone's happy.

Which leads to right now. Mom, Brendan, Luke, and I are finishing eating dinner, and Brendan has just told us that his coach put him in first line again at the next game. Luke, however, is not so thrilled.

"Brendan, you're such a kiss ass!" Luke exclaimed.

"Hey!" Mom scolded him as she walked into the kitchen to clean her plate.

"God gave me the skills. I can't help it." Brendan replied to Luke's outburst arrogantly.

Luke rolled his eyes at him as he called out to Mom,

"Mom, I need to go kill myself."

"Of course you do, Lukey." Mom simply replied.

"May I be excused?" Luke asked her.

"No." she replied.

Brendan shook his head in amusement while I just rolled my eyes at both boys. Luke turned back to his food, sulking.

"I've got a cretin for a brother." he murmured out loud.

"I've got a no-dick for a brother." Brendan shot back.

"Guys!" I scolded them for being so immature. Even though things like this weren't uncommon.

Mom clearly had enough of it too, since she nearly slammed an empty bowl down on the table.

"Ok, you stop right now," she told Luke, and then she turned to Brendan, "And you should know better."

"What?" he asked innocently as if he didn't do anything.

Mom wasn't buying it; she gave him a glare that said "You know what I'm talking about."

"Torrance," Mom turned to me, "talk some sense into these two."

"What do you want me to do, Mom?" I asked her.

"They listen to you; tell them to knock it off." Mom replied.

I sighed, "OK. Brendan, stop being a jerk."

Brendan widened his eyes and opened his mouth; about to say "What did I do?", then I turned to Luke.

"Lukey, be nice to Brendan."

"Thank you." Brendan said, with a smug look on his face.

"Even if he is being a kiss ass." I finished.

"Dude!" Brendan exclaimed, insulted as he turned his head to me so fast I thought it would actually spin like on The Exorcist.

"Tor!" Mom yelled at me.

Luke just laughed at my comment, glad I could make the little guy feel better.

"You're not helping." Mom pointed out.

"What? You told me to talk to them and I did. My work is done." I replied reasonably to her.

Mom sighed as she walked back into the kitchen.

"Let's be a family, shall we?" Mom asked us.

"Can I say no?" Luke asked her.

"No." Mom replied.

Luke angrily threw his fork down on his plate, "I demand emancipation. I want a lawyer. I'm filing right-" Luke's rant gets cut off from Brendan lightly smacking him on the back of the head. "Now." Luke finishes while glaring at Brendan.

Before Luke could try to kill Brendan, Dad came in and announced that he was home. He walked over to Mom, who was preparing a plate for him, and kissed her. Brendan chose that time to speak up.

"Hey Dad, I need the ride to the city on Saturday." Brendan told him.

"The city?" Dad asked as he walked over to the table.

"Yeah. It's an exchange game. And, uh, first line again." Brendan replied, knowing that telling Dad he was in first line again would make him proud.

Luke just looked down at his plate. He always hated it when Brendan and Dad were talking about hockey, it made Luke feel like an outcast because he wasn't the Golden Boy. It bothered me too, but I've gotten used to it. Doesn't mean I like it. To distract Luke from their conversation, I kicked him in the foot from across the table since I was facing him. He looked up at me, and I looked away like nothing happened. I saw him smirk as he retaliated and kicked my foot. That started our under-the-table foot war.

Even though we were having fun, we still heard Dad reply, "No kidding? That's fantastic."

Brendan nodded his head in agreement, smiling.

"Waldron must love you." Dad stated as he started to eat the dinner Mom brought him.

Luke was irritated again.

"Yeah, because he's a kiss ass." Luke said.

Mom glared at him for saying that again; Dad just brushed off Luke's comment.

"Well good for him. Are we all going?" Dad asked.

"No. Lukey's got soccer." Mom replied.

Luke spoke up again, "Yeah, but I'm not starting, so you can just-"

"Maybe you should just kiss some more ass," Brendan cut Luke off, "Or just not suck so bad. You know I heard that could actually-"

Luke gave Brendan the finger as Dad cut him off, "Hey, hey, hey."

Brendan looked up at Dad and just smiled.

"Dad, I was just kidding. He was just being an idiot." Brendan said while looking at Luke.

I kicked him hard in his shin from across the table. Brendan winced, holding up his leg from under the table.

"Don't call him an idiot." Dad scolded him as he turned to Luke, "Lucas, you have a loyal and loving brother."

"I agree." Brendan nodded his head in agreement.

"A loyal, loving kiss ass." Luke stated "lovingly".

Dad was fed up with it, "Look, can we all just be civilized before I kill somebody?"

"I don't know Dad, that sounds like an awful lot of work." I replied sincerely.

"I believe in you." He deadpanned. I chuckled at him.

Brendan looked at Luke as he got up from the table.

"Whatever, weasel." He teased him.

"Duh, whatever weasel." Luke mimicked him as he also got up.

"Luke," Dad called out before Luke left the table, "your plate."

Luke picked up his plate and gave it to mom. Brendan pulled Luke in a headlock as they made their way into the living room.

"Hey Brendan, be nice to Lukey or I'm not going to your game!" I yelled out to him from the table since I was still eating.

"You have to go to it, it's my turn!" He yelled back while he and Luke were still fighting no doubt.

I rolled my eyes as I continued eating.

"So Tor, how are rehearsals going?" Dad asked me.

The school is putting on a dance concert in a week and I'm one of the dancers. I'm dancing in all the big group numbers, a duet, and a solo. The solo will be lyrical dance; the other numbers are Hip-hop, Broadway, Jazz, Samba, you name it we're doing it.

"They're going awesomely." I replied excitedly.

"Awesomely? Is that even a word?" Dad asked, lightly chuckling.

"It is now. I just made it up, I'm brilliant like that." I simply replied.

Dad just laughed as he continued to eat.

"So are you nervous about the performance?" He asked me.

Before I could reply, Mom answered for me. "Nick, are you kidding? When has Miss Diva ever been nervous?"

I nodded at Dad, "She does have a point, Dad."

"You're right. What was I thinking?" Dad said sarcastically with a smirk.

"Oh don't be so hard on yourself Dad. You're just getting to that age where you're forgetting everything. What's it called again? Alzheimer's?"

I saw Dad shift in his chair as he tried to playfully kick my foot under the table, I quickly jumped out of my chair, laughing as I walked to the kitchen to rinse off my plate. As you can tell, we have our fair share of fights and disagreements, but in the end we are tighter than bark on a tree. I'd do anything for my family, as I know they would do anything for me and each other. Like I said before, we are the perfect family…with the occasional dysfunction.

I hope you guys liked the first chapter. I know it's nothing exciting just yet, but good things come to those who wait ;-) I'm working on the second chapter right now, I'll post it as soon as I can. I'm back in school now so the updates won't be super frequent, but there WILL be updates! So until the next chapter, PLEASE REVIEW!