Flashbacks

If you looked into the front window of a luxurious house you could see a girl, about seventeen sitting there. Occasionally she'd pick up a black book and write down phrases and lyrics furiously before either returning to her blank stare or closing her eyes.

That's me, Star Skealburg. My real name is Samantha. My dark dyed hair surrounded my face as I half listened to the TV in the background. I yawned slightly and opened my eyes to see the blue ones looking up at me.

The little figure stopped poking me. "Babysitter, why is your name Star?"

I gave a tired sigh. His question sent me a painful feeling of nostalgia.

Three little kids at the tender age of five and six sat in a spacious backyard. One of the blond boys pointed to the girl's hip. "What's that thing Sam?"

"My Mommy says it's called a birthmark." She spoke proudly.

"It looks like a star!" The one, Bill exclaimed. The girl smiled, tracing the darker shade of skin. "That's your new name Sam. We're going to call you Star." Bill stated while his twin nodded.

The girl jumped up all of a sudden and tapped the other boy, Tom. "You're IT Tomi!" Both her and Bill ran away, sticking out their tongues.

Tom flung open his arms as he ran after them. When he caught up to them he tackled them both, causing all three of them to fall to the grass. They laid there giggling for a few minutes. "Let's always be friends." Bill spoke breathlessly, grabbing his two best friends in the world hands.

I stood up. "Everyone started calling me Star because of this." I showed him the birthmark.

"Oh cool! Can I have a nickname too?" He showed me the mark on his leg.

"How about Splat?" I asked, giving him a small smile. His birthmark looked like a big splash of paint on his leg.

"Awesome!" He cheered. As he returned to the TV I had another flashback.

I'm so jealous of your Star." Bill sighed leaning against the foot of his bed.

Tom grinned. "Tell her what mom said!"

The fifteen year old boys grinned before the now dark-haired Bill burst out, "Mom's letting me get another tatoo in celebration of Monsoon being number one!"

"Are you fucking serious?" I asked, amazed.

"Yeah. But you haven't heard the best part yet!" Tom's eyes shone almost as much as Bill's.

"Well tell me already!" I almost screamed. Tom's dreaded head ducked away from the pillow I threw.

"Ok, ok. Don't kill us!" Bill exclaimed, holding up his hands. "I've decided to get a star on my hip so I'll never forget you."

Instantly my eyes started up. "That is the sweetest thing!" I hugged him tightly.

"The next day I sat with him while he got it done. When it was finished and we were both standing in front of the mirror he grabbed my hand. "You're forever with me Star."

I quickly brushed a stray tear away and heard the front door open. "I'm home!"

"Mommy!" Tyson flung himself at the woman, who's hands were cluttered.

"Hey Ty. Hello Star. Here's you pay." She handed me thirty bucks.

"I gotta go home now. See you tomorrow!" I called, letting myself out. I sighed. Back to the shithouse. So much had changed since I was five. My dad left us two years ago, shortly after my last phonecall from the twins. Since then we've been living in a rundown apartment. All five of us in a stinking two bedroom apartment. Slowly I shuffled to the door and remembered that last phone call.

"Hi Star!" Both the twins spoke into the phone.

"Hey guys! How's the tour going?"

"It's amazing!" Bill was the first to speak.

"Yeah." I could just see Tom nodding his head in agreement. "You should see all the hot babes."

I scoffed and Bill laughed. "I think she'd be looking for guys Tomi."

"Yeah Tomi!" I giggled.

"Well I hate to leave but they're calling us." Tom spoke softly.

"We'll call you later! Bye Star!" Bill shouted as we both went to hang up.

"Bye guys!"

That was the last time I heard from them. I still talked to Andreas every now and again in the halls otherwise any news I heard about my former best friends came through the media.

"Sammy!" My five year old brother flung himself at my legs.

"Hey buddy." I crouched down. "Is mum home yet?" He shook his head. "Annie," I called. Soon my twelve year old sister arrived at the door.

"Yeah Sam?" She was stirring a pot of maccaroni. I rolled my eyes. Maccaroni for the fourth time this week. Joy.

"Did mom even call?"

"Nope. But I'm guessing she picked up a few extra hours." I nodded., setting down Ben. "Ok little buddy, go get washed up."

I sighed as I set the table. Just then my other sister, Annie's twin, Ariel walked in. "Guess what?" She asked excitedly. "Bill and Tom's band, Tokio Hotel is going to be performing next month!"

My face lit up in one of my many fake smiles. "Really?"

"Yup, and dad called and said he'd pay for us to go!"

All of a sudden my smiled fell and I started to yell. "What do you mean dad called?" She cowered and I instantly felt bad. "I'm sorry Ariel. When did dad call?"

"The other day when you were sleeping." She looked sad. "I'm sorry I didn't wake you.

"It's Ok. Let's eat."

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"Hey Andreas!" I shouted, running to try and catch up with the tall blond. "Andreas!" I called again. This time he slowed so I could catch up.

"Hi Star. How's it going?" He smiled down at me. I returned one of my many fake ones.

"Great. Hey, I was wondering if there would be any way you could swing me a backstage pass to Tokio Hotel's concert. I haven't talked to the guys in forever."

He gave me a look of sympathy. "Of course. You have a regular ticket then?"

"Yeah. Dad actually pulled through this month." I rolled my eyes before saying. "I better head off to math. We don't want the Toad grouchy now do we?" He chuckled as I walked away.

As the day wore on all I could think was, Will they remember me? I had changed a lot. This included dying my blond hair black, piercing my lip, and dropping a few pounds. Mine and Bill's styles ave always been the same though. Slowly I walked off to my babysitting job.

Author's Notes:

New story! Please read and review. I'd love 2 know what ur thinking about my stories! I find it easier to write two stories at a time so If I get stuck on one, I can go to the other. Enjoy guys!

Becky