Chapter 1: That's What I Call Coming Into Town With a Bang!

***AUTHOR'S NOTE: I AM USING THE TOWN "HARMONY"  (BY MAGIC_DANCER) THAT I GOT FROM THE EXCHANGE...I SHOULD PROBABLY THANK THIS PERSON FOR PUTTING ALL KINDS OF RANDOM STUFF IN THIS TOWN THAT REALLY HELPED ME.  EVERYTHING THESE CHICKS USED WAS ALREADY THERE...JUST THOUGHT I SHOULD SAY THAT!  LOL***

***SECONDLY: THIS JUMPS AROUND A LOT...PLEASE TELL ME IF IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW.  THANKS GUYS!!!***

*ZOEY'S POV*

Zoey: Uh...where's the house?  I was told there would be a house...
Rebecca: I could have sworn he said there was a house on the lot...

Amy: ...I would think that would have been a key point of the conversation, Bec.
Rebecca: It was...I swear...let me try to call him...
*pause* That's weird, his phone has been disconnected...



Kelsey: Rebecca...did you buy some ocean-front property from him too?
Rebecca: No...
Kelsey: Well that's a damn miracle.
Amy: Kels...
Rebecca: ...it was too expensive.
Zoey: Aw hell.
Kelsey: *to herself, I'm assuming* Don't hit her, don't hit her, don't hit her...



Rebecca: Hey, don't be mad at me...this could have happened to any one of you bitches.
Kelsey: Uh-huh, doubtful.
Zoey: Yeah, I'm with Kelsey on this one.
Amy: Ok, guys, don't panic...we can figure this out...we just need to go home.
Rebecca: We can't.
Zoey & Amy: Why not?
Rebecca: Don't be mad...but our travel money is gone.
Zoey, Amy, & Kelsey: All of it?!

At this point, Amy and I have to hold Kelsey back from tackling Rebecca...*sigh*
Let me catch you up.



This is what we are looking at...a big freakin' field...surrounded by rocks...
How did we get here?  The short answer is by bus.
The long answer is we all decided it would be a great idea to pool our money together, buy a house and move to the city of Harmony in the hopes of realizing our dreams.  Yeah, it sounded like a good idea to me too...at the time...

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*AMY'S POV*

Zoey: Ok, so you're telling me we're stuck here?
Amy: Maybe we can call Mama and Daddy?
Kelsey: I can call Poppy...
Rebecca: No!  We can't let them think we're too young to be doing this...it was hard enough as it is to talk them into letting us bring Kelsey...they'll make us come home.
Zoey: I'm thinking we pretty much are irresponsible...
Kelsey: Yeah, we're in a strange city, we have no money, no car, no food, and apparently now no house.  I don't think we're going to win any awards for sound financial planning...
Rebecca: Come on guys, how hard can it be to get some money?
Zoey: Famous last words.
Amy: Ok, since we're here, we may as well make the best of it.  Let's just take a look around...
Rebecca: Thank you...for real...we should be excited we're here...this city is supposed to be one of the best in the world...
Kelsey: *deadpan* I'm jumping for glee on the inside...



We look around us...there is a grocery store across the street and a park next to it...given that we have no money, we head to the park.  There's really nothing here...a small pond, some playground toys...and a couple benches...maybe we can sleep on them.
My stomach growls...damn you, stomach, for already being hungry!

This scheme was originally Rebecca's idea...she wants to pursue a career in music...Zoey and I want to be writers, and Kelsey wants to be a cop, so she didn't really care where she lived.
So we saved all our money and Rebecca found this "AWESOME" house, so she bought it...yeah..awesome.
I love my little sister:  she's smart despite the dumb act she pulls sometimes, amazingly musically talented, and very charismatic, but she's very impulsive and can be a little flighty sometimes...
As for my other little sister, Kelsey...she is sarcastic, hot tempered, and has had a no-nonsense personality since she could crawl.  To answer the obvious question, yes, we fight a lot.
Zoey is my best friend...she may as well be my sister too.  She's crazy smart, funny as hell, and can be shy sometimes.  Somehow, I convinced her to come with us...and look at the mess we're in.

Boy, I should have never agreed to this.  Being the oldest, I feel a certain sense of responsibility for these girls.



Zoey rubs her stomach, as if she's reading my mind.
Zoey: We hardly ate anything on the bus...I'm hungry.
I sigh.  Maybe I'm being over-dramatic, but I can't help but think that we are in for some epic trouble.

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*REBECCA'S POV*

Shit, they are never going to let me live this down.  Here's the thing, I'm not dumb, I just lose my focus sometimes and forget what I'm doing...which makes me forget to ask important questions...like "does the property I'm buying from you have a house on it?"
Either way, being here is certainly better than being in our little bitty hometown.  Just standing here, I can practically feel all the creative energy.  This is where I need to be.  I'm going to be a musician...it's the only thing in life I have ever wanted.

As we stand in the park, I look over and see an entrance to a subway!



I start running before I even think...everyone else runs to catch up.
Zoey: Where are you going?
Rebecca: I think we should explore, it will take our minds off things...
Everyone agrees, so off we go!

Getting out at the first stop, the first thing I see when I walk out is...a thrift store!  I used to love shopping at thrift stores at home, I can't imagine what they must be like here.  Celebrities probably drop their clothes off all the time!

Rebecca: Come on Kels!
Kelsey: Where are we...?  Oh no...

But I'm already several steps ahead of her...I can't contain my excitement.



When I walk in, I can't believe all the stuff they have...I wish I at least had a few simoleons...I could really use some new clothes...



Amy: Oh hell no!

Amy runs into the store behind us.

Rebecca: What?
Amy: You are not blowing what little money we have at the thrift store...
Rebecca: Relax...I'm just looking...besides...I told you, we don't have any...like, none.
Kelsey: You know, saying that over and over again doesn't make it easier to deal with.
Rebecca:  Shit, Kelsey, I'm starting to think we should have left you home.
Kelsey: Promises, promises.
Amy: Corners!  Geez...

Just then, Zoey pokes her head in the door...
Zoey: Hey guys, come on, I found a library....they have bathrooms...and computers.



Rebecca: Oh farewell, thriftstore...I'll come back soon with money.
Amy: Shit.

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*KELSEY'S POV*



This library looks more like a prison...no judgement.  I have to pee like a freak, so I don't really care if it looks like a whore house at this point.

As we walk in, I run to the back where the bathroom is, go pee and walk back out just in time to hear someone yell, WOOHOO!

Kelsey: Damn, we're in a library...have some respect...

But then I see what they were whooping about.



This library has a kitchen...with a refrigerator...and food in it...and there's no one around...hmm...

Amy: Y'all, this isn't our food.
Kelsey: Who gives a shit?  We're hungry...and whoever this belongs to obviously isn't here.
Rebecca: ...and they probably wouldn't care anyway...they would probably want to help us.

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*AMY'S POV*

Just as I start to say that we shouldn't take someone else's food, my stomach growls again.  Hmm, desperate times call for desperate measures.

We find some cereal and each have a bowl...not great, but it will sustain us.



After we eat, I find the "computer lab"...these machines look ancient, but they'll work.  Of the four of us, Rebecca and I are probably the most tech savvy, and I have some tricks up my sleeve that might come in handy...I'm usually all about wanting to do the right thing, but like I said before...desperate times...

As Rebecca and I sit down at the machines, Zoey and Kelsey head into the other part of the library.



Amy: Don't be lookin' up any porn...
Rebecca: Fuck you dude.  I'm not...I'm checking my Facebook...
Amy: Changing your status to "screwed in the city"?
Rebecca:  haha, no....actually looking up this dude I went to school with that lives here now...maybe we can crash with him for awhile.
Amy: I don't want you to have to screw anyone so we have a place to sleep.
Rebecca: I won't...damn, I'm not a whore!
Amy: Hmm, ok...at least I know where you stand on that particular issue...



While Rebecca is trying to score a date, I am trying to see if I can't figure out a way to hack into some different computer systems...the only thing I manage to do right now is get my name on the list of a local night club.

Rebecca: Ok, I'm done, I'm going to meet up with him later.  I'm going to explore...
Amy: Ok, cool.

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*ZOEY'S POV*



I'm just gonna leave the computer stuff to Amy...she's been my phone-a-geek for years now anyway...
Kelsey gets a book out of the "how-to" section and sits down.  After she's done, I look at the shelf and find a first installment in how to fix anything...that could be useful...so I get it.

Zoey: What are you reading?
Kelsey: This Logic for Dummies book...I need it to become a police officer.
Zoey: Hey, didn't you get some experience with that back home?
Kelsey: Nope...I was going to go into the military, but then I changed my mind at the last minute...so I'm pretty much stuck at square one...

So Kelsey and I get to reading.  Hopefully this stuff will help us eventually.

Rebecca: What are you bitches doing?
Kelsey: Clerkin' in a store.
Rebecca: Nobody likes a smartass...oooh, I want to learn how to be a bartender!



So Rebecca sits down next to me...for a few minutes, then she loses focus.

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*REBECCA'S POV*

I can't really help the fact that I have ADD, can I?  I hate to tell them, but it's only going to get worse...I don't have any medication.

Rebecca: I'm going to go exploring...
Zoey & Kelsey: 'K...

I walk upstairs and don't believe what I see...there's a whole music center up on the second floor...



I find a guitar...I really need to learn this before I can be taken seriously as a musician.

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*KELSEY'S POV*

I seriously need to get out of here...

Kelsey: Who's up for going to a club?
Amy: I hacked the system of this one club...I think I got us all in.
Kelsey: Awesome, let's go...I could really use a drink.
Zoey:  Um...we don't have any money...
Rebecca: Oh, we'll get drinks...



We get to this place and sure enough, Amy gets us in.

I head up to the bar and this bitch is tending it...and I see no dudes...which I need to buy me a drink or two.
Crap.  When I try to appeal to this chick's inner kindness, she laughs in my face...stupid skank.

So when I call her that, she gets pissed off and kicks us out!  WTF?



Rebecca: That was bullshit!
Kelsey: Right?  Hmm...I have an idea...
Rebecca: Oh no...what?
Kelsey: Do you like that potted plant right there?
Rebecca: I don't know...why?
Kelsey: I think we should take it...
Rebecca: Damn Kelsey, if you're going to take something, why not make it something we can use, like a car or a bike?
Kelsey: Do you see a car or a bike?
Rebecca: No...
Kelsey: Ok then, I'm taking this.
Rebecca: Whatever.



So after I snatch the damn plant, we go into this other building...I'm seriously about to pass out...so we end up sleeping on the couch in the lobby for a minute.

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*AMY'S POV*



While my crazy sisters stay at the club trying to scam some drinks, I head back to the library after dark.



Without anyone watching, I can hack into a bank computer and get a few simoleons transferred into our account.  Illegal?  Yes...do you see anyone that's gonna turn me in?  *Evil grin*

I get about 50 simoleons before the morning when I have to stop...hey, that's better than nothing.

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*ZOEY'S POV*



I tried to sleep on the ground on our lot last night, but I couldn't...so I went to the school down the street and fell asleep on a park bench.  I figure it's probably the safest place...for one that has to sleep outside in the elements.

I wake up starving and walk back to our lot...where I see an ice cream truck...and lust at the pictures of ice cream cones, popsicles, and ice cream sandwiches...

Amy: Hey, you hungry?
Zoey: Starving...

She puts some money in my hand...I look at her in awe...
Zoey: You didn't have to kill anyone for this, did you?
Amy: *looks at me seriously* If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

Hmm...do I care?  Nope.



I pick out a bunnysicle...Ahh, sweet, delicious bunnysicle...we meet again.



Rebecca and Kelsey come home then...starving as well...



Their crazy asses go to the grocery store and each get a tomato to eat...a tomato...um, thanks, I'll stick to my bunnysicle.



Then Amy damn near pisses herself...



...and Rebecca gets on the phone talking to someone about money.  Apparently it's an offer to work at a party as a bartender at the theater...but it's not until later.



Later in the day, I walk everywhere looking for a place to take a shower...I finally find one at the local pool.



Apparently, I look like a homeless person...get the hell out of my way, dude...I'm trying to get in here and get a shower...he finally leaves and I can take a shower, finally!

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*KELSEY'S POV*



I was still freakin' exhausted when we got back, so I went with Amy and the two of us passed out in the benches at the park.





When Amy wakes up, she catches a little rat...



Kelsey: You aren't going to eat that, are you?
Amy: Don't be gross...I can sell it...just for about 5 simoleons, but it's something.
Kelsey:  Uh-huh, whatever you say.  Yeah, on the way home, I saw a junk yard...maybe I'll hit that up...



So I walk for freakin' ever until I get to this jumk yard...but it turns out to be lucrative...I find almost 100 simoleons worth of crap.



I stop by the gym on the way home to take a shower...rummaging through trash makes you stanky!  Imagine that, right?  Who'd a thunk it?  Ya' know, I'm glad to see that even in this current state, I still have my sense of humor.  Now quit looking at my ass!  Haha!



However, when I leave the gym, I pass out...hey, I thought this would be a good place to take a nap!

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*REBECCA'S POV*

So, I have been talking to this dude that I went to school with and he got me a job for the night working as a waitress/bartender at this party in the local theater...which I have been dying to see anyway because that's where all the music magic happens.

I make 400 simoleons...enough for four sleeping bags!  Woot!



Here they are...I got green for Amy, pink for me, yellow for Kelsey because she's color-blind and that's the only color she can see; and then I got purple for Zoey!  So now we can sleep better!  Woo-hoo!



After I'm done working, I smell nasty, and I'm sick of going to the gym or the pool to take a shower, so I stop off at this dude's house...I know it sounds bad, but I can't remember his name...

He and his roommate let me in...



His roommate is kinda hot and he plays the bass apparently...I don't care about that though...I want the bath tub!  So when I think he's not looking, I sneak away.



Unfortunately, as soon as I get in, both of them walk in.



Rebecca: Hey assholes, how about giving a girl some privacy?

School Dude:  Um, Rebecca, you're acting kind of weird...I think you should leave.
Rebecca:  Fine!  I'll remember this, jerk!



Geez, I am so embarrassed though...I really never thought I would be virtually...and actually homeless...it's not fun.



At least we are all able to cozy up in our new sleeping bags to sleep.



Of course, we wake up starving...Amy bought a grill, but with nothing to cook on it, it's pretty much useless.



All of a sudden, Zoey looks up and starts pointing, which makes us all look up...

Zoey: What's that?



Amy: It's a meteor!  Everyone get down!

We all duck for cover and brace ourselves for the hit.



TO BE CONTINUED...

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