So far I've written about some good parts about my family right? Well we fight, a lot. Sometimes, we have to go outside for it or other times we just yell at each other, it hurts my had a lot, and Alex has to grab my hand really, really tight when it happens.

Today was one of those times.

"MARY JESSICA GET UP HERE RIGHT NOW!"

A high pitched teenage voice yelled, I sighed placing down my picture on the coffee table, and walking upstairs.

"Where is my brush!?" Auora growled at me.

"I don't know."

"Did you take it?"

"No."

"Then who did?"

"I-I don't know.

"I'm not playing Little brat! I have a date in half an hour, and I need to brush my hair."

"Just use mine."

"No!" She sounded offended

"Why?"

"Because yours probably has lice!"

"It does not!'

"You know it does!" She sighed back. "Just help me look for it damnit."

I gasped.

"You said a bad word."

"If you tell Ginger your little animals over there are going to go invisible as your friend." (She meant Alex.)

I gasped, "You wouldn't!"

"Try me."

I began running around the room looking everywhere for that brush, suddenly Rose entered the room with the brush in hand.

"Uh oh." I whispered.

Auroa looked like she was going to kill her.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" She yelled lunging for the older green haired girl.

"Shit!" Rose said as the two fought, gabbing each others hair, punching each other like crazy.

"I. HAVE. BEEN. LOOKIN.G FOR. THIS. ALL. DAY. AND. I'M. GOING. TO. BE. LATE. FOR. MY DATE. NOW!"

Auroa said punching the girl beneath her.

"Get off of her!" I said even though I knew I might get hit for trying to break up the fight, I pulled the younger girls right hand away with all my strength, only slowing her down, as Rose tackled the girl the two landing on me, as they fought like the crazy teens you see on television.

I heard four pairs of footsteps going up the stairs, rushing like pizza was in here, then pulling the two girls apart. Amera picking me up away from them, I was crying they landed some of the punches on me, and hadn't of realized it, but it was my own fault.

"Stop crying." I told myself "It's your own fault." That didn't make the pain go away.

The two girls looked at me in shock.

Ginger looking raging mad.

"You're both grounded." She said to them,

"Come on M.J. let's get some ice."

I nodded as, I was set on the ground to go, and get some ice for my bruises.

Rose was really sorry about what happened to me, and didn't touch me or even look at me for a whole month after that, even f I tried my hardest to communicate with her.

Auora just apologized and things went on normal from there.

I've been in some fights too, but Alex normally yells at me too along with Ginger so I do't get into them as much. Except one time when Eloise took my wolf "Paco."

She took him from me, and was waving him in the air so high, that even when I jumped I couldn't get him, then she set him on a high shelf so I couldn't get him, even with a chair, the other girls were too tired so they just told me to go to sleep.

That night though I sort of put Elosies hand in a bowl of warm water, and cream on her face. That was funny but I don't think hat the vegetable oil on her ladder was necessary.

When she woke up, she fell down the steps, and had to get a cast for her wrist.

I was in the most trouble ever. Grounded for two whole weeks, no television, and no social events. (which consisted of going to the ice cream store every Friday) on top of that, my butt hurt really bad, I didn't know you could do that stuff with a wooden spoon.

The boys fight outside sense they normally break things, that's how there fights are though. Thy go outside, fight, and make up. I wish us girls were like that.

Marco, and I fight the most. He can't go out, and fight like the boys, so we just sit there yelling at each other until Mrs. Stacy, Mama, or the older kids make us go sit in separate parts of the room. We make up in about five minutes though, and carry on like nothing happened.

Mama fights with the girls, and Jason a lot. (Mostly with Eloise, Rose, and Avril.) it can be about anything from grades, friends, there style, makeup, life choices. You name it, and they could fight about it if the mood was right.

We sometimes fight about church, we all have different religions, and sometimes Graciela will get mad that how there's not a single place in the state where muslims can meet. Avril will then argue how it's not as bad as being the only Jewish girl in the town, Jasper will come in with a fake laugh talking about being the only kid who knows what the heck Taoism is, then it's a big debate on who struggles the most, when Marco tries to step him Jasper will get mad, and say.

"Butt out Marc, you've got no idea what it's like your a Christian! The most opression you have is not being able to pray in school."

After that, Marco, and I normally leave as soon as we can.

The worst fight I think that happened was a month after Eloise got her cast off, and Graciela had brought over her girlfriend. Mama wasn't that accepting.

When she came in she was the prettiest girl I had ever seen, she was a little too thin, had silky black hair, her eyes were turned upwards though, and they were brown, she was short too If I stood on a chair I would almost be her height.

Graciela kept squeezing the girls hand like it was a lifeline, or a new bag of jolly ranchers that she was determined not to share. (She had one in her mouth at the time too)

"Guys." She said breathlessly "This-This is Nasira, she-she's my girlfriend."

All was quiet, for a long time, the air was stiff with tension, and I could hear Marco praying to God for protection.

"What's a girlfriend?" I asked.

"It's someone who's a romantic friend to you." Nasira said, she had a smooth warm voice.

I nodded understanding,

"Hi." Is all I said waving my hand a little.

"How did you meet?" Chester said, looking over at Mama who was counting.

"Online." The glasses wearing girl said, "O-Over Skype a friend introduced us, and she-she only lived about an hour from here."

"Nice too meet you." Mama said faking a smile.

I couldn't understand what was so wrong, why was everyone acting funny?

After Narisa had left, Mama sent us all outside, the teens, held me over an open window, and told me to sneak around like a ninja for what I could hear.

"Now." I heard Mama whisper. "What the Hell are you thinking!?" She half yelled "I will respect your religions, but for the love of every God believed in you are not going out with a girl!"

"Why Not!?" Graciela shot back. "She's good, she's kind, she's smart, there's no reason why I can't!"

"It's wrong that's why!" Mama shouted,

"No it's not! No where does it say that I have to marry a man!"

"You damn fool!"

Graciela started to shout in Spanish, and I couldn't understand it, but I knew that she was going to cry soon.

"If you see her again you're going back to the state."

Then a door slam. The sound of a scream like sob, then my heart shattered. I understood what she meant, and all for being in love. Why? I ran down the stairs, going into the kitchen where Graciela sat on the floor crying, I ran to her hugging her, crying with her.

We stayed like that for a really long time, until the older black haired girl fell asleep.

I told the others what happened in the 'birds nest' later, no one spoke. Eloise left halfway through shaking her head, Avril did too saying she would be with Graciela. Marco however said something that surprised me.

"Gingers right."  

The rest of us looked at him.
"She's trying to save Graciela. We are not supposed to date the gender we are."

"Give me evidence." I said bitterly tears in my eyes. "Give me it now, and I swear to you I will side with Ginger."

Marco pulled out the bible, from his back pocket, opening to a bookmarked page. Sighing he read:
"Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh."

He held up his finger as if to say 'one moment,' then flipped to another page:

"He answered, 'Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one'?"

My eyes narrowed, trying to figure out how this meant that two people of the same gender weren't allowed to love each other.
"Fuck you, that's not giving me an answer!" I then cried angirly running down the stairs, Alex waiting for me outside, his arms open for me, embracing.

 I never looked Mama in the eyes, and only reffered to her as "Ma'am." after that. She wasn't the mama I knew, this woman was a stranger, and only that.