It's almost my brother's turn to take the Northwestern 9 Standardized Test. Normally I would be offering to help him study, but my mind's been on this new singer I've been seeing and hearing a lot lately. Her name is Ember McLain and she's been plastered all over the school for days now. No surprise there, she's actually pretty good! I have a lot of favorite artists, but I don't think I've been this hooked on a single person's music in years. There's just something about it that's almost hypnotizing. And the best part? She has a concert coming up right here in town! I am so going, I haven't properly gone out like this in a long time, so it should be fun!
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This is SO unfair! I was at the music store where Ember was giving away free tickets to her concert when an entire SWAT team sent by Mr. Lancer showed up and put us all on house arrest! All over that dumb test! Are you serious right now?! Doesn't the SWAT team have better things to do than ruin the nights of thousands of innocent concertgoers? If anything, they should be wanting to go, too! And to make matters worse, mom was completely unsympathetic when they unceremoniously dumped Danny and I back in the house. Instead, she demanded that we both stay home and Danny study for that test tomorrow. Are you kidding me? I already took that test two years ago and passed it with flying colors! What do I need to stay home for?! Plus, I've done nothing but study my whole life, and the one time I wanna do something else for a change, mom won't let me! I even got my makeup done for this!
Also, I think my brother might be losing it. For some reason, he hasn't been thinking about Ember at all. Instead, his mind has been on nothing but Sam. I always knew there might be something between those two, but this is ridiculous! I've never seen him drool this hard over anyone, not even Paulina. How can he think about anyone else when Ember's concert is tonight?!
Now I'm stuck here in my room with nothing but my Ember posters to keep me company. I can still hear her music, even when it's quiet. In fact, is it just me, or is it slowly getting louder? Wait a minute, is that her tour bus passing by?! That does it, I'm sneaking out the window and going to that concert whether mom likes it or not!
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Man, last night was such a blur. I don't know why I don't remember much, it's not like I had one too many drinks or anything. All I can recall is that I went to that concert and it was going great at first, but then it started to fall apart when Ember suddenly lost her voice and disappeared shortly after. Confused and with nothing else to do, I snuck back home before mom and dad could see that I was gone. Wait, did I actually sneak out of the house over a late night concert? That doesn't feel right, but it's like my mind was in a different place.
And then there's Danny. I don't know what happened, but when I saw him again this morning, he was really down and depressed. He looked like he'd just had his heart broken. I tried to ask him what was wrong and if he was okay, but he didn't want to talk about it. Figures. Danny doesn't open up to me as much as he used to when we were growing up. Teenagers can become more reclusive and self-conscious like that. I read about it in one of my books.
Whatever it is, I just hope he feels better soon. As a matter of fact, he's been exhibiting odd behavior for the past several weeks and I don't know what to make of it. It came on rather suddenly, too.
I remember he got involved in some sort of accident when mom and dad weren't home, and ever since then he's been more fidgety and stressed out than I've ever seen him. His grades have been slipping, and he comes home exhausted almost all the time, now. I'm pretty worried, actually. If it persists for much longer, I might have to take matters into my own hands and see if one of the adults at school might be able to help him since I can't ever seem to get him to talk to me anymore.
Regardless, I'll get to the bottom of whatever's doing this to my brother. He may not like me getting involved, but it's for his well-being and my own peace of mind. I'm his big sister, after all. And as much as I love our parents, Danny needs someone looking after him who's a little more sane, and I often feel like I'm the only one who is.
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