-Be weird
Be random
Be who you are
Because you never know who would love the person you hide-

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A step.
Another step.
Two more steps.

And she was in.

The place was huge, so huge... she would get lost.

But she didn't care.. because that's what she wanted. To get lost..

Between rows and rows of books.

That was where she was, a place where a person can call a heaven and another can call a hell. But for her that place was just a vehicle which could travel to different worlds.

In short, it was a library.

To say she felt lonely is a good assumption. It is true that she was surrounded by her family and friends, but Nathalie Carter had no one to talk about that one thing which even she doesn't know how to explain.

That was why she came here. A person no matter how rich in money, if they doesn't have anyone to talk about the unsaid things, their inner thoughts would over power them.

That was what has happened to her. Or so she thought.

That was why she was loosing herself in the library, to find a person whom she can relate to.

The sound of her echoing footsteps came to a halt as she stood in face with another huge bookshelf.
Those books were hundreds of years old, dating back to the times of her great great grandfather's.

She lifted her hand as high as she could and tried to grab the first book her little fingers had touched.  Standing on her tip-toes, she pulled out an old dusty  book from the clutches of the old bookshelf.

She reached the nearest table she could find, (which took her a good minute, as the place was huge) and sat on a chair, in order to read the book to enter a world where she could find someone she could relate to.

Out of thousands of books in her grandfather's library, dating back to the times of her great great grandfathers, among hundreds of bookshelves, she chose the first book which brushed her fingers and decided to read it.

But the pages were blank.

Except for the writing of the first page which read,

'Selas fomod gnike htote moclew'

Nathalie didn't understand what it ment.  It could be any language, hell, it could be Greek or Latin or some other language she doesn't  know! But she wanted to know what it ment.

She turned the pages of blank book to see if there are any other words printed or written, she even turned it upside down and searched to make sure.

Nathalie wasn't angry. Neither she was annoyed. She was just confused. She thought that there was something strange about this.

She sighed and closed the book. Maybe her brother would know something about this. With the book in her hand clutched tightly she hurried herself out of the library to her brother's room.

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"Nathan, I'm telling that there should be a reason!"

"There is a reason for everything Nattie. Hell, there is a  reason for me to pee, but thst doesn't mean I have to think about why I pee!"

Nathalie's cheeks went red.  "But out of al these book I only found this one blank book!"

"Are you sure?" Nathan raised an eyebrow. "Did you cheak all of them?"

"No but-"

"Then case closed!" Nathan touched his sister's shoulders and bent down on his knees so that he could look at her eyes. "Stop worring Nattie! Just enjoy the time we are here at Pappa's. Okay?"

She nodded and didn't say another word.

"And on the other hand, did you hear about that girl who is turning 13 years in two days?" Nathan asked playfully.

"No! What?" Little Nathalie had to hide her smile to hear what her brother was upto.

"Apparently, her brother is a one fine young man than everyone in the family loves him more than her!"

"Oh shut up Nate, but we both know that you love me!"

He hugged her. Yes. What she said was true, his sister may be weird in a way, but he loved her for that. He would rather die than let someone hurt her. He vowed to protect her, no matter the circumstance.

"Now, wear something nice Nattie. Jordan and Jade woild be coming in the evening, and you don't want your cousins to see you in your pyjamas do you?"