Chapter 8

After a quick shower and change I headed downstairs to find my parents hanging out in the kitchen talking animatedly.  Of course they would be super excited that Melanie was coming home.  Melanie after all was the golden child, graduated from high school a year early, went to medical school to become a well known doctor, and even joined the same pack as my parents.  

I guess you could say where I was the disappointment, my sister was the pride and joy.

"Marissa." My mother called the minute she spotted me.  "I just got off the phone with Melanie, she will be in early tomorrow morning.  She wants you to go pick her up from the airport."

Why me?  My parents were just as capable of picking her up as I was.

"Sorry, I have class tomorrow morning."  It was a lie, but how were they to know?

"Class?" My dad asked narrowing his eyes.  "I thought you didn't have classes on Tuesdays."

"It is a special elective th