5 steps behind you

A house surrounded by trees

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I woke up to the sound of the tires grinding across the rough ground and the sun which annoyingly shone right in my eyes. I sat up and looked to the man driving the car next to me, Henry Emily. He seemed completely trapped within his mind barely missing the tree that was poking out of the woods. which made the car have a horrible unneeded screech.

I glanced behind me to see Charlotte, the girl that was to be was my younger sister. I was introduced to her earlier this week, she didn't care for the idea of me taking more of her dads time. I reassured her otherwise of course, and how I'm here to play and be here for her, she still didn't believe me. I rolled my eyes. She was as passed out asleep as I was before, her long brown hair covered half of her face, and she shifted around to her side.

"Ah- Tommy I forgot to mention the Afton's, So I hope you understand that my business partner and old friend William has three children Elizabeth, Evan and Michael. Micheal is about your age. Please be on your best behavior and don't bully Evan, he's a very sensitive kid." He said in somewhat of an awkward manor, yet I just nodded not wanting to linger with the strange forced domestic moment we were trying to set. 

We slowly started to approach the two story house, It was almost completely surrounded on all sides by the woods which seemed to trap the house in it's own little world.
I turned to Charlotte who was still sound asleep and leaned towards her and  gently patted her on the shoulder. "Charlotte we're here, uh come on please wake up."
She let out a soft yawn and stretched her arms. She pushed her hair out of her face and stared out the window as we parked.

Henry and Charlotte left the car first and I followed brushing down my messy black hair and checking if my red and black stripped shirt wasn't horribly wrinkled. I walked up to the porch behind them and saw
a Man with heavy green eyes and slicked back light brown hair. "Henry I'm glad you made it" he smiled and put out his hand giving Henry a firm handshake. "Ah- Please come in" we walked into the grey living room which had a blue sofa and a big T.V.  A bubbly girl with blond hair, green eyes and  wearing a pink and blue dress. Walked into the room she ran up to her father.
"HI Charlotte, Hi Mr. Henry!" She smiled at the two of them and when she looked at me, for a second I felt the air between rush towards me as she bolted over. "Oh! Your  Thomas right, it's so nice to meet you." You could practically see a twinkle in her spring green eyes. "It's nice to meet you too, Elizabeth." She grabbed Charolette's and My hand and practically dragged us to her room.
Before we turned the corner I glanced back at Mr. Afton and Henry who were quietly talking about some thing. I could swear I heard them mention the name Circus baby. How odd.