Be My Soldier

Chapter Eight

"Mr. Williams, I have a very important question about the house," I say into the phone. I put it in another so they everybody can listen.

"What's your question?" he asks.

"Alright, so I know they I can't live in the house until I'm eighteen, but what if my friends and I am lived there? Three of them are turning twenty, and one is turning eighteen in August. If one becomes becomes my legal guardian, along with one becoming my friend's legal guardian, would we be able to live there?" I ask. He's silent for a while, and for a second, it feels like her hung up.

"I'll have to look into it, and your friends would have to answer some questions to prove that they're capable of being a legal guardian, but other than that, I don't see why not. Of course, I'll have to go through the papers and arrange some meetings for your friends. I'll have to get back to you on that later today," he says, and he hangs up. We cheer.

"Alright, what's the family meeting about?" my mother asks.

"Everybody, at breakfast this morning, I was thinking about how we eat together as a family and that we act like we live in one house. We have an idea," Kendall says, and I say what I'm supposed to say.

"Parents, you all know that we're really close like a family. We're also all really responsible. We know how to cook, we get our chores done before you even ask us to do them, we do our own laundry, and so on. We rarely fight, and when we do fight, we make up quickly," I say.

"With the new EP out and having people all over the works buying our music, we make a lot of money and then we have the house parties, which gives us more money. If we also got part-time jobs, we could make even more money," Toby says.

"We know we tour every year, but if we brought Natalie, and she did the same thing Toby, Kendall and I did, she could keep up with school," Riley says.

"I have been offered many full scholarships for all of the sports I play, so if I drop music, I could get a part-time job," Natalie says.

"We could split up the bills and pay a portion of each amount," Braiden says.

"Braiden and I could become the legal guardians of Natalie and Kendall, and Mr. Williams still has to check if it's allowed, and he would have to make appointments for Connor, Braiden and I to see if we could have being legal guardians of these for goons," Thomas says.

"The mortgage is already paid off, so we don't have to worry about that. If we can, is it alright if we move into my house and live together? Mrs. Wood is right next door to check up on us, and like we said, Mr. Williams still has to check, and they still need to get appointments to prove that they're capable of taking care of us. We all know that they are, but they have to prove it to social workers," Kendall says. All of parents get up and go outside to talk. We sit down on the couches and wait patiently.

When they come back inside, we all stand up. My mother speaks.

"If you can, it's okay with us," she says. We cheer, and I hear a phone ringing.

"Guys, it's Mr. Williams," she says, and it's silent when she answered the phone.

"Hello? Hi Mr. Williams...uh huh...okay...I understand...yes, I understand...Yes, I will...okay, goodbye," she says in a calm voice, and she hangs up. I can't tell if it's good or bad by the look on her face.

"Well?" Connor asks. She looks over at Braiden, Thomas, and Connor.

"You three have appointments on Wednesday," she says, and we cheer. Kendall hugs me, and I pick her up. She laughs, making me laugh because hers is so contagious.