First Time For Everything (Book 1)

Chapter 13: Not Alone

(Sven's POV)

After bandaging Mike's arm from June biting it, we all went down the mountain. On the back of a giant saber cat made of snow and ice named Marshmallow after the giant snowman from Frozen. Surprisingly, Marshmallow is rather sweet. When we got to the bottom, Marshmallow uses his paws to move the van so it could move. We hopped down and walked for the van, except Maddie, who was petting it goodbye. She hopped in the very back in between me and Phillip. Pepper hops onto her lap. Skyler sat in the trunk, strangely. Half-way down the mountain, Maddie was dozing off and laying her head on my shoulder. An ever so light blush crept onto my face.

"Oh God, Doll!!"
Mike gasped and slammed on the gas pedal, jolting Maddie awake.

"Huh? What? Where's the pineapple?"
Maddie rambled groggily.

"Pineapple?"
I snickered.

"Dreamt I was helping SpongeBob find his way back to his pineapple house."
Maddie smiled nervously with a blush. I chuckled. She's really cute when she blushes. Wait, what am I saying? She could never like a coward like me...... I brushed it off and grabbed the side of the seat when the van stopped. I got out of my seat and saw Mike trying to open the door to the basement.

"Hang on, Doll!!"
Mike grunted. The rest of us run over to help Mike get Doll out. Finally, the door flies open and standing there is a frightened Doll.

"Doll!!"
Mike pulled Doll into a tight and secure hug. Doll hugged him back without any hesitation. Mike ran his hand through Doll's jet black shoulder-length hair.

"Are you alright?!"
Maddie asked.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine. The tornado was terrifying."
Doll nodded. Maddie frowned and pulled her hood up over her black ski cap she always carried with her or wore. She has to hide her ears somehow. Her tail was hidden in her hoodie. Maddie pulled the strings of her hoodie to tighten the hood, then stuffed her hands in her pockets.

"Err..... Yeah, about that...... Maddie may or may not have created it..... Because she has magic........"
Mike chuckled nervously. Doll's eyes widen, but a smile grew on her face.

"I knew it!! I knew that Maddie had powers!!"
Doll smiled. I was confused. Up until the point where Doll made a fireball appear over her hand!!

"You have powers, too!?!?!?!?!"
Maddie grinned. Doll nodded.

"OHMIGOSHOHMIGOSH THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!"
Maddie squealed. She hugged Doll excitedly.

"I could teach you spells that I know!!!"
Doll remembered. Maddie squealed again. If she could, then she would be literally bouncing off the walls.

"Oh oh!! The house!! You can help me with building a new house!!"
Maddie realized. Doll and Maddie got to work with building the house, which was built within two hours, plumbing and everything!! And it's huge!! Doll lead everybody inside. Maddie ran upstairs.

"Younger siblings, this way!!"
She yelled from the top. Dmitri, Phillip and Mary were ahead of me going up while Erica was in the back. Maddie walked down a hallway with powder yellow paint and white trim with oak flooring. She opened a door to the left of us. The room had a cream colored coat of paint with maroon carpeting. A second door in the room was a bathroom and three more doors to the left must be the closets. On the floor were three sleeping bags. A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles bag, a purple Aztec-patterned bag, and a galaxy themed bag.

"This is the girls' room. The boys' room is across the hall."
Maddie said. Dmitri and I exchange smiles and dart to the other side of the hall. Our bedroom had blue-gray walls, dark gray, plush carpeted floor, three closets for us boys and a bathroom with a shower-bath combination. Our sleeping bags were right next to the door out of the room. Mine was the blue camo, Dmitri's bag had atoms printed on it and Phillip's had NFL on the front. I grabbed my bag and put it against the wall.

"Looks like Maddie and Doll couldn't make furniture. But at least the boxes with our stuff will be here."
Dmitri laid his bag against the wall opposite of where mine is.

"We gotta get them out of the trunk, ya dork....."
Phillip rolled his eyes. I walk out but not without nearly crashing into Erica.

"Sorry, Sven. I wasn't paying attention. I was just thinking......."
Erica apologized.

"About what?"
I asked. Erica tensed up, but relaxed after a second.

"Can you keep a secret?"
She sighed. I raise a brow. Erica smiled and rolled her eyes, putting her hand on her hip.

"Okay, okay, I should've known you could."
Erica chuckled.

"Well, what's the secret?"
I questioned. Erica hesitated.

"It's about....... Dmitri........ I may or may not........ actually like him back...."
She spilled. My mouth hung open. Erica closed my mouth for me.

"I'm sorry, what?"
I idiotically ask.

"I like Dmitri....."
Erica repeated. Her face was redder than her ruby-hued skirt.

"Does-Does-Does anybody else k-know?"
I questioned. Erica shook her head no.

"You're the only one I can trust with this secret. That's why no else knows."
She explains. I nod knowingly, then pretend to zip my mouth, "lock" it, and throw the "key" away. Erica giggles and punches my shoulder playfully. We both go out to the van to get our stuff. I grab Phillip and Dmitri's boxes, along with mine while Erica carried Mary and Maddie's boxes, plus her own. We go upstairs and place the boxes down in our rooms.

"I guess that we'll be using our sleeping bags until we get actual beds. Good thing the floor's carpet."
Dmitri guessed.

"Eh, I'll survive."
Phillip shrugged.

"You know, the bright side to this is that the three of us get to be roommates."
I beamed.

"Please. Phillip and I shared a room before the tornado. And it wasn't exactly a walk in the park. At least this time I have someone here besides Scott to keep me sane and to make sure Phillip doesn't drive me to insanity."
Dmitri crossed his arms, eyeing me. I simpered. Maddie walks in.

"Fellas, chow time."
She announced. Phillip sprinted out the door, nearly knocking Maddie over. Dmitri and I strolled to the kitchen/dining room, Maddie behind us. She had forgot to take off her hat, so I grabbed it and handed it to her.

"You look better without it."
I complimented. Maddie blushes and takes her hat, shoving it in her hoodie pocket. Her tail swayed with the tip pink, hiding the dirty blonde color on the end of her tail. The tips of Maddie's ears were even pink. Maddie shook her head to get her head out of the clouds. We all sat down.

"Who's hungry?"
Doll placed down a bowl of weird, foul-smelling goop. We all groan in disgust. Even Doll.

"Pizza or Chinese?"
Mike asked.

"Pizza."
We all answered in unison.

"......It is pizza...."
Doll added. We all burst out laughing. I look at everybody. We all looked so happy. Maddie especially. She's almost always the happiest one. Even happier than Toy Chica. I guess that this is my new life, then. Erica's intellectually advanced mind, Phillip's flirting skills, Mary's spunk, Dmitri's inventive creativity, Vincent's killer swag, Jeremy's shyness, Fritz's intelligence, Doll's kinda great cooking skills, Scott's wise advice, Mike's smart-mouth comebacks, and Maddie's hyperactive ways. What a life!! What kinds of wild adventures are in store for us, now? Oh, wait........

"Where's Skyler?"
Everybody freezes. Skyler flies in.

"What I miss?"
Skyler cocked his head to the side. Maddie grabs a handful of Doll's "pizza" and plops it on his head.

"Never mind."
Skyler finishes. Once again, laughter fills the room, Maddie's the loudest. She's always (mostly) optimistic. I guess it's one of the reasons why I like her.....