Noticed by a Man

Chapter 16 - What?

Chapter 16

*JOSHUA HAWKES*

I wake up from on top of Avery's bed and see Avery - Also on the same bed wake up beside me. We decided to sleep at Avery's house because me and Jacob were to lazy to walk all the way back and I didn't want to leave Avery. By the way Adalynn parked her bike at my house to pick up when she's at our house today.

We start walking out of the house right away right after we woke up to my house. Avery is so excited to go to my house again so I'm going to help her change and make her hair really nice!

I grab a random shirt and a random pair of shorts and a random hair elastic and a random pair of socks and a random pair of shoes and a random pair of bows and then I leave and go to give them to Avery who is already wide awake on her bed.

"PUT THESE ON AND LET'S GO!" I scream at her, then all of a sudden her eyes become watery and then a second later she is crying like a angel.

I rush downstairs "ADALYNN HOW DO I STOP AVERY FROM CRYI-"

"NO SCREAMING IN THE HOUSE!" I hear Mother Slithering number 1 scream from downstairs.

"AVERY IS CRYING!!!" I scream, ignoring whatever she just said. Then I hear a shuffling noise beside me and I see Adalynn and Jacob standing there KISSING!? HOW MANY TIMES DO THEY KISS?!

All of a sudden, an idea comes into my small head. I KNOW!

I run upstairs to Avery and kiss her. She stops crying immediately and makes kissy noises!

She's weird.

"Okay can we finally get going to m-" I almost scream at her again. But I stop myself because I don't want to have to kiss her again. Never mind, I actually do, but still, she'll think I'm crazy and we have to go to my house.

"Okay sure." She doesn't change. She just walks out the front door, but I stop her and make her change.

*AVERY STARR*

Ugh. Joshua is forcing me to change clothes but I just want to stay in my pyjamas, they're much more comfortable.

I groan, and I end up changing. I want to get to Joshua's house, but if I don't change, I know we'll never get there. I sigh.

"Yay! Let's go!" Joshua shouts happily.

"SURE!" I say enthusiastically.

When we get to Joshua's house, my mother is already there.

"Mother Slithering, how'd you get here so quickly? I didn't think you had already left the house!" I say to her.

"You didn't think I could be quick enough, is that so, Avery?"

"No, Mother Slithering. I just didn't know you had left the house. That's all." I say respectfully. I don't want to get kicked out or anything like Adalynn.

My mother is waiting outside of the house on the front porch, waiting for us, of course. Joshua takes his keys out of his pocket, and unlocks the door. We step inside, and I become very happy. I like the smell of his house. I AM IN LOVE!!!

His mom comes out of the side room, which happens to be the kitchen.

"Why, hello! You must be Avery and Adalynn's mother." She says surprisingly, quietly and shy.

"Yes. I am. And you are...?" My mother asks.

"Oh, uh, I'm Joshua and Jacob's mom. I'm Florida Slithering Hawkes." She answers with a small smile. "You can call me Mother Slithering!"

"I'm Cuba Slithering Starr... We have the same middle names..." My mother says confused. "You can also call me Mother Slithering!"

"Okay, then. Come on in and take a seat. Let's talk. I've heard that my sons have started dating your daughters. What a coincidence, isn't it?" Jacob and Joshua's mom says and leads my mother and the rest of us into the family room.

*FLORIDA SLITHERING HAWKES*

I let them all sit on the couch. I stay standing.

Avery and Adalynn have a weird mom. She's so serious all the time, and plus, she has the same middle name as me - Slithering. Both of our first names are both hot places, something weird is going on!

"So, when is your birthday?" I ask curiously.

"June first, 1978. Why do you need to know?" Cuba narrows her eyes at me.

"MINE TOO!" I scream completely shocked.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS CUBE THE LADY!!

"Then, Joshua's mom thinks to herself, 'I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS CUBE THE LADY!!'" Adalynn says out loud like a narrator.

"HEY! HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING THAT!?" I scream just as Cuba glares at Adalynn.

"Adalynn Theo Starr, I've told you already; stop talking like a narrator. You are creeping people out, and nobody likes it." Cuba says with an evil glare.

"I LIKE IT! IT'S REALLY COOL!" I scream for the millionth time. I think I like Adalynn now!!

"Oh my God," Cuba mutters. "Anywayyy," She drags the word out. "Tell me about yourself. Like where did you used to live, Florida?" She asks, politely.

"Oh, well I don't know exactly where I was born. I was put into an orphanage, Whistleton Orphanage to be exact-" I get interrupted by Cuba.

"Whistleton Orphanage?" She tilts her head to the side, as if trying to remember something. "There's something about that name... I remember..." She puts a hand to her face. "We... We went there..."

"What is it, Mother Slithering?" Avery asks with worry in her voice.

"There's... I think... I've... I don't... Know..." She closes her eyes shut.

"Have you been there or something?" I ask her worried.

"Yeah... I think I have. But anyway, continue on. I'll try remembering later on." She says with a weak smile.

I give her a smile back. "Anyway, yeah, I was adopted by a very kind family, but I didn't know I was adopted though. So, when I was ten, they told me I was adopted, and I was so, so, so, upset, and angry. I can't remember what happened after that though." I finish.

"WAIT! I REMEMBER! My family went to Whistleton Orphanage, and they adopted a baby girl when I was 1 day old. It was crazy." Now, Cuba eyes me carefully. "This is the weird part: when I was ten, my 'sister', she ran away from home. She was upset and so angry when she found out that she was adopted. We never saw her again."

My mouth is opened in shock. I remember now. I ran away after finding out that I was adopted.

Cuba and I stare at each other straight in each other's eyes.

I know we are both thinking the same thing.

Because Cuba and I are sisters.