Adopted By The Sidemen (Sidemen Fanfiction)

Chapter 1

     I climbed into the car with my parents and my older brother. "Where are we going?" I asked for the millionth time that morning. "You'll see when we get there." My mother said from the passenger side of the car. I looked at my brother, he just gave me puppy eyes. Something he had been doing quite often. I just sighed and began playing on my phone. My parents hated me, I didn't know why. They just have always liked my brother, never liked me. Suddenly my phone was snatched from my hands. I looked up to see it in my father's hands. My mother turned around to look at me "You won't be needing that anymore." She said coldly. "Will you please tell me where we're going?" I asked as I leaned back against the seat of the car. "We are dropping you off somewhere. You are being put in an orphanage in London. We are going to travel the world and we didn't want you to slow us down." My father bluntly said. With no emotion at all. "No! You can't do that! I'm going to lose Cal forever! I love him! You can't do that to me!" I yelled looking between my parents in disbelief. I let a tear roll down my cheek. I looked at my brother. He didn't say anything. He just started at me with those same puppy eyes he has been giving me for about a week now. "You can't do this to me!" I yelled again. My brother reached over and hugged me. We have always been really close. His name is Callum. I love him with all my heart. I just cried into his shoulder, not ever wanting to let go. Never wanting to leave him. "I love you." He said quietly in my ear. "I....love...you....too." I said in between sobs. Soon enough I was being pulled away from my brother's arms by my hair, into a tall, scary-looking building. These two women ran from behind a counter and held my arms. "No! No! Please don't leave me! Callum! Callum!!!!" I yelled as I saw my parents get back into the car. My brother had tears rolling down his face as well. He didn't say anything, but signed something in ASL (American Sign Language). He held his pinky up and made an 'L' with his index finger and thumb. This means 'I love you'. I pulled with all my strength to free one of my arms, I signed it back. He nodded and continued staring at me as I watched my family leave me. Forever.

     I sat up quickly. Panting and sweating from my horrible nightmare. I have had that nightmare for a while now. I don't even know if I can call it a nightmare, it's more of a memory. It's the day my parents and my brother left me. I haven't seen my parents since then. My brother is a very popular YouTuber now, he is Calfreezy. I watch his videos all of the time. Along with the Sidemen. It hurts me to see his videos sometimes. See him happy, without me. I haven't been actually happy since he left. I love him. I miss him so much, it's unreal. I was brought out of my depressing thoughts by my alarm clock. "BEEP BEEP BEEP!" It yelled at me. I turned it off and quickly got out of my tiny, uncomfortable bed. This has been my bed for the last 3 years. I turned 16 yesterday. Nobody celebrated it though. Well, someone did. Yesterday, as soon as I woke up, I checked my phone. I was following Cal and all of the Sidemen on Twitter. I read through some of the tweets I had missed. One of them was my brother, it simply said "If you're reading this, you know who you are, happy birthday, I love and miss you so much." That had given me hope. So much hope that he still remembers me, he still might come for me. I pushed the thought out of my messed up mind and grabbed my outfit for today. It was just black, high-wasted skinny jeans, a black and white 'Sidemen' shirt, and a white beanie. This was usually what I wore. Nothing ever too special. I grabbed my clothes and walked slowly towards the bedroom door, I slowly opened it and stepped into the long, dark hallway. It was so creepy-looking it actually made me shiver. I slowly walked towards the bathroom. I needed a shower, especially after tat nightmare.

When I got done with my shower, I got dressed and put my hair in a messy bun. I went downstairs and into the kitchen. I began to make myself a bowl of cereal. Since I'm the oldest girl here at the orphanage, I usually tend to do whatever I want. They expect me to be responsible and smart. So that's what I do. The ladies who work here are all quite nice, to everyone. The other girls here, however, hate me. I don't know why. They're always just so rude to me. I was sitting at the table when I heard someone walk into the kitchen. I looked up and saw the second oldest girl here, Kaleigh. She was the queen bee. She was the meanest of them all. "Oh, if it isn't giraffe girl." He said with an evil smile. That was their nickname for me here, Giraffe Girl. Like my brother, I'm quite tall, 6'0" to be exact. That isn't that tall, but to every other girl here it is ginormous. "Oh, if it isn't the orphanage whore." I replied with a smirk. It wasn't exactly a lie. She always had a boyfriend coming here to pick her up. They would take her out to dinner or for a movie date. She had a new boyfriend at least every 2 weeks. "At least I can actually get someone to love me." She said, obviously knowing my weaknesses. "Someone does love me!" I yelled back. Not taking my eyes off of her snobby face. "Oh, and who's that? You're "famous" brother? If he loves you so much then why hasn't he come back for you?" She said putting air quotations around the word 'famous'. I stood up quickly out of my seat, causing my chair to fall on the floor. I stomped towards her, just then someone walked into the kitchen. "Ladies!" Yelled Miss Riley. She was the nicest person who worked here, she actually lived here with us. She love all of us like we were her own children. I looked at her, then back at Kaleigh, then walked back to the table. I grabbed my bowl and took it to the sink. "This is the third time this week you two have had problems! When are you going to realize that you must be kind to one another?" She continued yelling at us. "She started it! She always does!" Kaleigh yelled. I finished washing my bowl, but didn't say anything. "Kaleigh, give Mackenzie and I a moment please." Miss Riley said kindly. I heard some stomping. I listened to the angry footsteps until they were inaudible. "Mackenzie please come here and have a seat." She said in her nice voice. I slowly turned around and began walking towards the table. I sat in front of her. "I know you don't start it. I've never really liked Kaleigh's attitude. That doesn't mean you can argue with her. Anyways, I wanted to talk to you about today. It's an open day. I'm pretty sure a lot of people are coming today. I'm not trying to get rid of you, because I love you, but I know you hate it here, so make a good first impression. No fighting." She said with a smile. An open day is something we have every 3 months. It's where anyone can come in and look at all the girls, without an appointment or anything. I've been here long enough for quite a lot of those. Every time at least one person gets adopted. That person has never been me, and I don't think that's going to change today. "Yes ma'am." I said and stood up out of my chair. My phone buzzed in my back pocket. It was a Twitter notification. It was a tweet from Cal "Headed to an open day with the rest of the Sidemen!" When I read it my heart sank. Then I thought about it, he couldn't actually mean here, could he? Why would they be adopting anyways? I thought about this until I was in the main room. It's just a room with a T.V., an X-Box, and a play station. I usually end up playing FIFA, GTA, or Call Of Duty by myself. Cal and I always used to play each other, so I'm quite good. None of the other girls like playing games. I was in the middle of playing a match of FIFA when I heard the door open. I ignored it though, I was really into the game. I scored my 5th goal of the game and did a celebratory dance. I stood up and turned around with my hands in the air, yelling "MARIO GOMEZ! MARIO GOMEZ!" I did a 180 and came to a complete stand-still when I saw who was standing there, watching me. "Is-is it you?" The tall, lanky one in the front, my long-gone brother, asked. I didn't respond, I was still in shock. I felt a tear run down my cheek and I covered my mouth. "Mackenzie, sweetheart, are you okay?" Miss Riley, who was standing behind the group asked me, her soft voice piercing my ears. All I wanted to do right now was cry. I had so many emotions going through my body, it was too much. I was never much of a crier so I wasn't going to start now. I wiped my eyes and straightened up. "Callum?" I asked. Repeating the question he asked me. He nodded. "Oh my god! Callum!" I yelled as I jumped over the couch and ran straight into his open arms. I buried my face in his neck, like I have wanted to do for so long. "Mackenzie, you know this man?" Miss Riley asked, moving to the front of the big crowd. I didn't even acknowledge her. "I've missed you so much!" I whispered in my brother's ear. He responded by squeezing me tighter. "Someone want to explain please?!" Someone yelled from the group. Cal pulled away from the hug, keeping one arm around my shoulders. He faced us towards the big group of my favorite YouTubers. "This, everyone, is my sister. Mackenzie." He said. Keeping his eyes on me the entire time. "She's repping!" Someone else yelled. I looked towards the group and smiled, a genuine smile. Vik was standing in the front, pointing towards my shirt. So I assume he was the one who said it. "Mackenzie, I never knew you had a brother." Miss Riley said from the other side of me. I looked at her, well down at her, she was very short, and I smiled. I didn't know what to do so I just hugged her. "What's with all this hugging, dear?" She asked while I pulled away from the hug. I shrugged. "In a good mood I guess." I said turning back towards the group. "Who has the controller?! I want to watch a movie!!" I heard Kaleigh's annoying, whiny yell from behind me. I turned around and she was facing towards the T.V. "I'm in the middle of a game. I would like to finish it." I said walking towards the couch. I sat down and resumed my game. I felt someone sit beside me "You just got reunited with your brother after 3 years and you're worried about FIFA?" I heard Cal's voice ask. I paused the game and turned towards him. "You're right, sorry." I said. "Heads up Kaleigh!" I yelled. She looked at me from her phone as I threw the controller at her. She missed it and it fell to the floor. "Watch it Giraffe!" She yelled. I just rolled my eyes and put my attention back on Cal. "That's not very nice, Kaleigh." Miss Riley said. "I don't care. She doesn't deserve for people to be nice to her. If you guys are thinking about adopting someone please don't waste your time with her. I think you guys would have the time of your life if you adopted me." She said the last part with a wink at the end. I just continue to stare at my hands folded in my lap. I wasn't going to let her ruin the fact that I just got reunited with my brother. "Hey. Why don't you just shut the fuck up?!" I heard Cal yell. I looked up to see him facing her, standing up. Obviously getting mad. "Cal. Stop." I said standing up and putting my hand on his shoulder. Making him face me. His eyes were full of anger, he always had gotten very angry over things like this. He looked into my eyes and his eyes immediately softened into the pleasant green they usually are. I turned around to face Kaleigh. I pointed to the door. "Oh. You want me to leave?" She said grinning. I just nodded. "Ha, good luck with that." She said leaning back in the chair. "Kaleigh. Leave. Now." I said from behind my gritted teeth. I had always gotten way too angry over stupid things. Everyone always tried to brush it off as hormones. Just recently they had diagnosed me with bipolar disorder. "Kaleigh. Please leave Mackenzie alone. Let's give her and her brother some time. And I would hate to see her have to hurt you." Miss Riley said. She knew how angry I would get. I had shown my rage through many games of FIFA. Kaleigh just sighed and stood up and walked out. She wouldn't argue with Miss Riley. Miss Riley left right after. I say back down on the couch. Everyone was just standing there not really knowing what to do next. "Soo....? How's it going?" I asked, looking at Cal. He just smiled and sat down next to me. "What are you guys doing here anyways?" I asked, gesturing towards him an the rest of the Sidemen who had taken a seat on the other two couches. "Oh. The guys that live in the Sidemen house wanted to adopt someone because they get bored and lonely. And the rest of us aren't good enough for them. I told them to come here because I knew this is where we left you. I was hoping I could find you. I missed you so much." Cal said. I kinda hugged him from the side. "I missed you too." I said. "How have you been?" Cal asked as we pulled away from the hug. I sighed, I really didn't want to tell him the truth, especially in front of the Sidemen. But I didn't want to lie to my brother. "Miserable to be honest." I said quietly. He put his hand on my knee. "I'm sorry I left you." He said in a whisper. "You didn't leave. You couldn't have done anything about it." I said. He looked like he was about to cry. "And you came back." I added with a very quiet whisper. He grinned. "I guess we know who we are adopting." I heard someone say. I looked at the Sidemen. "Yep." Simon said as he stood up. "C'mon Mackenzie." Cal said, grabbing my hand and standing up. I stood up and asked "Where are we going?" He chuckled. "You're getting adopted." Josh spoke up. I felt my jaw drop. I didn't know way to do or say. So I just hugged my brother. That's all I wanted to do. Now that I could do it again. He hugged me back. "Okay okay. Enough of the family reunion!" I heard JJ yell. I laughed and pulled away from the hug unwillingly. "Wait. Who's adopting me?" I asked. Looking at all of the guys, trying to imagine one of them as a father figure. "I am!" Josh yelled as he stuck a vlogging camera in my face. He faced the camera back at himself and said "Guys. I would like you to meet Mackenzie. We are adopting her and she is also Cal's sister!" He said excitedly. He pointed the camera back at me. "Vik. Stand beside her for scale." He said. I giggled, I knew they were talking about my height. Vik walked over to me and stood by my side. He was quite short compared to me. I looked down at him and laughed. This is going to be my life now. I'm going to be happy everyday from now on. I will be sure of it.