Diary of a Daughter (Based off of "Moments")

Two: Moving in

As we pulled up to the driveway, I was surprised by the house. With Anna telling me they were famous, I thought we would live in a mansion. But this house looked nice too.

As we went inside the house, my heart raced as a dog name running towards me and sniffing me.

"Chica! Stop!" Mark demanded. She stopped sniffing me. "This is your new friend, Emily! Emily, this is our dog, Chica!"

I hesitated, but then pet the dog's head. The dog was sitting there, enjoying it.

As Sean took my stuff upstairs, Mark took me around the house. He showed me the living room, the kitchen, the dining room area and the den. He then pointed me to a room at the end of the hallway.

"See that room over there?" Mark asked. "That's the room where me and your other Daddy will be in every day at certain times. Whenever you see the sign above the door lit up, that's when you don't go down that hall, okay?"

I nodded.

Sean then came downstairs, and he took me upstairs. He showed me their room, the bathroom and the spare room. Then, he showed me my room, which was huge. It had pink walls with purple flowers and butterflies hanging up. My bed was pink, white and purple.

"Do you like it?" Sean asked.

I only nodded. I haven't said a single word to them yet.

"I know you're probably very nervous and shy right now, but I promise you, we are going to take great care of you, and we will love you to the moon and stars!" Sean assured me.

I nodded once more.

Mark then came upstairs and met up with us.

"Hey Emily, are you hungry?" Mark asked. I nodded. "What do you want to eat?"
"S-Spaghetti..." I responded.
"Okay, then we'll make you some spaghetti!" Mark responded.

They then brought me downstairs where they sat me down in the kitchen area while they made my spaghetti.

"D-Dad?" I asked.

They both turned around. They then looked to each other and then back to me.

"We're you calling for both of us?" Sean asked. I shrugged.
"Well, if you want to... You can call me Daddy M and you can call him Daddy S." Daddy M suggested. "That way, we know who you're calling for.

I nodded.

"What did you want to ask us?" Daddy S asked.
"What's our family like?" I asked.
"Well, you have me, Daddy S and our dog Chica living here." Daddy M explained. "And then you have a huge family, who all live around the world. But the people who come and visit mostly are your Uncles, Matt, Ryan, Bob and Wade."
"What are they like?" I asked.
"They're all very nice people." Daddy M continued. "Uncle Matt and Uncle Ryan are both big goofs, Uncle Bob is very smart, and Uncle Wade is a little cuckoo in the head."
"He is not!" Daddy S said.
"Okay, then he's also a big goof." Daddy M said.

Just then, Daddy S went over to take care of the noodles and the sauce. They put them in a small bowl for me, mixed it together, and cut the strands so they were small enough for me to eat.

I smiled as I ate the spaghetti, it was really good. I noticed Daddy S sitting next to me.

"Do you like that spaghetti?" Daddy S asked in a high pitched, nasally voice.

I looked at him confused, but I also laughed because his voice sounded funny.

"What are you doing?" Daddy M asked Daddy S.
"I'm being Papyrus!" He responded in the same voice. "Since he likes spaghetti so much!"
"Who's that?" I asked.
"He's a video game character." Daddy M explained. "And sometimes, he likes giving characters different voices, so that's the voice he choice for Papyrus."

I nodded. I continued eating the spaghetti until everything was gone.

"Do you want more?" Daddy M asked. I shook my head and he took the bowl away.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Daddy M went over to answer the door. A moment later, four guys entered the kitchen and smiled at me.

"Emily, these are your uncles we told you about!" Daddy M explained. He then pointed to them. "This is your uncle Matt, your Uncle Ryan, and your Uncles Bob and Wade!"

I waved to them.

"She's cute Mark!" Uncle Bob said. "Congrats!"
"She's still trying to get used to everything." Daddy S explained. "I'm glad you guys came when you did."

For some reason, it didn't take as long to get used to my Uncles, pretty much because Daddy M told me all about them. What he said was pretty much true. Uncle Bob was the smart one, and my other Uncles were big goofs.

We all went and played in the den area together. It was probably the most fun I had ever had in my entire life. Whenever the four of them left, I actually became upset.

"Will they be back?" I asked.
"Yes, of course they will!" Daddy S replied. "They pretty much come here every day!"
"In fact, whenever we're busy with something, we might have them come over and take care of you." Daddy M explained.

I smiled.

"I had fun today!" I admitted.
"I'm glad you did!" Daddy M smiled. "This is just the beginning of the fun! You have the rest of your life to have all the fun in the world!"

The clock on the wall suddenly began making music. It was 9:00 at night.

"But I think for today, the fun is over." Daddy M said.
"Why can't I stay up?" I asked.
"You've had a pretty long day." Daddy S explained. "And besides, pretty soon we'll have to get you into school."
"Do I have to?" I asked.
"Yes, sweetie." Daddy M nodded. "You need to learn stuff, and we don't really have the intelligence to teach you everything you need to know."
"Okay..." I sighed.

Daddy M then picked me up and took me upstairs into my room. He put me in bed and tucked me in, putting my Emmy doll by my side. Both of my Dads then kissed me goodnight. Finally, Daddy M turned on my nightlight, which illuminated with different shapes throughout my room.

I immediately went under my covers, trying to fall asleep. It took me longer because I wasn't used to all this. I was used to the room at the orphanage, and I was used to Anna staying in here until I fell asleep. I tried to imagine that the best I could, but I couldn't.

I looked at the time, around 11pm I went out of my bed and slowly went over into the other room. There, I noticed Daddy S lying down asleep. I hopped up onto the bed and crawled next to him. He turned over and saw me.

"Em, what's wrong?" He moaned.
"I can't sleep..." I explained.
He sighed. "Okay, you can sleep in here..."
"Where's Daddy M?" I asked.
"He's downstairs... He'll be upstairs soon..." Daddy S explained.

I covered myself up under the blankets and laid down next to him.

There, I was able to fall asleep.