Beyond The Golden Gate

Chapter 9

Annabelle's POV

I woke up at 9:00, to find myself in a very unfamiliar room that I have never been in. I got out of bed and saw my backpack that had my things in it from the orphanage, and went to it to get some clothes. I went to the bathroom that was connected to the bedroom and took a quick shower, after getting out, I dressed into outfit above (No sunglasses). After I was done getting dressed, I went out of my room and took a right, then went two doors down then finally found the stairs. I went down them, looked into the living room and saw only Carter in there. I went up to him and sat down beside him, "hey Carter, what's for breakfast?"

"Hey Annabelle and I don't know. How about I make bacon and eggs? Do you like bacon and eggs?" He asks.

I nodded, "Yeah. Who doesn't like eggs and bacon?"

"Honestly, I don't know anyone that doesn't like eggs and bacon," Carter laughed.

He gets up and goes to what I assume is the kitchen to make breakfast. I hear someone coming downstairs and turn to see Conner. "Morning Conner."

He looks at me and nod. He sits on the couch and turns on the TV, he flips through the channels until he settles on a movie called 'Cats and Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore.' I could tell Conner was still mad at me, but I'm actually mad at him for telling me that I should just leave if I want to. I glance at him and frowned. Conner looked at me, "can we talk?" He asks.

"Um.....sure, what about?"

"About my attitude yesterday. I'm sorry, Belle. Really. I didn't mean what I said, I don't want you to leave.....at least not yet. Can you forgive me?" He apologizes.

I thought about it for a minute, "It's okay Connie," I smirk.

"Connie? That's new. The boys have a nickname for me and it's Con." 

I laugh, "honestly, I quite like the nickname for you." I hear someone coming into the room, I looked to see the twins, Aiden, Mike, Sam and William. "Where's Tyler?"

"He's still sleeping he loves to sleep in. If he wakes up at this time of day, I would be very surprised. After all knowing him," William laughed. "One time we woke him up even though we knew he'll be mad at us. We just couldn't help ourselves so we got some whipped cream and a feather and well you can guess what happened after that. Anyway, after we pulled the prank Tyler chased us all through the kingdom screaming at us." We all laughed.

I got up from my seat and went into the kitchen, the boys followed. Carter was in there making the food still, but almost done.  He looked at us as we walked in. The kitchen had beautiful marble counters, there was a mounted-on-the-wall microwave, a stain-less steel fridge with double doors for the one part and the bottom door was the freezer and finally a huge island in the middle of the room, hanging above that was a rack filled with pots and pans, along with some stools surrounding it. I walked over to the island, stood on a stool and grabbed a pot then went over to the counter and found a wooden spoon in a big cup that held wooden spoons and whisks. I even found a whistle in a draw which I don't understand why it was there in the first place, but I grabbed it and started to go upstairs to find Tyler's room. A hand grabbed my upper-arm and halted me to a stop. I turned to find Sam. 

"What are you doing?" He asked, I saw the other boys behind him with wide eyes. 

"Gonna go wake up Tyler. I want to go out today and see more of the kingdom. Is that a problem?" I asked.

"Yes!!!! No one in this house would ever dare wake him up after what happened last time we woke him!!! He is like a sleeping bear, once awake he is then ready to kill some innocent deer! Please Annabelle don't do this to us, we'll all be killed once he's awake. I'm begging you!" Zayden said, getting on his knees in front of me and clasping his hands together.