Addopted By Barbara Dunkleman

Spending Time With Barbara

When we got to the RT HQ, Barbara told me to go to the Achievement Hunters office. I listened to her, and went to the office. They smiled at me, and welcomed me happily. "Welcome back lad." Gavin said, giving me a high five. I smiled, I liked being here with everyone. They made my life interesting, and fun.

"So, wanna play something with us?" Geoff asked, and I shrugged. "Sure. What game?" I asked, hoping it'd be something kinda violent. "GTA V." I was a little surprised. "You any good with PC games?" I nodded, even though I had never played a pc game in my life. "Alright then, since Jack's not here, you get his station." Geoff told me, setting everything up for me.

During the middle of playing, I realized they were recording it for a Let's Play. "That's bullshit!!!!" I yelled, just as I died for the 6 time. Micheal laughed a little, as did the others. "That's bullshit." I muttered, respowning a little ways away from where I died. That's when Barbara came in and took a seat beside me, watching me. After some time, we finished.

Barbara smiled at me, "I asked Burnie if you could be on the next podcast. And he said you could." She told me, running a hand through my hair. "Awesome." I told her, leaning in to her touch. I loved the kindness I was being shown, and was greedily soaking up the attention. "That's great!" Gavin said, standing up. He was going to be on the podcast, too.

After that, Barbara and I got ready to go home. "So, you want to join RoosterTeeth?" Barbara asked, pulling out of her parking space and pulling out of the parking lot. "WHAT!?!?!?" I yelled, surprised that anyone would want me to join them. She laughed, and I could tell she was happy. "Yep!" She said, popping the 'p'. "I thought it'd be something nice to do for you. Plus the guys like it when you're around."

I smiled, I couldn't help it. This had to be the best day ever! When we got home, I took a shower, then she took a shower. While she was in the shower, I looked through the kitchen for stuff to cook. When I found some stuff I started to cook the food. Eventually, Barbara got out of the shower, fully clothed in pajamas. Her pajamas consisted of a tanktop and some shorts.

When she spotted me moving around in the kitchen, she came over to see what I was doing. To say she was surprised, would be an understatement. "What's all this?" She asked me, looking at the food that I cooked. "I just wanted to thank you. Ya'know, for getting me out of that place, and for giving me friends and a family." I explained. "I even found some ingredients for a cake." I told her.

She hugged me to her tightly, so much so, that I could hear her heart beating. "You act like kid, but you have a heart of gold, don't you?" She teased me. I couldn't believe her, that ruined the moment. "C'mon, the cake'll burn if I stay like this." I pushed her away, putting on the oven mitts. She gave a small laugh, and patted my head. I got the cake out and put it on the stove to cool. We sat in the living room area and watched TV as we ate.

By the time that was done, the cake was cooled. So I decided to make a glaze then icing for the cake. When I finished making both, filled the cake in different areas with the icing. After that, I put the glaze on the cake. When the cake had a top over it, I cleaned up the kitchen, and went to bed. Barbara followed me to my room. "Did you have a good day?" She asked me, to which I nodded.

"I had an awesome day, Mama." I said. She grinned at me, happy to hear me call her that. "You're my baby girl, I'd do any thing for you." She told me, kissing my forehead. After that, I fell asleep.
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The next day, when I woke up, I could smell something cooking. I got up and went to the kitchen, only to see Barbara was making breakfast. She smiled when she noticed me just standing there. "C'mon, Sasha!" She said happily, motioning for me to come over to her.

"I got the homeschooling packet today, so when we get to HQ, you'll be doing that, okay?" She asked once I was beside her. "Sure thing." I said, my mouth practically watering at the site, and smell, of the food.

After breakfast, and cleaning the dishes, we got dressed for the day. I wore the other outfit that Barbara set out for me yesterday. When she came out of her room, she held out a box to me. "Something I thought you might like." She told me. With that said I opened the box.

Inside the box was a red and black flannel shirt, with one sleeve loner than the other. Weird, how'd she know one of my arms was longer than the other? Whatever, it didn't really matter. I put the shirt on, it was comfortable, and a little soft on the inside. I hugged Barbara. "Thanks, ma." I said, and she patted my back.

"Let's get going, you need to work on school work." She told me, a small chuckled escaping her mouth when I groaned. We walk out to the car and got in, I smiled as we pulled onto the road. "Hey, Ma, could you help with some of the stuff in today's work packet?" I asked. She glanced at me, "Sure thing. What do you need help with?" She asked back.

I looked down, this was going to be embarrassing to admit. "I, um, I have dyslexia......" I mumbled, loud enough so she could hear me, my eyes shifting left to right a little. "Really now?" She asked, "You seem to be fine at first glance." She told me. I smiled, that was super nice of her to say. "Yeah, I have trouble with a lot of stuff."

"We'll get one of the guys to help you out, where I can't, okay?" She said, smiling at the plan. "Sure, that would be great. Thanks, Ma." I said, happy to know that I could trust these people. Well looks like I'm gonna have a fun day.