"Oreo! Riley! We're going to get Chiara! Do you want anything from the shops?" Mum called from the door. "Ben and Jerry's Cookies and Cream Ice Cream please!!" We yelled in unison. One thing I have a love/hate feeling for being twins with Oreo is that we always talk at the same time, thinking the same things. "Okay, we'll be back soon, love you both!" She said coming down the hall to our doorway. "Love you too Mum," Once again both simultaneously. "LOVE YOU DAD!!" We screamed from our room making mum cover her ears laughing. "Okay we'll be back soon, bye!" She walking off. "Bye!" We said separately for once."What do you want to do? Oreo asked me. I turned around with a look on my face, which I am sure, I looked like a baby hippo. "What?" she asked, her face full of confusion. "You seriously had to ask me that?" I said, with a hint of a smile in my eyes. "Um...Yeah?" Oreo said, still confused, not knowing what I was playing at. "God Oreo, you know you get the same answer every time!" I yelled, smirking. "Oh yeah... The Notebook, Monte Carlo and all of the High School Musical movies?" She said, grinning like a idiot. "Oh, and don't forget the Star Wars and Harry Potter!!" I screamed. I was about to run off on her as the door bell rang to our Soul Apartments Penthouse.
"Hello?" I answered the door to find 3 police officers and a weeping woman. "Hi are you... Oreaella and Riletta?" One of the officers asked. "Yeah? We are..." We answered seriously confused."We are so sorry for your loss," Another officer said looking down. "What? What a-are y-you t-talking about?" Oreo asked, stuttering. "Your parents were in a terrible accident, we are so sorry," The first one said while the other two where trying to console the woman. "Your mothers dying wish was for you to go and live with Chiara," He said pointing to the woman. " And seeming you have no living relatives, Chiara will be your new guardian, you will move in with her and will stay with her until you are old enough to move out and that will be decided by Chiara. We will be on our way now. Goodbye," He said while giving us some paper and 4 tubs of Ben and Jerry's Cookies and Cream Ice Cream. "They're..." I weeped. "Gone..." Oreo finished. "Hi...*sniff*...girls... I'm Chiara and I grew up with your mum here in Queensl-land," Chiara stuttered and sniffed. She was just as heartbroken as us -except-she had known Mum a lot longer than what Oreo and I had. Oreo hugged the woman, and I was sure she felt sorry for her, even though we had never seen her in our lives. "So we will be here until the funeral which of course, because of your parents money, is already been planned and will be on Friday, and we will be leaving on Saturday," "Okay..." Oreo and I said weakly. "I'll go get my bags from down stairs and you girls could maybe start packing some clothes and belongings." I looked over to Oreo, and she was deep in thought. "Yep, lets go Riles," Oreo said wiping away tears. "Yeah o-okay," I replied, still shocked by what had just happened.
Oreo and I grabbed our biggest suitcases and our medium sized suitcases. Oreo started filling her suitcase, and I slipped away. I fell between the toliet and the wall, sobbing. Out in our bedroom, I could still hear Oreo talking to me, or what was left of me. Then I heard Oreo calling my full name, "-Riletta Amnesia Robinson! Where the hell are-" Then she cut short. I am positive she heard me crying. I heard her footsteps coming closer to the bathroom. "Riley? Are you in there?" "*sniff* Yeah.." I replied. "I'm coming in Riley," Oreo said, barging in. "Riley..." She whispered, so low I had to lean in to hear it. "How are you being so strong Oreo?" I cried. "I don't get it! We just lost our parents and here you are not even crying!" I yelled, tears still streaming down my face. "I'm sorry Riley, I just didn't want the River's to feel sorry for me and I thought by not crying they wouldn't be sympathetic towards me," She said, crawling up next to me and giving me a hug. "I get it... but you do know you can cry?" I asked, sniffing because I had started to get a runny nose from crying. "Yeah, I know, I just want to be strong and keep moving forward, you know?" "Okay, you wanted me to do something?" "Oh! Yeah, could you please come sit on my suitcase so that I zip it up?" A small giggle came out of my pursed lips. "Sure!" I said, jumping up and wiping away any excess tears. "I've decided to try and be strong like you!" I said in the strongest voice my little wavery one could handle. "Okay, Miss Bubbly!" Oreo said, trying to mock my excitement, but failing terribly.
When Saturday finally swung around Chiara, Oreo and I got into the Maxi Taxi, even though there was only 3 of us, Oreo and I had so much luggage we needed the Maxi Taxi. When we were on the plane Chiara told us everything about her and her 15 kids. Turns out not all of the 15 are hers on 11 of them are. 4 of them are her sisters and she believes 2 more wouldn't make much of a difference.
It took about 7 hours to get from Queensland to a little town, that I did not even know existed, Echuca. It was one of the most time-wasting trips I have ever had. Me and Oreo didn't even talk. Oh, and my Phone ran out of battery. *sobs*. When we finally arrived to Echuca, we couldn't stop looking out the window. There was new sights to see, new fragrances to smell, and different people to meet. When the taxi got to Chiara's house, we had trouble getting the luggage out of the car, and when we did, we walked up the sidewalk to the 2 storey house, my Ray-Bans in hand. Just as Oreo was about to knock, the door swung open. Her hand had barely touched it. When I blocked the sun out of my eyes I gasped, and heard Oreo next to me, take in a breath...
1st Book, First chapter, tough times. Make sure to go to my BFF Chelsei's page where there is Oreo(Oreaella)'s POV. You can access that when you go to -chelseiisacat. Be ready for the next chapter when is - whenever me and Chelsei decide to write again. She is on a cruise now so we can't get back on for another couple of weeks, so keep checking up every day.
Phebz xxx
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My Life with the River boys...and girl(Riley's P.O.V)
Teen FictionOreaella/Oreo and Riletta/Riley know minor details about Chiara River, their new guardian. They know she lives in the middle of nowhere, a 2 hour flight from Queensland to Melbourne then a 3 and a half hour drive from Melbourne to Echuca. Another th...