My Brothers

Chapter 2

Chapter two.

Christina stood holding the hand of the social worker staring at the (to her) big house with a porch in the front. "Want to go see your new home?" Mary, the social worker asked.

Christina mutely nodded her head making her pigtails swing back and forth. Mary squeezed her hand gently and started walking up the front steps, stopping in front of the door knocking twice and stepping back.

You could hear the sound of footsteps walking toward the door and a few seconds later the door was answered by a kind looking woman, with a kind looking face and even kinder looking eyes, Evelyn Mercer.

"Mary how nice to see you!"

Mary smiled "Hello Evelyn, it's good to see you." She says as she shakes her hand. Evelyn looked down to see Christina shyly hiding behind Mary's leg hugging her teddy bear close.

"Now who is this?" Evelyn asks smiling softly at the scared little girl. "This is Christina" Mary replies putting a hand on Christina's shoulder. Christina peeked behind Mary's leg then quickly went back when she saw Evelyn.

"Sorry, she's a little shy" Marry said with amusement in her voice. Evelyn laughed softly then bent down so that she was eye level with Christina. "Y'know," She stated "If you keep hiding behind Mary's leg, we can never see that beautiful face of yours." Christina giggled peeking once again around the leg.

"Do you want to come inside with me and have cookies?" Evelyn asked. Christina nodded her head "Come on then." Evelyn smiled holding her hand out to Christina. She looked at the hand, then up to Mary, then back to Evelyn. Evelyn smiles brightly when Christina shyly takes her hand sticking her thumb into her mouth, her teddy bear under her arm. Mary smiles at the sight. She was happy that such a good kid like Christina was living with Evelyn.

"Well I'll take my leave, goodbye Christina, Evelyn." She nods. Evelyn looks up from Christina, the smile still on her face. "Goodbye Marry and thank you." She replies.

Evelyn waited until Mary's car turned around the corner before she turns back to look down to Christina. "Let's go inside away form the cold hmm?" She asks leading Christina inside. Christina looks back one last time before Evelyn closes the door. Christina stood shyly looking around at the house. It seemed cozy enough.

"Christina?"

Christina turns to look at Evelyn who was still smiling softly at her. "Would you like to meet your brothers?" She asks.

Christina nods her head, she never had anyone except her mother but she always wanted a sibling to play with her when her mommy couldn't.

"Boys!" Evelyn yelled up the stairs "Come down here please, I want you to meet someone!"

A few seconds you can hear feet pounding down the stairs. A white boy that looks to be about seventeen, that had muscular arms and brown hair was the first one to come down first.

He smiled when he saw what could be, the cutest little girl he has ever seen in his life. She had coal black hair that was in pigtails and has the bluest eyes he has ever seen, with freckles on her nose.

Then another boy, this one black, walked down the stairs and stood next to his older brother Bobby, he looked to be fifteen. At last another Black boy, this one fourteen walked down the stairs his little brother, who was white, hot on his trail.

"Christina I would like you to meet your older brothers." Evelyn says. "That's Bobby," she points to the first and oldest boy, who walked down first. "Angel," points to the black boy who walked down second. "Jerry," the other black boy who looked to be very gentle.

"And Jack." Evelyn countinued, pointing to the smallest and youngest of the boys who looked to be twelve.

"Boys, this is your new little sister, Christina." She finished. Christina looked at the boys with wide and innocent eyes sucking her tumb,while holding her teddy bear with her other arm.

Jack looked at the timid girl in front of him curiously, his little sister.

"She looks so small." He thought to himeself.

Bobby moves so he's kneeling in front of Christina, smiling "Hey Tina, I'm Bobby; I'm going to be your older brother." He said softly.

Christina looks at him taking her thumb out of her mouth for a moment before then lifting her hands in an "up" gesture. Bobby chuckles as he lifts her easily in his arms, standing up he turned towards his brothers. Evelyn smiles happily as she watches, then turns and goes into the kitchen to make more cookies knowing that Christina finally has a family, with brothers that will protect her.