I felt somebody pick me up so I snuggled into whoever was holding me's chest and started to drift back into sleep. I heard an 'Awww' from behind me but I let it go. I soon felt myself gently getting placed on my soft bed and my blanket gently placed on me. I then heard them say their good nights. Just like last night, Ricky first, Jc second, Kian was next, and Connor was last. After Connor placed a kiss on my cheek, I heard him stand up followed by the rest of the boys and my door was softly closed shut. I felt a smile on my face before I turned over and quickly fell asleep.
Yeah today had been a good day..
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I slowly opened up my eyes and looked around me. The sun was just starting to shine through my window slightly lighting up the room. I turned over to check the clock.
6:58
Wow, I really did fall asleep early last night. After about 2 minutes of trying to fall asleep and failing, I decided I might as well just get up. I pushed the blanket off me and swung my legs over my bed. I ran my fingers through my hair and decided to throw it up in a ponytail. I quietly opened up my door and saw that all the other doors were closed. Of course, they're sleeping.
I quietly tip-toed down the stairs trying not to wake them. Once I got to the bottom I started to think.
What am I going to do? I looked around trying to get an idea before I decided to go outside. I slid open the glass door and shut it behind me so the cool air wouldn't slip through.
Wow, I really haven't gotten any fresh air the whole time I've been here. Unless you count the time I was thrown into the pool by stupid Kian.... I sat next to the pool and dipped my feet in.
Hey, it isn't that bad. Maybe I should convince the boys to go swimming today. After a few minutes of kicking I started to get a little cold so I stood up and walked to the door.
I gripped the handle and pulled on it slowly so I wouldn't wake the boys.
My eyes widened..... Why wasn't the door opening?! I pulled it harder and it still wouldn't open! I tried and tried until I finally gave up and realized it was locked. I really didn't want to stay out here, but I didn't want to wake the boys either. I remembered how other kids at the orphanage got sent back because they annoyed their new family or they made them mad.
I really didn't want to make Kian, Jc, Ricky, and Connor mad. I tried one more time just in case before I took my hand away. I started to get cold again and I looked up at the sky. The sun was on the other side of the house, no wonder it was so cold.
Well I really want to stay warm, I walked around the house and sat in the driveway. The sun was shining down on me and it actually felt pretty nice. I began thinking.
How long will I be out here? I mean I've heard most teenage boys don't wake up until noon. Yeah... It's not even 8 yet. I could be here for a while.
How stupid am I? I mean seriously! I closed a glass door and locked myself outside. I'm so stupid.
How weird do I look right now? I'm a 13 year old girl wearing yesterday's cut-off shirt, a bright sports bra, athletic shorts, and a messy ponytail. And lets not forget the fact that I'm just sitting in a driveway all alone.
I started to scoot down a little bit so I was right above the sidewalk. I took in my surroundings. A bunch of houses, an old man walking his dog, a lady in her mid-thirties power walking, and maybe 5 runners scattered along the road and street. How can people be running this early? How can people be running? I'm not a runner.
I started thinking of other stuff before I heard a voice.
"Hey! Are you new here?" I looked to my left to see 2 kids around my age standing next to me panting.
"Um yeah I just got adopted a few days ago" I answered.
"Oh cool! Do you mind if we sit?" The boy asked pointing to the ground.
"Not really, go ahead" I answered slightly confused.
"So what's your name?" The girl asked looking at me.
"I'm Chloe, what about you?"
"I'm Bridgette" said the girl.
"And I'm Zack" said the boy.
"Awesome!" I said smiling. "So are you guys like brother and sister, or twins or what?"
They looked at each other before cracking up. Oh great, just what I need. People laughing at me.
Once they finally stopped Zack looked at me.
"Noooooooo" he said slightly laughing. "But we act like it"
Bridgette must've noticed my confused look because she said "We've been best friends for life! Like seriously were neighbors and we're together like all the time!"
"Oh cool!" I said smiling.
"So what are you doing all alone out here?" Zack asked me confused.
"Well I fell asleep early last night so I just kinda woke up at 7ish and since I couldn't fall back asleep, I got up and walked downstairs. I didn't know what to do because they were still all sleeping so I thought I should get some fresh air. I opened the door, closed it, and put my feet in the pool. And when I went to go back inside, I locked myself out. And since it was warmer on this side of the house, I came here."
"W-wait" Zack said holding back a laugh "y-you locked yourself out of the house?? By a glass door?!?"
"yeah" I mumbled noticing Bridgette was also laughing. Once they finally stopped they asked a question.
"So how old are you?" Bridgette asked.
"13 you?"
"SAME HERE! Well actually I'm 14 as of last week but oh well!" Zack bragged.
"Shut up and stop bragging I'm almost 14! You always make fun of me because I'm younger!" Bridgette fake pouted looking away.
"I'm sorry Bridge" Zack apologized.
"It's all good!" She said smiling like nothing happened.
"So is this like a normal thing for you 2?" I asked holding back a laugh.
"Yeah pretty much" Zack shrugged.
"Yeah his birthday is July25th, last week ish, and my birthday is August 25th, 20 days and counting" Bridgette said with a laugh.
"NO WAY! By birthday is September 25th!!" I practically shouted.
"No way..." Zack breathed amazed.
"THAT'S AWESOME! Our birthday are EXACTLY one month apart!" Bridgette yelled clearly getting excited.
"I know right?!?" I said excitedly.
After getting over our little birthday excitement freak out. We started talking about school.
"So Chlo, what school are you gonna go to?" Zack asked.
"Ummm... I have no idea. The boys are in charge of that..." I shrugged.
"The boys?" Bridgette questioned.
"Don't you have a mom or any girls here?" Zack asked.
"Um... No I got adopted by Connor, and he lives with 3 other guys"
"Oh ok.. Sorry bout that" Bridgette said looking sorry.
"Don't be!" I said smiling.
"So do you play any sports?" She asked.
"Nope we were all homeschooled at the orphanage, didn't compete in sports. But every once in a while we would play sports like as our exercise or something" I said shrugging.
"Oh well what was your favorite sport to play?" She asked.
I thought about it for a little bit before I answered her. "I really liked volleyball and softball and I was pretty good at basketball"
"AWESOME! I play those sports too! And I'm also a pretty mean golfer not trying to brag or anything" she said trying to sound all self confident.
Zack looked at her and started cracking up. "Let's get real here, you suck at golf Bitchette"
"Shut up Zachary! Yeah I may not have a fancy little swear name for you but I can use your first name so take that! Ba-bam!"
"That is NOT my real name! And you know it gurl!" Zack said before all 3 of us started cracking up at their attempt to be mad at each other.
"But seriously, you should play volleyball! If you go to my school we can be on the team together!" Bridgette said smiling.
"YEAH! That's be awesome!" I said smiling back.
"And I was like Baby baby baby OHHHHHH like PICK UP THE FREAKING PHONE!! Like seriously! Pick it up! People are probably giving you SUCH strange looks right now haha sucks for you! But seriously PICK UP THE PHONE!" Bridgette's voice yelled through Zacks phone. I gave each of them a questioning look while he held up a 1 second sign and answered the phone.
"Yello. HI MOMMY!!!..... Yeah don't worry we're still alive!...... We made a friend..... Chloe... She just moved in..... Ok.... Ok.... Yeahhhhh.... FINEEEEE.... Ok bye..... Love ya to" he said before hanging up.
"My mom said we need to be at my house in 2 hours because she needs to leave and wants to make sure we're inside" he told Bridgette while putting his phone in his pocket. She nodded and checked the time.
"Wow, it's already 9!" She said amazed and frankly so was I!
"Ok so what was your ringtone all about?" I asked him.
He let out a slight laugh and looked over at Bridgette. "Oh yeah... So I got my phone for my birthday and I promised Bridge she could record the ringtone... And that's what she came up with!" I started slightly laughing before he asked me another question.
"So do you have a phone? So we can all hang out sometime?"
"Nope! I just got here! The only source of communication I have is Skype! Do you guys Skype?" I asked.
"OF COURSE WE SKYPE!! ALL DAY EVERY DAY BITCHEZZZZ!!" Bridgette yelled making the old man and woman walking towards us switch to the other side of the street. We all laughed at her.
"So what's your Skype name? We'll add you!" Bridgette said as they both whipped out their phones.
"It's chlochlo13" I said as they typed it into their phones. I waited for them to finish before they slid them back into their pockets.
"So what house do you live in?" I asked trying not to sound like a stalker which I totally wasn't...
"I am just 3 houses down, the big white one, and Zack lives right across from me in the smaller red one." Bridgette said pointing down the street to the left.
"Cool! I obviously live right here" I said slightly laughing. We talked for about another hour and a half until we heard the front door swing open and Connor looked at me and a huge look of relief spread across his face before he started running over to me and screaming. "She's outside!" He ran up to me and picked me up hugging me extremely tight.
Zack laughed at us and checks his phone. "Oh Bridge we better get going" he said right as Kian, Jc and Ricky ran outside an swallowed me in a hug.
"BYE ZACK! BYE BRIDGE! I'LL SKYPE YOU LATER!!" I yelled out to them as they waved and jogged towards their houses.
Connor brought me into the house and sat me down on the couch right next to him as Ricky sat on the other side of me and Kian and Jc were kneeling right in front of me.
"Yesssssssss?" I questioned after a while.
"WHERE WERE YOU?!?!" Jc practically yelled in my face.
"Woah calm down I was just outside" I said why they were freaking out about it.
"WE WERE ABOUT TO CALL THE COPS! We were so scared!" Kian yelled again.
"Well I'm sorry you guys were scared but I don't really see why you should be?" I asked them starting to get frustrated.
"WE COULDN'T FIND YOU!! WE THOUGHT YOU WERE KIDNAPPED! And when we did find you, you were just sitting there like it was no big deal!" Jc yelled again.
"IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL!!" I yelled at him,
"Why were you taking to them anyways?" Ricky asked lowering his voice a little bit.
"Them, are Zack and Bridgette I was trying to make friends." I said calming myself down.
"Why?" Connor asked. "Don't you want to be friends with us?"
"Yeah, but I want friends my own age!" I said getting mad again.
"Well age didn't seem to be a problem at the orphanage!" Jc almost yelled. "LAUREN WAS 16!!" He actually yelled emphasizing the 16. I felt the tears brimming in my eyes at Lauren's name.
"Ever thought that maybe that was why they became my friends? I didn't go outside JUST to make friends! I FREAKING LOCKED MYSELF OUTSIDE!!! WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?!?! SIT THERE FOR 3 HOURS AND FREEZE?!?!?!" I yelled at them standing up and pushing them out of the way.
"DON'T WALK AWAY FROM US!" Kian yelled at me.
I turned my tear drenched face around and looked at them.
"Sit down" Ricky firmly said clearly mad.
Who cares if I have to go back to the orphanage? I'm not staying here if they're going to yell at me!
"No" I said standing my ground.
"What?" Connor quickly said. Oh great... Now he's mad too.
"I said no"
"WHAT'S YOUR FUCKIN' PROBLEM THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN SIT DOWN AND LISTEN?" Jc yelled at me.
"My fuckin' problem, " I said quietly but firmly taking a few steps over to him to made sure they heard me. "IS ALL OF YOU! I HATE YOU!!" I yelled turning to run upstairs I could feel the tears coming even faster now. I felt Kian reach out and try to grab my foot but I kicked his hand away and quietly but still loud enough to hear I whispered "don't fucking touch me" I ran upstairs and slammed the door shut. I fumbled with the lock and finally locked it just in time to hear them run up the stairs and start pounding on the door.
They started yelling things like "open up" and such until I heard Kian whisper something to the other boys.
"Why is she being so difficult?"
That's it. I jumped into my bed and screamed into my pillow. I've heard it takes your anger away.... It doesn't. I started crying... Again.
I wiped away my tears with my comforter and walked over to the window. My window was looking out to the driveway and I saw a little girl probably only 5 years old walking and holding hands with 2 people that I assumed was her parents.
How come I couldn't have a normal family?
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A/N: so I updated again!! I got great comments so I decided why not update?
So this chapter... What do you guys think of Zack and Bridgette?
So yes, Chloe and the boys might have overreacted a lil bit it's my story I can write what I want to!
Ok so thats all!
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