Take Me Home

Chapter 6: Meeting to a New Beginning

Hello everyone and welcome back to another chapter!! I wanted to thank you guys for reading my story. Also, this is one of my longest chapters in my story so far. Don't forget to comment or vote if you like the book! Thank you and enjoy!!

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Kanan' P.O.V

The whole car ride home was silent. I parked the car into the driveway and got out followed by Ezra. He looked around with curiosity in his blue electric eyes. The sound of Hera's dogs, Chopper and Phantom, barking made the boy jump a little. I gave him a smile and in return he glared. I rolled my eyes and continued down the stone path to the front door. Ezra kept his head down and arms crossed. I unlocked the door and we went in and something surprised me. Phantom came shooting down the hall and jumped right on top of Ezra. Phantom began to give him kisses. I was about to yell at the dog but heard something that I thought I wouldn't hear for a long time. Ezra was laughing and I couldn't help but smile.

Ezra's P.O.V

One minute we were entering Kanan's house then the next, a huge husky dog tackled me to the ground licking me. I laughed the whole time because I was really ticklish. "Ok Phantom, you gave him enough kisses," Kanan said. The husky, Phantom stopped licking my face and got off. "I think Phantom here likes you," Kanan said petting the dog's head. I stood up wiping my face off and couldn't help but keep smiling. An actual genuine smile. Another dog comes down the hallway but I didn't like those kind. "This is Chopper," Kanan said. The dog was a German Shepherd or as I call them, police dogs. When I was stealing from a market, one of those dogs bit me on the leg and twisted it.

The dogs ran back inside and I entered the building kinda scared. What if this man was like Kallus? Will he through me into custody? Is he going to return me back into child services? Was he lying when he said that he was going to adopt me? I just froze at those questions in my head. "Ezra," a stern but gentle voice called. I poked my head up some to see a worried Kanan standing there, "are you ok?". That question caught me off guard. He wants to know if I'm ok?! No one has ever asked me that before. I just nodded my head and he lead me into the house. "Now there is one more person I want you to meet," he said excited and urged me to go into what looks like a living room. I sat on the couch and waited for his return. "Ok Hera, I want you to meet someone," I heard Kanan talking to someone named Hera. "Alright?" Someone said questionably. Kanan and a woman with long brown wavy hair came into the room. Kanan had his hands covering her eyes and signaling for me to be quite.

He pulled his hands away and green eyes fell onto me. "Who is this?" The woman asked Kanan. "His name is Ezra, our new adopted son," he said with excitement. The woman looked at me again and came over sitting next to me. "My name is Hera," she said with a warm smile. I turned my head to my lap and muttered, "hi". Hera seemed confused, "what's wrong sweetie?" She said sweetly rubbing soothing circles around my back. I tried my best not to lean into it. I didn't deserve any of this comfort or love. I was to much of a mistake, street rat.....nothing. Something wet ran down my face. Was I crying? I quickly wiped the tear away before they noticed. "Nothing, nothing's wrong at all," I said with no emotion.

I stiffened when arms wrapped around me. Hera scotched over some more to envelop me in a hug. I quickly ripped away from the hug and ran out the door. "Kid, wait!" I heard Kanan yell and chase me. I didn't know where I was going but it was going to be far away from that house. A minute later, I heard thunder and stopped paralyzed in my tracks. I backed up and tripped over something landing on my butt. The clouds were getting dark and the air was warm. Standing up, i felt rain drops start to fall. BOOM! I large gust of wind came out of no where and a building was demolished. My hands were in front of my face. I squinted my eyes and saw it coming straight toward me. A tornado. I couldn't move and my body was shaking with wide eyes. I could hardly breath."Ezra get out of there!" Someone called but was to focused on one of mother natures disasters coming closer to me. Strong arms lifted me up and ran me over to a car. They put me into the car and them self and drove away as fast as they could.

Kanan's P.O.V

I drove recklessly down the roads to get back to the house. Hera told me that there was a tornado warning on the news this morning. I didn't think it was actually going to happen! I should be paying attention to where I'm going, especially when things are being thrown from every which direction. Yet, an itching feeling told me to see if Ezra is ok. I did a quick glance and saw that he was petrified. 'Oh no, I think he's having a panic attack!' I thought urgently. To my luck......so far, we made it back to the house. "Daddy," I heard Ezra whimper frightened. That surprised me but then realized that he was probably delirious and had a lot on his mind. "Don't worry Ezra, I've got you," I said calmly. I jumped out of the car and went over to the passengers seat to get Ezra out. I saw the tornado about a mile away coming in this direction fast. Yanking Ezra out of the car, I carried the fragile looking boy, bridal style into the house. I went through the house and out to the backyard. I set the terrified boy down and opened the cellar doors. Inside the cellar were to frighten dogs in the arms of a scared Hera, who was putting on her determined face. "Love, do you have Ezra?" Hera asked concerned. Her question was answered when I quickly picked him up and put him on the floor. Then I shut the doors and locked them tight. I turned around and found Hera trying to comfort Ezra. I went over and sat next to them. "Mommy," Ezra whimpered, scared out of his mind. Hera let the dogs go and sat next to Ezra to give him a hug. He let her do it and snuggled into the embrace laying his head on my wife's chest, silently crying. Hera drove her fingers through his hair and rocked him back and forth. "Sshh.......sshh...... It's ok, everything is going alright," she soothed. I smiled at them and decided to join them. I sat on the other side of Ezra and ran circles around his back.

The dogs fell asleep in the corner of the room. Then the wind decided to pick up and it became really loud. The lighting flashed and thunder roared outside making Ezra hang on to Hera for dear life. The wind's furious roars died down to the part where I could hear Ezra crying louder. "I think we should spend the night down here," I said, "just to be safe". Hera nodded,"yeah, could you please get the fold out beds set up?". I got up and went to a closet and set out a folded mattress. I went back over and grabbed a couple of blankets and pillows setting them out on the mattress. Then I walked back over to my fiancé and soon to be adopted son. Ezra fell asleep in Hera's arms so I picked him up and placed him on the bed. Me and Hera sandwiched him in between us and the rest of us fell into slumber.

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Stat tuned and I wanted to say one more thank you. Adios!! 😁 😁 😁