New Places, New identities

Chapter 6: Run Down Places

We grabbed all our stuff out of the back or the van and let Mr. Wiggles roam around the yard. He must have been going nuts only stopping for short periods of times in small abandoned cities.

"Can I stay outside for a bit and Bri or Emma can carry in my stuff?"

"I would love for you to sit outside and play with the dog. But we are in danger everywhere we go so we have to stay in the low for a bit."

My mom and dad looked super happy to be in this new home. I was nervous on how this house was gonna look on the inside because from the outside it looked like everything could come tumbling down at any second.

Bri dragged her feet as she went into the house. "Why this old dump? There are plenty of great houses out there and my parents picked the run down one great!"

She often talked to her self and chewed on the back of a pen when she was bored or nervous. I knew that everyone inside was screaming at my parents for their decision on the house. I guess that it was the we could get on such a short notice. My parents didn't tell me till now that me and my sisters were gonna be getting the master bedroom since we all have to share a room.

"I rather sleep in the living room on the floor if we we've have a living room in this shack. You can't even call it a house it's like a cabin that you would have when you go up north. I've been in this house about a half hour and I already hate it!" I screamed making sure everyone in the house heard me.

Courtney and Bri both looked at me and nodded in agreement. I was ready to cry again and I just wanted to be back in California with everyone I knew. I left my friends without even telling them I was leaving.

"I miss Sydney, and Lexi. Dad? Will we ever go back to California or is that in the past like all the other houses that we have been to... I want to be able to go back. California was the only state that I actually had friends and they were good ones." Courtney started to cry.

I hugged Courtney. She refused to hug me back but after she started to ball her eyes out she squeeze me so tight I could have died.

"It's okay we will get use to this run down house just like we have gotten use to every single other house in the past. I love you a lot and Bri and I will help you through it all. I promise"

We sat down just staring at the blank blue walls that were never gonna get covered. Cause by the time we got stuff on the walls and go use to this house we would end up moving. I learned when I was 13 that I shouldn't expect to stay in the same house for long. But California was different I actually felt like I belonged there even though I technically lied to everyone about my age, name, and everything else my parents told me to say.

"Let's get some rest. There is a big day tomorrow of repairing this house since we have nothing else to possibly do." My mom and dad walked away and into their bedroom and so did my sisters. I sat in the living room on the floor still staring at that blue wall.