Inexperienced

II

-year: 2001-

I opened my eyes from my sleep and looked up at the wooden ceiling. I turned to my side and looked at Max. He was still fast asleep. For a while now I haven't been able to sleep through a full night. I turned to look at the clock and saw three red numbers. The clock read "6:53". Getting out of bed lately had been tough but today I was just too anxious. Hopping out of bed, I walked out the door of my room, down the stairs and into the foyer. I looked into the living room and saw both of my dads facing the couch with balloons in their hands and some gift bags. Trying not to make a sound, I smiled and went back upstairs only to lay in my bed and fall asleep.

"HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY!" I woke up to see my dads and brother huddled around my bed yelling this phrase. They all seemed excited and so was I. "Morning squirt! Happy birthday!" A big grin came onto my face. Dad always called me squirt and dada called me Dynamo. When they call me these names I can't help but smiling because it makes me feel loved. A feeling I haven't had since mom.

My thoughts of happiness were interrupted by my foster brother Max jumping on my bed yelling "Cake time! Cake time!". Once again, I smiled. Before I had time to get up, Dada picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. He ran downstairs as fast as possible and threw me onto the couch. Looking around, I saw a bunch of balloons and a big cake that read "Dynamo Day! Happy 7th squirt!". Max grabbed a brown paper bag that read "happee burtday" and yelled "Its from me! Open! Open!". I laughed a little bit due to the spelling but it's kind of cute considering Max is only 4. 

Gifts and cards later, Dad handed me my last bag. I saw Dad get a little teary eyed when he gave me this. He looked at me and simply said "Open it.". Dada walked over to hug him while they watched me. This gift must've been special. Slowly I took out the tissue paper and pulled out a picture frame with a note attached to it. Before looking at the picture, I read the note. "Squirt, Dynamo, Aaron. We know you only came into the family a little less than a year ago but it feels like we've had you since birth. It started with fostering then adoption. Oh and guess what? We're adopting Max next week! Anyway, we're so glad that we chose to adopt you, you've been a great part of our life. We can't wait to see what the future holds. As a little gift, We wanted to give you this. You're growing to be such a great boy and we just want you to know that we love you. Love dad and dada." I pulled the note back and looked at the frame. A family portrait. Max, Dad, Dada, and I. All of us just sitting there smiling, looking like a family. I looked up from the frame and the only thing I could say was " I love you too."

****A/N****

So the first 2 chapters were just to give some background but now in the upcoming chapters we're gonna go into the actual main story. This chapter wasn't really long and I never planned it to be so, oh well. Anyway, hope you're having/had a good day!  ❤- July/11/2017