Adopted By My Idols

Chapter 7: On The Set

Nicole's POV
The next day I was woken up by Persia. Usually I wake up by myself but I was in a deep sleep that I probably could've slept for another two or three hours at least.

"Hey sweetie, it's time to wake up." she said slightly moving me.
I turned slowly on my back and opened my eyes.
"What time is it?" I asked sleepily.
"Almost 7. We've got to get up early. We all have a big day to look forward to." she said.
There was a light knock on the door and Joseph walked in.
"Is our girl awake yet?"
"No." I said still sleepily and laughed.
"No! Did you just say no!" He exclaimed jokingly and ran to me. He then started tickling me. I think I needed that to wake me up. I laughed so hard I could've literally died of laughter.
"Stop! I'm awake now! Stop! Stop! Dad, stop!" I said all that while laughing.
After I said that, everyone went silent. I figured why that was.
"You called me dad?" Joseph asked with a surprise on his face. Persia's face was also surprised.
"Yes. I did. After all, you are my dad and Persia is my mum. I would've called you that sooner or later anyway."
"Yes sweetie but we didn't expect it to happen so soon. You haven't even been with us twenty-four hours yet. You don't have to do it."
"It's ok dad. All those families I've been in until now always left me with disappointment which lead me to not really trusting people that much. But with you two it's different. I've already bonded with you more than I have ever done with anyone. I can tell that you love me and I love you. So there, mum and dad. And in the end, your reactions would've been the same no matter how soon I called you that."
"Yes, you're right I guess."
Persia still sat there, quiet and surprised.
"Now then you two need to get out. Imma get ready and all that." I said with a slight laughter.
"Well, we don't really have that much time before we have to set off. What would you like for breakfast?" Joseph asked.
"Do you always cook? Coz you cooked yesterday as well." I said.
"When I'm up for it. So, what would you like?"
"Pancakes."
"Just what I wanted to make."
"And I'll have nutella with mine if you've got it."
"Oh sweetheart, there's always nutella in this house." Persia chipped in with a slight laughter and pointed at Joseph.
"Why are you pointing at me? I bet you secretly eat it too." he said and slightly nudged her with his elbow.
That made me laugh. Moments like this is what I always wanted from a family. It's what I had with my real family and I didn't want that to be gone really. It's what defines a family for me.

After about five more minutes of nonsense, both of them finally went downstairs to get the breakfast ready. Now we had even less time before we had to set off. They haven't told me where we're going but I haven't really asked either. I tried to get ready as fast as I could. As a surprise to me, it only took me five minutes. I brushed my teeth, got dressed and made my bed. I made my hair in a ponytail. I didn't really bother when it came to things like makeup and doing my hair good and proper. Maybe I'll get more into that as I get older but at the moment it's not really my thing.

I ran downstairs to Persia making a cup of coffee and Joseph putting some pancakes on a plate.
"Those are for you." he said handing the plate to me. "Nutella is already on the table, you can serve yourself. Don't be scared."
"Sure, thanks!" I said and smiled.
"What would you like to drink?" Persia asked.
"Depends on what you have."
"We've got tea, coffee, orange juice... and that's it I think." she said looking through some cupboards.
"I'll take orange juice then please?"
"Ok."
Persia brought my drink over as I spread nutella on my pancakes. She then went to get her cup of coffee and came to sit opposite me. After a while, Joseph came and sat down next to Persia with his cup of coffee and a plate of pancakes. We each had three pancakes. Me and Joseph had nutella on ours and Persia had syrup on one of them and jam on the other two.

After we all finished our breakfast, I offered to quickly do the washing up. After that we set off. I still didn't know where we were going.
As we were driving, I decided to ask, "So, where exactly are we going so that we had to wake up so early?"
"Well, your dad is dropping me off at a friend's to start with as we're working together but you're going with him." Persia said turning toward the back where I was sat.
"So where are we going dad?"
"And that you'll have to wait and see I guess." he said and laughed.
"Oh that's so not fair. Mum told me where she's going, why can't you tell me where we're going?" I asked with a pout on my face.
"Well, if I told you, it wouldn't be as much fun now would it." he laughed again.
"Fine, I give up." I said as I turned to look out the window.