A day in my life.

Chapter 2- The family

Gazing up at the giant house in front of me. My eyes widen. "Whoa" I breath. "Its amazing, you live here?" I turn and ask Taylor. She nods her head in reply. "Lets go meet the boys." She says walking off. I follow her up the stairs into the huge house. Following Taylor in the the huge kitchen there were two ladies cooking and a bunch of people sitting around the table. "Janice, Tracy. This is Bailey. Shes the newest addition to the family." "Hello Bailey" they both say pulling me into a giant bear hug, "dinners ready so take a seat and get ready to eat." I nod my head and follow Taylor over to the table. Pulling out the chair that Taylor indicated me to sit down in, I kept my head down. scared to look up at all the eyes. " Boys, this is Bailey Ravenhurst. She will be living with us for a while. Please make her welcome and help her with anything she needs." Taylor addresses everyone. I look up and smile. "Hi everyone." Everyone nods back at me. "I'm Tony, I'm 22 and go to university." Said a tall, boy with medium brown hair and green eyes. "I'm Brodie, I'm 20 and also go to university" the tall red head and green eyed boy said with a huge grin on his face. "I'm Blake and 17." Mumbled the boy in the corner. He had striking blonde hair and blue eyes. All of a sudden a little boy comes out of no where and hugs me. "I'm Carter. And I'm 8" He says giving me a toothless smile. From what I can see Blake and Carter look alot alike. "And I'm Daddo, well actually I'm Matthew but you can call me Matt" Said an old gray haired man from the end of the table. I smile, unsure what to say. "Well I'm Bailey, I'm 17. And I'm a netballer and a cheerleader." Everyone smiles.

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After dinner Tony shows me to my room. "All your stuff is in here." Tony grins at me. "Thanks" I smile. "Blake is right next door but hes in a bad mood. The rest of us are on the next floor up. I'll see you in the morning." Tony smiles walking out and shutting my door. I grab my phone out of my bag and press my bestfriends contact.
"I cant come to the party tomorrow night 😕Mums gone and I'm living with some family in Melbourne. Will call in the morning and explain. Love ya long time ❤️"
"Awe B! Love ya too! Everything is gonna be ok! ❤️" Mika promptly replies. Walking over to my bag. I grab out a huge shirt, and throw on shorts. What has my life come to I wonder.
Grabbing my book out of my bag, I flip to a new page, I begin to write
~when I'm upset, I shut myself down, I have no motivation for anything, I tell myself that nobody cares, even though I know some do. I think about all the negative things I could possibly think of. I give my self all the pain thinking I deserve it. I'm not sure why I do that but that's just how I am~
I shut my book and put it in the night stand, flicking my lamp off I crawl into the huge bed that awaits me, "why did you leave Mum? Why? I need you" I whisper to my self, as tears roll down my face. I shut my eyes just wishing to disappear.

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I wake up to my phone ringing, rolling over I answer
"Hello?" I answer still half asleep
"Hey B, what happened? Why are you living with some family in Melbourne??" My best friend rushes out to ask.
"Mika slow down, it's 6:00 in the morning, no normal human is up this early. And also, I woke up with a note saying that Mum was leaving, and that she loves me, it also said that this family was coming to get me. So I packed everything up and went. They seem nice enough though"
"Bailey, we all miss you. Schools gonna be so different with out you on our cheer squad."
"I know, Mik, but there's not really anything I can do. I'm gonna miss you guys too, I'll come visit though. Can I call you later? I'm gonna go for a run to clear my head"
"Yeah no problem B, Bye!"
"Bye"
I hang up and crawl out of bed. Changing into shorts and a singlet, I throw my hair in to a pony tail and head out to find my way to the back door. 10 minutes after I find the back door, slipping my sneakers on I hear a voice from behind me "want someone to run with?" I turn around to see Blake pulling his shoes on. "Sure, I'd like that" simply giving me a nod he unlockes the door and steps outside. "Keep up" he says over his shoulder and sets off running. I run after him, my legs running as fast as I wanted, we run side by side in silence, "so why are you living with us?" He bluntly asks. Looking at him out of the corner of my eye "it's complicated" I reply with as we round a bend. He just nods his head. Keeping focus on my breathing, we round the last bend before coming to a stop in front of the back door. "Good run" he grunts then disappears. "Ok then" I look around and head back up to my room. Grabbing my towel from the back of my door, I walk into my bathroom. I turn the taps on and strip of the sweaty clothes I just went running in. After my quick shower I get out and walk back into my room. Pulling my sky blue sun dress out an slip into it.

Walking down the stairs I head into the kitchen and everyone is up. "Oh good morning sweets" Taylor chirps. I smile in return. Matt clears his throat "to welcome Bailey properly, we're all going out for diner tonight. Dress nicely boys. Also Blake because Chase is staying over for the night he will have to come too. Just be sure to tell him to dress nicely." "Yes dad" Blake mumbles. Grabbing a coffee cup, I pour my self a cup, turning "anyone else want one?" Everyone says no thank or shakes their heads. I shrug. "I'll go find clothes for tonight. Well unpack to find those clothes." I say cracking a smile. Taylor nods her head "if you need anything come and find me" she says raising her head. I nod. Walking out of the kitchen I walk up the stairs and into my room. Plugging my phone into my speakers I begin to play "Doin' fine" by Lauren Alaina. (A/N: this song is attached at the top!)
Picking up a box I place it on my bed, ripping the tap off there's a knock at my door "hey Bailey, we thought you might be lonely, and we wanted to get to know you more. So we were wondering can we help you unpack?" Brodie asked for everyone. Hesitating for a minute I nod my head "sure I can use all the help I can get" they all pick up a box and tear the tape off. "Books in the book case by author, photos need to get put up on the wall, clothes in the closet, and everything else I have no idea where goes" I say to everyone. "Why by author?" Tony asks "because I hate alphabetically ordered and author seems so much better." I reply with out looking up. Glancing over at Blake I see he has the other box of photos. I walk over to the wall and grab the blue tack. Picking up the photo of my cheer team I smile, we all looked so happy. Putting that one on my wall I start picking up other pictures when Blake joins me. "This is a really good photo" he says referring to a picture of me during one of my games. "Thanks" I reply while looking at it. We continue putting my photos up.  An hour later everything is put in its place. "Thanks guys" I smile at everyone great fully. "Come sit and watch tv with us for a while. Reservations are at 7 so you have plenty of time." I nod and follow everyone down the stairs, we walk into the lounge room, and Tony turns on the tv and flicks to Netflix. "What should we watch?" We all pick cars 3 and settle down to start. 5 hours later, I get up to go start getting ready. Opening my closet I grab out the prefect dress. (A/N: This dress will be shown in the next chapter again)

I straighten my hair and apply simple make up. 55 minutes later I was ready. "We're leaving now! Everyone down here" Matt says through the intercom. I slip my heels on and walk down the stairs. "Where's Bailey?" Taylor asks.
"I'm here" I say standing on the last step, everyone turns around. "You look absolutely amazing Bailey!" Taylor gushes. "Thank you Taylor!" I smile. "Let's head out to the cars kids" she says smiling.