Little Irwin

Chapter 2

{Edited}

I turn off the water. Pulling the curtain back. I grab a fluffy towel and wrap it around my body. I look at the pile of clothes I grabbed and find some darkwash skinnies as well as an All Time Low muscle tee. I take my hair out of the towel and try to dry it. Running a brush through my tangled mess of hair, I hang up the towels and leave the bathroom.

I throw the brush into my bunk, grabbing my phone and earbuds. I quickly shove them in my ears, hitting shuffle on all of my songs.

You say that I'm messing with your head

What The Hell by Avril Lavigne came on as I started to walk into the back room. But I wish I didn't. The song is right. What the hell is going on in here?

"What the hell?" Dad voices my concern and the entire room freezes. But the game is still going.

"Ooo! You said a bad word!" Courtney calls out my dad, pointing at him. I pause the music and wrap the earbuds around my shoulders. This should be interesting.

"Yea, because I'm an adult. Speaking of adults, what are you two doing?!" Dad says, exasperated. I'm more amused than in shock. Oh, you wanna know what's happening?

   "Uncle Luke? Why are you and uncle Cal playing JustDance?" I ask. Yea, they were dancing. It was the Hood family against the Hemmings family, with the Clifford's watching from the sofa. "So, is this what happens when I take showers?" I tease.

My response is uncle Luke and uncle Cal awkwardly clearing their throats and blushing, just a little bit. "Okay then. Who wants to go out today?" Everybody responds with a yes at uncle Michael's proposal. "Well, let's get ready then!"

I head back to my bunk like everyone else and grab a pair of black TOMS. I decide to wear a beanie at the last minute and rifle through my suitcase. I find my favorite maroon beanie and go to the bathroom to straighten my hair so my fringe is framing the left side of my face. I slip on my shoes and walk back over to the lounge. I take my phone back out and hit play. Nothing by The Script comes on and I start to hum along with it.

Changing directions, I walk over to the kitchen and grab a water bottle. I uncap it and take a large gulp. As I go to close out, it's snatched out of my hand. "Hey!" I say.

"Hay is for horses."

"Okay first off, that's my line. Second, you little thief! " I call out to Allison. She just shrugs in response. "Fine. keep it." She just flashes me a smile with her new braces and walks over to the little couch. Rude chid. She should learn to respect her elders.

"Uh, Lizzy? Are you okay? You're kinda just, standing there." I snap out of my thoughts and look up. Or down, I guess.

"Yea, I'm fine Sam." I reassure the girl with lilac highlights. She nods in response. Just casually talking to myself. No big deal. Just keep your trap shut. You mean your trap.

"Okay then! We're almost ready to leave. I think they said something about a mall?" Malls are cool. I wonder who came up with the word malls? It's a weird word. Focus lady! Okay okay, sorry.

   I walk with Sam back to the back room to find my dad, the Clifford's and the Hood's. I pressed my lips together to try and keep my laughter in. I looked over too see my dad doing the same. We look at each other for no more than three seconds, and burst out laughing. Uncle Mikey smirks and lets out a chuckle. Out of the corner of my eye, I see uncle Cal glaring at us. But that doesn't matter. We both were laughing so hard we had to lean on each other for support.

"You both have the same laugh, I swear." Uncle Cal muttered. But he was right. I said I got most of my traits from my dad, laughing was one of them. Just then, the Hemmings' walk in. And 3, 2, 1...

Laughter. My dad and I cracked up yet again, only this time to have all the 5sos kids join us as well as uncle Mikey. Uncle Luke and Cal had flaming cheeks yet again, only making me laugh harder. They brought it upon themselves.

After we were all laughed out, we headed out the bus and started walking. But in groups of families. Dad and I were just messing around and laughing some more the entire time. I cherished these moments. The times that I actually got to see my dad and hang out with him. I was looking at him and he must've noticed.

"Why are staring at me?" He asked curiously.

"Because you're beautiful." I quoted.

He just laughed. "Oh my god, what is with your obsession with old films?" I just shrugged and wrapped my left arm around his torso. He then wrapped his right arm around my shoulders and we walked the rest of the way like that.

We arrived no more than 5 minutes later. Heading to a water fountain in the middle, we started to go through the regular precautions. "Stay close together, don't talk to strangers and be careful. I love you." Dad said while pulling me in for a hug. I squeezed him and heard him chuckle. I muttered an 'I love you too' before pulling away.

"Alright girls. Let's roll out. See you guys later!" I shouted the last part over my shoulder. Okay, so, here's the rundown. Everytime we go to a mall, I'm in charge of the girls. My uncles and dad are in charge of the guys. I'm the oldest, so I'm the most trusted. They take care of the guy stuff, I take care of the girl stuff. It was a simple system really.

"So, where are we going first?" I got a few replies, but I already knew where we going. "Let's start out with the younger ones and go to Justice first." I declared. I got a mix of cheers and one groan. Silly child, she has no choice.

Sammy, Steph and Court walked a couple feet in front of Allison and I. "So..." Allison trailed off. I snorted, so attractive, at her awkwardness. In return, she stuck her tongue out at me. I made a disgusted face and pushed her. She stumbled a bit and pushed me back, laughing. I regained my balance and stuck my tongue out at her. We arrived in front of the clothes shop and the three younger girls rushed in. And that is how we ended up sitting in a store for an hour and a half listening to the same 6 songs on repeat.

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Hey guys. How ya doin? Good? You most likely won't answer anyway.  But, hey! Update!! Yayyy... maybe. I don't know why I say guys, you all are clearly girls. Oh well. I call my friends dude even though they're girls. So yea. What do you think will happen in the next chapter? Comment your predictions please!  Maybe there's drama, maybe there isn't. I don't know ;) Stay cool. Oh, anybody like Danisnotonfire? Or AmazingPhil? Let me know, cuz dey is awesome. Uhh please vote and comment and all that jazz. Byeeeeee

                               -J