"Oh my gosh! This limo is huge!" I exclaimed.
"Yup, it sure is!" Rydel said, "It's also your new ride!"
"Okay, I've died! I have died and gone to heaven!" I said with excitement.
"No! You can't die! We just adopted you!" Riker yelled and started to fake cry.
"Do you actually think I'd fall for the fake crying trick?!" I giggled.
"Yes! And it would have worked if you weren't so damn smart!" said Riker.
"Riker! Language!" yelled Stormie from the first seat.
"Shit." whispered Riker to himself.
"RIKER I HEARD THAT!" Stormie yelled one last time.
"Sorry!" Riker said with this sad looking face.
"I'm sorry about him. He's usually...exactly like this." Rydel said.
Rydel, Stormie, Mark, and I had a pretty good laugh out of that.
"It's not funny!" whined Riker.
"You're right." I said.
"Thank you." said Riker.
"It's EXTREMELY funny!"
That last joke had us laughing the rest of the way home. Mark said the house is only like 5 minutes away from the orphanage.
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"We're home!" yelled Stormie, or should I say Mom, as she unlocked the door to an unbelievably big house.
Ryland was the first to come running in from some random place in the big house.
"Woah!" said Ryland while checking me out. Other girls might find this pleasing, but to be honest, it kinda is creeping me out. I've just never really been into boys.
"Um...hi?" I said.
"Oh, right! Where are my manners? I'm Ryland!" He said.
"The names Raleigh! And btw, I'm only 13." I replied.
"And I'm 16! See this great conversation we have going on here!" says Ryland.
"I'm also your new little sister." I said.
"Oh. Sorry!" he said embarrassed.
"Let's pretend that never happened." I said.
"Agreed!" yelled Ryland. That made me giggle.
Ross comes walking in from another direction of the big house.
"Who's the babe?" he asks with a smirk on his face.
"The little sister!" replies Ryland.
"I can speak for myself. Hi, I'm Raleigh!" I said.
"Ross." he said holding out his hand for me to shake it. I ignored the hand and went in for a big hug.
"Woah! Whatcha doin?" asked Ross.
"Oh, sorry! I probably should have told you that I'm a hugger." I said pulling away from the hug.
"It's totally fine! Guess what!"
"What?" I asked.
"I'm a hugger too!" Ross yelled and pulled me in for a big bear hug. Then he picked me up and threw me on to the softest couch I had ever sat on. "Wow! You're so light! May I ask how old you are?" Ross said
"I get that a lot! And I'm turning 14 tomorrow!" I said excitedly. I like talking about my birthday.
"Oh my god that's Ryland's 17th birthday!" said Ross.
"Please don't tell anyone!" I asked.
"Why not?" Ross asked looking confused.
"Don't get me wrong, I like talking about my birthday, I just don't want a big party or anything."
"Why?"
"Cause something horrible always happens everytime I go to a party, something horrible happens. Right then Rocky walks in an once he looks at me he instantly stops in his tracks an stares at me with his jaw dropped.
"Here we go again!" I muttered to myself. "Hi I'm Raleigh!" I said louder so Rocky can hear.
"Oh my god you-" Rocky started.
"I know really pretty." I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"No. Well yes, but I wasn't gonna say that." said Rocky.
"Sorry that's what Ross and Ryland said so I jumped to conclusions." I said.
"It's okay! What I was gonna say before I got so rudely interrupted," Rocky said and glanced in my direction which made me giggle,"was that we have the same color converse!!" he finished.
"Omg! That's so cool bro!" I yelled giving Rocky a fist bump.
"What size shoe do you wear?" asks Ross noticing our feet were the same size.
"11's. Why?" I asked.
"We can share converse! Ya see, you and I have the same size feet!" he exclaims.
"Just make sure to ask before taking my converse!" I said.
"Only if you do the same!" he replied.
"Will do! I'm tired. I'm gonna go to sleep." I said walking away.
"Okay dream about me will ya!" says Ross.
"You wish!" I tease climbing up the stairs. I turn around once I realize I don't know where I'm going. Apparently Ross notices what was wrong.
"You can sleep in the guest bedroom."
"How do I know which one it is?"
"Once you get to the top of the stairs, turn left and continue going straight."
"Okay thanks! Like I said before, I'm gonna go change into my pj's and go to bed." I said.
"Goodnight!" said Ross.
"Thanks, you too!" I said. "And by the way, your house is huge!" I said and he smiled.
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I find my suitcase with all my cloths and start changing. After changing I rage off the necklace Rosie gave to me. I get in the perfectly made bed. The last thing I do before falling asleep is say to myself, "I have a feeling I'm going to be very happy here." After that I fall asleep.
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++Haley[R5secondsofsummer]++
