Living With the Smith Family

Chapter 2 ~ All 9 of Them

To the side are the twins Chase and Rudy! They are so darn cute I think I'm going to melt.

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I stand there in utter disbelief starting at the row of 9 boys in front of me. "9" I squeak.

"Uh....Ya I'm pretty sure there are 9 of us" one of the older boys says sarcastically. They all chuckle at the snide comment as well as my disbelief.

"Will!" Rebecca shouts "Beth is going to be living here and you better be nice or lord help you young man there will be severe consequences!" she warns. The boy apparently named Will smirks with amusement.

"Yes mother dear" he sings, sarcasm dripping from his voice.

"Will go to your room, that is no way to speak to your mother! And now you have made a rather bad impression on Beth. I hope your happy with being grounded for a month." John says angrily, Will's eyes go wide, the smile making an abrupt exit off of his face.

"Yes dad" He mutters, his voice suddenly submissive and hushed while he shuffles out of the room. I awkwardly stand there. As do the other boys. Oh and did I forget to mention that they are all freaking hot! Ya they might as well be models because they sure look like they are. I have no clue how I am going to live with all of these insanely attractive men. Oh well, I guess it's not entirely a bad thing...

"Well, what are you boys waiting for, introduce yourselves" John exclaims impatiently tapping his foot on the tile floor. What looks like the youngest boy, with dark brown hair and ocean blue eyes starts to speak.

"I'm chase and I'm this many" he holds up 8 fingers. Then he points to another little boy that looks exactly like him but with hair that's a shade or two lighter "and that's Rudy." Rudy waves ferociously.

"We're going into 2nd grade" Rudy says proudly with a smile on his face.

"Well hi to you both" I say suppressing a laugh. They're just so darn cute! "it's nice to meet you." They nod their heads and shuffle out of the room once Rebecca dismisses them. I can then hear the faint sound of video games being played once they exit. The next boy in line looks older than the twins but younger than the rest. He shuffles his feet and then speaks.

"My name is Ryder I am in the 4th grade and I'm 10 years old" His dark brown hair falls in front of his hazel eyes and he brushes it away. For a 10 year old Ryder seems very mature. "Mom can I go back to reading now? I am at the climax of the story and it is very appealing to me" he questions. Mature is an understatement, he is a 100 year old man in a 10 year old body. I stare at him in disbelief.

"Of course dear" Rebecca complies.

"Does he always talk like that?" I breathe. Looking around the room, everyone nods their heads and simultaneously there is a chorus of them saying 'yeah' , 'yup', and 'all the time'. I will defiantly have to get used to Ryder's maturity as well as his vocabulary. "Ok then" I mumble under my breath. The next boy looks like Ryder but has fair skin instead of tan and is obviously older.

"Hi I'm Jordan and I am 13 and I am in the 7th grade." he mumbles disinterested "If you need me I will be be in my room" Jordan says to his brothers and parents.

"Like usual" the boy closest to me mumbles probably hoping no one heard it. I focus my eyes on the next boy in line.

"Well I'm Logan, the man of your dreams. But sorry shortcake your hot and all but I'm not that interested." I stare blankly as the brother next to Logan hits him on the back of the head. The insanely hot brother then starts to speak.

"Uh... sorry my idiot twin brother can be douche sometimes.. wait scratch that, pretty much all the time."

Man he has a really sexy voice. Is that a 8 pack I see under that shirt? His hasel eyes are sparkling. His tousled brown hair is so fricken hot! Wait, focus Beth!

"And um, I'm Zac by the way. Logan and I are 17 and juniors in high school." he scratches the back of his neck while glancing at his brother. Logan then puts Zac in a headlock and drags him out of the room with Zac punching whatever body part of his brothers he can find. Once they're out of the room there are only two brothers left. 7 down, 2 to go I think. A boy with hair such a dark brown it could easily be considered black and eyes as grey as concrete opens his mouth. And I wish he hadn't.

"I'm Alec and I'm 18 and a senior. I will try my best to make your life hell and I don't care why your here, just stay out of my way and we should be fine." He then walks past me almost knocking me over in the process due to my lack of stability.

"Oh dear me I am so sorry honey. Alec has never been the welcoming type, or, well, kind for that matter." Rebecca's cheeks turn red as she looks at the floor in embarrassment.

"It's alright, really, I have had to deal with worse" I counter getting off the floor.

"Uh... guys I'm still here you know" The last brother says awkwardly. With his neatly placed hair and green eyes he is captivating. "Well Will is 15 and is a freshman. And I'll make this quick and painless unlike my idiot brothers. " He chuckles at the mention of his 8 brothers. "I'm Tyler and I'm 20. I go to college but I took the semester off to be with family. If you need anything I'm always here, well if I'm home that is. My brothers can and will annoy the crap out of you, and when they do I will deal with them, you just have to tell me." I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. I guess it's just nice to have someone looking out for you.

"Thanks Tyler" I smile sweetly as he exits the room.

"Oh! Beth let me show you your room, I hope you like it as much as I do." Rebecca gushes. I guess I never really thought about what my room would look like here. And now that I do I don't know if I want to. I get butterflies in my stomach knowing that the woman that will now be my mother figure is leading me to the room I will be living in for quite a while.

"I'm going to go and yell at the boys now, Rebecca will take you to your room." John states.

"Ok." I reply trying not to laugh at John admitting that he is going to yell at the boys. He leaves the room just leaving Rebecca and I.

"Between you and me I have always wanted a girl. You know to share things with and exchange girly gossip and secrets. And as you can see I never got the chance to. But now I do, so thank you." we both tear up at her words.

"Thank you for what you have done and will do for me. And I look forward to being girly with you too" We both laugh as we head off and what is apparently the direction of my room. I loose track of how many hallways we have gone through after a while. "I am going to need a map if I have to navigate around by myself" I laugh.

"Haha, I'll work on getting you a map then." Rebecca chuckles. We stop abruptly and I almost run into Rebecca. "This" she says excitedly "is your new room". I step forward and open the white door. I then walk in and do a 360 degree turn. But all I do is stare.

"Rebecca... I-I don't know what to say"

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Ohhhhh. I went there. What do you think Beth will say to Rebecca? And what do you think of the Smith boys?

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Don't know when the next chapter will be. I have tons of homework and have sports every single night this week. I will try my best to write whenever possible.

-Hailey<3