Lions ~~~ An Adopted by Skillet Fic (COMPLETE)

Looking for Angels

I secluded myself to my room after that. I don't know why I was so freaked out about it. I knew it was a dream. I was still terrified though. 

My phone was constantly going off, so eventually, I just turned it off and grabbed my camera. I slipped on some shoes and walked outside.

It was Golden Hour, which meant taking pictures would be easy and they would look great. I walked out the sliding glass door and slid it shut quietly. Korey had hung a stain glass windchime on one end, coincidentally in the direction of where the sun was rising. I walked over quietly and turned my camera on, snapping a few pictures of the windchime reflecting the sunlight. Turning around, I noticed that there was a reflection on the ground. I crouched down, snapping a few pictures of that. 

I moved off the porch, taking my time as I looked around for things to take pictures of. I saw a bird on the fence post, is that a robin? I moved slowly, crouching about five feet away and snapping a few pictures of it. I even got to get a picture of it taking off, as I scared it accidentally.

We had a little lake in our backyard that had a family of otters. They were on the shore today, and I noticed that there was a little turtle with them. I smiled as the otter I had identified as the father a little while ago crawled over to the turtle and gave it some food. The two kids were eating as well, and the mother was resting. I snapped a few pictures of them.

One of the kids, who looked like it was maybe a few months old, began to waddle over to me. I smiled, laying on my stomach with my camera. I got a few shots of it crawling up and pulled my camera away, but to my surprise, it continued to come. I paused, watching as it began to sniff my camera. I quickly snapped some pictures as it was playing with my camera, squealing occasionally. I smiled, gently picking it up after a few minutes and placing it down gently with its family.

"Aria? You out here?" I heard. I looked to see Korey on the porch, looking worried.

"I'm here!" I said, picking my camera back up. I noticed something wet on my clothes and looked down to see them covered in morning dew and loose grass. I sighed, beginning my treck back up to the house.

"What were you doing?" Korey asked, looking me over once I got back up there.

"I couldn't sleep and my phone kept going off, so I figured I would take some pictures," I mumbled, letting her lead me back in as I checked how the pictures came out.

"At 5 AM?" 

I nodded, "Golden Hour." I showed her the pictures of the wind chime and she nodded, humming in appreciation.

"Aria! Where were you?' John asked as soon as he saw me.

"Taking pictures, it's the perfect time to do them," I mumbled, hands tightening on the camera.

John nodded, putting an omelet on a plate. I sat at the table, continuing to look through the pictures. It was silent as John came over with food for him and Korey. They ate in silence as well, mumbling to each other occasionally. After a few minutes, I stood and walked back to my room.

I gently set the camera down on my desk, pulling the SD card out. The laptop was already on my desk, so I opened it and slid the SD card in.

I could hear the phone buzzing on my bed, and it was honestly getting so annoying. I walked over after a second and grabbed it, finally turning it on and taking some time to scroll through the notifications. 

A lot of people were trying to defend me now, saying that I was the one the Coopers chose and that was going to be it. More of them were reporting the comments that were being mean. I didn't see any mean ones anymore.

I smiled a little but thought for a moment. I decided that enough was enough. I scrolled through the pictures I took this morning, choosing one of the ones from the otter family with the turtle. I tagged everyone in my family, then began to write.

I posted it half an hour later. It only took me a few minutes to type it all up, but I was so worried about what people would say that I spent the rest of the time reading and rereading what I had written in an effort to make sure it looked good. By the time it had been posted onto all the platforms, I noticed that something smelled good downstairs. 

I stood, popping my back and walking out of my room. My shirt and pants had dried, but I was still a little cold. 

I walked downstairs to see the rest of the family there. Once they saw me approach they smiled, and Alex slid the chair next to her out a little bit. I sat down and began to eat, gulping down the food quickly.

"So... you're a turtle now?" John asked teasingly.

I smiled a little, "I guess."

"It fits," Korey said, smiling at me. I grinned back at her, joking with them about different things.

"Oh shoot!" John said, whipping his phone out.

"What?" Xavier asked.

"I forgot to post about Eden!" John said.

Eden was the graphic novel they were releasing. Korey showed me pictures of it a couple of days ago. I kind of wanted to do a photoshoot with them dressed as their characters.

"You might want to do that," I said, smiling. The poor fans were going to have two announcements in two days to fangirl over.