S E C R E T S ||| max thunderman

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(thursday)

Here I am, standing in my new bedroom in Hiddenville. A lonnng way from Alabama and all my friends. It was a tough decision to choose my dream over my friends but I did what my heart told me to do. I just got here and I already miss them a lot.

"KORI, YOUR DAD AND I ARE LEAVING FOR WORK" my mom yelled from the bottom of the stairs"WE WONT BE BACK UNTIL MIDNIGHT STAY SAFE." I yelled back, "OKAY MOM HAVE A GOOD DAY AT WORK". My parents both work the night shift at the Hospital. There shift starts at 2pm and ends at midnight. I don't see them very often. "MAKE SURE TO UNPACK ALL YOUR STUFF, OKAY?" I replied "OKAY"

I grabbed a box and began to unpack it. It was full of clothes. I carried the box into my closet and sat it down. I looked around the huge walk in closet and tried to decide how to arrange the clothes. I noticed a door in the floor of my closet. Perfect.

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I finished unpacking and was 30 minutes deep in a really good nap, when I heard the doorbell ring. I got up, straightened out my clothes and looked at my hair in the mirror. It wasn't to bad so I brushed it with my fingers and walked down the stairs to my front door.

I opened my door to 4 kids that look about my age. There was 2 girls and 2 boys. A brunette girl stepped forwards and said "hi I'm phoebe and that's my brother max were your new neighbors" she gestured to a tall, and might I add very cute, brunette boy. "Well my names Kori" "I'm cherry" said a girl with short blonde hair "and that's my brother Finnick" she said then pointed to a blonde boy. I shook all of there hands and when I shook Max's hand I felt a little jolt and I think he felt it too the way he reacted. I invited them in and we all sat on the couch.

"How old are you guys?" i asked all of them. "Phoebe and Me are 15 and Finn and Cherry are 16" said Max." "Awesome I'm 14" I told them. " it must be nice to be able to drive so ya'll can do whatever youwant" After I said that Finnick started laughing really loud. " what..?" I asked
"Y-you j-just said ya'll"he said in between laughs" "FINNICK quit being rude!"scolded Cherry. "it's alright" I assured her "I'm from Alabama." "Really?! that's so cool I've never talked to anyone from the south before! what's it like? do you have a bunch of horses? is all you wear cowboy boots? is there anything to do or is it just fields and grass? can y-" " Cherry, quit asking so many questions!" said Phoebe. I giggled a little and said "Well, I personally never had a horse but I knew a few people that did. And no all I wore was not cowboy boots but I do have some. And it's not all a grass and fields there's a city with a movie theatre and stores and everything" I explained. " Really? I always thought it was just a bunch of cornfields and wheat farms and everybody grew there on foot and it all looks the same. And there's nobody but hillbilly and rednecks" said Finnick. I can already tell I'm not gonna get along with this boy. " That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard! Why would anybody live there if that's all it was?" I said slightly annoyed. "That's what I always wondered!" said Finnick putting his hands up in surrender.

"Do you not have parents are something?" asked Max looking confused. "No, I do there just at work right now." I told him. "They won't be home until midnight" "Oh I was wondering" hesaid.
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Before I knew it 2 hours went by.I had learned a lot about them. They all go to Hiddenville High, were i'm going to start going when summers over, and are gonna be freshman, like me. Finnick calls me 'mammajamma' because he heard it in a song about girls from alabama . I call him 'City Slicker'. like I said, we don't get along.