"Six people better be out this door in five minutes or they are going to be late for their first day of school!" Amy Brown yells through her house . She stands at the front door of her six bedroom, two and a half bathroom house, with two three-year-old girls on each hip and a three-year-old boy with his arms wrapped around her neck and his legs wrapped around her waist.
Suddenly five-year-old Stephanie appears wearing a purple pants and a green shirt, "I'm ready." Amy leans down and kisses her daughter on the forehead, "it's not time for you to go to school yet sweetie. You don't have to be at afternoon kindergarten until after you have lunch."
Stephanie grins, "okay."
"Was Vivien dressed and ready to go?" Amy asks, 10-year-old Vivien shared a room with Stephanie.
Stephanie nods, "she was getting her backpack, she's coming right out."
And as promised Ephram's youngest daughter Vivien appears wearing light blue pants and a white and blue star sparkle shirt, "Vivien don't forget that you have piano lessons after school today. Go straight to Mrs. Merker's house from school and someone will pick you up from there."
Vivien, who takes after her father's piano playing skills, nods, "all right."
"Take your lunch. Have a good first day all right? I love you." Amy kisses Vivien before she walks out the door and down the walkway to wait for Amy's youngest, Seth, who also went to Everwood's elementary school. "Seth hurry up Vivien is ready to leave."
Seth runs out of his bedroom, his fire red hair unbrushed and it looks like he has just thrown on a pair of clothes. "Dylan didn't wake me up."
Seth looks near tear so Amy sets Jovana and Jeneva down on the ground, hoping they can stay out of trouble for the time it takes to help the rest of the kids get out the door. Amy runs her hands through Seth's hair coaxing it to lay flat on his head, "have a good day, all right? Here's your lunch and don't forget to pick Steph up from kindergarten after school all right?"
Seth hugs Amy tightly, "okay. Love you Mom."
"I love you too, get going." Amy urges, once Seth catches up with Vivien the two head in the direction of the school. "All right elementary school kids down, middle school kids next." Amy whispers to herself, "Dylan you better get out here right now!" Dylan was the only one left in middle school, he was Ephram's middle son and was 14 and his attitude tended to take after Ephram.
"I'm coming, God." Dylan walks out of the room he shares with Seth. "It's just the first day of school, who cares?"
"I care, your father cares." Amy responds grabbing Jeneva who is attempting to get into her older siblings' lunches. "You should care."
"I don't, it's just the stupid first day of school."
"All right well have a good day anyway." Amy states. "I love you."
Dylan rolls his eyes and heads in the opposite direction that Vivien and Seth had left in. And now came the part of getting the kids off to school that Amy hated, getting the three high schools students off. Amy's oldest son, 17-year-old Reed, was the easiest out of the three and he appeared first. "Have a good day," Amy states handing Reed his paper sack lunch, "I love you."
"Love you too, Mom. Later squirts." Reed addresses the triplets before walking out the door, "I'll be late getting home Mom, I'm walking Elizabeth home."
"That's fine, can you walk Vivien home from her piano lesson at 3:30 then?" Amy requests.
"Sure thing." Reed nods, leaving before his younger sister and older step-brother.
Now came the time to drag 18-year-old Noah and 15-year-old Laurie out of their respective bathrooms. Grabbing the girls again so they won't crawl out the open front door Amy heads toward the closest bedroom, the one Noah and Reed shared, but Noah meets her on her way. "Have a good day, I love you." Amy echoes the words she had said to everyone else.
"I've got..."
"Football practice after school, I know." Amy responds, "I'll see you at dinner. You're dad should be back from his business trip by then."
Noah nods, "all right see yah."
Amy turns and heads farther down the hall to the room Laurie had to herself, walking through the bedroom filled with posters and make-up Amy walks into the bathroom adjoined to three bedrooms. "Are you about ready to go Laurie, you are going to be late for your first day of high school."
"I'm ready." Laurie responds turning from the mirror where she was applying her make-up, "how do I look."
"Like you need to change." Amy responds commenting on Laurie's red button down t-shirt that only had two buttons in the middle of her stomach showing more cleavage and stomach than Amy cared for.
"What? Mom, come on." Laurie exclaims staring at herself in the mirror, "I want to make a good impression."
"Fine," Amy nods, "I understand that but right now they impression you're making is hooker."
"Hooker!" Jeneva echoes.
"Don't use that word." Amy reprimands.
"But you did." Jovana comes to her sisters defense.
"Well Mommy shouldn't have used it." Amy responds and then turning her attention back to her older daughter adds, "change."
"Mooommm..." Laurie draws the words out, "come on."
"Now. I want you out of the house in four minutes." Amy responds turning around and walking out of the bathroom.
"How about some breakfast?" Amy asks the triplets and Stephanie. Normally Amy prepared breakfast for the family but the first day of school was always so hectic and Ephram was on a businesses trip so she had made an exception and hadn't made breakfast for the entire family. She and Ephram had gotten married six years ago Ephram's wife had died four years before they ran into each other when they had both moved back to Everwood. Amy's own husband had been dead for two years when they got married, Ephram's wife had died in childbirth with Vivien and Amy's husband had died from bone cancer. So they had married and when Stephanie was born they had decided that they would each adopt each other's children so they could all be one big happy family, and then along came a surprise in the form of Julian, Jeneva and Jovana making them one very big happy family.
"Is this better?" Laurie asks appearing wearing the same pair of capris and a shirt much like the one she had on earlier just buttoned to cover more.
"Much, if those buttons come on button so help me..." Amy lets her threat drop and she kisses Laurie on the forehead, "not get going or you'll be late. I love you, have a good day."
With Laurie gone Amy's sighs, it was bound to be a long year.
A.N. All right so now you have read the first, confusing chapter but I can promise that it will get less confusing. This is also sort of alternate universe, I've changed at least one thing in the Everwood world, but I don't want to say what it is to give away the plot line of this story! Anyway enjoy!
Suddenly five-year-old Stephanie appears wearing a purple pants and a green shirt, "I'm ready." Amy leans down and kisses her daughter on the forehead, "it's not time for you to go to school yet sweetie. You don't have to be at afternoon kindergarten until after you have lunch."
Stephanie grins, "okay."
"Was Vivien dressed and ready to go?" Amy asks, 10-year-old Vivien shared a room with Stephanie.
Stephanie nods, "she was getting her backpack, she's coming right out."
And as promised Ephram's youngest daughter Vivien appears wearing light blue pants and a white and blue star sparkle shirt, "Vivien don't forget that you have piano lessons after school today. Go straight to Mrs. Merker's house from school and someone will pick you up from there."
Vivien, who takes after her father's piano playing skills, nods, "all right."
"Take your lunch. Have a good first day all right? I love you." Amy kisses Vivien before she walks out the door and down the walkway to wait for Amy's youngest, Seth, who also went to Everwood's elementary school. "Seth hurry up Vivien is ready to leave."
Seth runs out of his bedroom, his fire red hair unbrushed and it looks like he has just thrown on a pair of clothes. "Dylan didn't wake me up."
Seth looks near tear so Amy sets Jovana and Jeneva down on the ground, hoping they can stay out of trouble for the time it takes to help the rest of the kids get out the door. Amy runs her hands through Seth's hair coaxing it to lay flat on his head, "have a good day, all right? Here's your lunch and don't forget to pick Steph up from kindergarten after school all right?"
Seth hugs Amy tightly, "okay. Love you Mom."
"I love you too, get going." Amy urges, once Seth catches up with Vivien the two head in the direction of the school. "All right elementary school kids down, middle school kids next." Amy whispers to herself, "Dylan you better get out here right now!" Dylan was the only one left in middle school, he was Ephram's middle son and was 14 and his attitude tended to take after Ephram.
"I'm coming, God." Dylan walks out of the room he shares with Seth. "It's just the first day of school, who cares?"
"I care, your father cares." Amy responds grabbing Jeneva who is attempting to get into her older siblings' lunches. "You should care."
"I don't, it's just the stupid first day of school."
"All right well have a good day anyway." Amy states. "I love you."
Dylan rolls his eyes and heads in the opposite direction that Vivien and Seth had left in. And now came the part of getting the kids off to school that Amy hated, getting the three high schools students off. Amy's oldest son, 17-year-old Reed, was the easiest out of the three and he appeared first. "Have a good day," Amy states handing Reed his paper sack lunch, "I love you."
"Love you too, Mom. Later squirts." Reed addresses the triplets before walking out the door, "I'll be late getting home Mom, I'm walking Elizabeth home."
"That's fine, can you walk Vivien home from her piano lesson at 3:30 then?" Amy requests.
"Sure thing." Reed nods, leaving before his younger sister and older step-brother.
Now came the time to drag 18-year-old Noah and 15-year-old Laurie out of their respective bathrooms. Grabbing the girls again so they won't crawl out the open front door Amy heads toward the closest bedroom, the one Noah and Reed shared, but Noah meets her on her way. "Have a good day, I love you." Amy echoes the words she had said to everyone else.
"I've got..."
"Football practice after school, I know." Amy responds, "I'll see you at dinner. You're dad should be back from his business trip by then."
Noah nods, "all right see yah."
Amy turns and heads farther down the hall to the room Laurie had to herself, walking through the bedroom filled with posters and make-up Amy walks into the bathroom adjoined to three bedrooms. "Are you about ready to go Laurie, you are going to be late for your first day of high school."
"I'm ready." Laurie responds turning from the mirror where she was applying her make-up, "how do I look."
"Like you need to change." Amy responds commenting on Laurie's red button down t-shirt that only had two buttons in the middle of her stomach showing more cleavage and stomach than Amy cared for.
"What? Mom, come on." Laurie exclaims staring at herself in the mirror, "I want to make a good impression."
"Fine," Amy nods, "I understand that but right now they impression you're making is hooker."
"Hooker!" Jeneva echoes.
"Don't use that word." Amy reprimands.
"But you did." Jovana comes to her sisters defense.
"Well Mommy shouldn't have used it." Amy responds and then turning her attention back to her older daughter adds, "change."
"Mooommm..." Laurie draws the words out, "come on."
"Now. I want you out of the house in four minutes." Amy responds turning around and walking out of the bathroom.
"How about some breakfast?" Amy asks the triplets and Stephanie. Normally Amy prepared breakfast for the family but the first day of school was always so hectic and Ephram was on a businesses trip so she had made an exception and hadn't made breakfast for the entire family. She and Ephram had gotten married six years ago Ephram's wife had died four years before they ran into each other when they had both moved back to Everwood. Amy's own husband had been dead for two years when they got married, Ephram's wife had died in childbirth with Vivien and Amy's husband had died from bone cancer. So they had married and when Stephanie was born they had decided that they would each adopt each other's children so they could all be one big happy family, and then along came a surprise in the form of Julian, Jeneva and Jovana making them one very big happy family.
"Is this better?" Laurie asks appearing wearing the same pair of capris and a shirt much like the one she had on earlier just buttoned to cover more.
"Much, if those buttons come on button so help me..." Amy lets her threat drop and she kisses Laurie on the forehead, "not get going or you'll be late. I love you, have a good day."
With Laurie gone Amy's sighs, it was bound to be a long year.
A.N. All right so now you have read the first, confusing chapter but I can promise that it will get less confusing. This is also sort of alternate universe, I've changed at least one thing in the Everwood world, but I don't want to say what it is to give away the plot line of this story! Anyway enjoy!