Ch. 1
-Tyler's POV-
"Hey, what's up?" I asked immediately when I answered the phone.
"Hi sweetie, your father and I wanted to call and let you know that we want you to come over Saturday afternoon. We have surprise for you." My mom sounded oddly excited, which caused me to be suspicious.
I arched an eyebrow as I stopped my editing. "What's the surprise?"
She laughed in her 'I'm not going to tell you anything' laugh. "It wouldn't be a secret if I told you. Just come by Saturday and you'll see, and no YouTube for the weekend."
"No YouTube? You must be serious about this." Mom usually could care less about me vlogging and doing YouTube stuff over at their place, but she sounded serious.
"I am, now get some sleep. Love you." She quickly turned to her cheerful self.
I was picturing red flags going off in my head. "Okay, love you too."
When the call ended, I finished editing and hit the upload button before showering and going to bed.
-Cally's POV-
I was on a plane going from Washington, that was going all the way to Indiana. This was going to be the first time I left Washington let alone the sad looking orphanage. My parents died in a fire, which left me my only living relative who didn't want me. And an older couple, who were old friends of my parents, found out and immediately adopted me. They had a son, who was in his twenties. The orphanage was kind enough to have an escort go with me to meet my new parents. I was excited to leave that place after living there for six years, though I was sad to not say goodbye to my parents' graves.
"Can you tell me more about the people who adopted… me?" I looked over and saw that the escort lady had fallen asleep. "Nice talking to you too."
I tightened my hold on the last thing I had of my parents, which was a silver heart-shaped locket with a picture of them and me when I was a year old. I looked like my dad the most, brown hair and brown eyes with the slightly pale skin. My hair came just above my shoulders, and my bones came into my eyes.
Our plane landed, and we went to the baggage claim to grab my two small sized suitcases. The escort was telling me that my new family was going to hold up a new sign that would say my name, and they were going to stay near the exit. Looking around I finally spot a white sign with my name written in black.
We walked closer, and they instantly dropped the sign. "Cally!" The knelt down with open arms. I looked at the caretaker, who nodded with a smile. I walked over to them and was instantly enveloped in hugs. "It's so nice to finally see you. Did you have a nice flight?" The man asked me when they finally pulled away.
I nodded nervously, "Yeah." And I noticed that their son wasn't here with them. "Where's um… your son?"
"Oh Tyler is working. He's coming over this weekend, and you can call him brother. You're family now." The woman said with a smile. "Is it okay to take her home now?" They looked at the caretaker.
She nodded, "Yup she's all set. I just need you to sign this right here, letting me know that you and your husband picked Cally up without any problems."
The couple signed the paper and smiled once more. "Thank you. I'm Rich and this is my wife, Amy. You can call us whatever you want, Cally."
"Can I call you 'mom and dad'?" I asked and they nodded with big smiles.
When everything was settled, the couple...erm… mom and dad, led me and my luggage to their truck. I hopped into the back and they sat up front, my new mom turned in her seat with a smile. "What do you want for dinner tonight?"
"Um… spaghetti?" I quietly suggested, I was really nervous being with a new family.
"Tyler used to love spaghetti when he was younger. He used to put a lot of Parmesan on it." Mom said with a giggle before my new dad added.
"Tyler is our son, your big brother, you'll like him." I nodded in silence.
The rest of the ride was to get to know me, I slowly started to open up with each question. Some of the other foster parents always seemed to compare me to their other kids, which caused me to be lonely. "My favorite color is green, my birthday is April twenty-sixth, I like to read and draw, and my favorite animals are ferrets."
"Wow! Maybe tomorrow when we buy your bedroom stuff and new clothes, we can buy some books and coloring stuff also." Mom was really excited to for tomorrow. "It'll just be us girls for a bit tomorrow, because your father is going to go to a car show with Tyler for a bit."
"Oh, okay." I said solemnly.
After a couple hours of driving, we arrived to a two story tan colored house. There was a concrete driveway that went up to a garage. Outside the house was a nice green front yard that went up to a white porch; on the porch was a swing and a couple white patio chairs. They led me inside, the living room had dark wood flooring with white walls and nice furniture. The kitchen had granite floors, dark wood counters with dark countertops. There was a dining room that was connected to the living room.
Heading upstairs was a decent sized bathroom, across the bathroom was a door that was closed off. "That's Tyler's when he stays over." My dad explained as he carried my luggage into a room that was right next to the master bedroom. We all went in, there was a twin sized bed set up against the back wall that was next to the only window. The upstairs rooms, except for the bathroom had tan colored carpeting. "And this is your room. It's empty now, but when you two go shopping it'll be full in no time."
"You get unpacked while I work on dinner. When you're done, you can come and help if you want." Mom said as she ran her fingers through my hair.
"Okay, so what does my…hm.. brother do?" I asked my mom when dad left to go take care of some things.
She sat on the edge of my new bed, and gave it a light pat. Silently hinting to for me to sit next to her. After I hopped in beside her, she pulled up YouTube. "Your brother, does YouTube. He's name on YouTube is I am Wildcat."
I gawked as I knew exactly who that was. "Wildcat's my brother!?"
"Oh, do you know him?" She sounded surprised by my quickly growing excitement.
I nodded eagerly with a smile, "The older orphans would watch him and the others on the shared computer. I would sneak in and watch with them."
"I see, but yes Tyler is your big brother now. He doesn't know about us adopting you, so this will a big surprise for him." She saw me fidget with the locket, and that instantly caused a sad smile to appear on her face. "Your mother was a good friend of mine."
I looked up with wide eyes, "You knew my mother? I don't remember a whole lot of them. I was really young when they died."
"We were really good friends." Mom told me sorrowfully, before patting my lap. "Well I'm going to get started on dinner while you unpack. If you need anything, just ask. Oh you'll start school next month."
I smiled softly, "Thanks."
And with that my new mom gave my lap a few light pats before leaving me alone to unpack. When she left me alone I looked at the wall that separated mine and Tyler's room. "My big brother, is Wildcat!?"
-Tyler's POV-
"I don't know guys, my parents were acting really weird when they called. Dad even posted on Facebook, saying they were heading to the airport." I said during my group Skype call with Evan, Delirious, Cartoonz, and Chilled Chaos.
"A family member visiting?" Chilled suggested.
I shook my head, "No that can't be it. They would've just said that."
"What about your friend Lilli?" Luke added.
"She'd never come back, trust me." I remembered the event that occurred six years ago.
"Well I see a few ways you can see what's going on. You could go over now, wait until Saturday, or demand them to tell you." Evan suggested right before he shot me in Prop Hunt. "You're usually really good at hiding. This is bothering you a lot, isn't it?"
I sighed heavily, "I can't wait, but my mom specifically said to go over Saturday."
"That's tomorrow, just wait then. It's not like whatever it is, is going to kill you." Delirious said as he tried to be helpful.
I nodded in agreement, "You're right I can wait just a bit longer. Thanks guys."
"No problem man." Luke said before asking, "Now can you tell me if I look good?"
I laughed when I saw Luke, hiding as a book, standing on top of a flight of stairs. I saw Delirious run past him. We both lost our shit, "I'd say you're good."
"Who are they laughing at?" Evan grew paranoid as we watched him run past.
Mini Ladd soon joined the game, but was a spectator for this round. "Oh that's just beautiful Luke! Haha!" He made a kissing sound as he kissed his fingers. "How have you not been found yet?"
"I don't know! It's not like I'm actually hiding." He said as he continued to laugh.
I was leaning back chuckling, but was quickly distracted when I got a text from my dad.
Dad: Bring some clothes for this weekend. Also we're going to the car show while your mom goes shopping for some things.
Me: Okay, should I meet you at the house?
Dad: No, I'll come over to your place.
Me: Okay, see you tomorrow then.
"Looks like I'm going to a car show tomorrow with the old man." I informed the guys.
"Well maybe that's your chance to ask." Luke suggested.
"What's goin on?" Craig asked. I quickly explained everything to him. "Oh, well if I were you up I'd honestly wait till tomorrow."
I looked at the screen in surprise, "Really? Okay, yeah I'll wait. It's probably nothing bad. Oh have any of you heard from Panda and Scotty?" They all said no followed up by why. "They were suppose to let me know when they could come over and do a Q&A."
And as if on cue the two asses texted me saying next week worked for them. I replied, letting them know that it worked for me and to text me when they were going to land in Indiana. We didn't record Prop Hunt, because we were talking about my personal life. We eventually recorded a few rounds of Prop Hunt for a while, but then we all yawned tiredly and logged off.
"Tomorrow I'll edit and upload." I collapsed onto my bed, and Keno hopped onto the bed beside me.
