A New Ross

Chapter 1:The New Addition

"We're home," said Morgan Ross before the kids ran into his arms and gave him a hug.

"What ya get us! What ya get us!" The kids said in complete unison.

"We got a single thing for everyone, including Jessie and Bertram," Cristina said.

Jessie and Bertram joined the kids and they all asked, "What is it!? What is it?!"

"We adopted another kid," they said together as they moved aside to show a teenage boy huddled in a ball in the corner of the elevator. Everyone stood in an awkward silence. Bertram broke the silence by fainting. Everyone, except the new kid ran over to make sure he was okay.

The new kid said, "He'll be fine. Just put him on the couch and place a glass of water, some cheese, and some crackers near him."

"How do you know all that," Ravi asked.

"It's simple logic," the kid said. Then they moved Bertram on the couch, and put some cheese and crackers by him.

"So what's your name?" Jessie asked the kid.

"Richard," he replied.

"So Richard how old are you?" Luke asked.

"13," Richard replied.

"Why were you in an orphanage?" Emma asked.

"My family died in a car accident last month," he replied with almost no emotion at all.

"Why did you pick him?" Zuri asked Morgan and Cristina.

"Because we wanted another child, and the lady at the orphanage said that all Richard did was sit in a chair and look out the window," Cristina explained to Zuri.

After that Bertram woke up and said, "I just had a crazy dream."

"Hi, I'm Richard," Richard said.

"Oh, it wasn't a dream. Hello Richard, I'm Bertram, the butler," he said.

"Well, Bertram, just a little heads up. First thing that happens in this place, I'm going to say 'the butler did it'," Richard said.

"Okay," Bertram said, "do you need anything Richard?"

"No I'm good," Richard said. "Hey, what's a weeks allowance here?"

"2,000 dollars," Luke answered.

"That's good to know. Where's my room?" Richard asked.

"Fifth door on the left," Jessie answered.

"Okay, see ya," Ricard said with a sloppy two finger salute, and headed for his bedroom.

Richard's POV*

I went into my room and my jaw fell to the floor. My room was my dream room. I ran to my desk took a piece of paper and a pen and drew a simple schematic of the apartment. I labeled everyone's rooms and the other rooms, and my map was finished. Then I pinned it to the wall. Next I drew everyone and pinned them to the wall, too. Then I reached under my pillow and pulled out a wad of cash. I counted it all out, and then put half($400) in a box under my bed. Then I looked in my closet and found it was filled with my dream outfits. I was bouncing of the walls with joy. After I calmed down I heard a knock at the door. I opened the door and saw that it was Jessie.

"Can I come in?" She asked.

"Sure," I said. She walked in and saw my drawings.

"Wow, you're really good," she said.

As she reached out to touch one of the drawings I yelled, "Don't touch them!" She automatically pulled her hand back and stopped. "Sorry, I just don't like people touching my stuff," I told her.

"It's okay. I just came in to check if you were settled in and okay. I'm Jessie, the nanny, by the way," she said.

"Nice to meet you Nessie. Sorry, I mean Jessie. My tongue slipped. I'm doing fine, it just all seems to good to be true. I just can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality anymore," I told her.

"Well if you need anything you know where I am," she said, and then she left. A few hours later I fell fast asleep, and awaited the day ahead.

A/N: Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Richard is NOT the OC that Emma falls in love with. He comes in on the next chapter. R&R!