A/N: REALLY GOT INSPIRED from the Shazam! movie that I saw just an hour ago, and I wanted to write a fanfic for Billy x Oc and maybe a Eugene x Oc (because ROSS BUTLER.) sometime soon. Hope you guys enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Shazam! or its characters or plot. I'm just going to base this fanfic off of what I saw in the movie, and not the comics. I only own my Oc.
Chapter 1
When told that they were going to have a new foster sibling, it was Darla who was the most excited, bouncing up and down in excitement in anticipation for their new brother. Pedro, too, secretly wanted to meet the boy that Victor and Rosa would be bringing back, but he was, as usual, too shy to say so. Mary tried to be enthusiastic as well, but her application to CalTech was still weighing heavily on her mind. Eugene, on the other hand, didn't really mind as long as his new foster sibling didn't disturb him from his games, but Eva couldn't bring herself to care. It was already a hassle for her to even try and play family with people who didn't even share her own blood, so having to deal with another person was tiring.
"Darla, calm down. You'll scare him off with your… exuberance," Eva commented as she went down the stairs. Darla was all dressed in pink, her favorite outfit that she probably wore in hopes of impressing their new sibling. Why waste the effort to do so?
"But," Darla pouted before tilting her head to the side. "Wait, what does 'exuberance' mean?"
"Excitement, cheerfulness, etc," Mary responded distractedly from her seat on the couch in the living room, hurriedly reading through a school website on her laptop. "Do you think I can cram all this information before my interview?"
Eva shrugged before grabbing a green apple from the fruits basket on the counter. "I'm going to the skate park. Don't worry, I'll be back before dinner."
"You'll miss meeting Billy!" Darla pointed out, flailing her arms on her side.
"I'll meet him at dinner, anyways. There's no difference," Eva told Darla before gently pushing her aside and grabbing her black coat from the coat stand. Ignoring Darla's chattering, Eva opened the door and stepped out into the snow covered ground. She closed the door behind her and shoved her hands in the pockets of her coat before heading towards the skate park.
The skate park was her place, not that it meant that she owned it — it was public property, anyways — but it was the spot where she always went to the most, and where she always felt at peace. The sound of skateboard wheels rolling down the ramps pleased her ears as she arrived at the skate park. There were four boys on the ramp she always frequented, but she didn't mind. Instead, she leaned against one of the nearby railings, the cool of the metal being blocked by her thick coat.
It was almost Christmas, but she couldn't help but wonder how after all these years she had yet to receive a reply from her father. Every month, without fail, she wrote him letters about herself, about her life here in the foster home, begging him to just come and get her because she missed him. Yet, all her letters went unanswered, and she was starting to get worried that maybe his address had changed from the one she had remembered. That had to be the only possible reason why he wasn't replying to her. If he knew that she was in a foster home, he'd take her immediately and bring her to Korea with him, right?
"Hey, Eva!"
She turned around, her coffee brown hair following her movement. She spotted a blonde haired boy running up to her with a grin. "Kaden."
"Here again, huh?" When she first moved to her foster home, Kaden had bumped into her. Accidentally! he had insisted. Still, it had led them to becoming familiar with each other and to Kaden calling her a friend. It was Kaden who had introduced her to the skate park, and she was almost always joined by him every time she frequented the place.
"There's a new foster kid coming in," Eva told him as if that could completely explain her being here, but Kaden, annoyingly, always understood her.
"Oh, right, that's why I was here!" Kaden hit the palm of his left hand with the fist of his right hand. "Mary called me and told you to hurry back. Apparently, this Billy kid arrived earlier than expected, and Aunt Rosa wants you back to help her make dinner."
"So she doesn't remember the time I burnt eggs."
"Maybe she'll just ask you to chop stuff?" Kaden suggested, laughing at his own words. "Oh, well. Either way, Eva, I'm supposed to escort you back because Mary knows you'll try to prolong your walk back."
She also disliked how Mary had started to know her habits and mannerisms.
Eva sighed, rolling her eyes and walking back towards her foster home. "Whatever."
Kaden hurriedly walked to her side, matching her pace as they headed back to the Vasquez house. "Oh, come on, Eva, who knows? He might actually be a cool kid. He's your age!"
"Frederick's my age," Eva deadpanned.
Kaden nervously chuckled. "Okay, point taken, but Freddy's a nice kid! He's just… well, nerdy."
Eva shrugged. "Doesn't change the fact that just because this Billy is my age, we'd have a chance of getting along well. Need I remind you that it took you weeks before I even let you talk to me?"
"But I'm a special case," Kaden joked with an arrogant air. "Still, though, he's gonna be living under the same roof as you. Maybe you could at least try?"
Eva stared at Kaden, noting that they were about a block away from the house. "You can go back now. I'm sure there's no way for me to be able to slow down since it's only a few steps away."
Kaden put a hand to his chest in mock-hurt. "Do you really detest my presence, Eva?"
"You said your mom gets prissy when you're late for dinner. Your house is ten minutes away from here," Eva huffed as she walked past Kaden, but not before she heard Kaden say, "Aww! You do care, Eva!" She didn't grace him with a response and instead continued her short trek towards the door of the house. She sighed, entering the house and hanging her coat on the coat stand.
"Eva! Right on time. I need you to add sal and la pimienta to the soup," was her greeting from Rosa, who smiled widely at her. "Victor is making the turkey."
"You're back early," Eva stated, remembering what Kaden had told her earlier. She then went inside the kitchen, where Darla and Victor were watching the turkey in the oven.
"There was no issue with the paperwork. It all went smoothly," Rosa hummed happily. "I hope his transition here is smooth, as well."
"Hm," Eva grunted in response as she added the spices Rosa had asked her to add in the soup.
"He's your age, you know," Rosa continued on, used to Eva's personality, "and I think you'll get along."
"Why do you say so?" Eva asked, curious as to what her foster m- mo- guardian knew about the boy and what similarities he had with Eva.
"He's quite closed off, as well, though I'm not sure if that's because he's just new to this house," Rosa explained, quite happy with Eva's seeming interest in Billy. "So, maybe, you both could reach a better understanding?"
Eva hummed. "Maybe."
And they continued to cook in silence, Eva adding the spices and other ingredients when told to do so, and Rosa being the one to mix the ingredient and cook. Once they were done, they placed the soup in two large bowls and carried the bowls to the dining table, which already had some food set up.
"Dinner time!" Victor called out, and the sound of many pairs of footsteps could be heard from the second floor, all in a path to head downstairs to the dining area. The seats were soon filled up by the rest of the kids living in the foster home, and Eva wasn't surprised to see that the new kid's seat was beside hers. Rosa's smiling face was already evidence that it was planned.
Eva sighed and took a seat beside the boy.
"Billy," Rosa started, earning the boy's attention and gesturing towards the girl next to him, "you didn't meet her because she was out of the house when you arrived, but this is Eva. Eva, meet Billy."
Eva glanced at Billy, who glanced back at her. The two of them just stared at each other for a few moments before Eva inclined her head towards him. "Hey."
Billy just nodded at her and shifted his eyes back towards his empty plate.
Rosa looked a little disappointed with the interaction, but Eva didn't really care.
"All hands on deck!" Victor said with a grin, stretching out his large hand and watching as a lot of hands were immediately placed on top of his own hand save for Eva's and Billy's hands. Victor didn't seem to mind this behavior from them. "Thank you for the meal, and thank you for this day, and thank you for this family!"
With that, everyone started digging in and piling food up on their plates.
Dinner was a rowdy affair, care of Darla, Victor, Rosa, and occasionally, Eugene and Mary. Once they were allowed to be excused from the table, Eva was relieved since Darla could really talk. A lot. And Eva still wasn't used to having a chatterbox near her.
Eva decided to turn in early for the night, considering that she still had to prepare for her report for school tomorrow, and the early mornings were the times that her mind was at its best. After changing into her sleeping attire, she walked out of her room and headed straight to the bathroom, fully intent on washing her face, when she was surprised to see a black notebook in the waste basket.
Eva scoffed, wondering which of the people in this house thought it was smart to waste paper. She picked up the notebook and checked the covers for a name, but didn't find any. To figure out who the owner was, she opened the pages of the notebook and found several names and addresses of women, all sharing the last name of 'Batson'. Eva tilted her head to the side, trying to recall who in this house had that last name. Eugene is 'Choi', Darla is 'Dudley', and— oh. Must be the new kid's.
Seeing as how she didn't really know him well, and maybe wasting notebooks was just his thing, she returned the notebook to the wastebasket and began to wet her face with water from the faucet.
A/N: That's it for now! I'll try to drag out their daily life as much as I can to really develop Eva and Billy's relationships, plus to give more time to go through Eva's background. Again, though, this is just based off of the movie, so if some details are a little iffy for you, please do tell me so I can consider those corrections! Furthermore, some details may not be as accurate since I've only seen the movie once and that was a while ago.
Either way, I hope you liked this chapter and I'll see you next time!
(Can't promise fast updates though)
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