"Madeline will you please hurry and bring that last box down , we have to get going !" my mom called up the stairs.
"I'm coming mom !" I said frustrated. I looked around my now empty bedroom , all my pictures and posters have been taken down and all my walls looked so bare. None of my furniture was here either , that along with most of the furniture from the rest of the house was already in the moving vans probably half way out of the state.
I sighed and grabbed my iPod and iPhone putting them both in different pockets. I then bent down and picked up my last box that would be coming in the car with me and my mom. I looked around one more time and walked out of the room , struggling to close the door behind me. I trudged down the stairs , trying to take as long as possible. I didn't want to leave. This is my home , I have lived here for 17years , my whole life. I rolled my eyes when I seen my mom standing at the door on her phone no doubt to her fiancé while motioning for me to hurry up. I just shook my head and walked straight towards the car ignoring her , she wasn't really in my good books these days.
After putting my box in the back seat of the car with some others , I sat in the front passenger seat , put my iPod in and waited for my mom to lock up the house and for us to start our long drive to Dallas. Oh the Joy !
"Madeline will you please turn that thing off and talk to me ! Stop being immature!" my mom said while grabbing one of my earphones out. We had been on the road for about 2 and a half hours and we haven't spoke a word and I was perfectly fine with that , but obviously she wasn't.
"Will you stop calling me Madeline !" I groaned and put my iPod away knowing I wasn't gonna get to listen to it any time soon.
"That's your name what else do you want me to call you" She huffed looking from me and back to the road.
"Addie. What every one else calls me , my friends. Oh wait not anymore cause you are making me move hundreds of miles away from them !" I yelled not even caring that she was close to me.
"Not this again. You know that if I had the choice we wouldn't have to move , but John needs this job in Dallas sweetie you know that" she said sounding surprisingly calm after my outburst , which happens quite a lot.
"Mom , I have just turned eighteen. You could have left me in Tulsa I would have been fine. You have enough money you could have bought me an apartment instead of making me move to a completely different state were I don't know anyone !" I said getting frustrated. Mom's right we have had this conversation so many times in the last couple of months.
"We are gonna be living in a nice gated community there will sure to be people around your age to make friends with. Besides John has already met our neighbours and he said they are extremely nice and invited us for dinner tomorrow night." she answered back way too happy. I shook my head and put my iPod back in , already having enough of her. I lay my head on the window and closed my eyes.
John for all who are wondering is my moms new husband they just got married over a month ago , he's a nice guy but he's not my dad and I think that is the reason why I'm not to keen on him. He's never tried to replace my father either but I didn't like the fact that my mom had replaced my father with John only 3months after he was dead. My dad was amazing. I was truly a daddies girl , I loved him to pieces , you know when everyone says their dad was their best friend ? Well yeah we were like that as well. He taught me to play baseball , soccer , more or less every sport. He was a photographer as well and that passion got passed onto me. I loved it , but I haven't picked up a camera in a year. Not since the accident. Mom , dad and I were on our way back from a party and my mom and dad were having an argument in the car and he turned away from the road for just 2seconds and a truck came smashing into the drivers side of the car. I was in hospital for a couple of weeks , mom got out not injured at all were as my dad died instantly on the scene. Ever since then I had lost all interest in photography and in any sports. I hated my mom. Hated her. We were just starting to get along when she met John. She swore she wouldn't replace my dad. But that changed when John asked her to marry him about 6months after my dads death. Worst part ? John was my dads best mate.
When I opened my eyes after what only felt like 10minutes we were driving through big black gates into what seemed like a rich neighbourhood. I sat up straight and looked around me in amazement. These houses were massive! My home in Tulsa was big but my god no were near as big as this. Mom pulled into a drive way of a breath taking house. Literally I stopped breathing when I seen it , it was gorgeous. As soon as the car stopped I got out the car and just stared at the white house in awe. This was my new home whether I liked it or not.
"You like it ?" I heard John ask , when did he come out side. He travelled down a couple days ago to start getting things ready for us arriving.
"Its uh wow ?" I questioned still in shock at how nice it was.
"I'm guessing that's a good thing then" he laughed as he started to grab boxes out of my moms car.
"Welcome home sweetheart" my mom said as she came and stood beside me putting her hand around my shoulder. I knew this would never be home but I just nodded to keep her happy for once.
"Oh look there is the neighbours !" she exclaimed waving frantically to the couple and young boy making their way over towards us. I thought there were people my age ?
"Hey welcome to the neighbourhood, I'm Denise Jonas" the woman smiled shaking my moms hand. This lady was beautiful , she looked at least ten years younger than my mom.
"Nice to meet you Denise , I'm Lorraine" mom smiled and went on to shake the mans hand to introduced himself as Paul.
"And who is this handsome young man" my mom said looking down at the little boy standing beside Denise.
"Oh this is Franklin. My youngest son" Denise smiled and my mom shook his hand.
"Madeline come over here" she said and I rolled my eyes walking towards the gathering.
"Hey , I'm Addie" I said shaking every bodies hand.
"Thought your mom said our name was Madeline" Frankie spoke up and I laughed , this kid was cute.
"It is but I prefer to get called Addie , its less girly" I said and Denise and Paul laughed.
"You said Frankie is your youngest , how many kids do you have ?" my mom asked , she's very nosy.
"Oh we have four boys , Joseph who is turning 21 and Nicholas who is turning 18 should be here any minute and Kevin our oldest coming up for 23 is in New Jersey with his wife." Paul said and I went wide eyed. All boys great. That's not sarcasm by the way , I get on with boys better than girls , boys are less bitchy.
"Wow full house , how do you cope with all the boys ?" my mom laughed as Denise joined in.
"Well Kevin lives with his wife Danielle , Joseph has just got his own flat but spends most of his time here and Nicholas is always on tour." Denise answered and I looked at her confused.
"On tour ?" I asked and she nodded.
"yeah , Nicholas has is band. Nick Jonas and the Administration" she nodded a light bulb went off.
"Oh I have heard some of his music he is very talented" I nodded with a smile.
A silver Mercedes Benz G Class pulled into the Jonas driveway. Yeah I know about cars as well , especially since I have wanted that car forever! After a few seconds a curly haired boy who I instantly recognised as Nick , I'm not a major fan of him but I've seen his videos in music channels before. Then a boy with short dark hair and a pair of Raybans Aviators get out if the drivers side. Both starting to walk towards our group where John had just joined us as well.
The two boys kissed their mom on the cheek and greeted Paul and Frankie.
"Perfect timing , this is Joseph" Denise said pointing to the one with the sunglasses on , which he took off as he shook my hand. Oh my God those eyes !
"Nice to meet you" he said. Oh My God his voice !
"H-Hey I'm Addie" I smiled while blushing , please tell me I didn't just stutter.
He held onto my hand a while longer until my mom coughed obviously noticing it and I let go and turned to nick.
"And your Nick , nice to meet you" I smiled and he did as well , that handshake didn't last as long as mine and Joe's.
We stood in our garden speaking to the Jonas' for a good hour , and every so often I found Joe looking at me and I would just awkwardly smile at him. I mean yeah he is gorgeous , but that's it. I'm not looking for a boyfriend or anything right now for reasons that I don't want to talk about right now , but I could definitely find myself as his friend.
Somehow in that hour Me , Joe and Nick all ended up in our own little group talking and stuff. We were just talking when Joe hit out with a random joke that made me throw my head back and let out a loud laugh. When I looked back both boys were staring at me , Joe with an amused smirk and I bit my lip. For the rest of the time , Joe continued to make me laugh. We parted ways saying we would all see each other tomorrow night at the Jonas house hold for a BBQ. While Joe and Nick were walking away Joe tripped over something and fell to the ground and I let out the same laugh he had been hearing for a while now , and he smirked and winked at me as he stood back up.
Yeah I could definitely see me being friends with Joe Jonas.
