Evan Signore was with his friends. He was an orphan, and so were all of them. Their names were Harvey Diaforio, Julia Bonds, Taylor Cocuzzo, Priya Tolbert, Liv Villa, and Sarah Carlos. He had grown up with them. They had no family, so they just had each other instead. They were closer than they probably would have been with the parents they never knew. They walked down the street in San Francisco together. They were clothed fairly well, and didn't look too skinny and out of shape. If you looked at them, you almost wouldn't be able to tell they were homeless. A black van pulled up next to them. It had a red grenade in the shape of a heart on it, the logo of the band Green Day. Two girls about their age sat in it. One had stunning gray eyes and blonde hair. She looked like the kind of girl that would have the lead in a romance movie. The other girl had spiky blue hair. Like actually blue. Bright blue. She wore eye shadow, and had more piercings than body parts that could have been pierced. The girl with the piercings got up and slid the door open. "Come on in, kids," she said. "I'm Thalia, and this is Annabeth. We're your new parents." "Sorry, but we have parents, miss." "Ah, cut the crap. We know you don't. Now come on." Thalia grabbed Evan's hand and pulled him into the van. The others followed. They weren't too happy about it, but they wouldn't leave their friend alone. They sat down in the surprisingly comfy seats in the back of the van. "So, Thalia, how'd you find us?" "Oh, please, call me Mom," Thalia joked. Annabeth, who was driving, said "No, I wanna be the mom. You can be the dad. You look more like a guy anyway." over her shoulder. Harvey decided to ask the question all seven of them had been thinking. "So are you, two, uh… lesbian together?" Both girls began to laugh their asses off. "Not exactly," said Thalia. "What she means is that I have a boyfriend and she took a vow to never fall in love." "Yes, that." Harvey blushed. "Don't feel bad, we kinda walked right into that one." They talked all night long, and by morning the kids felt like Thalia and Annabeth really were family.