"Home sweet home!" Zach cheered, jumping out of the Ferrari.
"it's a farm…" Gabriel announced, also getting out.
"Oh good so he's not blind." Jamie grumbled dryly.
"Yeah, but it's big and beautiful." Zach replied.
"it's a farm." Gabriel said again.
"And Zach, you're staring at the barn." Jamie sighed, as Zach ran to the barn at full vampire speed.
"I call this stall! This is going to be so cool." He hollered, from the huge structure.
"Its a fucking farm!" Gabriel yelled.
"Very good, and this is a house." Jamie told him, pointing to the building, and then to his foot "And this is the foot that will be shoved up your ass if you dont stop talking."
"Okay...right. Everyone else, -excluding Zach- get in the house and claim your rooms." Nikel cheered, before everyone took off. For living on a farm the house was huge. There was exactly 10 bedrooms.
Bella and Nikel got the two bedrooms in the basement. Jonathon and Tabitha, who for some reason always shared a room, took the one on the main floor, next to the kitchen. On the top floor Allina, Sam, Loretta and Jamie all in their own rooms. In the attic were Zach and Gabriel's rooms.
The house was 'L' shaped. You entered through the kitchen. Then there was a short hallway. There was a door into Tabitha's room or go straight into the living room. A staircase was against the wall. On one side there was a door leading into the basement or up to the other bedrooms. The main floor also had a bathroom at the end. The attic had a bathroom as well so Gabriel wouldn't need to run.
"Zach! Get your ass in the house and put your shit in your room!" Tabitha yelled from the kitchen window.
Zach appeared laughing, "We have cows."
Allina groaned, "Gross, that explains the smell." She was helping Tabitha put food away for Gabriel.
"We live on a farm, the cows are so we fit the part." Tabitha explained.
"So…can I ride one?"
"No Zach you can not. Now go finish your room."
Grumbling, Zach walked towards the steps. In the living room, Nikel had already set up the big screen TV. At the moment he was working on the Xbox 360, next to it the Playstation 2 was waiting its turn. There was two cabinets on either side of the TV. On one there was the DVD player, the Xbox 360, gamecube, various games and digital hookup. On the other side would be the Playstation 2, a CD player, and various games and CD's. All their DVD's were in a giant closet looking storage by the stairs.
The rest of the family was in the room as well, working on different things.
"I hate cows, they're stupid creatures." Loretta growled, staring out the window at them.
"Angus are the worst!" Sam added, helping Nikel with the 360.
"Really? Is that what's out there?"
Sam nodded, "From the looks of it yep."
"Are you two seriously discussing cows?" Bella interrupted, stunned.
"Well we were…" Sam teased, sticking out his tongue.
"Hey idiots," Jonathon called coming back up from the basement, "You should probably move your cars. It looks a little inconspicuous in the driveway."
"Where to, Captain Fun Sucker?" Nikel asked.
"The second barn has been cleared out. Now go."
Nikel, Sam, and Gabriel decided they'd move them all.
"Maybe Jonathon does have a power and its to make us all miserable." Sam stage whispered as they walked out.
Jonathon growled before going to his room. Bella shrugged and flipped on the TV. She stared blankly at it for a couple of moments before looking at Loretta. Jamie took that as his chance to play some video games.
"Are you still staring at those cows?"
Loretta didn't look away as she answered, "They're mesmerizing. I have an urge to catch them."
"You are demented."
"Thank you!"
"Only you and Zach would take that as a compliment." Bella laughed.
Loretta just shrugged, before turning away from the window. Allina walked in the room at that moment and headed for the steps, "Come on Loretta I want some sister time."
As soon as she was out of sight, Loretta gave Bella a pity smile, and followed. Bella found herself alone in the living room except for Jamie who was playing the gamecube. Quietly he restarted Mario Party and handed her a controller.
"Don't worry about not fitting in. Most of us like you. Allina just has a stick up her ass since she wasn't given leadership." Jamie stated, as they played, "Plus, since you are with Nikel that makes you second in command and she doesn't like that."
"I don't know any of those rules and its not like I'd take advantage of it."
"we know. Loretta's power gives us that insight. You were fated to this life."
"Can she see Allina getting along with me?"
"She won't say. She knows better than to mess with fate. Future, go crazy. Fate, keep away."
Bella nodded, understanding Loretta saw things much different than Alice. The boys came in then and the two cool ones joined in…Gabriel went upstairs.
They played for an hour before Loretta walked back downstairs, "Zach, Nikel get Bella in the basement. Some neighbors are coming to visit."
Swiftly, the three went downstairs. Tabitha started baking to look normal.
"Gabriel put on some jeans you look like a lawyer." She scowled.
"I don't own any…anymore." Gabriel thought of Zach.
"You're impossible." She muttered just as the doorbell rang.
"Get the door, Jonathon!" She called, still glaring at Gabriel.
Jonathon took two quick strides and pulled open the kitchen door. There stood a man, a woman, and two kids. The man had brown hair and brown eyes, about 5'9 and probably in his early 40's. The woman was about 5'5, and around the same age as the man with Black hair and hazel eyes.
"Hi, new neighbors!" The parents greeted eagerly, "I'm Marc, this is my wife Laura and our two kids; Dan, 13, and Samantha 16."
Both kids had black hair. Dan was, seemingly happy like his parents and Samantha looked like she wanted to disappear.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Jonathon, won't you please come in?" The little family stood around the kitchen while Jonathon shut the door.
"This is my wife, Tabitha." He introduced as she walked back into the kitchen. They quickly exchanged pleasantries.
"Where did you move from?"
"West Coast." Jonathon answered.
"So do you have any kids?" Samantha asked, rudely.
"Yes actually we do. Seven are adopted and one is our own."
"Oh wow, eight kids." Laura was astonished, "How do you handle them all?"
"All but two are teenagers and are very well behaved." Tabitha explained. Laura looked doubtful.
"Can we meet them?" Samantha questioned.
"KIDS!" Tabitha raised her voice though she knew they could hear her.
Gabriel was the first to appear, followed by some of the others.
"This is Gabriel, he's 17. The one who looks like he sleeps in a dumpster is Samuel, he's 16. Next to him is his twin sister Allina." Jonathon introduced, "Where's Loretta and Jamie?"
"Loretta bit me!" Jamie whined running down the steps and into the kitchen.
"I did not! Jamies lying." Loretta denied following behind. They always did the best job play the part.
"There's bite marks. See?" Jamie held up his arm.
"You did that to yourself to blame it on me."
"Did not!"
"Kids, we have guests." Tabitha scolded, before turning to the outsiders, "This is Loretta and Jamie. She's 8 and he's 12."
"Where's the other three?" Samantha was, again, being nosy.
"Busy with other things. There's Zach who's 17 as well as Nikel and Bell, both 18." Jonathon answered this time. Tabitha went into the living room and returned with two pictures.
"This is Nikel and Zach. We're not done unpacking Bell's stuff yet." It would be dangerous to show anybody pictures of Bella as well as use her real name when her dad was a cop, no matter where they were.
"Well I guess I'll see her later." Samantha muttered, still staring at Nikel's picture.
"Excuse me dear?" Tabitha sounded confused.
"They'll be attending the local high school right?"
"No, our children are home-taught." Tabitha's voice was soft, "Some of our kids come from less than wonderful backgrounds and its easier for them not to be in school."
Laura nodded in sympathy and understanding, eyeing Sam, "That makes sense."
Allina seemed to be biting back a laugh. She must've heard something. Sam shook his head and glanced at Loretta. She was counting something down on her hands, a small smile touched her lips.
When she got to zero a crash was heard downstairs. Ahh…Bella…The neighbors looked startled, when a deep growl followed the crash then another one.
"We have two guard dogs." Jonathon told them, "Zach and Nikel are watching them until we get the electric fence put up. Sam, why don't you go downstairs and help your brothers."
Sam shrugged but obeyed. A few seconds later you could hear Sam as well, " No, no you stay. Damn it bad…dog?" Sam yelled, followed by a "Ouch, bitch! Did you just bite me? That frickin hurt!"
"We should probably let you finish unpacking." Marc decided, ushering his family towards the door, "We'll see you later."
Loretta waited until they were at the end of the driveway before speaking, "We won't see them anytime soon."
Allina broke out laughing, "Laura wanted to get in Jonathon's pants and thinks Samuel is an addict."
"I wasn't even one when I was living." he grumbled, reappearing by the door. He was also rubbing his arm. Venom hurt.
"How's Bella?" Jamie questioned first.
"Very upset with herself."
"Baby." Allina muttered, heading upstairs again.
-Basement-
"Why are you so upset?" Nikel asked, as he finally let Bella push him away.
"Why? Seriously, did you just ask me that?" Bella growled, "How could I not be upset? I wanted to eat them for no reason; they didn't do anything wrong!"
"You knew that would happen."
"Oh and that should stop the guilt?"
"No," Nikel's voice was quiet, "It shouldn't but you shouldn't beat yourself up over it. It will get better."
"Just leave me alone right now, Nikel." Bella whispered, turning away. After a long minute, he complied. She broke down letting out tearless sobs.
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