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Seth woke up sometime in the early evening to find his sister fast asleep in a chair next to the bed with her legs curled up underneath her and an open sketch book and pencil resting in her lap. The young boy didn't want to wake her up and so he quietly got out of bed and headed towards the door so he could go exploring. Leah would be asleep for a while, he knew this because she was snoring deeply and his sister only snored when she was in a deep sleep. If she had been in a light sleep then he wouldn't dared of left to explore because he knew without a doubt she would have freaked out if she woke up to find him gone, but considering she was snoring, he figured it was safe to leave the room and look around for a while. The young boy wanted to know more about the place he may come to live in for a while. Plus he was hoping to run in to Jasper or one of the others because as much as he loved his older sister, sometimes it was nice to interact with other people.
After successfully getting out of the room without waking Leah, Seth started to slowly walk along the hallway as he took in all the different pictures and such lining the walls. Most were pictures of kids who must have lived here at one time or another and most of them had staff in the picture as well, but the odd thing was there wasn't one picture with Jasper in it and Seth found it curious because Jasper ran this place and so one would assume he would be in at least one of the pictures, but he wasn't. The younger male figured maybe he was like Leah and didn't like to have their picture taken. Seth only had one picture of his sister and she had know idea because if Leah knew it existed, she would most definitely destroy it. The only reason Seth had gotten away with taking a picture of his sister was due to the fact she had been sleeping and he found one of those disposable cameras that someone must have dropped and it had one picture left so he took a picture of the only person he cared about and had it developed when Leah had been out looking for food.
Eventually Seth found himself in the kitchen, though he had no idea how he'd gotten there in the first place, but upon entering he soon came to realize he wasn't alone. Jasper was sitting at one of the counters making some kind of sandwich and when he heard someone behind him he turned around and waved his hand letting Seth know it was fine to enter the kitchen. After a moment of hesitation, Seth entered the kitchen and sat down next to the honey blonde who motioned towards the ingredients on the counter as if asking if Seth wanted a sandwich as well.
"I'll have a turkey sandwich with onion and peanut butter if that's alright." Seth mumbled as he started to help prepare the sandwiches. "Leah says I have crazy taste in food, but I think to think of myself as creative. I'm sorry if I interrupted your private time, but Lee was sleeping and I didn't want to wake her up so I figured maybe I would just look around. Is that okay or should I just go back to the room until she wakes up? I don't want to break any rules or anything."
Jasper chuckled lightly as they finished making their sandwiches. "This isn't a prison Seth, you are free to look around as long as you follow the rules and don't go causing trouble. You really are different than your sister is. She strikes me as the type who was always causing trouble when she was your age, but I was the same way and Rosalie was more like you, though most people would have guessed Rosalie was more like Leah. So, what's on your mind bud? You look like someone with something on their mind and I happen to be a good listener, or so I have been told."
"It's kind of stupid." Seth stated before lowering his gaze to the floor. "Don't laugh, but well, this is the first time in a long time that I've felt like a family. I mean, I hardly know you guys, but you accepted my sister and me without question and I feel at home here with all of you and Leah, but at the same time I'm terrified. I'm afraid if I let myself get comfortable it will be ripped away like everything else has been. Whenever anything good happens, it never lasts and I want this to last."
"Sometimes in life you have to trust that everything will work out in the end." Jasper replied as he set down his half eaten sandwich. "I won't stand here and tell you the hard part is over because there will always be hardships, but what i am going to tell you is that you and Leah never need to face anything alone again. You can always come to me if you need anything Seth, it doesn't matter if you're living here or not."
"Thanks Jasper." Seth shot him a happy smile before he took another bite of his sandwich. "You know, I bet you would make a great dad. Leah is already more of a mom than a sister. Hey! Maybe you two should get married and then we could all be a real family! You could adopt me and then you and Leah could adopt all the others as well!"
For a few minutes Jasper was speechless. He hadn't expected the young boy to say something like that and he wasn't sure what he should say to it. After a bit of a mental struggle, he came up with something that ended up being more of a change of subject than an answer, but it was the best that he could do in this moment. "Well let me finish my sandwich first and then I'll think about everything else. It's getting late and you need sleep. Come on, I'll walk you back and then tomorrow you, Leah, and I can all sit down and talk about the next step you coming to live here if that's what you still want. How does that sound?"
Seth stood up as he finished his sandwich. "That sounds good to me. I know Leah will never admit it, but I think she likes you because she hasn't punched you yet so that's a good sign. I have your back Jasper, don't worry, I'll make sure you stay on Leah's good side because I think your awesome and Leah wouldn't want to upset me by doing something to you, but if you hurt my sister, well then I'll find someone bigger and stronger to beat you to death with a shovel."
TBC...
AN: Hey guys, sorry this took so long to get out. Still, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
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