Moxie and Minnie were watching (and listening) to the TV, pretending like they didn't have a care in the world. They got to pretend like their mother hadn't angrily started packing their things after Martin and James' little kiss. They got to pretend like she didn't book the first flight to America, and that she yelled at the flight attendant for telling her to calm down. Minnie found it easier to pretend that her mother wasn't upstairs, yelling at Martin. Moxie was more troubled by the unsettling matter.
From upstairs, Moxie could hear her brother being shouted at by their mother, who had no signs of stopping her little rant.
"THIS IS NOT OKAY! YOUR GRANDMOTHER WOULD BE DISGUSTED WITH YOU, AND YOUR GRANDFATHER- GOD REST HIS SOUL- WOULD HAVE YOU STONED TO DEATH IN THE MARKET SQUARE!" Tafsina yelled, her temples pulsing with rage. Martin's eyes were beginning to swell up with tears. He knew this would happen- deep down, he had felt it coming, but this is not at all how he wanted it.
"No, Mother, please, don't say that-" He choked back a sob. Tafsina's eyes narrowed into little slits. She gritted her teeth and slapped him so hard the sickening sound could be heard from upstairs.
"You are no son of mine." She growled. Martin wiped the blood from his split lip. "I should have left your father kill you when he tried." With that, she left.
Martin collapsed onto the floor, his face vacant of all emotion. Tears and blood. That was all he had left now. His mother disowned him, his father was jailed, and he certainly would never see his sisters again.
"Oh god," He clutched his stomach at a sudden realization. He had no way to get back home. "I could get deported…" He mused bitterly. Even if he somehow got home, where would he go? He'd be a disgrace to his village. Slowly, he rose, and he made his way up to James' room.
~Two Days earlier~
Living Room
"MAAAARTIIIIN!" The voice carried through the whole house. "MARTIN, MARTIN, MAAAARTIIIIIN!"
The groggy Indian boy rolled himself out of bed at Sam's screaming. Someone wasn't happy, and he wasn't quite sure what he'd done to upset her. Martin prided himself on being a happy, good natured person, which he generally was. But Sam did not sound like she in the mood for a friendly chat at 6AM.
"Something wrong, Sam?" Martin yawned, raising his arms above his head in a long stretch, leaving his face wide open for the angry co-host to aim the phone. Martin shuffled backwards, carefully catching the phone one-handed before accidentally dropping it to the floor. "You okay there?"
"I am not your personal assistant," she growled in response, hair sticking at all ends. "I do not answer your phone calls at 6AM just because you can't get your lazy arse out of bed." Sam's eyes flared and Martin recoiled away from her scariness. "If you EVER make me get out of bed before midday again, I. Will. End. You." And with that, she stormed back to her bedroom, leaving Martin slightly confused about who could have possibly been calling him this early in the morning.
Kitchen
Dana crouched on the island counter, taking Martin's head in her hands. Her eyes widened, staring deeply into Martin's. He wanted to back away, but after his early morning wake-up call he was a bit too tired to care for Dana craziness.
"I heard you upset Sammy," she whispered.
"Sami?"
"No, Sam Sammy, not Sami Sam," Dana whined, pushing Martin away from her. "I thought you understood me." She jumped down off the island counter and took Martin's juice with her when she exited the room. Martin moved to the table and laid his head down on the table for a moment before Chloe came prancing into the room.
"Oh, Martin! I was looking for you." She placed her hand on his shoulder, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Great, there was a phone call for you this morning, Sam got it, I don't know if you heard."
"Oh, I heard," Martin smiled slightly, raising his head to meet the less angry co-host. "Who was it?"
"It was your mom."
"M-My mom...?" Chloe nodded. "What did she want?" Martin's mother knew what he was doing in America, she hadn't really encouraged him to go ahead with it, and Martin hadn't wanted to leave his sisters, but if Martin got this record deal it would help his whole family out. He was doing this for them. His mother, on the other hand, couldn't quite see it. And if she had been watching the show...oh boy. That game of spin the bottle was going to be brought up again.
"You'll find out at the meeting."
R.B. Cam
"We had a meeting today," James' eyes were wide. "It didn't go well. It did not go well at all..."
Living room
Sam was half-hidden by a pair of shades that were ten times too big for her face. No one said a word to her. The scowl on her face told everyone who had half a brain to stay as far away from her as they could, and they all had. No one was on the same side of the room as her.
"Afternoon guys," Chloe smiled at the group of teenagers. No one smiled back. "In case you have not heard, there was a phone call this morning from Martin's mother." All eyes turned to the Indian boy. He still didn't know what his mother wanted. "And, well, to cut a long story short, she's coming here. With his sisters."
"She's what?" Kat asked, knowing what Martin's mother was like after all of their late night talks. Martin was speechless.
"We also thought that this would be a great opportunity for all of you to invite a family member of your choice here to the mansion for a short amount of time," Chloe continued on. That brought out the real reaction. Everyone started screaming at the co-hosts until Sam raised one hand. And when that didn't work she raised her voice.
"SHUT UP!"
"And who are you two bringing here?" Daniella questioned, jumping to her feet accusingly.
"Well, Sam's grandmother is coming," Chloe explained since Sam didn't open her mouth to speak again quite yet. Next time Chloe was definitely going to be the one getting the phone.
"And you?" Daniella pressed.
"I haven't decided yet. I mean, you've already met my sister Kelsi, and you all know my brother AJ works the lights at the stage...I don't know who else to invite," Chloe shrugged non-commitedly. She really didn't want to go into it.
"Don't you have a-"
"No I don't"
"No, but Chloe, you have a-"
"No, I don't-"
Chloe was glaring down Daniella when Sam jumped in. "What about Brianna?" Chloe turned her glare to her co-host. "I'm sure she's not doing anything this next week, why don't you call her and find out."
R.B. Cam
"I've never seen Chloe angry before..." Dana muttered.
"And exactly WHO am I supposed to invite?" Marianna yelled.
"So...My mom's coming..." That was as much as Martin could manage to get out before his head started to pound with a thousand thoughts of what his mother could possibly want to come to America to see him for.
Sam's Bedroom
"What did you do that for?" Chloe asked through gritted teeth. "You know how I feel about Brianna!"
"And next time you can answer the phone at 6AM!"
A/N: Hey hey hey!
FIRST OFF!
All of the characters need a family member, any family member, to come visit.
So please, if you have a character, PLEASE send in a family member and please fill out this mini-form for me!
Whose family member it is:
How they're related:
Looks:
Personality:
How they treat their family member:
How they feel about their family member being in the competition:
IT'S EASY! PLEASE TAKE PART!
I'm going on holiday in two weeks and six days, so the chapter will be up by then! And it'll be the last one until I come back =P (Assuming I don't write while on holiday, which I might actually...)
So, that opening scene was actually written by awesome friend Magnus! You may remember her as Mandy from previous chapters! She's also Martin's creator and she's the one who got the ball rolling on the family members coming to the mansion! Credit where it's due =P
In other news, WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY!
IT'S MY 3 YEARS FANFICTION ANNIVERSARY TODAY!
WE MUST CELEBRATE WITH STYLE!
And by style I mean I'm updating two stories and starting a third XD
It's been a short three years...But it's been amazing!
This story is actually two and a half years old! Not to the exact day...But almost!
This story has been so much fun to write for the past two and a half years, and I want ya'll to know how much I've enjoyed getting to know you over this time and how many friends have made because of this story. You all mean a lot to me and I'm glad you're all reading this story and I hope you continue to read it into the near future also :D
Another celebration!
YESTERDAY WAS MADDI'S BIRTHDAY! YAY!
If you don't know who Maddi is by now...You should pay more attention! =P
One last celebration...TWO MORE CHARACTERS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED!
So now Maddi has Jesse and *drum roll* ZQUEST (Sorry dude, don't know your name) HAS DANA AND SAMI HAS NATALIE!
Just got James and Astroia left now! I'm so happy and excited :D
I think that's all for this update, so talk to ya'll next time!
Thanks for reading, please review (:
Love ChloeRhiannonX
