Ch. 2 Oh We're Off to See the Mansion! The Wonderful Mansion of Mary!
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters except Joshua, a.k.a. Josh.
Raised in the Granite Orphanage, Jennifer and her friends were wanted as adopted children. It happened in September….
It was a cool and windy afternoon in the middle of September when Jennifer and her friends were outside walking to their new home with their new, foster mother, Mrs. Mary. The birds chirped as they flew through the sky in the beautiful sunset. The wind whooshed through the air creating a pleasant, fall breeze as if the atmosphere was welcoming the teens to their new home. It was around 5 in the afternoon and everything was so peaceful.
Mrs. Mary had adopted 4 teenagers (Jennifer, 14, Laura, 14, Anne, 15, Joshua, 15) from the Granite orphanage. The gang needed to be at their new home before sunset. As they traveled, everyone walked at their own pace.
Jennifer was closest to Mrs. Mary, Anne and Joshua were a few feet apart but Laura was the furthest behind.
Mrs. Mary could somehow sense that Laura was furthest behind and called out to her even without looking. "Laura, hurry up! We want to be there before sunset!"
Laura had a hard time keeping up with everyone because she was tired. She was already panting and slowing down in her walk. "Can you guys wait up! It's really hot in this skirt!"
"What's the matter Laura? Is the skirt too long for you?" teased Anne turning back snickering at her.
"Stop it! I will tolerate any teasing here! Let's carry on!" Mrs. Mary immediately corrected Anne.
As soon after she said that, Jennifer had the itch to ask Mrs. Mary this question. While they walked, Jennifer looked up at her and asked, "Mrs. Mary?"
"Yes dear!" she replied so calmly looking down at Jennifer.
"From now on, what kind of place will we be living in?" Jennifer was so innocent.
"That's the fifth time you've asked! Don't worry. It's a very, nice place." Mrs. Mary then looked forward and pointed to the location. "There it is! See?"
Jennifer and the others looked where Mrs. Mary pointed. They saw that it was no ordinary house but a mansion. It was dream come true. They were about to go from a crowded orphanage to a marvelous mansion. This was beyond a child's wildest dream. Their new home was no typical house with a white, picket fence but a real-life mansion. Things couldn't get any better than this.
"Wow! It's a mansion! Can you believe it?" exclaimed Anne being the first to respond.
"It's beautiful! This is better than I expected!" said Jennifer just staring at the place.
"I'll say but I got a strange feeling about it." said Joshua.
Laura said nothing but stared at the place as well.