Chapter 4: The trip with the family for thanksgiving

Since homecoming and report cards my family has been doing there own thing. Mom and dad decided that we would go somewhere for thanksgiving this year and if we're good on this trip mom and dad said we can go somewhere for Christmas. Being the youngest boy in the family I sometimes have a hard time coming up with places to go because I have to run it by my 4 sisters after I talk to mom and dad. Bailey and I are often doing our own thing because our sisters don't normally like doing boy things well Lexie and Amelia don't like to go fishing, hunting, camping, and hiking. Zola and Ellis love it because they like to spend time with dad, Bailey and I. "Luke did you pack Wallis the Lobster?" Asked Bailey. "No I packed BB-8 and Curious George." I told him. "You still carry around Curious George?" Asked Bailey. "Ya until the baby comes than I'm giving it to her or him but most likely her." I told him.

For a eight year old boy I'm pretty smart considering I might have another sister. I mean mom and dad should know the gender by now because moms supposed to have the baby around Zola's 19th birthday which is in February. I really don't care for what I get because I have a brother and 4 sisters. I know having eight of us kids in one house is going to be a hassle but mom and dad were up for a challenge which I respect them for they are wonderful even if they aren't always home. Tomorrow we leave in dad's 15 passenger van as there are like 9 of us in one car soon it will be 10 in one car. I just hope my sibling is heathy considering mom and dads age as many have babies with Heath issues. Actually my friend Carrie has parents who are 65 and they had her 8 years ago but she doesn't have any health issues unlike Tommie my best friend.

Mommy and daddy made me wake up at 2 in the morning and I'm not a morning person hence that's why I don't want to be a doctor because of the odd hours of sleep that they normally get. But who knows when I'm Bailey's age I might change my mind but that's 8 years away. "Mamma where are we going?" I asked sleepy. "Luke it's a surprise and we have to go now if we're going to beat the traffic." She told me. Last time mom and dad said that is when we took a trip to New York on an airplane. I really don't like my aunts uncles cousins and sometimes my grandma. My grandpa Grey however is okay I mean he's my only grandpa I know because grandpa Shepherd died when auntie Amelia which my twin was named after was only five both my auntie and dad watched grandpa get killed. When I woke up from a short lived nap we were at the airport. "Mom please tell me we aren't going to see grandma because I have all I can do for Christmas." Amelia said. "No we are going to North Carolina to check out colleges with Zola." Mom said. "But mom I thought she wanted to go to UCLA." I asked. "Well Luke I have to leave my options open if I don't get to go to UCLA." Zola told me.

I think she's going to make it to UCLA because I can't even recall a time that she failed a class or even got a b. I think the only sister that would have an issue is Lexie because she isn't doing so hot in Spanish even though I don't think a b is bad but hey I'm only eight and don't know what it's like in high school. "Zola are you going to go here if you don't go to UCLA" I asked. "Well Luke there's a toss up between UCLA, Duke, or Dartmouth." She told me. "You mean Dartmouth that mommy went to." I asked. "Yes Luke I went there a long time ago before I even met dad." Mom said. When I am getting ready for college I want to look into Tampa, or our community college to save money because college ain't cheap. I may only be in 3rd grade and working on money even though I'm way ahead of my class and so isn't my sister Amelia it isn't funny. I for one enjoy being the smartest person in the class sometimes Amelia and I feel that we are running circles around the whole entire third grade. Well that's like 10 years away so I'm not worried about it. This thanksgiving is awesome because I have my siblings and we get to check Raleigh North Carolina out.I enjoyed going to the park with the little carousel and the little train. I love riding trains except we don't get to that often well unless we are going to la we hop Amtrak and sometimes we get to go to Florida and we go on the Disney train most of the time when we go. When it was time to go back home to Seattle so us kids could go back to school and mom and dad back to work we said goodbye to a wonderful place that I hope I get to visit maybe even live there.

A/N: so here is Luke's point of view. Also this chapter touches a little bit of personal experiences with Luke talking about college with community college. I had fun with this chapter and can't wait to finish chapter 5 which will be Christmas and Lexie and Ellis's 14th birthday also Hannah is now 13 I forgot to mention that. Reviews would be wonderful thank you I hope you enjoyed this chapter.