Chapter 1- I'm back
I was standing outside of that hell hole waiting for my new dad to pick me up you know Mr. Simpson two gaurds were infront of me holding guns and two were behind me holding guns also so I wouldn't run loose. I got really tired because the sun was really sunny today and I didn't put sun screan on so I sat down.
"stand up" the gaurd behind me with the brown hair and mole who needed braces said wile poking me with her gun
I stood up and was thinking "You witch" I stood their for another 30 minuets he was already an hour late. Then he finally came. He looked so diffrent his hair came back and he was growing a beard. Isn't that hard to imagine. He came out of his car and walked up to the gaurds.
"Hello sorry I'm late but I'm Manny's dad and I have come to get her." he said while taking his hand to cover the sun from his eyes
The gaurd looked at me and then my dad and back at me and then back at my dad.
"She's adopted" he said
"Can I see some I.D." The gaured asked
He took out his I.D. from his pocket The gaured looked at the ID and then him and then me and then a piece of paper that had the name of the person who was picking me up.
"Can you Identify your name date of birth and who you will be picking up." she asked
"Archie Simpson..January 25, 1975..and Mannuela Maria Santos." he said looking the gaurd straight in the eye
She looked at the sheet of paper his ID and him a second time and then handed his ID back to him
"She's good to go" she said glaring at me
She didin't like me anyway she was always glaring at me I hated her right back. I grabbed my suitcase and pushed my way through them and then walked down those long steps. Mr. I mean dad helped me though like when I had two more steps to go. We got in the car and he put my stuff in the trunk. It was quiet for a while a very long while. I felt uncomfertable with him being in their you know. It's like he knows what I did but yet he's still being nice to me it was so wierd.
"So we have a suprise for you at the house." he said smiling at me
"I hope the suprise is Craig" I thought
But I stayed quiet for another 5 minuets waiting for him to start another conversation.
"So you can call me Archie or Mr. Simpson or Emma's dad or even media immersions teacher" he said I know he wanted to say dad
"Ok dad" I said smiling
"Dad works to" he said I bet he was relived.
"I'm going to be a good girl dad." I said looking at him
"No more bad for me I'll be a new Manny a better Manny for good now." I added
"So I won't get any phone calls from the police saying that you killed another girl then?" he asked
"Unless it's Emma then no." I said looking seriously
He stopped the car and looked at me cars started honking I think he was suprised
"I'm kidding..don't worry the answer is no." I said smiling
"Ha very funny." he said and started moving again.
We passed by Craigs house but I didn't want to look at him because he was sitting outside of his house with Paige and his arm was around her and they were making out. I guess they haven't broken up but it hurt me to see him with her like that so I just turned and faced the other way I guess he's not my suprise. Did I tell you my plan yet I'm going to pretend like I don't care for Craig anymore like I just wanted to be friends. And then it will dawn on him that theirs a girl in the world that dosn't want to be with him and with his big ego he would want to have all the girls like him so he would dump Paige and ask me out great plan right? right.
It took another 10 minuets for us to get to our house but then we passed it.
"Dad wasn't that our house?" I asked while turning around to take another look.
"No that's not our house." he said smiling
"What's going on that's our house....I rember because that crack I had tripped on a rock and fell on it and got a cut so big it looked like Africa" I said still looking back
"Now this is our house." He said pointing to a white house
I turned around to see it. It was beautiful it was big and white a white house that remindes me of the song white houses by Vanessa Carlton
"Crushed on the floor when I moved in..." I thought great that song will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
"It's beautiful" I whisperd I don't think he herd me though
I got out of the car and walked up the six steps going up to the house. I opend the door and Emma, Spike my new mom, JT and Jack were all their waiting for me they all said.
"Welcome Home" really loud with open arms.
"Oh you guys are so nice..I didn't think you would let me in with open arms like this." I said about to tear up I really didn't think that they would be so nice since they knew where I was coming from.
Emma was first to come up to me and hug me we cried together for like 10 seconds.
"I can't belive your out of that...that consentration camp" she said hugging me tighter I could tell she was still crying so I started to cry again
"And we're sisters." she added "I can't belive we're sisters"
"Me niether" I said sqweezing her tighter
She got off of me and looked at me her eyes were so brown and preaty even pretier when she cried.
"I rember when we were younger and we would say that we were sisters but you dyed your skin and we were adopted into diffrent families." she said
"And we were always waiting for the time to come when we would be adopted together and we could be sisters again." I said smiling
"And now we are...we're sisters." Emma said giving me another hug
"I'm happy to feel your warmth again sister." I said sqweezing her tighter
"I'm so happy your back sister." she said and then she got off of me
"I think we should stop or else we'll cry even more and have no more tears for other times that we have to cry." she said smiling and wiping away her tears
"Yeah" I said wiping mine also
Then JT came to give me a hug.
"It's great of you to be back." he said
I smelt him and it made me rember the days when we would go on his roof and count the stars and who ever could count the most stars in a minuet thats how many grandchildren we were going to have last time we counted 25 and we were going to have 4 children. We had our future planned out it's just I loved him but I wasn't inlove with him. Actually never was because I was always inlove with Craig. JT was kind of my rebound and I felt bad that I thought of him as a rebound because I was once a rebound and I got hurt really bad.
"The smell of you remindes me of when we used to count the stars on your roof." I said smiling
"25 grandchildren and 4 children right?" he asked
"Yeah " I said giving him another hug
"I missed you JT." I said
"I missed you to" he said
"I got to go to work." He said getting out of our hug
"You have a job?" I asked
"Yeah I work at the dot " he said
"I forgot we're old enough to work." I said got I felt stupid
He walked over to Emma and leaned on her they were kissing eachother not making out but like kissng and he was all I love you and she was like I love you where they going out ok that was obviouse but wow why didn't they tell me before.
"See you guys later and welcome back Manny" JT said and he left
"Emma are you and JT going out?"I asked her I was confused
She shook her head. What what's going on in this family. She showed me her hand she had a ring on they were engaged. Oh my gosh why didn't she tell me this before I'm so excited for her I didn't even know they were going out. I'm going to have to have a talk with her later today.
"your engaged" I mouthed
and she nodded her head
"I'll tell you details later." she said smiling
God Emma's lucky we were only in 11th grade and the man that she loved proposed to her I so want her life for a day no maybe like forever. I didn't even know they were going out thats what bugs me.
"We promised eachother it's till the end now with spinning empty botles it's the five of us...." Crap it's still stuck in my head "
Spike Came and gave me a hug and then she looked at me
"God your beautiful" she said
It kind of creeped me out but hey it was a compliment
"Thankyou?" I kind of asked
"Well Snake told me that you had a talk and so I guess your calling me mom?" she asked
"Yeah I'm going to call you mom" I said
"Come on Manny I have to show you your room" Emma said grabbing my arm and pulling me down the stairs.
She showed me her room it had Emma in yellow on the door, and turtle and aligator stickers on the letters. She opend her door and it was so cool and preaty it had a wild life background I mean with the trees and everything and it had monkeys hanging on branches from the ceeling it was so Emma.
"Wow Emma it's so...so....so..you." I said astonished at what I saw.
"I know it took days to put together." she said "Now let me show you your room" she said showing me to the next room
We got to my room it had Manny on my door in pink. my favorite color with kissy mark stickers on the Manny
We got inside and Tinker-Bell was on my lip shaped bed wearing the pink outfit Craig got her on that Chirstmas. God I think that if they knew where that outfit came from they wouldn't have put it on her on the day that I came back.
"Tink" I yelld running for the dog it licked my face."Oh I missed you Tink" I said giving her a hug
I looked at my walls they had lip marking all over them like someone took pink lipstick and put it on and kissed my wall
"Oh my gosh Emma the wall paper is so...so...so..." I started but she inturupted me
"So you" she said
"Yeah so me" I said looking around and then I looked at Emma "Emma sit with me." I said patting a seat for her to sit on.
She came over God she was preaty I can see why JT proposed
"God Emma your...your getting married" I sqwealed "Whens the wedding, and why didnt' you tell me before?" I asked
"I know...after we graduate and I didn't want to make you feel uncomfterble." she said
"I wouldn't feel uncomfertable I would have been happy for you and JT...but how come I didnt' notice when you came to give me my homework." I asked
"Because I would take off the ring and put it in my pocket when we came to see you." she said
"Oh Emma..your my sister...I would have been happy." I said smiling
We talked for hours and hours about the randomist things and it was like 9 and mom came in the room to tell us that we had to go to sleap. So Emma left. Next thing I looked at the clock and it was already 11:00 and I couldn't get to sleap. I was so happy that my room was downstairs I put on my slippers and opend my window and snuck out. I needed to see Craig no matter what my plan was I was tempted to see him. I walked and it got really chilly at night. I mean really chilly I as so cold but I kept on walking I finally got to his garadge great he was their and it looked like he was playing his guitar I opend the door just a little and went in I wanted to suprise him because I told Emma and JT not to tell anyone I was coming home. I thought Craig was alone but then I saw Paige get up from his lap I can't belive she was their she streched I think she was sleaping. She looked over at me and I had tears steraming down my face why why out of all the days I had to talk to Craig why would she be their.
"Manny?" she said confused
Craig looked at Paige like she was crazy
"What are you talking about Manny's in prison" Craig said
"No she's not...she's right there" she said and she pointed at where I was
"These silly little wounds would never mend I fell so far from where I've been so I go...." I was still thinking of that song.
Craig looked at me "Manny" he whisperd
"I'm back" I whisperd tears still streaming down my face