Chapter 29
In the last week Sariah had got everything sorted and found some where to rent in LA. She had plenty of money to keep her going but didn't want to fall back on her savings for too long, she had to find a job pretty soon but it wasn't urgent.
The twins were due to start school in the fall so she decided she wanted to get them settled before then.
It was the day of the move. Sariah was stood outside their house with the twins.
She bent do to their eye level.
'Right guys wave goodbye to the house cause its time to go now.'
'I'm really sad mommy.' Madison said leaning her head on Sariah's shoulder.
'I'm not I can't wait to have someone to practice my wrestling on.' Mitchell did a pretend wrestling kick
'Hey buddy, you can't go kicking just anyone.' Sariah held his hand
'I know mommy.' He laid his head on her other shoulder.
'Byeeeeee house.' They all waved together.
'Right munchkins lets get you two strapped in and we'll go. Are you excited to see our new house?'
'Yeah' they said in unison and ran to the car.
After Sariah had strapped them in she had one last look around the house. She didn't really feel anything about the house, although they had, had some good times there.
After driving for a couple of hours she took a break, got the twins some drinks and let them stretch their legs a bit.
'Are we there yet?' Madison asked clearly getting frustrated
'Well you know how long we've been in the car?'
'Yeah.' Maddy said eyeing her suspiciously
'Well we've got to stay in the car for that long again.'
Maddy huffed and Mitchell just gave her a dirty look.
'Ok' she sighed 'why don't we play a game.'
They perked up a bit.
'What sort of game.' Mitchell folded his arms and scowled at her.
'The first one to go to sleep can have an ice cream next time we stop.'
'And no pretending.' She warned
They both laughed and agreed to the deal.
She drove for another hour and a half before stopping again; as she pulled up quietly she noticed they were both asleep.
She sighed with a breath of relief and got out the car.
She got her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed the old house number; she still knew the number off by heart even after four years.
'Yeah hello?' a deep voice said
Sariah remained silent
'Hello?' the voice said again
Dom's voice still sent shivers down her spine
She hung up with out saying anything.
'Mommy did I win the game?' Maddy asked tapping on the window
Sariah said nothing, still distracted by hearing Dom's voice.
'Mommy?' She called this time a bit louder.
She turned round and smiled at Maddy, then opened the door and unstrapped her.
'You both won.' She smiled whilst leaning over and shaking Mitchell
'I want a triple chocolate ice cream.' Mitchell said groggily
'Please.' He grinned as Sariah unstrapped him
After they finished their ice creams and Sariah had changed them out of their chocolate covered clothes they set off on the last part of the journey. Fortunately she didn't have to pass the house to get to her new one.
She pulled into the drive way and got out. The removal company had already unloaded everything and posted the keys thru the letterbox all she had to do was unpack but there was plenty of time for that.
The twins squealed with delight when they saw their new home.
'I wanna go and look.' Mitchell shouted
'Me too.' Maddy wriggled to get out
'Hang on guys.' Let me undo your belts first she scolded them
'Right there you go.' She stumbled back as they brushed past her
'Hey.' She shouted at them
They stopped dead and turned to look at her.
'I think you two should calm down and wait for me.'
They both sighed and looked at the floor.
'Sorry mommy' they said in unison
'Ok' she took their hands and led them inside
They all looked around the house and let the twins go up to their rooms to play with their toys. She made their beds in the hope they'd settle down and rest. It was only six o'clock but she was extremely tiered herself.
It felt strange to be back in LA but she felt settled.
After a couple of hours of putting things away she could still hear the twins playing up stairs.
'Guys do you want me to show you the beach?' she yelled up stairs
Everything went silent.
They poked their heads round the top of the stairs.
'Get your shoes on then.' She laughed
They came charging down the stairs.
It was just a short walk to the beach from their new house. She was on the opposite side of town to where Dom and the crew were so there was no chance of bumping into them down on the beach.
As soon as Madison and Mitchell saw the beach they went charging off.
'Stay where I can see you.' She called after them
She breathed a deep breath of sea air and sat down watching the twins play.
'Mommy can I take my shoes off?' Madison asked
'Me too?' Mitchell ran up to her
'Yes but be careful, you don't want to hurt your feet or get sand in your eyes.'
They kicked off their shoes and went running back down the beach.
Sariah was watching them intently.
All of a sudden Mitchell threw a handful of sand in Maddy's face.
Maddy started crying and screaming.
Sariah went running over, picked up Maddy and grabbed Mitchell by the arm.
She marched over to the public toilets on the edge of the beach.
Mitchell pulled back against her grip
'I'm not going in there, that's for the girls.' He stamped his feet.
Sariah just ignored him and dragged him in behind her.
She sat a screaming Madison up on the counter next to a wash basin.
'Sit there and don't move.' She pointed to a chair next to the end of the counter.
After spending twenty minutes calming Madison down and getting the sand out of her eyes, she looked at Mitchell.
She picked him up and sat him on the counter next to Maddy.
'Are you going to tell me why you did that?'
He just shrugged his shoulders
'Do you know why he did it Maddy?'
She also shrugged her shoulders.
She lifted them both off of the counter and held their hands.
'Your both tiered lets go home and go to bed and talk about this in the morning.'
She got home, changed them into their bed clothes without any arguments or struggling. They all went off too sleep settled in their new home. She knew her life back in LA wasn't going to be easy but she was going to try to make it as good as possible for her and the twins.
SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG! CHAPTER 30 IS WELL ON THE WAY! SORRY IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE PHRASES! I DON'T WRITE AMERICAN WELL! ITS SO HARD USING 'MOM' INSTEAD OF 'MUM'!