Flames to Dust
Chapter 2
Disclaimer-I OWN NOTHING
The plane soon landed and as Bella stepped out into the Philadelphia International Airport, she immediately felt overwhelmed.
She went to the baggage claim and quickly found her bags. She started pulling them along side of her when she heard someone yell out her name.
"Bella!" her aunt Katlynn called as she ran up to her.
"Hey aunt K, whats up?"
"Nothin' much. I've missed you! It's been a while. Oh, here let me help you with that."
"Thanks, and I know, It's been a long time...So I'm guessing you know why my dad sent me here?" Bella asked nervously.
"Yup, he told me all about it. But dont worry, sweetie. I'm not here to judge. As crazy as this sounds, I'm used to pregnant teenagers. You would be suprised how many of them there are here." she explained, laughing lightly at the end.
"Really? Well, at least I wont be a total freak then."
"Yeah, not a total freak." Aunt K gently teased. The two laughed and chatted some more before they reached her SUV.
"Here sweetie, why don't you lay down in the back seat, it looks like you haven't slept in days. Besides, I live all the way in Manayunk, it will be at least another 45 minutes before we get to my house. Oh did I tell you? I just had work done on my house, so you have your own room and your own bathroom. I live alone but when I needed to go out of town on business, I would sometimes rent my house out for the week."
"Oh thats great, thank you." Bella responded with a polite smile.
"No problem." Bella realized that she looked alot like her aunt Katlynn. They both had the same cheek bone structure and Katlynn's eyes were the exact same shade brown. Aunt K was older than Charlie but it didn't show by much. Katlynn also had freckles, which set her apart from Bella and Charlie.
Almost an hour passed when they finally drove up to the house. Bella sat up and got out of the car. She had lost track of time and when she got out of the car and checked her phone, she saw that it was only 6:30pm. Her graduation had been in the morning so it didn't suprise her that it was so early.
Bella had only just become aware of her surroundings when a young man greeted her aunt.
"Hey , how you doin' today?" the young man greeted.
"Hello Matthew, I'm doing fine thank you. This is my niece Bella. Bella, this is Matthew. Him and his brother and sister live up the street." Katlynn introduced.
"Hi." I greeted quietly.
"nice to meet you. Let me introduce you to the rest of the gang."
Bella finally noticed that the guys were playing wiffle ball in the street.
"The one with the Phillies shirt on is Mike, the guy next to him is Jim, he's got a daughter named Logan. She's about 13. Then the one with no shirt on is Charlie, then the one with the Eagles jersey on is Ryan, the short guy next to him is my brother Tom, and next to him is Anton and John. We all live on ths street." he explained politely.
"Wow."
"Yeah, Freeland Ave. gets kind of crowded sometimes but you learn to love it. theres a few more people around here that are our age. Most of them are either at work or just around Roxborough and Manayunk."
"Oh, okay." Bella responded.
"Okay, well. It was nice seeing everyone but Bella has some unpacking to do, and if I know you guys as well as I think i do, you'll still be here when she's done." Aunt K interuppted.
Bella spent the next hour and a half unpacking all her clothes and the rest of her luggage. When she finally finished, she realized that she was starving. She made her way down the stairs of the old victorian house.