I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
"What we want to do for dinner?" Toes said rubbing her stomach.
"What does a nine year old and a thirteen year old like?" Maddie asked.
"What did you guys buy?" Matt asked.
"We have chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, vegetables, and soda." Jeff said.
"Easy enough." Toes said, everyone turned and looked at Fin.
"What?" Fin asked.
"You're the cook of the group, would you do the honor?" Matt asked.
"I don't know where any pans are though." Fin said.
"I'll show you." Shannon said standing up and helped her up off the couch to the kitchen.
"Did you buy any juices, I don't think a nine year old nor thirteen year old she drink soda right now." Toes said.
"We have milk, apple juice, sunny delight and orange juice." Maddie answered.
"Good, do we have fries, bingo!" Fin said as she opened the freezer to get the chicken nuggets and saw them.
"Shannon going to help cook?" Matt asked.
"Maybe, if she needs me." Shannon said as she climbed onto the counter as Fin washed her hands before she put the nuggets and fries onto a pan to put into the oven.
"I should go clean of my dining room table, and bring in some chairs, Jeff you want to come help?" Matt said as him and Jeff went and grabbed some chairs for the table.
"Turning on the television, anyone have any shows they want to watch?" Maddie asked as she clicked on the television.
"Nope, whatever you want." Toes said as she leaned back onto the couch, Anita ran downstairs without her book and ran for the front door.
"Freeze, where you going?" Shannon said walking out of the kitchen to where Anita was standing.
"For a run?" Anita said in a questioning voice.
"You have only been here for a few hours, I don't want you running about until you know the place, if you want to run, run around in the back yard in the forest." Shannon said pointing out the sliding door, and she turned around and went out the backdoor.
"Be back in an half hour, you have a watch?" Toes said.
"Yeah, I have a watch." Anita said as she slipped through the door, Maddie and Toes watched her run back and forth from the back porch to a certain tree and back, just doing relays.
"Beniot, why don't you put your toys up?" Fin asked as Gregory picked Beniot up over his shoulder and ran him upstairs. Beniot put up his planes, and they ran back down stairs.
"How's dinner coming?" Matt said as he walked back into the kitchen.
"Almost ready, is the table set?" Shannon said.
"Yep, 9 chairs." Jeff said.
"Can someone please set the table with the silverware?" Fin asked as Matt grabbed all the silverware and napkins, he set the table with the silverware, Shannon pulled out the plates, and one small plate for Beniot, he set them to the side of the pots. Shannon then pulled out two glasses, and filled them with milk, he set them at two random seats.
"Soda?" Jeff asked as everyone told him what they wanted, and Jeff pulled out the sodas setting them down at random seats, he mainly tried to put the couples together. The beeper of the alarm went off, Fin pulled out the nuggets and fries. Maddie got up from the couch, she opened the backdoor to get Anita.
"Anita, dinner, come in and wash up." Maddie yelled, Anita ran up the steps into the house. She ran into the bathroom she washed her hands, as Gregory took Beniot into the bathroom to wash his hands. Everyone took turns going into the bathroom to wash their hands.
"Everyone take turns getting their food." Fin said as she helped serve the food.
"Do I get a soda?" Anita asked as she down in a chair with a glass of milk.
"I understand your 18, but with dinner, you get milk or juice." Shannon said sitting down in his chair as everyone sat down around the table.
"Should we say grace?" Maddie asked.
"We should since we are now sitting at an official table." Toes said as everyone grabbed each others hand as Matt said grace since it was his house.
"Amen, how'd you know that chicken nuggets were my favorite?" Beniot asked as he dug into his nuggets.
"It is Beniot, they are good for you." Jeff said.
"So, Anita, do you run often?" Toes asked.
"Yeah, I used to do track at my school, do you know if they have track here?" Anita asked.
"Oh yeah, Beth said that the school system should be open tomorrow, so if you want to go down there and enroll them." Jeff said taking a drink of his soda.
"When would I be able to drink some soda?" Beniot asked.
"When you get older, but you need the milk to make your bones strong if you want to wrestle." Matt said.
"Then why don't you drink milk?" Beniot asked.
"Answer that." Maddie said.
"Because my bones are already strong, you're still growing, the milk will help the bones transition." Gregory said.
"Good one." Anita said as she took a sip of the milk.
"I thought so." Gregory said.
"Am I going to go to school tomorrow?" Beniot asked.
"No, you are going to get enrolled tomorrow though." Fin said.
"Are people here nice?" Anita said as Jeff finished eating.
"Yeah, you will make tons of friends the first day of school, and if you say that you're related to us, you will get tons of friends." Gregory said as Jeff went to get another plate of food.
"I don't know how you can eat so much and still be that skinny." Fin said as she sipped her soda.
"I know, I had friends skinnier than me, they eat more than him and they were still size 2." Anita said.
"It makes me angry." Maddie said as she finished her plate as Beniot finished as well and went to drinking his milk.
"What time is Beniot's bed time?" Shannon asked.
"8 o'clock, and my is 9, but I usually don't fall asleep to 10." Anita said.
"Then, your bed time is 10 for now." Fin said.
"But, during the week, you go to bed at 9, at least in your room at 9." Matt said.
"Yes sir and ma'am." Anita said as she finished her food.
"And, if you are living with Grandpa Hardy or with Beth, you listen to them, eat what they cook, do what they tell you, watch out for your brother, and no crawling out windows at 10 at night missy." Shannon said.
"Yes sir, but we aren't living with them right now are we?" Anita asked.
"Who are Grandpa Hardy and Beth?" Beniot asked as he finished his milk and wiped off his milk mustache.
"You'll meet them tomorrow, come on little guy, lets go get you washed up, you had a long day." Maddie said standing up, she grabbed his and her plate and his cup, she walked into the kitchen, and she cleaned off their plates. Beniot ran upstairs to take his bath, and get ready for bed.
"How is the school's out here?" Anita asked.
"Their good, you have 6 periods, lockers, nutrition, and lunch, 5 minutes between classes." Matt said.
"What grades is each school?" Anita asked.
"Beniot would be in the elementary school and you'll be at the high school." Gregory said.
"And, we better not come home or hear about how you got detention, getting a lot of tardies, ditching a period or all day, and please do not get expelled or suspended, because we can't take a risk of you having to go to another school." Toes said as she got up to clean her dish.
"It is a new start for me though Aunt Toes." Anita said.
"It better be." Maddie said as they heard footsteps running down the stairs. Beniot was standing up on the first break of stairs, and the three dogs ran up to him.
"I love your dog Matt; will someone please come and run my bath water?" Beniot asked as he squatted down playing with the dogs.
"Oh yeah, coming." Jeff jumped up and did it instead of Maddie.
"Is there anything special that we need to know, like allergies, medications, or diseases?" Matt asked.
"Yes, I am an asthmatic; Beniot is allergic to sulfur medication." Anita said as she got up from the table to go rinse off her dishes.
"Are any of you on medication right now?" Gregory asked.
"I have an inhaler for my asthma; I have it in my purse. It is good for a year, Beniot and I only took vitamins, just those gummy bear or Flintstone ones." Anita said.
"Okay, well, that was a good dinner." Fin said as she got up to rinse off her dish and Maddie started to clean the table and push in chairs.
"Ms. Anita, tomorrow, we are taking you and your brother into town to enroll you into school, so you need to be up early, you should shower up and go bed as well." Shannon said.
"After Beniot gets done." Anita said as Jeff walked downstairs.
"Is he bathed?" Maddie asked as she finally plopped on the couch.
"He's getting dressed right now, and brushing his teeth to get ready for bed. Where's his dog?" Jeff asked.
"It's in his carry on bag." Anita said as she ran upstairs to get it and get ready for her shower.
"Gregory and Toes, you're ready to go back to my place?" Jeff asked.
"After I get to say good night to the kids." Toes said as her and Gregory ran upstairs, Jeff followed to do the same. The dogs were running around chasing each other for a bone that they found.
"What time should we be here in the morning?" Jeff asked.
"Well, I was planning on getting up about 10ish to do the chairs and set down the meat, plus start BBQing since people will show up around 12." Matt said.
"I would say about 9; I have to go get those kids enrolled in school." Fin said.
"I also need to go get my car." Shannon said.
"I will come over about 9:30 to pick you 4 up, after enrolling them, we can go get your car, and then we can come back in time to be here for the get together." Jeff said as he hugged people good bye as Toes and Gregory did the same.
"Sounds like plan." Shannon said as Jeff, Gregory and Toes walked into the driveway to Jeff's car to drive to his house around the corner. Beniot ran down the stairs in his Spider-man pajamas.
"Look, it's Spider-man." Maddie said sitting in the other couch.
"I love Spider-man. Is it time for me to go to bed?" Beniot asked.
"You got a half hour; do you want to watch a wrestling match in Matt's ring?" Shannon asked.
"He's got a ring?" Beniot asked excitedly.
"A real one, him and Jeff both have a real one, maybe if you ask him nicely, he will let you go play in it." Fin said. Beniot ran up to Matt who was sitting on the arm of the couch, he jumped onto his lap.
"May I play in your ring?" Beniot asked with his puppy dog look.
"Come on youngster." Matt said as he carried him into the other room that had the ring. Maddie, Fin and Shannon went into the room, Beniot slid in, he bounced about, and he climbed up the turnbuckles.
"How do you like being in the ring?" Shannon asked.
"Like home." Beniot said as Matt picked him up and swung him around.
"Get in here you two and wrestle Matt and me." Shannon said as he rolled in, Matt helped Beniot out.
"Yeah, mommy, show them what it is like to go against a champion." Beniot said as Maddie and Fin climbed into the ring, Beniot stood outside watching, they did the most bogus match they had ever done, it was the worst match they all have done, even worse than training matches, but Beniot loved it, after Anita showered, she came down and watched a little.
"Now the match is over youngster, off to bed." Matt said as the dogs followed Matt who was carrying Beniot upstairs. Everyone said their nights and love yous. Matt shut off the light, and shut the door, leaving only a crack so if anyone walked by could look in to check on him.
"What time are you waking us tomorrow?" Anita asked.
"Early, Jeff's going to be here at 9:30, so however long it will take you to get ready, that's when you're getting up." Shannon said.
"I don't have an alarm clock though." Anita said.
"There's one in your room, it's an iHome, so plug in your iPod and set your alarm." Matt said.
"Tomorrow, am I getting a phone since we are out and about?" Anita asked.
"Not tomorrow, but sometime soon after, I promise you will get one soon." Fin said.
"Fine, going to bed, I know it's early, I just think I have jet leg." Anita said as she hugged the four people left sitting in the living room, the dogs ran down the stairs before she started climbing up. When she got to the top of the first set, she turned around, "I got a question." Anita asked as she nervously grabbed onto the banister.
"We might have an answer." Matt said sarcastically.
"Can you teach me how to wrestle or self defense?" Anita asked as she played with her hair.
"Anytime." Maddie said smiling as Anita smiled from happiness, she ran up rest of the stairs.
"Sweet kids, at least now they are in a place where they are being loved." Matt said as he ran his hand through his hair.
"I couldn't imagine anyone beating on their kids like that." Shannon said shaking his head.
"I know, I am pretty tired myself." Maddie said as her and Matt went up to their room checking in on the two kids who were snuggled together on the bed. Beniot was tightly hanging onto his dog; Anita had her arm wrapped around him.
"Ready to go to bed?" Shannon asked looking at Fin.
"Very much so, it was a long day." Fin said kissing him lightly on the lips.
"I know we just kind of adopted these kids, but do you think that we will ever have our own?" Shannon asked as he grabbed her hand and they walked towards their room.
"One day, but first lets see what happens tomorrow." Fin said as we went into their own room, but Shannon ran upstairs to check on the kids before they officially went to bed.