Sorry it took so long for me to update this story. In this chapter it's all in Wally's point of view and how he spends his free time and what kind of family he has. This chapter also shows a sweeter side to him, well enough of me talking. I hope that you enjoy this next chapter. Reviews are welcomed. :)
Ch. 2 Responsibilities
POV: Wally
"Big Brother!" I heard my little brother yell before I saw him. Out of nowhere I felt someone jump on my back and loop their arms around my neck. It was none other than Joey, being his normal loud and happy self. He jumped down and ran back over to his daycare mates.
I walked past the little kids and headed into the small building. The door was open and I could already see the bright yellow walls inside. Like always toys were scattered everywhere. I went to the back room and traded in my back pack for a white apron. As I walked back into the play room I saw Katie.
She was already picking up the toys with a blank face, like always. Her thick red hair was pulled back into a low pony tail and I saw that she still had her lip ring in. I walked over to her and tapped her on the shoulder.
"You know you need to take that thing out of your lip," I joked. She looked up at me and gave me a smirk. Katie stood up straight and walked past me with the same smirk on her face.
"Well I might get in trouble for this lip ring but at least I work here out of my own free will," she told me in her monotone voice. I could feel my anger starting to peak but I kept it under control, I knew she was kidding.
I bent down and started picking up the toys Katie didn't get. I followed her over to the toy box and put the things I had in there. Katie leaded against the wall and looked at me.
"Walls you know I was kidding," she told me. I stood up and leaned against the wall with her.
"Yeah I know Kat. It's just sometimes I forget I'm here because of my probation. But at least while I'm working here, Joey can come here for free, that's the one good part of this whole ordeal," I told her with a small smile.
Kat just kind of looked at me and punched my shoulder lightly. I rubbed my shoulder and gave her a questioning look.
"Come on give me some credit. I have to be on your good memory list," she told me with rumor in her voice. I caught onto what she was saying and flicked her forehead lightly. I always did that with someone I was joking with.
"Kat, you know what I'm talking about. Of course you're on my good memory and best friend list," I told her. Before we could say anything else, Sophie came into the room smoking a cig. Her bright red hair was also pulled back into a low ponytail.
"Hey Walls, hey sis," she told us under breath. She walked past us to the back room, where was the only place she could have a smoke. Kat and Sophie are twins and the only way outside people could tell them apart was by Kat's lip ring.
"So I guess Sophie is on her break on, that means Shane is also," Kat said. Right when she said that Shane walked in and walked over to us. He ruffled up Kat and my hair and smiled.
"Hey you two," he told us in his normal cheery voice. Shane was the older brother of the twins and he was also the co-owner of the daycare along with their mom. He was taller than me by a few inches and he was older than me by seven years but I was more mature then him at times. Even the twins were more responsible and they were both nineteen, when they are supposed to be wild and crazy.
But I guess when the times calls for it Shane can be a little mature but that didn't happen often. The little kids came inside from playing and Shane went over and started playing patty cake with Emily, one of the regular at the daycare.
"Yeah that's Shane for you, the five year old stuck in a twenty-four years old body," I heard Sophie behind chuckling. Kat and I started laughing; the three of us all had a good laugh.
As soon as the last of the kids got in, Darcy, Shane's and the twins mom came in, with their little twin brothers and three little sisters following right behind her while holding her one month old baby boy. Instantly you could see where the twins got there curly red hair.
The twin boys Skyler and Auden who are in seventh grade looked like mini versions of Shane, walked to the back room and placed their packs on the floor, got out their DS's and started playing a video game. The twin boys acted they were smarter than everyone else and didn't trust people easily but you can't help up like them.
Kat and Sophie went back to the room and started to mess with the boys, I could feel a smile appear on my face.
I looked back over at Darcy and saw that she was talking to the three youngest sisters. Charlotte who is in the fifth grade looked just like Darcy, Kat and Sophie, except she had green eyes like her dad and her brothers, while Darcy and the other girls had honey brown eyes.
Charlotte was more the tom boy then the other girls and more out spoken about what she wanted then any of the other siblings. But she still was smart and considerate of the people around, which all the kids are.
The second grader, Sherrie was the girlie girl and she was the shyest. She looked just like her mom but acted like her father. She, Sophie and Skyler took after their dad the most. They were quiet and liked to figure out where they stood with someone before they said anything.
Amy, the youngest girl was my best buddy of the siblings, of course I wouldn't say that out loud but it was the truth. In some instances I got along better with her then my own little brother Joey. Which I guess is okay, considering Joey already told me that he wished Shane was his real brother.
The one month old baby named Darren was a sleep in Darcy's arm, his dark brown hair looked like Shane, Skyler and Auden's hair color but he didn't resemble anybody yet, even though Darcy says he looks like the kids father, Warren.
Charlotte and Sherrie walked to the back room and starting doing their homework. Amy, unlike her sisters ran over to me.
"Wally!" She yelled. Her arms were stretched out; I bent down and opened my arms wide. She ran straight into my chest and rugged my neck tightly. I stood up with her in my arms gave her a big hug. I held her in my arms and kissed her cheek.
"How is my favorite girl?" I asked with a big smile.
"I'm fine. How's my favorite bubby?" She asked me with a cute grin. I couldn't help but feel happy and torn at the same time when she or any of the other siblings called Joey and me one of their brothers. I shook my head and got those thoughts out of my mind.
"I'm just fine little lady," I said. I sat her down on the ground and she went and jumped on Shane's back. Shane always the nice guy gave her a piggy back ride. I watched with a content look on my face. Darcy walked over to me and smiled at me.
"Wally, I've been meaning to ask you. Since you've been under my roof for a whole month now I would like to know what you would like for supper tonight," she told me in her smooth and gentle voice. Her voice always caught me off guard because I was never use to it with my real mom or dad.
"Well if you're asking me, would cheese burgers be okay?" I asked her. Her smile seemed to grow a little bit.
"That would be a great supper, I'm sure Walter will love that, we haven't had burgers for quite a while. We can actually stop at Meijer's on the way home," she said. Darren cooed in her arms and he opened his eyes. His bright blue eyes stared back into my green ones.
I touched his little hand with my finger and he grabbed it. The little baby started to giggle in a baby way and smiled up at me. I was taken back a little bit by his reaction.
"Wally don't seem so surprised," Darcy told me. I looked at her with wide eyes. "Darren loves you, you make him happy, and after all you are his older brother."
She gave me a motherly smile and touched my arm and walked over to Shane. I stood there not knowing what to think of what just happened. A certain happy emotion popped up but at the same time I felt true sadness. I shook my head trying to get rid of those thoughts and feelings.
The last daycare kid left at courter to five so we were all worn out. Well except for Skyler, Auden, Sherrie, and Charlotte. Amy and Joey were tired from playing with the other kids. We all grabbed our stuff and headed out to the cars. Darcy locked up and joined us.
"Okay kids, who's going with who?" she asked in a mom voice.
"Sherrie and I want to ride with Katie and Sophie," Charlotte said.
"We want to ride with Shane," said Skyler and Auden at the same time.
"I want to too!" Yelled Joey, while waving his hand, Shane came up behind his and hoisted Joey up on his shoulders.
"That's no problem," Shane smiled. Amy came running over to me and hugged my leg.
"I want to be with bubby Wally," she whined. I picked her up and held her in my arms.
"Okay Amy, Wally, Darren and you can all ride with mommy," she told us. With that settled we all got into our separate cars and headed to Meijer's. I sat in front next to Darcy. I looked in the mirror and saw that Amy was already asleep with Darren. I could feel another smile pull at the corner of my lips.
"I'm not use to smiling this much," I whispered to Darcy, afraid that I would wake up Amy. Darcy didn't say anything to what I said all she was drive and turn the radio top the station I like. After the trip to Meijer's we all headed to their house.
As Darcy pulled into the drive I could see that some lights were on, which meant that Walter was home. The four story house still seemed so big to me, especially since Joey and I lived in different foster homes since Joey was born. I was never use to staying this long at someone's home. It normally ended in a week or less. Thankfully Joey never asked why we move house to house, he was just so use to it.
We all took our share of groceries and headed inside. Walter was in the kitchen just putting the last of the dishes away it looked like. When he saw us he greeted us with a smile.
"Hello everyone," he said in a deep voice.
"Daddy!" Amy called and ran over to him. He picked her up and kissed her.
"Hello sweet heart," he laughed. Darcy shooed everyone out of the kitchen except for Walter and Shane, who from what I could gather helped her cook. We all headed into the huge living room. Amy and Charlotte were sitting on the floor looking at some kind of book.
Sherrie and Sophie were talking about something along the lines of boys or something. Skyler and Auden were still playing their DS's and they were also teaching Joey how to play, which I really appreciated.
I looked over at the couch and saw Kat holding Darren in her arms. A gentle smile was on her face; her lip ring did not take any of the gentleness on her face. I went over and sat down beside her.
"Hey Walls," she said.
"Hey, what are you and Darren talking about?" I joked. She gave me a look and smirked.
"We're discussing about how the TV. today is just horrible," she smiled. I lightly flicked her forehead.
"Okay, I get. Stupid thing to ask, no need to be sarcastic," I said. A few minutes went by with us not saying anything to each other.
"So who do you have on your mind anyways?" Kat asked out of the blue. I gave her a shocked look and could feel a light blush come to my cheeks.
"How did you know I was thinking about someone?" I asked, trying not to sound frantic. She laughed and looked over at me.
"Walls it doesn't take a genius to see the signs. For one you've been sighing and you keep zoning out," she explained.
"So who's the girl?" she asked me in a more direct way.
"There's no girl!" I told her loudly. A huge smirk appeared on her face.
"Oh, I see. Who's the guy then?" She asked. I could feel my whole face become red from embarrassment.
"I don't swing that way!" I shouted. Kat started to laugh her head off. Thankfully no one seemed to notice us so I sat there waiting for Kat to stop laughing. She finally stopped and it was right when Shane came into the living room yelled that supper was ready.
Everyone went ahead of us to the dining room. When I got up to join them Kat grabbed my arm.
"I'll come to your room after dinner then you can tell me who this girl is," she whispered. She stepped in front of me and gave Darcy the baby. When we all sat down at the table and Darren was in his high chair, we all said grace and started eating.
I bit into my cheeseburger and I could feel my eyes light up.
'This is the best cheeseburger I have ever had!' I thought loudly in my head.
"Well mom you don't have to ask if Wally likes his Cheeseburger or not," Shane laughed. I looked across at him and gave him thumbs up. Everyone started laughing at that. Even like Darren stated to giggle. It was one of the best dinners I have had for a while.
After dinner we were all excused. I decided to go straight to the guest room where I was staying for right now. Joey was sharing Amy's room so I wasn't worried about him not having a room. As I walked up the stairs I heard Shane yell by to everyone and that he was heading home.
Shane lives just next door so I don't really know why he always had to make a big deal about leaving but I guess that was just the type of person he is, which I guess isn't that bad. I walked down the hallway of the hallway on the second floor and made it to the third floor.
On the end of the last hallway of the third floor was my room. As soon as I opened my door the cool air hit my skin and I could feel my whole body relax. As I looked around the room I tried to ignore how much this room seemed like my own almost but I would say that out loud because I would have to leave this room behind sometime.
'Not to mention this family,' I thought to myself sadly.
I shook my head trying to keep those kinds of thoughts. I turned on the light and automatically the ceiling fan came on. The cream color of the walls wasn't harsh to my eyes anymore. I sat down on the soft bed and turned on the small radio my real dad gave me when I was five. It was the only thing that I have of my dad.
As soon as the music started to relax me I heard my door open. Like a reflex I reached over and turned off my radio first. Kat was just closing the door behind her. She was wearing her Dr. Pepper pajama pants with a big night shirt. She had her red hair down and it reached just pasted her shoulders.
"I don't believe I told you to come in," I smirked. She crossed her arms and gave me another one of her looks. I sat up waiting for her to say something. Without a word she came over and sat down beside me.
"So, who's this girl that had you sighing during work today?" She asked me bluntly. Once again I could feel my face get hot. Kat gently punched my shoulder and smiled at me.
"I knew it, this must be pretty special for you to have fallen for after just one day of knowing her," Kat explained. I ran a hand through my hair and looked at her.
"Well you see I have never met a girl like her before, I mean she's sweet, she takes care of flowers and she's smart..." I told Kat everything about her that I knew.
"Okay, so what's this girl's name? I would like to know the name of the girl that made my brother fall head over heels in love," Kat laughed.
"Oh, how stupid of me to forget to tell you her name, her name is Kuki," I told her with a smile. Kat pointed a finger at me and gave me a sly smile.
"That smile proves it Walls, you're in love," she told me.
"What do you mean?" I asked confused. Kat shook her head and sighed. She out her hand on my shoulder and lightly shook me.
"I'll tell you later what I mean," she said. She stood up and stated walking towards the door. "For right now I would focus on how you're going to act natural around her."
Without another word Kat left my room and closed the door behind her. I laid back on the bed trying to figure out what she meant but my thoughts were interrupted by a knock at my door. I leaned up on my elbows and said come in.
Darcy poked her head in and smiled.
"Wally it's your turn to take a shower, hurry up you won't have a chance to. And I'm sure you'll want to smell good for this Kuki girl," she giggled. I didn't know what to say to that so I just got my pajamas and headed to the bathroom on my floor.
After my shower I went back to my room, turned off the light and laid back on the cool covers. I think I dosed off for a second because the next thing I know I woke up to find Amy and Joey standing in front of my face with tears in both their eyes.
"Hey guys, what are you doing up…" I looked at my clock to see it read it was 1:30 am. "This early?"
Amy wiped her eyes and climbed up on my bed with Joey right behind her. She burrowed her head into my shoulder and started to lightly whimper. Joey did the same thing; I didn't know what to do so I asked the most obvious question that came to my mind.
"Do you both want to sleep with me tonight?" I asked. They both nodded their heads. I pulled down the covers and they both got close to me. Amy on my right, Joey on my left, neither of them said anything but soon enough they both stopped whimpering and they both fell asleep.
"Good night Joey," I kissed his forehead. "Good night Amy." I kissed the top of her head. I leaned my head against hers and softly fell into a nice sleep with only one thought on my mind.
'Sleep well everyone.'
Thank you to everyone that read the second chapter to this story. I hope that at least one person likes the people I added in. lol I have to say my favorite creations in this story so far would have to be Kat and Amy. Please remember that reviews welcomed. :)
