A/N: Hi all! New chapter! Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed! And to stinkysox, yes I have seem Stick It! I love that movie! I did gymnastics for six years but quit last year to do karate. I didn't quit because of any of the reasons that Nevaeh did, so when you find out why she did quit, just know that this was an idea, not a real experience! Enjoy the chapter everyone!
Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers or WOGA, but I do own Nevaeh and her teammates and roommates!
Chapter 5: Olympic Manor
Grace practically dragged Nevaeh by the hand as she speed-walked down the street to the house. Nevaeh nearly dropped her bag because of the force hauling her around.
Two minutes later, Grace dragged her new teammate up a flat driveway and through a fancy wooden door with glass panels.
"Welcome to Olympic Manor! We all named it that because that is everyone's dream: to go to the Olympics!" Grace squealed, jumping up and down, still gripping Nevaeh's left hand tightly.
"Hey, look," Nevaeh started, trying to get the bouncing girl's attention. "Can you stop all this bouncy crap already? I'm tired and hungry, and I haven't slept in a bed for ages!"
Grace suddenly stopped bouncing on the spot and looked at Nevaeh. "I will if you cut your crap, because I sure as hell won't take any of it." Well, this girl had an attitude.
"You talk back. Nice. Ever been bullied?" Nevaeh asked skeptically.
A grave look came over Grace's face. "Yup, never going back to that blasted place." Nevaeh nodded, slightly happier now that she knew she wasn't the only one that had been bullied before. "Anyway, wanna meet your new roommates?"
"Sure." Grace had let go of her hand by now, and Nevaeh obediently followed her down the hallway to the kitchen and living room.
"Everyone, this is Nevaeh! Introduce yourselves, because I can't be bothered," Grace smirked, sitting down at the huge, round table in the middle of the room. Everyone giggled and snickered, some of them standing up to introduce themselves.
The first girl to speak had blue eyes and a straight, dark ponytail, and looked about thirteen. "Madison. Maddy for short," she smiled, sitting back down on the custom-made couch that looked like the outline of a square.
The boy next to Maddy had sparkly, green eyes and brown curls. "I'm Harry."
A brown-eyed girl with short, curly brown hair was sitting on the other side of him. She looked like she had some Hispanic heritage. "Riley. Part of your team."
Nevaeh nodded, looking to the next person. "Chelsea," a petite, brown-eyed girl with long, straight, dark blonde hair answered. She hardly looked older than twelve.
"Travis. Chelsea's brother." The boy that answered, who was noisily slurping up a bowl of spaghetti, looked a lot like his sister with the same eye and hair colour. The boy next to him at the table had just finished licking his spaghetti bowl clean, and gave a huge belch, grossing out most of the girls.
"Jacob. Jake for short," he smirked, brushing his spiky, light brown hair out of his shiny, blue eyes and winking at Nevaeh, who raised an eyebrow at him.
"Don't mind him, he's just immature," an auburn-haired girl said, walking into the room. She seemed to be the oldest girl in the house, around the age of eighteen. "All of the boys are. Oh and I'm Hannah," the blue-eyed girl added, smiling and shaking Nevaeh's hand.
"Hey Hannah, have we got any food for Nevaeh?" Grace asked, piping up again.
Hannah nodded. "Yep, I'll just reheat some of the spaghetti, if that's alright with you," she asked, raising her eyebrows at Nevaeh questioningly, who nodded gratefully.
"I'll show you to your room before you eat," Grace said, before leading her down another hallway to a huge bedroom. Inside, there were two single beds with mauve bedspreads, an en suite, a wardrobe, and a ladder that med to a hidden area close to the roof and had cushions for sitting on.
"Wow, this place is gorgeous. Who else sleeps in here?" Nevaeh asked quietly, placing her bag down on the neatly-made bed, figuring that the unmade bed was already used.
"Riley does. But don't worry, she's really sweet. I'm sure you'll like her," Grace assured her.
After a minute of looking around the magnificent room, Hannah called out that Nevaeh's dinner was ready, and they headed back to the kitchen/living room area. Nevaeh hadn't really noticed it before but Olympic Manor looked like one of those houses in movies that rich people lived in. SHIELD must have payed a fair amount of money to have her here.
After dinner, casual conversation was passed around the room for about an hour, then Nevaeh excused herself to her room, since she was extremely exhausted and was still unsure about some of her roommates. Hannah and Harry seemed to be in charge of the place and looked after the others. They were like the parents in a way, since most of the people that lived there were either kicked out by their family or because their family didn't want to move all the way over to Plano.
Grace was kind of strange, but Nevaeh had taken a liking to her, finding that they weren't all that different, although Grace didn't have a big brother that worked for a secret government agency. That she knew of, at least. Her parents died three years ago in a plane crash and Valeri let her live at the house since she was already at the gym most of the time.
Riley was a quiet girl who watched most of the conversation take place, without actually having much of an input. Grace was right, though. Riley was sweet and cared about her friends. You could tell by the way she wrapped her arms around little Chelsea as the young girl drifted off to sleep.
Maddy, Jake and Travis were the pranksters and the monkeys of the group by the sound of their stories. They apparently pranked Grace once by putting a bucket of water against her bedroom door, which spilled everywhere when she opened it the next morning. She wasn't quite sure about how she would react to gushing water at her feet at the crack of dawn.
Overall, Nevaeh thought that they were all nice people, but she wouldn't jump at the chance of trusting people like she had done so many times before. It never ended well.
In the dark of midnight, Nevaeh was now in her warm bed. She pulled her phone out of the bag sitting next to her bed and texted Natasha.
Although there are eight other kids living here, I still feel so alone.
Who saw Breaking Dawn Part 2? I did! Oh my gosh! Best one ever! So sad that it's all over now, but happy with how it ended! I will update my other story, A Smarty-Pants Addition, tomorrow! If you haven't read it before, please do! Reviews are really appreciated!