Hey its me again with chapter 9! enjoy!
THE SHELTER
Chapter 9-
Lucas
"Josh? Is that you?" I heard an old lady say.
"Aunt Peggy?" Josh asked embracing her and Riley walks in to give her a hug as well.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so glad you're ok. Where's the rest of your family?" Aunt Peggy asked looking over at me holding Maya in my arms.
"We don't know." Riley said bouncing Z on her hip.
"Who's this?" asks Aunt Peggy, looking towards me.
"Hi ma'am. My name's Lucas. I'm a friend of theirs." I say
"We have an extra room that you four can share, it's the last door on the right upstairs. Lucas, go ahead and take Maya up to lay her down." Aunt Peggy says.
"Thank you" I say moving towards the stairs.
"And who is this?" I hear Aunt Peggy ask.
"She is Lucas's niece, Z." I hear Riley says.
"You should put her to sleep too." Aunt Peggy says as I hear Josh and Riley moving behind me.
We all went upstairs, I saw there were only three beds in the room. I put Maya on one and set my stuff down saying,
"I'll sleep on the floor."
After getting settled, we all fell asleep until we heard Dom get back around dinner time.
"Kids come down, its dinner time and everyone's back" called aunt Peggy.
"Ok! We'll be right there." Josh called back as Maya woke up.
"Where are we?" Maya asked groaning, probably with a massive headache from getting thrown through the window.
"You two go, I'll catch her up." Josh says going to sit next to her.
"Ok." Riley said as we leave to go down. Before we got to the bottom I hear Riley squeal and
realize her mom was standing near the front door. Josh began running down the stairs to see what was going on and ran over to hug his mom as well. Happy for them I made a start for the dining room to help set up the table. As I walk in, I hear a very familiar voice that I hadn't heard in 10 years, one I thought I would never hear again from. Looking around the room I see my sister standing next to Aunt Peggy in the kitchen.
"Kathrine?" I blurt, thoughts racing.
"Lucas." She says moving close, trying to give me a hug. I quickly move away, shaking my head, and went to the dining room. I can't do this right now, I thought to myself.
During dinner, I sat next to Maya and Josh trying to stay away from my sister, but Kathrine sat across from me. Halfway through dinner we heard Z begin to cry from upstairs.
"Aunt Peggy, do you have any baby food?" I ask sighing.
"Yes, I picked it up last time I was at the store. It's in the third cabinet on the right."
"Thanks." I said getting up
"I'll be right back." Riley said following me into the kitchen.
Once we were in the kitchen alone Riley asks,
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah why wouldn't I be?"
"I don't know, it's just… it seems like you've been kind of quiet ever since my mom showed up."
"It's nothing."
"Oh my gosh. It's because my mom is here, isn't it? I am so sorry, I didn't think how that might make you feel!" she said quickly.
"It's not because your mom is here but it is family." I reply with a chuckle at her candidness.
"Do you want to talk about it?" She asks.
"No, your mom is here, you should be with her."
"Do you even know how to make a bottle or feed her? Because I was doing that on the R.V."
"Fine. I'll tell you upstairs while we are feeding Z." I say frustrated.
"Great." She replied satisfied.
Josh:
"So, you felt that your friend was acting strange?" He asked
"Yeah, Lucas seems really out of it. I've been his best friend forever and I know something is happening,
but I don't really know what". Once Lucas and Riley walked out of the room, the girl across the table from him began to stand up and say,
"Peggy, I'm going to show him where it is."
Suddenly I realize that she was Kathrine, Lucas's older sister. She left right before Lucas and I met, and he was heartbroken when he found out she wasn't coming back. Then Maya came in and filled that sister gap for him, but he hasn't seen Katherine since he was little.
"No." I say sternly, looking right at Katherine. She stops and quickly turns around to stare at me confused.
"I don't think that's a good idea Kathrine." I say standing up.
"And why not?" Kathrine asked.
"Because Lucas doesn't need this right now, to deal with you. He already has plenty going on without you coming back into his life."
"Why do you think you can to tell me what to do?" She asks now pissed realizing what I was doing.
"Because when you left I was there for him."
"And who do you think you are?"
"Oh, me? Just the one who was there for Lucas when you left him. I'm Josh, the one who has known Lucas longer than his own sister because she left him when he was five"
She started to walk towards the kitchen while Maya and I moved quickly over to block the kitchen door.
"Kid, I have ten years of military training, and I will put you on the ground within seconds if you
don't move out of my way." She says threatening both of us.
Just then the door upstairs closed, and Z stopped crying.
"Looks like they found it" I hear Maya say with a smirk on her face.
She turned around clearly upset and walked to the other side of the house.
"Please excuse us, we have to go upstairs quickly." Maya said moving me towards the stairs.
"You're excused." Uncle Dom said looking up from his plate.
We walked upstairs until we heard Riley and Lucas talking about something. Sitting down on one of the stairs, Maya put her head on my shoulder, clearly exhausted, and we waited for them to finish.
*(A/N)*
There it is guys, i know its short and annoying but i promise the next chapters will be better! What do you think of Lucas's sister? is she cool? should i keep her on? LMK in the reviews! ill see you guys later this week maybe!