Hey sorry it took a little while to do this chapter.
Special thanks to High On Mariah84 and Megflame for helping me write this chapter!
This whole chapter is the house getting ready for Halloween!
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Jade's POV
Its two weeks till Halloween and everyone at school is making plans for what they are going to do. The Whole gang is sitting in the black box discussing their plans.
"You guys can all come over to my house for the night to watch scary movies," Robbie told all of us. Tori, Cat, Andre, and Beck all quickly agreed.
"Can't," I responded after they started to quiet down.
"Why not babe, you love scary movies?" Beck asked me from his position beside me with his arm around my waist.
"All of the parents in my apartment building asked me to take there kids trick-or-treating because I am taking Seirra," I responded. Every year I always take my foster siblings trick-or-treating, this year I'm taking Noah, Lilac, Molly, Seirra, Carson, and Avery, Marie volunteered to help me this year thank goodness.
"Are you dressing up?" Cat asked bouncing in her seat; Cat has always loved Halloween, mostly because she could dress up.
"No, I am just going to stand in the background making sure they don't get kidnapped, then when I get home steal the half of Seirra's candy that she hates," I shrugged, I have done this every year since I was ten, I would help the others get their costumes but I would never get one, Amanda and Kyle never gave us enough money so I used my share of the costume money for the others costumes. I have always wanted to dress up but I never could.
"What are you guys doing?" Tori questioned my foster sisters.
"Not that it's any of your business, but Jessica, Stevie, and I are going trick-or-treating and possible scaring a couple kids, then going to my house to watch scary movie," responded Ryan, and Jessica nodded behind her.
"I'm helping Jade with all of the kids because she is taking six kids," Marie responded.
"I'm going to stay home and watch scary movie's because my parents told me I have to hand out the candy," Millie told them, she never really goes trick-or-treating instead she just eats all of the candy that should e for handing out.
"I'm going to a showing of Rocky horror Picture Show," Junnette announced after Millie, that girl was seriously obsessed with that movie.
"I'm going to try and trick-or-treat this year, hopefully I will last more than ten minutes this time," Peyton replied. Every year she try's to go trick-or-treating and every year the paparazzi catch up to her and start following her around so she has to stop.
"Well are you at least coming, Rex." Robbie said.
"Nah man, I'm hanging with the Northridge girls!" Rex replied.
"Man!" Robbie walked out of the black box still quarreling with Rex.
"Well this is boring now." I said before I gave Beck a kiss and walked out with the 6 girls trailing behind me.
We all got in the car and started in our way home.
When I pulled into the alley, we all walked into the house. I paid Denise and watched her pull away in her SUV.
Lilac and Molly ran up and hugged me, "Did you have fun with Denise?" I asked.
"Yes, we played and went outside and stuff, but we wanted you Jadey." Lilac replied.
"Well I'm here now aren't I?" they both nodded.
Then I went into the kitchen to start dinner, Tacos. I put the meat on the stove and started cutting up the other ingredients.
Then I started thinking. What am I going to do if the gang finds out about everybody? It will most likely come out somehow. I hope they aren't to mad at me. I still need to write down my lie so it doesn't slip anytime soon.
Just then, Avery and Lily came downstairs and into the kitchen.
"Jade, when are we going to get Halloween costumes and hang up Halloween decorations? Avery asked.
"Hm, we can all do it tomorrow, sound good?" I replied.
"Yeah! Thanks Jade!" They both called as they went back up the stairs.
When dinner was ready, I fixed Lilac, Molly, Seirra, and Noah's tacos just how they like them.
Then I went and got them so they wouldn't get trampled and they went to go eat.
I called the others downstairs and they all went to the kitchen to get their food.
Carson however, despite my orders, wouldn't eat, so I told him he couldn't eat anything until the morning and he started eating small bites of his taco.
When dinner was over, I cleaned up the kitchen and gave the youngest four their bath.
I read them a bedtime story, carried Noah to bed, and went in my room where three other girls were sleeping, and went to bed.
The next morning, its Saturday, so we are all getting ready for Halloween. I went down stairs and got started on breakfast. When Amanda and Kyle came down stairs and started leaving for work I asked them real quick to leave some money for Halloween costumes and they gave me $600 dollars to buy costumes and decorations, looks like another year not dressing up.
When I finished up, I put together Molly, Lilac, Noah and Seirra's dishes, then went upstairs to get them up. When they finally woke I went quietly walked down stairs and into the dinning room. When they were in their seats I put their food in front of them.
"What are we going to do today, Jadey?" Seirra questioned me, after she swallowed a bit of her pancake.
"Were all going to get ready for Halloween," I told them with a small smile on my face. All four of them loved Halloween because the got all the candy they wanted.
"YEA!" they all shouted.
"Shhhh, some of the others are still sleeping," I told them quietly; they all nodded and finished their breakfast.
By 10:00 everyone in the house was up and ate their breakfast and some were just finishing getting ready to leave.
Ten minutes later we were all crammed in my car headed to Party City to buy costumes. When we got to the store I turned around to face all of them. "You are all staying with me; we are not getting kicked out again this year because you guys decide to try on every single costume in your size, and then proceed to disorganize the entire store." They all nodded so we got out of the car and we headed into the store as I grabbed a cart on the way by.
When we made it inside, a few of the employees glared at us, they were probable hear last year. We all walked to the huge board displaying all of the costumes. "Pick one costume to try on, if you don't like it then put it back and come back here to look for another, do not take more then one costume into dressing room at once, understood," I questioned the grouped they all mumbled their answers and started looking at the board to see what they wanted to try on. I walked over to the four youngest to help them to decide.
"Do you guys have any idea on what to be?" I questioned them, Lilac and Noah shook their heads no, but Seirra nodded vigorously.
"I want to be a Princess," she told me.
"Ok, which one?" I asked.
"Aurora," she replied once again, I looked on the huge board until I came across the prefect one for her, I wrote down the number of the costume on a please of paper then turned to the other four.
Molly walked over to me and tugged on my hand calling me down she then preceded to whisper in my ear, "I want to be an angel, Jadey."
"Ok, I will find one for you ok?" she nodded and I stood up so I could look for the costume when I finally found a few I picked Molly up so she could see them then she pointed to the one she wanted. So I once again wrote down the number of the costume then turned to the other two.
"Can I be an angel too?" questioned Lilac, I nodded
"Do you want the same costume?" I asked and she nodded, so I turned Noah, "What do you want to be?" he shrugged his shoulders.
Then Seirra shouted at me, "He can be my prince!" I smiled, that will be so cute, and I am really getting to soft. I stood up to look for the prince costumes, and when I finally came across aurora's prince, I have seen the movie way to many times, I wrote down the number.
"Now we have to pick your costume Jadey!" Lilac shouted I put my finger to my lips signaling her to be quieter.
"I can't dress up we don't have enough money for a costume for me," I told them sadly, they started pouting but them Brett came up to us.
"Jim, Will, and I aren't dressing up so you can use that money for your Halloween costume, candy and decorations," he told me, I looked at him with questioning eyes and he answered, "were just going to stay home and watch movies."
"Are you sure?" I questioned, he nodded, "Can you go and find one Halloween movie that everyone can watch like Twitches or Halloweentown," he nodded then walked away with Will and Jim on the search for a movie.
"You can dress up now!" Seirra, Noah, and Lilac all shouted.
"Yeah, I guess I can. What should I be?" I questioned as if I was bored, when inside I was jumping up and down like a five year old in a candy store.
"Snow White," Seirra announced, I should have seen that coming.
"Why Snow White?' I questioned the little girl, I probably wouldn't be her but I might as well hear her reasoning behind it.
"Cause you look just like her," she announced, then stated counting of on her fingers, "you have black hair, you have pale skin, you're really nice, and your have a prince, Beck." She announced and the other three started to nodded.
'I don't know," I started to disagree while looking at the huge board but when I looked back down at them they all hand pulled out their puppy dog eyes and I caved. "Fine!" I told them and they all started cheering, "Those things really should be registered weapons," I mumbled to myself as I looked for a snow white costume for teens. When I found the perfect one I wrote down the number and we all walked over to the employee in the back of the store so and gave them the numbers and sizes.
Five minutes later he came out with all five costumes and I took them into the biggest dressing room to help them try them on, after about fifteen minutes in there all four of them hand tried on their costumes and they fit perfectly, so put all of the costumes in the basket and went over to a clear spot by the dressing rooms waiting for all of the others to bring me their costumes.
"Aren't you going to try yours on Jadey?" Lilac questioned me.
"I will when some one else is done so they can watch you," she nodded, so I turned back to watch all of the others making sure they weren't running around.
Soon Lily came up with her costume, "I tried it on and it's perfect," she announced, "I'm going to be Hermione Granger!"
"Okay" I replied "Are you sure it fits? Because you can't get another if it doesn't."
"It fits!" she said I took it from her and put it in the basket.
"Lily stay here with these four while I try on my costume," I told her then ran off with my costume to the dressing room. When I tried I on I fit perfectly, the skirt came to just above my knee so it wasn't too long, and the cap in the back wasn't to long either. I seriously can't wait until Halloween I'm so excited. When I made it back to the shopping cart I dropped my costume in, then waited for everyone else to finish.
Around three minutes later, Ryan, Stevie, and Jessica walked up with their costumes, some makeup, and a gallon of fake blood. "We have are costumes!" Stevie announced and they drooped all of the things into the basket.
"Did you all try them on?" I questioned the three, when they all nodded I continued, "What's all of the fake blood for?"
"Well you can't expect us to scare kids without all of the blood can you?" Jessica questioned me, I shrugged she did have a point.
"So what did all of you decide on?" I questioned them.
"I'm going to be a Zombie," Ryan told me, "Jess is going to be a vampire, and Stevie is going to be a dead cop." I nodded and just then Brett, Will, and Jim walked up with a movie, five bags of candy, and some new decorations. We have tons of decorations at home but every year we buy some new ones to replace the really old ones like the few that are still there from when I was two.
Soon everyone has come back with their Halloween costume, Avery decided on a devil, May got a Michael Myers costume, Millie is going to be a dead bride, Marie will be an Indian, Junnette got a Magenta costume from Rocky Horror Picture Show (Big Surprise), and Carson decided on the Grim Reaper. Peyton told me she was going to wear her Prom Dress from last year, it looked like a ball gown to me.
We all headed to the checkout and when I paid for everything it came out to be $579, and I was trilled that we actually were able to get all of these things, We walked back to the car and everyone climbed in as I was trying to figure out how to put all of the bags into the back of my car, when I finally got them in after a few cuss word (that I shouldn't have said in front of the little ones) and after I punched and kicked the bags a few times we were able to head home.
When we got home, everyone got out and I made Will and Brett bring in the bags of costumes and decorations. They set them on the table and I started putting the costumes in order from youngest to oldest of the kids and put them in the spare closet.
I went to the attic and got the Halloween decorations that were decent enough to use and put them with the new decorations and called everyone down again.
Once they got back downstairs, I started to tell them what to do, "Okay, everyone that's May's age or younger pick a partner that's Millie or older." Once they all got a partner, I instructed them more, "Now, one person from each group pick a decoration to hang up downstairs and you can get another when your done."
I was paired with Molly, and we had to do the dining room decorations. I helped her do the lower decorations and lifted her up so she could hang the paper ghosts on the ceiling.
After everyone was happy with the decoration and I checked all of them over to make sure they wouldn't fall down like last year when a paper ghost hit Brett on the back of the head while he was walking down the stairs. It was funny but I don't want it happening to the younger ones.
As the kids watched TV or did their homework I started to make dinner, as Amanda called me saying they'd be late and that just to make dinner for the others, so as I started to cook hot dogs the front door opened along with Kyle's voice echoing through the house, "Everyone, could you come here to the living room for a minute"
I stopped cooking and walked to the living room, Stevie looked at me confused and I just shrugged. The kids already in the living room had turn the TV off and sat up straight, letting other sit down. The younger one sat on their knees looking at Amanda and Kyle, wide eyed. I stood against the wall with Stevie, Peyton, and Ryan and watch curiously.
Kyle waited for everyone to quiet down before he spoken "thank you everyone
for dropping what you were doing and I like the decorations" He smiled softly before continuing, "We have a new arrival that has joined us"
He raised his voice slightly "Melissa, could you come in?" A voice came from outside the room. "Do I have to?" The kids chuckled slightly before Amanda said loudly, "yes you do." A girl limped in around the corner and stood in the door way. "Sup" She looked round at everyone, her skin was pale and her brown hair had blond highlights in them, her deep blue eyes looked at each person.
She stood with her arms followed over her chest, leaning slightly to her left. She wore dark skinny jeans and black converse with a long red top on covered by a black leather jacket. Kyle motioned her to the front, she signed and rolled her eyes, uncrossing her arms before limping to the front, she stood in front of everybody and forced a smiled before it dropped from her face.
Kyle put a hand on her shoulder, which she quickly shook off "everyone this is Melissa Lucas and she'll be staying with us, from now on" Amanda stood next to Melissa "I'd like you all to be nice and make her feel welcome, Jade I'd like you to show her around and she'll be in Stevie, Millie, and Junnette's room, now everyone get back to what you were doing" She smiled and walked off with Kyle.
Some of the other kids stood up and walked off to back to what they were doing, while Melissa stood watching everyone.
After most of the kids left, they switched on the TV, Melissa limped out of the room in to the hallway and I followed.
"So... you're the new girl?" I said looking Melissa over. Melissa nodded, glancing over her shoulder as she limped over to her luggage; she grabbed the large suit case and slung the large shoulder bag over her shoulder, gritting her teeth at the extra weight. I walked over and took the bag off her, putting it on her shoulder, Melissa mumbled a thanks.
I nodded "I'll show you your bed room, it's up the stairs" Melissa nodded and limped towards the stairs and up them, I followed while glancing at her leg, the question burned in my stomach but I ignored it.
As we continued up the stairs at a slow pace, Melissa's right leg began to tremble, her knuckles white as she gripped the banisher, her jaw clenched. Her leg slipped on the stairs and she went down, letting go of the suit case. My hand quickly grabbed the case before it tumbled down the stairs.
She landed on her bottom and let out a wince, her hand grabbing her knee, she looked at her knee, her eyes never meeting mine as she said a quiet sorry.
I nodded brought up the luggage on my own, I put it in her room that she's be sharing with the Stevie, Jessica and Millie and went back to stairs to see her sat on the stair, rubbing the back of her knee, I walked down and stood in front of her, waiting.
Melissa stood up, grabbing the banisher putting no weight on her leg; my hand went out to hold her steady. "No!" Melissa said harshly before turning and storming up the stairs, well she stormed as much as she could with a limp; I dropped my hand and followed, then showed her to her room.
"Here you are... you've got the bed in the corner and I put your stuff on your bed" Melissa limped over to her bed and looked round the room before dropping onto her bed, rubbing the back of her knee again "Not bad, better then some of the other rooms I've been in" she looked over at me as I walked over to the bed and sat on the end of Stevie's bed that laid opposite her own.
Melissa looked up at me "so you're Jade?" I nodded "yeah" Melissa nodded "how long you been here?" I shrugged "since I was really little" Melissa nodded, then looked down at her knee, still rubbing her knee; she turned her head up to find me looking at her knee.
She smirked "you want to know?" I looked up quickly "huh?" Melissa chuckled "you want to know, why I limp?" I shrugged but I did want to know. Melissa nodded "It happened when I was ten, my parents were in an accident and I lose use of my leg, I worked on it but I stayed with a permanent limp and I doubt I'll walk like I used too"
"Oh," I replied. We sat there staring at the ground for a minute before I stood up, "I forgot I still have dinner going."
I ran downstairs and into the kitchen, imagining what was happening to the hot dogs, expecting the worst. I went in to see Brett standing next to the stove, looking in the pot. I sighed with relief.
"Um, you kind of left this here," he said sarcastically "you're welcome for saving dinner"
"Thanks" I told him before he left to go to his room.
Just then, Melissa limped in looking shocked, "How is everyone so behaved and quiet? Especially the younger ones?" she said in awe, "At my other foster homes the kids were crazy!"
"I pretty much raised the younger ones, so their not that bad, but all the kids here can go a little crazy" I replied, she nodded then limped over to the living room to watch TV
After dinner I helped the younger ones get ready for bed. After today everything is ready for Halloween and I'm so excited my first time dressing up in seven years I can't wait!
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