Hey guys! I was reading through the reviews and there was a review that said it would be better if the chapters were longer. I just wanted to say that I will try my best to make the chapters longer. If you have any other thing that I should probably change or something then leave a review and let me know!
Rachael turned in her big bed and looked at the alarm clock that was on the side table of the bed. It read 6:45. Rachael sighed and turned back in her bed. She looked up at the ceiling. She couldn't get the thought of her father out of her head. The thought of her father brought fear in her. Tears ran down her eyes as flashes of her father's evil eyes and the baseball bat in his hand; the thought of him beating her continually brought even more tears. She sighed again and wiped the tears off her face and sat up. She got out of bed and went to the bathroom to get ready for school.
(****&***)
Mrs. Logan stood in the kitchen with a frying pan over the stove. She was cooking pancakes on the stove when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She jumped a little and realized that it was just her husband.
"Good morning sweetheart", she said with a smile as she kissed him.
"Morning beautiful." He said. He was wearing a black suit and tie. His blonde hair was gelled back. He opened the fridge and got out orange juice and pored him some. "Will breakfast be ready soon?" He asked.
"Yeah, it'll be ready soon." She said as she put the bacon on the pan. "So how do you feel about Rachael staying with us?" She asked her husband.
He sat down at the counter in the kitchen. "Well, she seems like a sweet girl. It doesn't seem like she'll give us trouble, and Gar seems to really like her too."
She looked at him and smiled. "I know. Looks like our little boy is growing up. He's seventeen and going off to college soon."
Mr. Logan finished the last of his orange juice that was in his cup and laughed. "If he does homework."
She smiled and rolled her eyes as she took the frying pan over to the counter and placed the bacon onto the plate. She sat down next to her husband after she called for the two teens to come down for breakfast. The two teens quickly came down the stairs as they heard the call for breakfast. Gar reached the kitchen first and noticed his father.
"Hey dad how's it going?" Gar asked his father as he got a plate and started getting his share of food.
"Pretty good son, thinking of any colleges. School year is going to fly by quickly." His father said.
Gar laughed as he stuffed his face. "Nah dad."
"Well you should. How about I take you and your friend, Rachael to a college tour." He offered his son.
"Awe, but dad, they're so boring." Gar whined as if he was a toddler.
"Son you're not staying in my house if you don't go to college." His father said with a smirk.
"Mom?" Gar asked as he turned to his mother giving her 'the face'
She looked at him and closed her eyes and quickly said "No son, you should go with your father."
She gave a big sigh of relief after she said that. She turned to her husband as he gave her a nod.
The three of them laughed. Rachael came down the stairs and went to the kitchen. Gar gave her a big smile as she sat next to him which didn't go unnoticed by his father.
"Good morning." She said quietly to the three smiling Logans sitting at the counter.
"Morning sweetheart." Mrs. Logan said as she gave her a plate of food. "Is your wrist feeling better now that you have the cast off?" She asked.
Rachael gave her a smile. "Yeah, it's feeling a lot better."
"Oh Rachael! This is my dad!" Gar said excitedly. "He was working last night so you guys weren't really able to meet."
Rachael turned to him and smiled.
"Hello Rachael, I'm happy to finally meet you." He said with a smile.
The four of them sat and ate, talking and just getting to know each other.
Mr. Logan looked at the clock on the wall. He stood up and adjusted his tie. "I would absolutely love to chat even longer, but I'm getting late for work. He took his briefcase and his car keys. He kissed his wife and said his goodbye to the two teens as he walked out the door to his car.
Mrs. Logan got up from her sear and took the dirty plates from the table setting them in the sink.
"The breakfast was delicious Mrs. Logan." Rachael said.
"Oh thank you Rachael" Mrs. Logan said with a big smile. "You're the only person in this house that thanks me for the cooking I do" She said loudly with a smile so her son could hear.
Gar turned to his mother with a smile. "Mom, you know I enjoy your cooking." He said as he put his sneakers on.
"Yeah I know, but saying that you enjoy it will mean a lot too." She said as she started washing the dishes.
Rachael grabbed her book bag slung it over her good shoulder as she stood near the door waiting for Gar to put his shoes on.
Mrs. Logan walked into the living room. "Rachael are you sure your fine? I don't want you to damage your leg even more." Mrs. Logan said with concern.
"Mom don't worry! She has me to protect her." Gar said as he flexed his muscles in a proud way.
Mrs. Logan laughed as she messed with her son's hair. "Don't even try that sweetheart."
Rachael laughed. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Alright guys, have a good time at school." Mrs. Logan said with a smile.
Rachael and Gar walked out the door and walked to school.
(***&***)
The bell rang and Rachael got up gathering her stuff to leave to her next class. She walked out into the hallway until Kori greeted her.
"Hello my friend." Kori said as she strongly hugged Rachael.
"Hey...Kori..." Rachael said out of breath.
"I am so happy to see you awake and well." Kori said excitedly. "Now we may have our slumber party."
Rachael looked confused for a moment then remembered the agreement she had with the bubbly girl. "Oh yea, the slumber party."
"Yes! When shall we have the slumber party?" She said with a big smile.
"Let's have it when I get this stupid cast off." she said as she pointed to her cast.
"Oh yay!" Kori said with a cheerful smile. Rachael gave the girl a small smile as she retrieved a book from her locker and walked down the hallway to her next class with the girl rambling on about sleep over.
(***&***)
Rachael and Gar sat in the black car outside of the hospital. It was finally time that Rachael got her cast taken off.
"Are you ready?" Gar asked her with a smile.
Rachel looked at him "Absolutely. I can't wait to have this awful thing off my leg." She said as she pointed to the cast.
"Alright then let's go." Gar said.
They both got out of the black car. Gar had recently received his driver's license and after many begs and many of 'the face' to his mother. She finally let him drive her car.
They both entered the hospital and went up to the desk. The nurse behind the desk looked at them and said. "Name."
"Rachael Roth." Rachael replied.
"The doctor will be with you soon." The nurse said as took them to the hospital room. She soon left and closed the door.
"You know, I really hate hospitals." Gar said as he looked at the needles that were placed on the counter.
Rachael rolled her eyes and said "Don't touch anything."
Just as Gar was about to touch one of the needles, the doctor stepped into the room scaring Gar. Rachael rolled her eyes and laughed at the goofball on the floor.
"Well it looks like I came in right on time." The doctor said as he laughed at the blonde on the floor. The doctor wore a white coat and black pants with a buttoned up white shirt. He had dark brown hair and wore glasses. He went up to Rachael and gave her a physical check-up.
"Alright well it looks like you're healthy. Now let's check that leg." He said as he took her leg and inspected it.
"Very nice. Looks like it healed perfectly." He said with a smile.
Gar turned to Rachael and gave her a smile as she smiled back.
"I'll be right back to get that cast off." The doctor said as he exit the room.
He soon came back with a medical saw to remove the cast. Time pass and the cast was completely off. Rachael smiled as she was able to see her leg again.
"There you go Rachael. You're ready to go." The doctor said.
The two teens said their goodbyes to the kind doctor and walked to the car.
(***&***)
It was almost dinner time and Mrs. Logan and Rachael were getting ready while the men do something else. Rachael started to set up the table while Mrs. Logan started cooking the food. Mrs. Logan looked toward Rachael told her to come near her.
"Rachael have you ever cooked a meal?" Mrs. Logan asked trying to start small talk.
"No." Rachael said as she carried cups to the table.
Mrs. Logan looked at her with excitement. "Oh I'll teach you!" She said.
Rachael looked at her and shrugged her shoulders "Ok sure." Rachael said non- caring.
Mrs. Logan bought her to the stove. "Alright, so we're going to start off easy. We're going to cook spaghetti." Mrs. Logan said to Rachael. "You take care of the spaghetti." Mrs. Logan said as she went to the oven.
Rachael looked at the spaghetti and the pot. "Alright, pretty easy to follow. Just put the spaghetti in the bowl and I think that's it." Rachael thought as she put the spaghetti in the bowl and covered it.
Mrs. Logan probed the chicken in the oven when she smelled something burning. She looked at the pot and quickly went to it. She opened the lid and saw the spaghetti burnt because if no water being poured in the pot. She quickly turned the fire off and took the pot off the stove. Rachael looked up from the other side of the kitchen. She was cutting tomatoes and completely forgot about the pot. She looked at Mrs. Logan.
"Sweetheart, you need to pour water in the pot when you cook spaghetti." Mrs. Logan said as she raised the pot so Rachael could see the burnt dry noodles.
"Oh." Rachael said as she blushed and nervously laughed.
Mrs. Logan laughed at the girl's clumsiness and took out a fresh pack of noodles.
The table was set and food was being placed on the table. Though it took a while, the ladies were able to prepare a fine dinner of baked chicken, spaghetti salad, cola greens and some mashed potatoes.
The men looked at the food hungrily. Mr. Logan looked at his wife. "Honey this looks delicious!" Mr. Logan said with a big smile.
"Don't just thank me, thank Rachael. She helped too." Mrs. Logan said.
"Awe seriously Rach! I didn't know you could cook!" Gar said excitedly.
"I don't." Rachael laughed.
"She really doesn't." Mrs. Logan said as she laughed.
The boys laughed as well and soon started grubbing in to the food. The dinner went fantastic as the family ate, talk, and just enjoyed themselves with each other.
Rachael looked at the three and grew a big smile. "Finally, I have a family.'' Rachael thought as she enjoyed the night with the dinner that was sort of cooked by her.
I hope you guys really like this chapter. In the beginning, I thought it was really cliché, but I just hope you like it. I'm thinking of adding a conflict to this story because it seems too happy. So leave me a review of what you think about it and what kind of conflict you would like to see in the story.