So this is a short chapter and may be a little cliche I don't know not to confident on my writing. I'm also looking for a Beta reader so if you're interested leave a comment or message me or something. Anyway...here ya go.
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Dedicated to New reviewer: AutumnRiver13, I hope you enjoy this!
"Um..." One of the girls with curly blonde-brown hair started, exchanging looks with the other nine. "You didn't answer our question, why should we answer yours?"
We laughed. "We did."
"All right." Said a second girl, with light blonde hair. "Agung let's us jump into his pool, even whilst he's in Australia."
"How about you names?" Crystal asked.
Hoisting the youngest boy onto his back, a boy called. "How about yours?!"
"We asked you first." Xav said.
He laughed. "It's our turn to ask a question." Silence fell between us. I stared at the girl with the curly brown-blonde hair. She stared back. Unlike the others who were switching between people to look at, she and I, our eyes never deviated away from one another. She was...beautiful, she had a similar skin tone to the rest. A mix of English white and Olive. Blue eyes from what I could see. I wonder if they're all related. They didn't really look like it but neither did Crystal, myself and the rest of the Brook siblings.
I sighed. "I'm Peter, that's Crystal and Xav." I jerked my thumb at them. They glared back.
Curls, nodded. "I'm Jade," She called. "My brother Jeff with him Jack," She pointed to the two on her left, a small green eyed boy with a head of dark blonde curls on the back of a dark haired male with blue eyes.
"Jes," She nodded to the white blonde boy beside her. "Jett after him, Jon is the girl," Jett and Jonn looked most like siblings, brown eyes, very dark brown hair. "Joel after her." Joel had the darkest skin, inky black hair and dark eyes. "Then Jane," She had dark blonde hair and blue eyes. "Jo," A girl with raven black hair as crazy as Crystal's. "and Jude is at the end." He was brown eyed also but the only one with strawberry blonde hair.
They smiled, Crystal glancing back over them and repeating their names under her breath. "You're all related?"
They nodded once. "Brothers and sisters. Fully." I was about to say something but I glanced up to see someone, I stood up. A man was stood at the foot of the stairwell, just behind the iron gate. "Hey dad." Joel said.
Although smiling, their father had his arms folded over the navy blue polo shirt he wore, in an unimpressed way; in his hand he held something. "Get out of the water." He ordered. "Now." They swam to the edge with the others and got out, instantly and quietly.
They lined up on the side of the pool, making little puddles of water on the bone-dry and hot pool-side paving. I watched in amazement as even the youngest stood like a statue. By the looks on their faces, the siblings where thinking about what we were thinking of them; Crystal and Xav were clearly amused.
"Jespar where is your shirt?" Their father sighed.
Jes cleared his throat. "Um..inside, father?"
"You mean..." He started, unfolding his arms and holding up what he held in his hand. A shirt. "...this shirt. The one I found on the back of the outdoor chairs."
Jes gave a meek smile. "Wonder where that had gone." He said weakly as his father threw it at him. I walked around the pool to stand on the side as the family.
"Put it on." Their father turned to us as Jes followed orders. "I am very sorry if they disturbed you, we didn't realize that Agung had guests and they've all gotten into the habit of making unscheduled arrivals." Their father in khaki trousers and trainers, he looked quite chilled. Very short dark hair and blue, I can see where most of the genetics came from.
"Well in all honesty we heard them coming before they jumped." Crystal said. They were instantly making 'no!' gestures and 'please' behind their fathers back, Jade was slicing her hand at the base of her neck trying to get us to stop.
Their Dad quirked an eyebrow. "Jumped?" He turned around, they straightened immediately; arms dropping to their sides; fists clenched. Military standard.
"Yea." I said. "Into the pool." Their father glanced over the ten and back to us; Crystal and Xav who had gotten out of the pool, now stood behind and beside me, Crystal perched on the arm rest of the chair I used to occupy.
"From the side." Crystal added, elbowing Xav to play along, as he was about to object.
He nodded slowly, pursing his lips. "Okay." He turned to his children. "I see you've made some friends. Loyal friends." He scratched the top of his eye, chuckling. "No more jumping off the hill," They all complained. "Not until Jack-Jack, is a little older." He watched them waiting for the reply that never came. "Understood?!" They gave a curt nod, instantly. He turned to us. "Once again, sorry for the intrusion, it won't happen again."
"It's fine." We said, another elbow to Xav's ribs from Crystal to get him to agree.
"I'm Tom Van Allen." He introduced.
"Peter, Crystal, Xav." I said.
He nodded in acknowledgement. "And as an apology, we do have a party tonight so please feel free to attend."
I felt Crystal grinning like an idiot beside me. "Of course, yes."
"Good." He called something in a different language to us before turning to his children. "Okay, let's go." He clapped, they all walked up to the staircase, chattering loudly with their father.
"What the hell...?" Xav laughed, once they were out of earshot. Crystal thwacked him. "That was the strangest thing I've seen in a while."
"What well behaved kids?" Crystal inquired. He nodded. "Must seem really strange to you since you never behave." She laughed sarcastically. Xav thumped her arm.