One of them got up from his seat on the couch and walked over to me followed by the other three.
"Hey" he spoke coming to stop a foot or two away from me.
"Hi" I replied.
"Guys this is Cassie. Cassie this is Max, Mike, Mark and Matt." She said pointing at each one a bit too fast.
I looked at each. Max had dirty blonde hair that was messy and dark hazel brown eyes. He was a little taller than me and had broad shoulders.
"What's up?" a voice said.
"Nothing much, just trying to associate name with face" I said looking over him. He had light brown hair, actually the twins were the only brunettes in the room so I guess that made it easier to tell them apart from the other guys. I had a hunch that this was Matthew though.
I glaced at one of the boys with puzzled look and he muttered the word 'Mark', I guess he could tell that I couldn't remember which one he was. I guess my hunch was wrong. He had a deep voice and was about the same height as me, he had greenish brownish eyes that were wide and observant.
Lastly I looked ever at Mike who was standing there fiddling with his phone. He had a slender build, but towered over me. His eyes were brown but had a hint of purple, which intrigued me a bit.
"Okay, I've got it, I think. I'm going to mess up a bit but I'm pretty sure I know who's who now." I said looking over all of them.
"We finally gave girl in this house to mess with. You will become the little sister we never had" Mark said, well at least I think it was Mark.
"Hey!" Teresa said gesturing to herself and we all started chuckling.
"We'll go get your bags." Mike motioned. And two of them followed behind him. Max, I think, offered to show me to my room. I followed the muscular body in front of me to the stairs.
"So how old are you?" He asked as we sauntered up the stairs.
"16, you?" I said looking at the pictures on the walls.
"19. Are you seriously 16? I thought you were in 11th" he said confused.
"I am, I just skipped a few grades" I said. I always get this reaction when I tell people my age.
"Oh cool. Look at you, Ms Smarty-Pants" he said nudging me softly. We came up to a door and halted "This is it" he says .
I reach for the,door handle to open the door and so does he, our hands touch for a second and we both turn red. "Ah-um sorry- yeah thanks" I said clearing my throat after he opened the door.
I walked in to the room and it was beautiful. There was a queen size bed in the middle with beige sheets and a large dresser. There was a walk in closet stocked with a few items. I took these to be uniforms and formal wear. Ughh, I don't want to go to a private school, uniforms aren't my thing. My old school was private but they still let us wear what we wanted as long as it didn't go against dress code.
"I take it that you like the room" I turned around to see Teresa in the door way.
"Yes, thank you. This is really nice." I said sitting on the bed.
"The boys are coming with your things so you can get settled. Then if you'd like, I'm sure one of the boys would be more than happy to give you a tour around the neighborhood" she said looking at the boys as they walked down the hall talking amongst themselves. They all jumped at the opportunity.
"Actually, I'd prefer to just rest, I'm a bit tired." I said and she nodded turning at heading back down the stairs.
They plopped down next to me on the bed and started hammering me with questions, giving me 0 chance to ask any questions back.
I did mange to learn that Max's room is next door, the twins were across the hall, Mark's is on the other side of mine. Teresa has a room downstairs and mainly stays down there, to be away from the boys. Their father left when the twins were 3, to be with another woman.
Since the boys were upstairs, there was also an entertainment center, kind of like a living room, but more meant for electronic entertainment, than family bonding or whatever.
After a while they left to let me take a nap. I'm so overwhelmed, from meeting the boys, losing my mom, taking a plane from South Carolina to Detroit, being away from Axel, I just need a while to myself, to relax and breathe. I practically passed out once they shut the door, I haven't been sleeping much, but that's okay, right? Its normal for me to be like this, right now, right?
Author's Note
So, I did promise that the chapters would start picking up right? lol.
So let me know who you guys want to play the boys, I want to extend this cast list a bit. In other news a readers from France messaged me the other day and said that they loved my book which was really cute and sweet but doesn't want me to dedicate the chapter to her, but she knows who she is <3.
~XOXO