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"Kids! I want you to meet your new brother!" Samantha yelled. I could hear squealing and soon enough three kids charged at me and wrapped their arms around my legs tightly, nearly making me fall.

"Momma he's really small." One little girl said, pulling away from me. She was one of twins, although I had no clue which one. Either Ava or Abigail. The other little girl pulled away too, leaving just the boy, who I was assuming was Bradley.

"He has red hair just like us!" One of the girls said, and she was right. Both of them had the same red hair as I did, although theirs were more curly and frilly.

"Yeah, and his name is Alan," Samantha said, coming over behind them. "This is Ava," she introduced the first, "and this is Abigail," then the second. "And that's Bradley, I can already tell he likes you." Samantha added, grinning.

Bradley was still clung to my leg, his face buried in my jeans. I felt a little uncomfortable, but it was obvious he wasn't letting go any time soon.

"He doesn't talk, though the doctor said he will when he's ready." Samantha said, looking somewhat sad. Bradley looked up at me with a grin, squeezing my leg tighter before running off.

"Tyler! Please come down here!" Samantha yelled. There was a loud groan and a thump before a boy a year or so older than me walked into the kitchen. He was only a few inches taller than me, but he was skinny too and had curly brown hair.

"Is this him?" Who I would assume was Tyler, asked. Samantha gave a nod and smiled at me.

"Yes, this is Alan, and Alan this is Tyler." She introduced us, Tyler gave a small smile and I forced myself to do the same. "Honey, why don't you show Alan his room?" Samantha suggested, Tyler gave a little nod and beckoned me to follow, and I did. I grabbed my things and followed behind him out of the kitchen and up a set of stairs. Tyler led me down the hallway until coming to a door at the end. He pushed it open and stood to the side, allowing me to step in and look around.

It was rather big, already furnished with a bed, desk and dresser. Slowly I walked further inside and headed over to the bed, carefully setting my things down.

"My room is the first at hall," Tyler said, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "Later I can show you the rest of the house, if you'd like?"

"Sure," I mumbled quietly. Tyler smiled at me again and said he'd be in his room before leaving what was now mine.

It was so quiet in here, except for hearing the little ones running around and laughing. It felt weird not sharing a room with other people, considering I had been sharing one with two people for a long time. To me, being in a room with other people felt like it was more at home, but now that I was alone, the at home feeling disappeared.

I put all of my things away, hung all of my clothes up in the closet that was big enough to fit several people inside and even put up a few pictures that I did have, some of them were of me, Kellin and Jaime and all of the others, and one or two of me and Austin, but I had a small handful pictures of me and my mom. You would think I wouldn't have kept them, seeing as she practically abandoned me, but that didn't mean I didn't love her. She was my mom.

After I finished and my duffel bag was completely empty, I let out a loud sigh and fell back against my bed. It was bouncy and super comfortable, making me relax against it instantly. I was already bored, but I didn't want to go downstairs and I didn't want to talk to Tyler...well, not yet at least. He seemed nice, actually. I half expected him to be one of those kids who was rude to everyone and liked to make a mess of things, but he was nice and seemed fun to hang out with.

My phone buzzed, forcing me from my thoughts. I looked at the screen, smiling widely when I saw that it was Austin.

"Hey Aust," I answered, biting down on my lip.

"It's not him, it's Kellin," Kellin said, and I had to admit, I was a little disappointed.

"Oh, hey, where's Austin?" I asked.

"I stole his phone from him when he said he was going upstairs to call you." He answered, chuckling. I nodded although he couldn't see me.

"And you couldn't have done this on your phone because..." I trailed off.

"I don't know, honestly, but that's besides the point. Have you made it there?" Kellin questioned.

"Yeah, it's really nice here. It's actually not that far from school, closer than the orphanage. But the houses are huge, Kells, these people seem to do a lot for their money." I told him, getting up from the bed and going over to the window. It had a nice view, overlooking the front yard and down the street.

"I bet," Kellin said, chuckling before groaning. "Austin wants his phone back," he grumbled on the other line. "I'll see you tomorrow."

Before I could say anything, I heard shuffling and a door closing and soon Austin was speaking.

"Baby, hey." I felt my stomach flip with the nickname. God, I felt like a school girl.

"Hey," I greeted, biting down on my lip. I moved away from the window and sat down at the end of the bed, running fingers through my hair.

"I hear that it's nice?" Austin asked.

"Very nice." I told him, grinning. Austin chuckled softly and for a few minutes we stayed silent, but it was nice. I could hear his breathing through the phone and I felt relaxed, safe even.

"I miss you," he mumbled, I grinned and laid back against the bed, looking up at the ceiling.

"It hasn't even been a day, Aust." I told him, but I wasn't going to lie, I missed him, too.

"So? You've been here, and it's just a little weird now. Don't get me wrong, I'm so happy you finally have a family, baby, I really am, but it feels like you've only been here for a few days, not several months." He explained.

"I know. I know, but we're still going to see each other all the time at school and all of us are going to hang out just like always." I told him, Austin sighed softly.

"It's still...weird. I just want you in my arms all the time and to be with you. I sound really clingy right now, but I don't care." I chuckled and bit down on my lip.

"It's reasonable, so it's okay. I miss you too, not gonna lie, but give it some time until I feel comfortable enough hear and I'll introduce you to John and Samantha." I told him, Austin laughed, snorting softly.

"God, I have to meet parents," he said and I could hear the smile in his voice. "I thought I'd never get to this point in a relationship."

I grinned, chuckling. "You don't have to if you don't want, you that, right?"

"I'm meeting them, baby. I want to do this." Austin said.

"You sound awfully confident." I said, chuckling. Austin did too, and for the longest time we talked. My phone was nearly dead by the time we said goodbye. I had no idea how I was going to survive nights without him.

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It was time for dinner and we were all seated at a large table, all except John who had gone to work. Samantha had cooked up spaghetti and meatballs, per Ava's request. I didn't really speak throughout dinner, though when one of the twins or Samantha asked a question, I gave them a simple reply. I must've had sounded rude, but I barely knew these people.

Once dinner was over I went back upstairs to my room and threw myself down on the bed. It was only seven o'clock but I tried, both physically and emotionally. I knew what was in-store for me tonight, I knew that the nightmares were going to come and I'd be up for the rest of the night.

"Hey," I jumped slightly, sitting up as I saw Tyler standing in the doorway. "Sorry, I was just um, wondering if you'd like to come and play some video games?" He asked sheepishly, fiddling with his fingers.

"Sure," I said quietly, crawling off the bed and following him into his room where he had a Tv set up along with a gaming console. We both sat on the floor, against the bed and Tyler handed me a control before clicking the console on.

For awhile we played in silence, not speaking to each other. I wasn't really sure what to say, and I was sure he didn't either. We didn't know each other, but he was technically my brother.

"You know, it doesn't become so bad after awhile," Tyler said quietly. "I mean, it's still kind of weird, having to be adopted and living with people who you don't know, but it becomes better after you get used to it."

I didn't say anything back, only continued to stare at the Tv screen. I hoped that he was right. I didn't want to have a family that was worse than what I had feared for so long. I wasn't sure how much more of that I could handle.

"I um, think I'm gonna go to bed." I told him, placing my control on the floor and standing. Tyler nodded and said a goodnight before I left out of his room and went into mine. I changed into a pair of shorts and one of Austin's sweatshirts, switched off the lights and climbed into bed. Just then my phone rang and Austin's name popped up on my screen, and of course I answered.

"It's still not a day," I mumbled sleepily into the phone.

"I know, but I just wanted to talk to you before I went to sleep." Austin said, chuckling softly.

"I'm about to sleep, too, Aust." I told him, yawning. He chuckled again, shuffling in the background.

"Then I'll let you sleep. I miss you and I hope you sleep well, baby." He said.

"I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" I mumbled into the phone as my eyes grew heavy.

"Yeah, goodnight." Austin whispered. I hummed in agreement, telling him goodnight too before I hung up and fell asleep, though it wasn't so peaceful, but it was better than nothing.

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12k that's insane, guys and it means so much, thank you (:

also, this really isn't my best writing but it's cute and fluffy

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