Mated With Five Boys

"Judge tenderly, if you must.There is usually a side you have not heard, a story you know nothing about, and a battle waged that you are not having to fight"- Traci Lea LaRussa

The beam of light shining through the curtains, right into my eyes woke me up from the best sleep I've had in months.

I tried rolling to my side that was in the opposite direction of the window, in an effort to return to my blissful sleep, but then a realization hit me like a ton of bricks.

My eyes shot open and I come face to face with the alarm clock sitting on the nightstand.

"No, no, no!"

I repeated, trying to get out of the jungle of blankets.

I set an alarm for 7:30 in the morning! How the hell did I sleep through it? It was already 12:45 in the afternoon! I rushed out of bed, panicking.

But of course, me being the klutz I am, my foot was still tangled in the sheets and it sent me falling onto the hard floor with a thump.

"Ouch, I mumbled to myself, untangling my foot from the cover.

Not having the time to lay on the floor, I quickly jumped up, slightly limping because I somehow hurt my ankle in the great escape from my bed.

I pulled off the grey T-Shirt that I had slept in and tossed it over my head, landing somewhere on the floor.

I'll clean that up later.

Pushing open the sliding door on the closet, I let out a quiet gasp.

I was starstruck, to say the least.

The amount of clothes hanging perfectly color-coded on hangers had me in awe.

I've never seen so many clothes in one place before, well only in stores.

I shook my head, we don't have time for this.

I grabbed a thin black, long-sleeved shirt off a random hanger and quickly put it on.

I saw a pair of folded jeans laying on one of the shelves inside the closet, I tried searching for a size tag but to no avail.

"It'll have to do"

I mumbled.

Looking back over at the clock my heart sunk.

It was now 12:55 and I had done nothing.

I swallowed hard.

Maybe I'll get lucky and everyone was still fast asleep, but I knew that was just wishful thinking.

With a house filled with so many people, there was bound to be at least one person already awake.

Pushing the thoughts from my head, I gathered my pair old black and white knockoff brand of Converse.

I've had this shoe for three? Maybe four years now.

I quickly slipped them on, I was grateful that I had a pair of clean socks to wear with them.

Not bothering to brush my hair, I practically sprinted out the door.

In fact, I was in such a hurry that I didn’t pay attention to the wall that I had just ran into, causing me, for the second time in the past 15 minutes to land on the ground.

"Watch where you're going."

The wall barked.

I looked up in confusion, have I finally lost it? Was this wall actually communicating with me? That's when I noticed that I indeed did not run into a ran but rather, a really unamused Axel.

I suddenly felt small under his glare.

His dark eyes narrowed on me, waiting for me to reply, which made me even more nervous.

"I'm sorry, I whispered, intimidated by him.

"Whatever."

to turn away, but stop and turned

next time you decide to set an alarm to make

could almost feel the venom coming from his

turned my alarm

forgetting the

"Yes"

He stated simply.

Why wouldn't

picked myself up off of

thing was loud as fuck, and if you didn't hear

said nonchalantly,

"Hey, Axel?"

nervous about going

as his body went stiff, and his

"What."

bothering to turn

know for not being up early enough to make breakfast

I uttered.

to prepare

fifth or sixth foster "mother", Ruth, would spill grains of uncooked rice onto the kitchen floor and would force me and any other kid that was not up by 6:30 in the

little dents on my knees from

breakfast served and dishes done by the time she got

his once hard eyes turned

not going to be in any trouble

that Axel walked down the

Angel? My stomach was doing flips from his words, and

to figure out than

trying

if I tried to figure

learned that lesson

is seriously

walked down the two

when I heard people talking

and listened to what they

"She seems reserved."

A girl's voice spoke.

almost

they were

bad for

seems pretty

Wyatt commented.

surprise, Wyatt seemed so

eyebrows

No longer wanting to hear anymore I turned to leave

table Harrison? Rylan told

stick up for me, it wasn’t something I was

wasn't saying it as a bad thing.We're all fucked up, one

He explained.

don't know

I heard Rylan say.

She just got here

Kina's voice asked.

"I just do"

He said.

the corner and entered the kitchen where five pairs of

and Kina were all seated at the table eating grilled cheeses, while Indy

Axel lend up against the counter, looking unbothered

"Good afternoon sleeping beauty."

beamed up to me from

I spoke, not

breath of vexation left Axel's mouth as he pulled himself off the counter

hit my shoulder with his in the process, throwing me off

wall and didn't go tumbling to