The Unthinkable by Living·my·life Forever (best books for 8th graders .txt) 📖

looked at the extravagant living room. 

Zane used his index finger and thumb to delicately close my mouth. " Like what you see?" I nodded at him, ignoring his little grin. He was not going to ruin my moment. 

Us kids sat on one couch while the grownies sat on the one opposite to us. Little Riley crawled on top of Lori's lap while Zane sat next to me. Stalker much... 

" Have you ever heard of personal space? Bro, scootch your bootch. We are practically brother and sister now." 

" Weeell, we could be more if you want. It's up to you, love." He chuckled that hot chuckle again. " Listen to what my parents brought us in here for." What is up with the smirk? At least he's doing a great job at flirting with me. 

" Okay, first thing's first, please excuse my pervert of a son." Nicky said.

" Not a pervert. Just overly friendly." 

" You got that right." I scoffed. He stuck out his tongue at me as the Andersons laughed at us.

" Secondly, we are going to buy you new clothes tomorrow. But today, we just want you to get settled in first. So, we'll go after we eat breakfast tomorrow!" Nicky told us both. She seemed even more excited than us, if that's possible. We all cheered together until Zane jumped in acting like a girl, causing me, and only me, to stop. My face was saying " Really? Shut up!". He turned away and started whistling. 

" Anywho, the thing about the auras." I immediately snapped my attention to his father. " We all know what you are. That's why we adopted you." my sister and I went directly on defense mode. We stood up and brought out our powers. A fiery red ball came blasting out of my hands as Lori made silver chains appear around each of their bodies, including Riley. My eyes became the same color as the ball in my hands. Lori's eyes went a deep purple including her whole body. My hair flared a violent red at the ends while Lori's hair flared a radiant purple on her tips. We weren't backing down this time.

" Who the hell are you and how did you find us?" I stated as calmly as I possibly could. 

" Damn, she's hot." I glared at you know who but that didn't change the lust in his eyes. I rolled my eyes and turned my attention back to his parents. Riley was crying with all her might but I had to ignore it. I couldn't risk us being in danger again. 

" Please, calm down. We only want to help. We-"

" How do we know that?! You could just be another family trying to take advantage of us!" Lori yelled. The fire in my hands and hair blazed as if there was a wind that picked it up which sent our long black locks flying backwards. I saw Zane bite his plump dark pink lip in the corner of my eye. I am not that sexy.

" Just hear us out, okay?" Nicky said, while squirming in the tight chains " We know about your parents and how they were murdered. They requested us to keep you safe. You see, before they were killed they knew the attack was coming. For your protection, they had a letter sent to us to take you in." 

" And why did it take so long? That was thirteen years ago!" I screamed. Tears were pouring from my eyelids, the eyeliner and mascara went running down my cheeks. My sister kept her stance, not letting a tear shed.

" The letter wasn't even sent then. Your aunt that I'm sure you never got the chance to meet found it and sent the letter three months ago. It was in the house you had been currently living in when your parents were still with you. Please understand. We aren't here to hurt you. We only want the best for you both. Your parents were great friends of ours and we are so sorry for your loss. Please, let us out. These chains are very strong." Mr. Anderson concluded.

Do you think they're telling the truth? 

Yes. Let them go, Lori. I see that what they say is true. One of my many powers is I can tell if someone's telling the truth or not. If they're talking up the truth I can see if what they are saying actually happened. Kind of like seeing the past. If they're lying, I won't see a thing. Lori doesn't have that power. Though, she can see if something will actually happen, like seeing the future, which is something I can not.

Lori took away the chains and we both died down our powers. We were both standing at the edge of the window so we decided to sit there. It would be weird to sit with them all after our little, uh, tantrum.

" Come sit over here. We're a family now." We hesitated from Nicky's words. " Come. Now." she popped us back into our seats.

" You're witches too?!" Lori and I exclaimed. 

" Well, I prefer the term warlock, but what ever." We giggled with Mr. Anderson. " You two are very powerful. Even better than your parents...If that's possible!" 

Zane turned to smirk at me but shook it off and frowned. He licked his thumb and wiped the makeup off my cheeks. My darkly tanned cheeks turned a bright red I'm sure. I knew I couldn't stop smiling. But Zane's frown remained on his beautiful face. " Don't cry. It's okay now." He whispered so that no one else could hear. His minty breath blew over my face. I smiled and nodded.

Lori whistled at us, the chemistry obviously showing. It felt real. I knew he honestly didn't want me to be sad. He wasn't trying to just win me over with his charm, he actually cared. Was it love? I couldn't decipher my exact feelings but I certainly was liking this boy. 

Zane looked over at Lori and jokingly told her to shut up. She pretended to zip her lips and throw away the key. I was so jealous of her natural beauty. The way her light brown skin shined and her pink lips were so plump. Our lips were EXACTLY the same but I always thought hers looked better. 

Lori always had a boyfriend. At least one every other month. I've only had about four over the years but Lori, no. She would always tell me that boys were watching me but I awould always ignore her comments, but now, I believe her. I know, it may not make sense but the way he looks at me, I actually believe that I'm beautiful. 

" I knew this would happen!" Nicky cheered.

" Wait, hold on. This was set up?" I asked. 

" Oh sweety, no. Not by us. By your parents. They predicted this." I nodded. It still hurt to have them brought up. " Well, Zane, show them to their rooms and be back down in an hour for dinner."

" Alright, mom." He led us upstairs. 

Lori and I ran side by side up the steps with Zane in front trying to not get run over. When he got to the top step, he turned left instead of right-there were two ways to go- and led us into a dark and eerie hallway. The lighting in the hallway was dim and flickered crazily. The carpet was bright red, the same as the carpet on the stairs and seemed reflect onto the white wall. Every step of the way I felt as if something was crawling up and down back and breathing on my neck.

" Stop it, Lori." she giggled and then jumped on my back and screamed in my ears.

" What the hell?!" 

 " I stepped on a creak in the floor." her hair was flaring purple fire but then died down when she started breathing easier.

" Someone needs to calm down."

Lori glared at him and jumped off me and got in his face." Don't play with me boy." He laughed.

" Sure. Sorry about the lighting. Riley just got her powers and she blew a fuse. But anyway, here's your room." 

We both rolled our eyes at him and walked to the door on our right. He opened it for us and waved us in. As soon as we entered the room, our mouths dropped to the floor. We stepped onto a fluffy white carpet that brightened the room. The left wall was all black with an all white cherry blossom tree that had thousands of branches. One of those branches wrapped around the entire room. The rest of the walls were a creamy white and the branch on those was a black. In the top right corner of the room was the best part. There was a ladder that led up to a bed. There was a white gate that kept you from falling off the ledge up there. Both beds, on top and bottom, were jenny modern beds with a black leather backboard and an espresso frame. The bedspreads were just like the left wall and the same for the two six drawer dressers. 

Right beside the ladder led down a hall to the room's very own bathroom. In that hall, there was window and that window inhabited a window seat. My very own cushiony window seat. I ran over to it and laid down while Lori went up the ladder. My whole body fit perfectly on it like it was made for my exact height. 

Zane popped on top of me out of thin air with his hands beside my head. " I see you like the room." I shoved him off and drove him into the wall across from my window seat. 

" Do you honestly believe that you can just do that? You asshole! If you ever do that again, I swear-"

" Are you threatening me? That is an extremely foolish thing to do, love."

" Stop acting like you have an English accent! You're American, not British, dumbass!"

" But you think it's sexy. I can read your mind you know. You're thinking right now that you like how close we are. I'd say that I agree." He left me speechless. Why would he go into my mind like that? He truly is a complete asshole.

I stormed off and went up the ladder to my sister. I wanted to kill him. Lori was giggling up to the point where I wanted to kill her too. These two are going to end up driving me up a wall.

Chapter 3

Nicky placed a plate in front of me and I instantly dug into the masterpiece. She put together shrimp scampi along with Alfredo and broccoli on the side in two separate little bowls. I moaned in delight when the flavors danced excitedly on my tongue. The shrimp genuinely melted in my mouth and the Alfredo had the perfect amount of butter and parmesan. I had a feeling someone was watching me and opened my eyes to see everyone at the unending dinner table to be drilling a hole in my head. 

" It's really good."

" I'm glad you enjoy my cooking but if I say so myself, you might be enjoying it far too much, dear." 

" It's not my fault you're