Monsters And Us

Chapter 16: meeting Oliver\\\'s family

Oliver smiled as we spent all night in the tree house, his dad walking slowly across the bridge and said "Hey you two, Anna your dad just called me I think you should be heading back" oliver stood up and said while rubbing the back of his neck "ummm dad could Annabel stay over this weekend?" Josiah gasped a little and said "are you sure about that?"

"Yeah dad it"ll be just like when we were kids, right Anna?" I nod at them and smile at oliver. "Well you two have fun I guess" Josiah then walked back across the bridge and walked back inside. "Soo..." Oliver said while rubbing the back of his neck "wanna go inside?" I smile and stand up and say "yeah." We walk over the bridge and walk up the path back to his house, he opens the door and two shirtless guy come running into the entryway and push each other outside and tackle each other. One was blonde and the other was a dark brown to blonde haired guy. Oliver shook his head and said "Anna these are my older brothers hunte is the dark haired one and Fenton is the blonde haired one" hunte pushed Fenton off him and said "get off me twerp" they both laughed as they stood up to greet me "hey I"m Fenton and my weirdo of a bro over here is hunte and that as you know is Ollie" I smile and say "I"m Annabel" Josiah came out and said "c"mon you mutts get back in the house" Fenton and hunte both moaned and said "fine dad" while running back inside.

"I hope you don"t run away from my family Anna"

Oliver said embarrassingly as we both entered, a dark haired woman came downstairs and said softly to me "hello again Annabel it"s been a long time since we"ve seen you last" she hugged me softly and a subtle scent of roses was pressed against me as she slowly pulled apart from me. She walked past me and to the table and kissed Josiah "well that"s my mom" oliver said smiling he looked over to his dad and said "hey where my bro Jeremiah and krystelle?" Josiah said while setting up the table "they are at their friends for tonight also taylor and loui too" oliver sighed and said to me "those are my siblings too" he smiled and me and him sat at the table. A boy came from outside and said hi to Josiah then sat down across from oliver, oliver whispered to me "that"s my little brother, Tobias" he smiles and holds my hand.

After dinner the entire family goes outside and begins telling stories by the campfire, oliver and I sat together and he let me put my head on his chest as I was getting tired. "A long time ago our tribe once roamed these lands and one day my great great great grandpa saw these humans only they feasted on the blood of animals, their skin was as cold as ice and their skin was as white and pale as the snow that falls. So our tribe and these cold ones agreed that their would be peace as long as they stayed off our lands." Oliver smiled as I got closer to him basically hugging his body, Fenton nudged hunte"s side almost pushing him off his chair. Oliver"s mom tried to call the boys but her efforts were useless against them, they tackled each other and began roughhousing with each other "come on hunte you can"t do anything" Fenton said

"Watch me" hunte said as he tackled Fenton to the ground almost pinning him down, Josiah sternly stood up and both boys stopped fighting and quickly sat down.