Daughter Of An Angel

Chapter Four: A Loving Family

"Jon we're home!" Jenn announced when she and Venesa entered the house but she was greeted by silence

"You know one of these days the house will burn and he wouldn't even noticed." she complained. Her husband was probably in the basement doing research. Before Jenn went to pick Vanesa from school he told her that he found something that will help them a project they were working on.

She was tired. But when she heard him say that she felt like things were getting better. They've been on this secret project for years. No matter what Jon discovered she knew it will make a difference.

She knocked on the basement door. "You are in trouble." She teased him. "What did I do?" he asked.

"Never mind that, your daughter is home."

"Which one?" he asked with a smile on his face.

Jonathan met Jennifer in high school. They had their first child at seventeen. They named him James after John's grandfather. It was a nightmare but Jon knew without a doubt that they were ment to be. They got married a year later. At twenty they had triplets, one boy and two girls. But it wasn't suppose to be like that according to the ultrasound. They were expecting twins, a girl and a boy.

They even came up with names for the kids. Jake and Jessica. Then came the surprise. He named her Jersey, Jenn didn't like the name so she said she's Vanesa. That name ment something to her. He understood but he still wanted Jersey to also be on the birth certificate.

Six years later they had Jay-Jay the trouble make.

"Should I order for dinner or are we cooking tonight? I'm craving pizza."

"Yes let's order pizza." Jenn was not in the mood for cooking. Who ever invented takeouts was a genius. "Now let's go up stairs, I think I hear the boys. Come before before these kids burn down my house." She pulled him by the arm. He laughed as she pulled him out of the basement.

James and Jake were having a conversation with Vanesa. It was a great sight. "You are a stealth master sis. I looked for you every chance I got but you were no where to be seen." James complimented her. Jake smiled "Oh I saw her, we shared Ms Montèm's english class."

"The cat lady?" James wrinkled his nose.

"What do you mean?" Vanesa asked a little confused.

"Dude you were in her class and you didn't notice?" Jake was enjoying this. He loved to drag things for dramatic purposes. His brother was the same.

Vanesa noticed they were teasing her. "You too are something else." she took out her morning shoe and threw it at Jake. They all laughed. "Unbelievable"

"Nessy, you're home!" her 8 year old little brother yelled with excitement and he bolted to her.

"My favorite brother." She gave him a big hug

"James did you hear that? She has a favorite." Jake faked being hurt.

"Why are you hurt?" James asked. "I'm the one who has the right to be hurt. You and her are practically the same person." James likes to tease Jake about his facial appearance. He says that if Jake wore a wig with long hair no one will tell him apart from his sisters. Of course it's not true, or maybe it is. Vanesa disagrees. Yes Jake and her look alike but Jake has boyish features and she always takes offense on his behalf.

Jake tried to counter, "Are you sure you were not switched at birth? I don't see you resembling anyone in this family." He said that and walked away from the conversation.

"Oh come on dude. I was just joking around. I didn't mean to hurt you princess." James tried to lighten the mood but Jake was already disappearing upstairs. " Dude" he followed him. "I'm sorry, okay"

"Jamie!" Jay-Jay followed after James, leaving Vanesa in the kitchen alone.

"And then there was one" Vanesa said to herself. Her phone vibrated twice. She check her notifications. She saw that she has a message waiting for her.

She put her phone aside and looked for her parents. She didn't want to pay attention to the message at the moment. She knew who sent it. She know that if she replied now she won't be able to pay attention. It was almost dinner and no phones were allowed at the dinner table.

Ding dong.

She froze. He mom came running from upstairs. "I'm so hungry. This pizza deliver guy deserves a raise, that was quick." she opened the front door and delivery guy greeted and handed the pizza to Jenn. She took the pizza "Thank you, please wait here." She hurried back upstairs.

Vanesa came back to her senses, gave the guy a polite smile. Her mom came rushing back down. Sorry about the delay. She handed the guy money "That's for the pizza." Then handed him a couple of twenties. "That's for saving me from hunger. Thank you."

"Thank you, I was just doing my job." he replied

After he left she closed the door and walked to the kitchen. "Sweetheart go call the boys, tell them dinner had arrived. You better hurry thought. I might be tempted to finish all three boxes on ny own."

He brothers were playing a video game in Jake's bedroom. They seem to have resolved their quarrel. "Guys pizza is here, mom said you should hurry before..." she didn't even finish when they bolted out the bedroom. Seconds later Jake came back, paused the game and hurried down stairs.

"Dad, dinner has arrived."

"Be right there princess." He was busy writing something on his notepad.

"Dad."

"Okay, okay." He put the pen down. They both walked downstairs. When they arrived the boys were half way through one box.

"How was your first day honey?" Jon asked his daughter. "It was kind of different to what I expected."

"How so?"

"I enjoyed it. Being back in a classroom after so long I thought it was going to be weird but it felt like I've been there longer than a day." she grinned.

"I took a pop quiz in my math class but I don't think I passed it. I was playing a guessing game on some of the answers"

After dinner Vanesa went upstairs to her room. She shares it with Jessica but she's not her at the moment. It is the biggest room in the house. It's actually supposed to be her parents bed room but since the sisters wanted to share a bedroom Jon and Jenn gave it up for them.

She changed into her pajamas. Took her laptop from the study desk and got comfortable on the bed. She logged in on f*******: and went straight to her inbox.