Tidal Wave

Chapter 2: Meeting The Band

Alyssa’s Point Of View

As we pull up to the house I take a deep breath and get my stuff and get out of the car with Austin.

“Are you ready to meet my band?” He asks softly.

“Yeah lets get this over with,” I say mentally prepping myself.

We walk into the house and the bands heads snap up.

“Who is this?” Joe asks.

“This is my daughter I just adopted her,” Austin says.

“Your what?” Cody says.

“You heard me,” he says.

“So your telling me that you adopted a kid after your girlfriend just dumped you over money,” Cole says.

“Yeah I always wanted a kid and she was perfect even though she has mental baggage,” He says making me smile softly at him.

“Well congratulations man,” Joe says with a genuine smile.

“So what is her name?” Cody asks.

“I’m Alyssa Winter,” I say.

“Well its nice to meet you Alyssa,” Cole says.

“Dad can you show me to my room,” I ask.

Austin’s eyes soften at the word dad.

“Yeah honey lets go,” he says.

He leads me up the stairs and to a drop dead gorgeous room with a king sized bed, a bathroom connected, a walk in closet, a balcony, a desk, three bookshelves, and a tv in the corner.

“This is beautiful,” I say.

“I’m glad you like it,” he says with a warm smile.

“Can I set it up and get settled in?” I ask sweetly.

“Sure sweetheart I’ll come get you when dinner is ready,” he says.

“Thanks for being so understanding,” I say with a soft smile.

“No problem sweetie,” he says leaving me in the room to get settled in.

I set my bag and music stuff down and start un packing my bag putting my clothes into the closet and then set up my small electronics on the desk. The room is beautiful and I love it. I set on my new bed and turn on the tv scrolling through the channels to try and find something to watch while I settle in. I finally settle on the travel channel and lay back and relax in the bed watching a random show.

Austin’s Point Of View

I head back down the stairs and back to the band who is waiting for me.

“So is she settling in?” Joe asks.

“Yeah she is,” I say back.

“That is good,” Cody says.

“Yeah I am so happy that I picked her out,” I say with a smile.

“That is amazing man I mean I have never seen you this happy,” Cole says.

“I know its amazing,” I say.

I head to the kitchen to start dinner so that way Alyssa can eat and go back to settling into her new room. I decide to make some pasta and a vegetable for the side. I hum a tune and the band is smiling but also is slightly shocked.

“Wow is he cooking?” Cole whispers to Cody.

“Yeah he is,” Cody whispers back.

“This is so weird,” Joe whispers to them both.

“I can hear you all,” I say.

They all freeze then we all start laughing at their collective freeze.

I finish dinner and head to get Aylssa for dinner. So that way she can eat and finish settling in for her first night.

“Aylssa honey it is time for dinner honey,” I say.

“Okay coming,” she says.

Aylssa’s Point Of View

I stand up and head downstairs to eat dinner. I get down there and see Austin. He smiles at me with those kind eyes.

“Hey sweetheart are you settling into your new room nicely?” He asks.

“Yea I am. The room is amazing I love it,” I say with a warm smile.

“That is amazing,” he says with a warm smile.

I sit down at the table and start to eat in silence Austin smiles at that and eats as well. The silence is comfortable.

“Okay so Aylssa when we aren’t on tour you will be going to school and we can get you registered tomorrow,” he says.

“Okay that sounds good I don’t mind going to school,” I say.

“Alright we will get you registered and go shopping for your school supplies and clothes for school,” he says.

“That would be amazing,” I say getting slightly excited.

He smiles at my slight excitement. As we continue to eat I seem to relax more which is a good thing for someone who has a lot of

trauma.

“You seem to be adjusting very well,” he says.

“Yeah I guess I am,” I say.

“Alright you should head upstairs and get ready for bed cause we have to be up early in the morning. Cause we have to head to the

Middle School to get you registered and then to the store to get you some stuff for school,” he says.

“Okay that sounds amazing what would you like me to do with my dishes?” I ask sweetly.

“Just leave them here and I will take care of the dishes,” he says.

“Okay thank you dad,” I say heading up to my new room to get ready for bed.

I get into my room and look though my clothes to find my pajamas. Once I find them I head to my connected bathroom and change into them. I get into bed and turn on the TV to a random channel for me to fall asleep to. As soon as mt head hits the pillow I am out cold.

The next morning.

I hear a soft knock on my door as the first ray of sunlight comes through my window.

“Aylssa its time to wake up we have to get ready to head to the school and go shopping,” Austin says.

“Okay give me like five minutes and can you get me some coffee please,” I say.

Austin chuckles at the coffee request.

“Sure honey,” he says.

I get up and out of bed and pull out my normal outfit which is a black crop top, high rise black ripped skinny jeans, combat boots, choker, and my spiked bracelet.

Austin walks into the room with my coffee in hand.

“Here is that coffee for you sweet girl,” he says.

“Thank you dad,” I say as I sip the coffee.

“You ready to go?” He asks.

“Yeah I am,” I say with a warm smile.

We head to his car as the sun is just starting to warm the ground. I get in the passenger seat and Austin gets in the drivers seat. The school is like maybe five minutes away from Austin’s mansion.

“So you ready to meet the staff and see the school. I heard they have the best music class in the state,” he say.

“Yeah I am low key excited about this I mean I am going to middle school and I am not in that orphanage anymore so life is great,” I say.

This makes Austin really happy.

After we get me into school we head to a lot of high end stores to get me clothes, school supplies, music stuff, and etc. For the clothing we got me three tops, three ripped jeans, a leather jacket, a new pair of combat boots, five dresses, two pairs of heels, some makeup, hair products, and ofc socks and underwear.

As far as the school supplies we got Pens, wooden pencils, mechanical pencils, cap erasers, big erasers, sharpies, filler paper, five folders, five spiral notebooks, five composition notebooks, three binders, wite out, post it notes, colored pencils, dry erase markers, dry erase board mini, binder deviders, and some stuff to decorate my locker.

Now with the Music stuff it is just guitar strings, guitar picks, and a new mic stand.

After we finish shopping we head back to Austin’s mansion. We put away my new things in my room and head down to eat dinner. I start school next week. Which is amazing cause hopefully I can meet friends. And my dad said he will have my coffee ready for me every morning before school so that way I can take it with me to school.

After dinner I head to my room and get in the shower before heading to bed. Once in bed I fall to sleep within minutes cause I feel very safe here with Austin. The night passes without issue. My TV plays a random show in the background as normal when I am sleeping. Austin heads to bed shortly after me. Cause he is tired just like me from this long day of getting me into school and taking me shopping. So far my life is looking up. I have a good dad and good life. I know that my family would be happy that I am in a better place then that orphanage. So yeah I am happy. I barely toss and turn anymore the nightmares have stopped but I will never forget my parents. Or my sisters for that matter. They mean everything to me.