Chapter 3: The Loft


"We're here!" Jonathan sang out.
Mitchell was the first one out of the car. "Hold up, we're at the loft?"
"Yeah!" Jonathan said, Cara already in his arms. "Let's get the others to meet you!" He tried to grab Mitchell's hand so he could hurry the teen upstairs, but Mitchell instantly backed away.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Jonathan said. "Is it a little wierd to hold hands?"
Mitchell nodded. "Y...yeah."
Karamo walked gently over to them. "Are you guys okay? You seem kind of jumpy."
"We're fine." The siblings replied. "We're always jumpy."
Karamo raised one of his eyebrows. "Okay, let's get upstairs."
    Jonathan was already at the door, talking to Cara about cats.
"You like kitties too?" He asked.
"Yeah! I love kitties!" Cara exclaimed.
Sarah smiled a little, her younger sister loved cats more than anyone she'd ever known.
"Alright, welcome home, guys and girls!" Karamo said, opening the door. "HEY! WE'RE BACK!"
"Where is everyone?" Jonathan asked. "Don't they know we have three little angels with us?"
Karamo shrugged. "WE BROUGHT THE KIDS!"
"AND STARBUCKS!" Jonathan added.
   Tan France and Bobby Berk both skidded into the room, bumping into each other.
"I'm so sorry, love!" Tan said.
"It's fine, Tan." Bobby said, turning to the five at the door. "Oh my gosh there's three of them!"
Tan screamed, running to hug each of them.
Sarah and Mitchell flinched as Tan and Bobby hugged them, but Cara was happy.
"Names and ages please!" Bobby said.
"I'm Sarah, I'm fifteen."
"I'm Mitchell, I'm thirteen."
"I'm Cawa an I'm five!"
"Wonderful! I'm Tan, and this is Bobby." Tan said.
"Where the hell is Antoni?" Karamo asked. "ANTONI!"
   Antoni Porowski walked over. "What the hell is it n- oh my gosh, there's kids!"
Cara grinned, wiggling out of Jonathan's arms and running to Antoni. "Up! Up!"
Antoni smiled, picking the little girl up. "Hi! I'm Antoni, what's your name?"
"Didn't we just do this?" Bobby asked.
Sarah shrugged. "Yeah, but you all weren't in here."
Tan grinned. "Oh, we've been working on your rooms, but we didn't know how many of you there was going to be, so we're not done yet."
"Rooms?" Mitchell asked. "We can all stay in one."
"Yeah, that's not happening." Bobby said. "Each of you have your own rooms cause you need to express yourselves and you cant do that crammed into one room."
   "You kids hungry?" Antoni asked.
"Yes!" Cara exclaimed.
"Not really." Mitchell and Sarah lied.
"Jonny, do you want to help me make some guacamole for the kids?"
"Sure!" Jonathan exclaimed. "Anyone want to help?" Antoni asked.
"Im going to spend time with this angel." Tan said, smiling at Cara. "We're gonna have so much fun!"
Cara clung to Antoni's neck. "Noooo!"
"Cara, henny, Tanny's nice!" Jonathan said, transferring the little girl to the other man's arms. "There you go."
"Mitch! I wanna talk to you about your room." Bobby said. "Come with me."
Mitchell looked over at his sister. "Um, okay."
  "Okay, Sarah, lemme teach you the art of guacamole making." Antoni said. "Have you ever made it?"
Sarah shook her head. "I havent."
"Ever eaten it?" Jonathan asked.
Sarah shook her head again.
Antoni and Jonathan's eyebrows went up. "You'll love this lesson!"
Sarah smiled a little. "Okay."
     Antoni talked her through the whole thing, meanwhile Tan and Karamo were playing with Cara.
"What kind of toys do you like?" Tan asked.
"Raggy." She replied.
"What's a raggy, honey?" Karamo asked.
"My doll, but I had to weave hewr." Cara said.
"Was it a rag doll?"
Cara nodded. "Can I have anover one?"
Tan smiled. "You're gonna be a spoiled little princess!" He tried to tickle her, but she screamed.
     "WHAT THE HELL!?" Mitchell shouted, skidding into the room.
Sarah picked Caz up. "Step back!"
Tan took a step forward. "I'm not gonna-"
Mitchell pulled the knife out of his sister's pocket, pointing it at Tan. "She said step back."
"Woah!" Everyone exclaimed, stepping back.
  "Guys, hey, look at me." Bobby said, putting his hands over his head. "We're not gonna hurt you, just put the knife down."
Mitchell shook his head.
"Hey, I'm not gonna touch you." Bobby said, holding out his hand. "Just hand me the knife, okay?"
Sarah nodded. "Fine."
  "We need to have a talk." Karamo said. "Ant, you almost done with the guacamole?"
"Yeah, I'll bring it to the den." Antoni said. "Everyone on the couches!"

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