Alex let out a slight chuckle at dad's statement. The three of us looked at her with a confused look of what was funny. "It's not a mistake coach. This restaurant is my home." We looked at her, even more confused then before. "Mama owns and runs the Southern Sisters. The first level is the restaurant area, but the four floors above the restaurant is what we call our home."

Ink- "That's incredible, I had no idea."

Alex- "Well, don't be shy, come on in. Welcome to my home."

((Picture the restaurant like the picture shown, as layout goes.)

(PJ's POV)

As we walked through the entrance of the restaurant, the smell of baked breads and fresh cooked food filled the room, I couldn't help but smile at the busyness yet calming atmosphere of the place. The restaurant had dark, hard wood floors, and the ceiling had the same dark wooden flooring with some exposed beams, and the walls had the exposed brick that showed good age to it. The place also had three flat screens, two on opposite ends of the restaurant and one at the bar, the bar was the classic wooden bar with a few stools lining it.

As I was admiring the decor, I then heard two growls, I turned to find my parents with their mouths gaped open with a little bit of drool coming out the sides. "Um, mom, dad, you guys okay?" I say as I snap my fingers in their faces. When they finally came to their stomachs let out another loud and long growl and their faces blushed yellow and rainbow from embarrassment.

"I guess you guys are hungry. Well let me see if mama is here then we can head up stairs." Alex says, then she walks over to the bartender.

Alex- "Hey Uncle James, you know if mama is up stairs or not?"

James- "Oh yeah, she's up there. After getting the other little bacon bits she headed up stairs and hasn't came down since."

"Thanks Uncle." She said, she then made a gesture telling us to follow her. We followed her through a door that was on the right side of the bar. As we went through the door we then went up a flight of stairs, when we reached to the stairs there was another door, but when Alex grabbed the door nod, she stopped. "Now, I need to warn you three, my younger siblings are pretty crazy, I mean don't get me wrong they're sweet kids but they can be a hand-full at times." She says, as she opens the door.

When we finally got through the door, Alex ask us to leave our shoes in this little mud room area. As I was taking my shoes off Alex had already taken her's off and was heading down the small hallway. "Hey everyone I'm home! And I've brought company." "ALEX!"

As soon as Alex was done announcing herself, an eruption of little kids screamed out her name in happiness. They ran to her, knocking her off her feet. And the next thing I knew she was on her back, with a brunch of kids piled up on her, laughing her ass off.

PJ- "Alex!"

Mom and dad heard me called out her name and came to see the what was happening. When mom saw, she could't help but giggle at the cute situation.

Alex- "Hahaha! Oh no, tiny hands my only weakness! Haha!"

"Hey kids, come on now, up off the floor we have guests. You can play with sissy later after dinner." Said a women that came around the corner. She looked to be around in her mid thirties and was a little taller then Alex. She was differently Alex's mom. Alex looked just like her by her face and by her eyes. She had the same brown right eye and blue left eye. But, what caught my eye was that she was carrying a pink blanket bundle.

When the kids finally got off Alex, she walked us into an amazingly spacious living room/ kitchen area, with the same dark, hard wood floors, the same dark wood flooring with the same exposed beams on the ceiling.

"Hey mama, like I announced earlier, I brought guests. This is my first period art teacher, Mrs. Ink, and this is my second period PE teacher, Coach Error. And finally, this is my classmate and friend, PaperJam or PJ. And this is my mom, Rachael." Alex said, introducing ourselves to her and vice-versa. "It's nice too meet you, Alex has told me a lot about her first two classes, she says she's enjoying herself." Mrs. Thompson said handing the pink bundle to Alex. "I'm glad to hear that." Mom said, shaking the women's hand.

Alex- "Well, I introduces you to my mom, I think it's only fitting that I introduce you guys to the rest of the family."

When said that, the kids that dog pilled her earlier lined up a line.

Jacob- "Hey, the name name is Jacob. I'm 9 years old and I love playing football with Alex."

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Isabella- "Hello, my name is Isabella, but you can all Izzy. I'm 7."

Sophia- "Hello, my name is Sophia, but you can call Sophie. I'm 7."

"We're twins."

Aiden-  "Hello, I'm Aiden, I'm 6."

"And finally," Alex said coming over with the little girl bundle. "this cute little baby-bone is our newest member of the family, Emma. Only 2 months old." She showed us little Emma, and love and behold, she was a little skeleton. She was curled up in Alex's arms, she glanced at me and stared at me. She had the most clearest green eyes. She then started making grabby hands at me and making little gurgling sound at me, like she wanted something from me. I had to admit, it was too adorable.

"You like PJ don't you Emma. Do you wanna hold her, PJ?" Alex ask me. I looked at her with a surprised look, I've never really held a baby before. "Are you sure?" "Sure," she hands me the baby-bones. I was scared that I would fuck something up. "just cradle her like I was, support her head with your arm." I did what she said and used the nap of my arm to support her head. Emma is so small and cute, I couldn't help but smile.

Ms. Thompson- "Dinner is ready. I hope you three are hungry."

And with that, we gathered in the living area, ate, talked, and listened to the radio. As we were eating, I learned a lot about Alex and her family, for instance:

- Alex is the only biological child out of the bunch. The rest are were adopted.

- And the reason why Alex hasn't been in any schools until junior year is that she was home schooled due to bullying (makes more since from what happened in the cafeteria right), but was able to take honors level online classes threw the high school.

As we were eating and talking, our conversations stopped when we heard the Weather Emergency Alert Sound, the whole room went silent at the sound.

The video is just to give you an idea of what it sounds like, in case anyone has never heard one before.

"Attention, this is a severe whether warning. At 6:45 pm, the National Whether Serves has detected severe thunderstorms, producing quarter size hail, with wind speeds up to 80 miles per hour. High chances of flooding may occur...."

In the middle of the report, there was big clap of thunder. I checked my phone, and sure enough, it was well past 7.

"... residents are advised to stay indoors until the following morning."

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