Millie~

I turned the corner and walked down the street towards Hawthorne Corner. Again, I dug my hands into the pockets of my leather jacket. When I got to the corner, I leant up against the wall, bringing one leg up and putting my foot on the wall. Just as I had settled into that position, Izzy's yellow Ferrari span around the corner. I pushed myself off of the wall and chuckled as the car screeched to a halt. I opened the door and slid in.

"Dude, I swear you're like some psycho maniac on the road," I said as she sped off. I quickly buckled up my seat belt.

"Y.O.L.O," was her only reply as she took one hand off the wheel to do the little hand gesture.

"Still, I don't trust you!" I said, and we both laughed. I turned up the radio and we jammed to some music for the few minutes it took to get home.

The large black gates opened up for us and we sped through and down the drive to our families' mansion. We all live in the same house but since there are so many of us, 17 to be more precise, it's not your average size house.

We are the Ward family. We basically own the whole of the east side of the city. My great grandfather started Ward Enterprises when he was in his twenties and it blossomed from there. It is now one of the biggest companies in the world and my father and two uncles are the co-owners/co-CEOs. My dad is really close with his brothers so we all live in the same house.

However, when I say all of us, I mean, all 17 of us! First of all, there is my dad, who is married to my mum. They had six kids, one of them being me. There's Jace, the oldest, Todd, Jesse, then me, then Tom and finally James. Then there is my Uncle Mitch, the second of the three Ward brothers. I swear he is one of the funniest guys I have ever met and he is married to one of the sweetest women I have also ever met - Tessa. They had two kids, Isaac and Izzy, short for Isobelle. Finally there is Uncle Mason, the youngest of the Ward brothers. He is also married to a really nice woman called Courtney. They have three sons called Rob, Ryan and Brent. Together, we make up the main part of the Ward family.

Izzy pulled up into her car spot in the family garage. Immediately I jumped out, heading over to the door that led into the main house, with Izzy close on my heels. As soon as I entered the boisterous shouts of my brothers and cousins rang loudly through the halls of the mansion. Even though the room that they were in was on the opposite side of the house to where we were their shouts were clearly heard and I understood why the studies for my father and uncles were soundproofed.

I walked swiftly across the house to the games room. As I neared the shouts grew louder. I stopped in the doorway, taking in the scene in front of me. There was Rob, Jace, Todd and Isaac playing Call of Duty on the Xbox. Todd was jumping up and down holding his remote, Isaac was shouting insults at the screen and his opponents, Jace was trying to hold back his laughter as he thrashed all three of them, and Rob, the least talented on the Xbox was sat seriously on the end of the sofa, concentrating only on the game.

Then there was Ryan, Brent, Jesse and Tom on the foosball table all shouting at each other as they frantically moved their players and turned their handles to make their players kick the ball. Finally, I saw James, the youngest of all of us at 14 years old, sitting in the corner playing a game on his iPod touch.

He lifted his head to look around the room and caught sight of me, his eyes widening. I smirked at him, pressing my finger to my lips - as if to say 'shut up' - and gesturing to the others and then cutting my throat. A smile tugged at his lips as he sat back in his chair, placing his iPod on his lap.

I smirked once again, and cleared my throat loudly. Call of Duty was paused and all you could hear was the sound of a ball slowly rolling across the foosball table as all 8 boys turned to look at the doorway.

Todd laughed weakly before saying, "Ah, Millie, you're back..." trailing off at the end. I placed a hand on my hip after I pushed off the door frame, which I had been leaning on, and walked into the room.

"Yeah, I'm back, bitches, no thanks to you," I said, narrowing my eyes. I took a step to the right so I was no longer in front of the door, "Since I'm nice," I continued, pretending to switch my attention to my nails, "I'm going to give your sorry asses 10 seconds before I come and personally kick them into tomorrow, okay?" I finished, fake smiling at them when I said the last part.

I watched as a few gulped, before diving out of the door.

"Move!!" Rob screamed, as he scrambled out last.

I smirked, "Loser," I muttered as I began counting down loudly, "1...2...10, watch out motherfuckers, Millie's coming!" I shouted as I strutted out of the door, smirking at Izzy who was standing next to the door.

"Go easy on them," she said to me.

I threw a smirk over my shoulder as I was already halfway down the hall. I could hear her and James laughing in the distance. I heard shuffles coming from my left as I reached the end of the hallway. This was too easy. I swept back the floor-length curtain, to reveal three pathetic looking cousins in the form of Isaac, Rob and Ryan.

"Hello boys," I said, smiling sweetly before grabbing their ears and dragging them out from behind the curtain. I grabbed two of their arms and swung them around and then onto the floor before swinging my leg around and knocking the third to the ground. It wasn't enough to actually cause too much pain, however, just enough to get my point across.

I smirked as I continued down the hallway, listening to their groans as they lay on the floor. As I turned another corner I entered the kitchen. My mother and aunts were in there.

"Hello Millie," my mum said as she greeted me warmly.

"Hi mum, hi Aunt Tessa, Aunt Courtney," I said, smiling at all of them warmly,

"You haven't by any chance seen anyone..." I said slowly as I wandered around the spacious kitchen.

"Anyone?" my mum asked cheekily, I knew there were some boys hiding in here. Aunt Courtney motioned towards the floor cupboards on the other side of the room and I walked around the counters to the cupboards. I smirked.

"Hmm, I don't know, how about, Brent," I said as I kicked the first cupboard open and a grunt came from inside, I smirked as I continued, "and maybe,

Tom," I finished as I kicked open the second cupboard from where another grunt came.

I peered inside the cupboards and, grabbing the hair of both of them, dragged them out of the cupboards so they fell on the floor. Then I pulled them up off the floor by their hair and led them out of the room.

"Un-cool mum!" Brent called out as I pulled them from the room. As I had done with the previous three I floored them and walked off to find the last three - leaving the three women laughing in the kitchen.

"Oh, Toddy!!" I called as I walked down the hallway, "Jesse, dear," I called out loudly as I looked behind a curtain, "Jacey!! Come out you big fat babies!" I taunted once more.

I walked down the hall and noticed that my dad's study door was open. I cocked an eyebrow before smiling evilly. I practically ran inside, my mind was sat there rubbing its hands together as I plotted what I would do to the wusses when I found them.

"Hey Dad," I greeted, smiling as I entered the study. He was sat there in his large chair at his desk. His smiled mischievously at me, his green eyes sparkling with amusement. Green eyes were a signature Ward trait and all of the Ward children had green eyes.

"You wouldn't have happened to have seen your wonderful eldest sons?" I asked him loudly. I heard dad chuckle as I began to walk around the room as I had done in the kitchen.

"No wonderful sons here, I can assure you, sweetheart," he replied, putting emphasis on the word 'wonderful'. When he said that, I heard a grunt come from one of the cupboards. I raised my eyebrow at it and then back to my father. What is it with my brothers and cupboards? I asked myself.

Dad winked at me as I walked over to the cupboard and opened it. The muscular and well built brother was way too big for the small and cramped cupboard and fell out into a heap on the floor.

"Hello, Jesse, dear," I started as I hovered over him, "How are you on this fine evening?" I asked with fake concern. He just gulped before I pulled him up by his ear and continued towards the door. I shut it, knowing that all of them were in here. I smirked as I used all of my strength to hook him onto the hook on the back of the door.

He was about 6 inches off the floor and hanging by the back of his shirt. I stepped back and laughed evilly, opening the door so that he was facing a wall. I began to walk around the room when I heard a shuffle from behind the curtain.

"Is it dark yet, Dad," I asked mockingly as I made my way over to the curtain. I heard him chuckle as I threw the curtain apart. The window was set out from the room so there was a concrete ledge which you could sit on, or in Todd's sorry case - stand on and try to hide.

"Hey Toddy, having fun up there?" I asked looking up at him. He stayed frozen up there, his back pushing against the glass of the window. "Oh, you like it up there do you?" I asked, before grabbing a chair and placing it on the ledge. Don't worry, the ledge is only about the height of a small cupboard and is wide enough to fit a chair.

"Sit down, Toddy," I said, pulling his feet out from underneath him so he fell into his chair. I then grabbed the small scarf from my pocket which I had been wearing earlier and tied it around his mouth as a gag. I grabbed some handy-dandy rope which was, for some strange reason, sitting in dad's office and tied his arms and legs to the chair. Finally, I re-closed the curtains, leaving Todd sitting helplessly behind them.

I smirked as I continued my search for Jace. The eldest of my brothers was wittier than the rest, so I began to open doors to different cupboards, before reaching the door to the bathroom of the study. I looked back at my dad and he winked again before chuckling quietly, so I swung the door open quietly. I crept in, and there, in the shower, was a clueless Jace.

I laughed to myself as I leant behind and turned on the shower cold tap. As the ice-cold water turned on full-blast I heard a scream from the shower as Jace was soaked. I laughed out loud this time as I moved to face Jace. "Greetings brother," I said, grinning. He moved towards me but I quickly grabbed his hair, "No, no, no, you're coming with me," I said to him, chuckling as I led him out into the study. I used more rope to tie him to the large fireplace, before standing back to admire my work.

My father just laughed as I pulled open the curtain, revealing Todd and walking to the door.

"Peace out motherfuckers," I said, winking at dad who just laughed harder and I walked out of the room, shutting the door behind me, revealing Jesse. I laughed to myself and brushed my hands together. That's what you get if you mess with me!

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Okay, so I split the first chapter into two to make it more readable since it was way too long for a first chapter. I hope that this is easier to read, enjoy!!! Alice xoxo