The huge old house was silent, well as silent as it could possible by with six kids and a dog in the house. Loud snoring that no one would admit to filled the house and then it stopped. One by one.
The first to stop was little Annie.
She was only four but she snored the loudest of them all.
The aroma drifted to her and she woke right up. She sat straight up in her bed and threw back the covers.
She hit Jack (the dog sleeping at the foot of the bed) in the face. She jumped out of bed and ran down the hall, Jack following her. The force of impact was loud on the hardwood floor, efficiently waking up Kayla and Karter (which was not an easy task to do).
“Annie!” The two seven year old twins screamed.
Then they realized the reason as to why their younger sister had woken up and they too scrambled out of bed.
Next to wake was James. Sweet, dorky, eleven year old James.
Kayla and Karter's screams were so loud he could hear them from downstairs. Instead of yelling at them he groaned, turned over, and put his pillow over his face. But in the brief moment he was turning over his face was exposed. And the wonderful aroma that had magically woken everyone else up got to him as well. He quickly, and loudly, ran up the stairs.
“Idiot!” Blake screamed. His room was right across from James' room and James had woken up. Though how he heard him over the heavy metal music that never seemed to stop playing,no one will ever know. The big gothic guy thundered up the stairs, eyes flashed with anger. He was searching for his brother, ready to strangle him for waking him up before noon. His eyes landed on his brother and he raised his arm. But then he saw what James had in his hand...
Hailey, unlike everyone else, was already up and almost ready for the day. All she had left to do was apply the perfect amount of Pink Rose to her lips. As she started to do just that Blake ran up the stairs causing the entire house to shake. Also causing Hailey's hand to jerk and her face to end up with a pink streak across it.
“Ugh! Idiot!” She said gently wiping her face. Then she heard a lot of screaming coming from the kitchen. She rolled her eyes before heading to see what all the commotion was about.
“Hey!” She yelled and grabbed the object everyone was making a fuss over.
A piece of cinnamon sugar raisin toast.
That last piece.
“Give it.” Blake demanded. “Now.”
“No.” She said and he narrowed his eyes.
“Give it, now, or I'll tell Johnny...” Hailey's eyes went wide when Blake mentioned her boyfriend.
“...who you were really with last Saturday.”
Hailey's eyes narrowed just like her brother's had a moment ago.
“I will. You know I will.” Blake said, smiling smugly.
Hailey reluctantly began to hand the toast over but before it reached Blake's awaiting hands James popped up between them.
“I can get you that fake ID you wanted.” He said adjusting his glasses.
“How did you...” Hailey began but was interrupted by the twins.
“We won't steal your makeup anymore.”
“You've been stealing my makeup?” Hailey asked. She felt a tug on her shirt. She looked down to see a pair of big green eyes staring up at her.
“I'm your favorite.” Annie said. When everyone turned to face her she shrugged.
“I'm everybody's favorite.”
Hailey rolled her eyes. “Look, I don't have time for this.” She started walking away,throwing the toast over her shoulder.
They all went for the piece of toast that had landed on the edge of the table.
“No!” They all screamed as it tilted more toward one side.
It fell.
Fell, fell, fell, right into Jack's awaiting mouth.
“Ruff!”
