“You can’t be serious, one day we magically come out of a giant machine in your attic, that you forgot about, and now you’re just going to take us in like it’s completely normal, not to mention that we aren’t even human. I mean for Christ’s sake you don’t even know if we’re dangerous” Crystal spat out.465Please respect copyright.PENANA7d030TAiXf
Charlotte rebuttal back tired with her sister's BS. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAB7rkKBvJM5
“What do you want them to do. What would you do in this situation, huh?” 465Please respect copyright.PENANAch4rBHC4tL
“Um I don’t know, maybe not forget about us in the first place, and how do we know they're not dangerous, they could’ve just stolen and been lying about how there our biology mother and father.” She responded.465Please respect copyright.PENANA6R40DaefTW
“I don’t think they would have given us clothes and names if they were just going to hurt us, plus look at us other than our … whatever you want to call it we look just like, I mean look at him .” Noella interjected while pointing at Matthew. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAkkSBbiZB0b
“ Don’t even get me started on him, he’s the reason we were forgotten about in the first place!” Crystal shouted. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAysjuHV00po
“Don’t worry this is normal, I have 4 sisters” Ben whispered to Luke, Marie, and Matthew. 465Please respect copyright.PENANA1nE2xYHauA
The room grew silent. Everyone was uncomfortable.465Please respect copyright.PENANAhTOEg2nUea
“Do you guys eat?” Ben asked Crystal while giving her a smile in hopes it would ease the tension. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAsiATy8YZ1P
Noella stood up and answered for her sister afraid she might say something rude. 465Please respect copyright.PENANACBZdjHIt6d
“ We can eat, and speaking of ,me and my sisters are very hungry, I’m sure the rest of you guys must be as well” she said while smiling and blushing. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAEKPvhP76Yo
It was clear that Noella thought Ben was cute and had a little crush on him. Although that didn’t mean anything because he was the first non family member they’ve ever seen. Ben was completely oblivious. 465Please respect copyright.PENANArsBZxLVZCn
“I know what we should do!” Exclaimed Ben with a huge smile on his face.465Please respect copyright.PENANA19UI6Mechy
“They have never eaten food so we should order in from a bunch of places and see what they like!” He continued. 465Please respect copyright.PENANA5WqHKaoRYM
“That actually sounds like it would be a good idea, not to get sciencetifical on you but it be a good to see if you guys are prone to take a liking to any one group of food over a another and how your mutations, in a sense, could affect your natural diet.”Luke replied. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAmnKyGyWpew
“I’ll go to the store and get a wide variety of fruit, vegetables, and meat.” Marie said. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAAzsK3VaOqT
“ We can door dash some sushi, pizza, nachos, ice cream, and wings!” Matthew said with a smile. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAOV8yXdN7Tk
“ That all sounds fine but normally we’ll have a healthier diet” Luke granting approval to both his wife and son's requests. 465Please respect copyright.PENANA3FG2Dd2aZi
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Within an hour Marie had arrived back from the grocery store and all the food had been delivered. Marie, Luke, Ben, and Matthew already knew what they liked so they just ate what they liked while the girls took their time looking at each food to determine what they should try. You could tell by the look on their faces that they were hesitant to try anything. Crystal was the first to touch anything. She looked at the California rolls and put one on her plate. She took a bite of one and then began to load her plate with sushi. Noella seemed to take a liking to the fruit. Her plate had piles of strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, and dragon fruit. Although she might have just liked it because of all of the bright colors the fruit has to offer. Charlotte seemed to be the least hungry out of all them. She had some chicken wings but that was about it. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAHLnyFDkDWh
After dinner Marie and Luke knew it was time to discuss sleeping arrangements. They were both well known scientists so they were wealthy, not incredibly rich, but enough income to have a big house and live comfortably. Also enough money to the point where they weren’t worried about the expenses that a few more children would bring. The house had a few extra rooms. Marie had always wanted a daughter so the idea of decorating and buying things for their rooms excited her. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAIcfA01z9b1
“Eventually everyone will get their own room and bed but for now we will have to make do with what we have. One of you can sleep in Matthew’s bed, Matthew you will be sleeping in a sleeping bag in the living room, one of you can sleep in the guest bed, and the other can sleep one the couch.” Marie said while looking at all four of her children. 465Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZTI5bkQyj
“ I call the guest bed” Charlotte responded . 465Please respect copyright.PENANAYgA4y3Wh4v
“ I call Matthew’s bed” Crystal followed. 465Please respect copyright.PENANASkEORRzmvv
That's when everyone realized Noella had fallen asleep on the couch. That’s also when everyone noticed that her hair that was made up of strains of Christmas lights “shut off” like when you unplugged a Christmas tree and nose, fingers, and toes that glowed had seemed completely normal. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAVveSS3oyzy
“Noella get up” Mathew whispered in her ear.465Please respect copyright.PENANAXmFaGUPaUQ
“Huh….what?” She opened her eyes and muttered. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAHJAd0RA7r9
The minute her eyes opened her hair began to glow again along with her nose, fingers, and toes. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAXRvfbGF1tQ
“Oh..nothing I was just making sure you were alright, your…. lights went out” He replied feeling guilty that he woke her up for no reason.465Please respect copyright.PENANA66w9sAM4oc
She turned her head back to its original position and closed her eyes. A couple seconds later her glow disappeared again. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAs28z3JUR0k
“Weird” Ben said after observing the incident. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAxqsx1vLOOA
“ The lights in her hair and glow in her skin must only stay “on” when she’s awake.” Luke said. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAxztEpbIL2e
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The next morning….465Please respect copyright.PENANA115waucua3
“Matthew wake up!” Marie whispered to her sleeping son with a huge grin on her face. 465Please respect copyright.PENANA7DDZmCZjMf
“Huh… w..what’s going on?” 465Please respect copyright.PENANALqhq95BuwA
Matthew was not a morning person. 465Please respect copyright.PENANA95MG2uH5R9
“Me and your father are taking off work, we want to surprise the girls by decorating the spare rooms to make them into their rooms” She was very excited to tell her son about their plans.465Please respect copyright.PENANAwWPq0BwLI4
“Oh so that wasn't a dream” He said groggily, half joking, half not. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAQDxjMdozKw
“We need you and Ben to get them out of the house for the whole day.” She continued. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAGxji2fTlyR
Matthew acted like he didn’t want anything to do with his new sisters but the truth was he always wanted siblings, he hated being an only child. Ben came from a large family and he was always jealous of him. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAwtBIzD7BkI
“Where do you want us to take them, we will stick out like a sore thumb the minute we go out outside. “ He replied while getting out of his sleeping bag. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAjDA0gGOQMC
“ We thought about that!” She countered while handing him a pan flip. 465Please respect copyright.PENANANdXZWmv3ft
He looked at the pan flip before reading the title out loud. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAQJmLyIRG0U
“ You want us to take them to a Comic-con?” He was skeptical. 465Please respect copyright.PENANA61n4J1OiLG
“They’ll fit right in and it would be a good way to show them how certain aspects of society function” 465Please respect copyright.PENANAbTbQRgYoCV
He grudgingly obliged. He knew Ben would be more than willing to go. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAdZaxL2FNd6
Ben and Matthew both had their licenses but Ben had the bigger car so he drove while Matthew explained what to expect. Surprisingly all three of them seem anxious to get out of the house and see the world. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAa03fftI29B
“If anyone asks, tell them it’s just an expensive costume and good makeup” Matthew knew that this was the biggest point he needed to get across. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAxh2Ju0cEWz
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They all got there and actually seemed to be enjoying themselves. No one really gave any of the girls any trouble, just a couple compliments here and there. About two hours in, Ben noticed some guy talking to Noella. Even Ben could notice that he was hitting on her. Noella was completely oblivious, she didn’t know what was the social norm and what wasn’t. He walked up to them. 465Please respect copyright.PENANA5BR0gR65ka
“Hey Noella, who is this?” He interjected in almost a cocky tone. 465Please respect copyright.PENANASbKR9x1jil
“Oh this is Zach, We were talking about our favorite costumes we’ve seen.”465Please respect copyright.PENANANQSHS9WRe8
“Oh my bad, are you guys …..?” Zach said while looking at Ben. 465Please respect copyright.PENANARyzujLXDu2
“Yeah!” Noella answered for him with a smile on her face. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAuxjHiQvXuj
After that it got pretty awkward. Zach made up some excuse to leave. Ben was still stunned with Noella’s answer. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAvqszvYhD5R
“Noella, what do you think he meant when he said you guys?” Ben asked her.465Please respect copyright.PENANAttKHAi17Vd
“ That we’re friends” 465Please respect copyright.PENANAORXG4fqcl2
“ I think he meant if we are girlfriend and boyfriend.”465Please respect copyright.PENANAFoS1sRdWGT
“Well if we are friends and I'm a girl and you’re a boy then wouldn’t we be girlfriend and boyfriend?”465Please respect copyright.PENANAUf1nCgJxuf
“Ummm not exactly, girlfriend and boyfriend mean that they are dating.”465Please respect copyright.PENANA8hbHiwco81
“What’s dating?” 465Please respect copyright.PENANAdcmOFwRQLT
“Um it’s hard to explain, Matthew will explain to you later, he’ll explain it better anyways” Ben made it Matthew’s problem. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAq6qEanF8T2
They were there for several more hours. They stayed till it got dark. Matthew and Ben were careful not to expose Marie and Luke’s surprise. When they got home Marie and Luke greeted them with big smiles. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAgQYksBbn2a
“ We have surprises for you!” Luke said.465Please respect copyright.PENANAfMQvcGmLQz
“Noella go check in the basement, Charlotte look in the guest bedroom, and Crystal go look in room across from the guest bed.” Marie said.465Please respect copyright.PENANAsGM5IKirzi
All the girls rushed to where they were instructed to go. The basement now had walls in it making up a room. The room was fairly large, they paint each wall a different color. A muted red, a bright red, a muted green, and a bright green. They even hung Christmas lights along the walls to match. The room matched Noella’s personality perfectly. 465Please respect copyright.PENANACtAAP2VXlY
“OMG I LOVE IT!!!!!!! Thank you guys so much.”465Please respect copyright.PENANADtmmOfjR6a
“Of course honey, and as time goes on you can decorate it more”Marie and Luke replied and were relieved she liked it. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAM8MxNC9AEV
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The guest room was completely redecorated for Charlotte. The bed now had a sheet and quilt with purple and lavender design along with gray pillows. There was also a black desk in the corner of the room with a basic black chair. The walls were now covered with pictures, decorations, and music records. The whole room had a grunge 80’s vibe to it.465Please respect copyright.PENANAgz71bMnJQx
“Thank you guys so much, I really love it” she said while giving them a hug. 465Please respect copyright.PENANAWgDYGcsXkX
“Of course sweetie” 465Please respect copyright.PENANAYxpyO6qhQ0
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What used to be a storage room was now Crystal’s room. The room now had a white loft bed. Underneath the loft was a blue bean bag chair. The room had a cool tone/ blue color scheme. There was also now a white book shelf with a cluster of clear crystals for decor. 465Please respect copyright.PENANA3sZrTMdJVs
“Thank you. I really appreciate it.” She talked very quietly and avoided eye contact. 465Please respect copyright.PENANARBk3yaatGk
“Of course, we also have another surprise for you and your sisters downstairs.” Marie said, hoping she might look up at her.465Please respect copyright.PENANATuxdvKGa68
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What’s in the attic
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