Chapter 4: Oregon

 

We arrived in Oregon that morning. And drove to our new house. It was a white washed cookie cutout house with 6 bedrooms and 3 baths. The house was huge. The house was top of the line everything. I walked up to one of the bedrooms and it looked like it was designed for Caden. It was purple with soccer posters on the wall. The bed was a full and it had a deep purple bedspread. Then I walked into the next room it was what I was suspecting to be Ginny’s it was a light red almost pink with a queen bed in the corner and a desk. Then I walked into the room that I suspected to be my room. It was like my old one two tone blue with orange trim. I also had a queen size bed in the corner with blue comforter and deep orange sheets. The walls were lined with my surfing, baseball and basketball posters. My computer was in the corner on a small stand and I had a desk at the foot of my bed. I saw two doors one that led to the bath room and one that led to the closet. Both were joined with Ginny’s room. So I walked through and found Ginny sitting on her bed.

“So what’s up?” I said casually.

“Where did you come from?” She said slightly startled.

“Our closets and bathroom is joined.”

“Oh.” She just shook it off like it was nothing, something was up.

“What’s wrong?”

“I don’t know its just hard getting up and starting all over again. We get new names have to be careful about what we say to people.”

“Look at it this way we get to go in and not be judged and we can have chances at any thing we want. And at home we can still have the same names its only at school that its different.”

“So what’s our cover story going to be I mean do we have the same last name?”

“No Caden and I got our moms old name and your last name is changed to Evans. Your new name should be up to you.”

“I want to be called Lily Katherine Evans.”

“Nice name very sexy. Caden is Payton Joan young.”

“Wow. You still haven’t said yours.”

“Because I don’t know I want my name to have a special meaning like yours means pure flower. Caden’s is warrior and I just want mine to mean something. I have one in mind but I don’t know if it would work or even look remotely good.”

“Well shoot.”

“Can’t laugh but what about Nathan Young?”

“That’s good are we changing our looks?”

“Have to.”

“So what are you going to do?” I grimaced at this because I liked my old look so much.

“I was going to change my hair dirty blonde like it was when I was young get it straitened and get bangs.” I said a bit disgusted.

“That would look good.” She looked at me as if she was envisioning it.

“I guess it just will be annoying.”

“I want to lighten my hair also but not blond and I don’t want bangs I'll just make sure my hair is curly.”

“That I could get used to.” I said with a crooked grin and a waggle of my eyebrow. She playfully slapped my arm.

“So what’s your cover story?” I laid back on her bed.

“Two young Italians whom have been moved many times.”

“Why Italian?”

“Because both me and Caden have accents and we can speak it.”

“So say something to me in Italian.”

“La sua bellezza brilla più luminoso poi il chiaro di luna. i suoi occhi sono delle senza fine piscine di cioccolata. e penso che l'iim cada innamorato di lei.”

“What did you say?”

“Your beauty shines brighter than the moonlight, your eyes are endless pools of chocolate and I think I'm falling in love with you.”

“Wow.”

“I know I just..” I sighted defeated.

“Hey I don’t think, I do love you and one day if we can I would love to become your wife.”

“Wow really?” That I was not expecting, I mean we have only gone out for a week.

“Yeah.” With that I kissed her with passion.

“So where do you want our first date to be?” I said trying to lighten the mood.

“When do you get your license?”

“Two weeks if I pass.”

“Then it will be like a week after Christmas so. Maybe a dinner and a movie?”

“Anything for you and what you getting me for Christmas?” I said hopeful.

“Not telling.”

“Kill joy, well I best go start dinner what do you feel like tonight?”

“Meatloaf.”

“Really? ok.” So with that I walked out of her room into the kitchen. The parents were seated at the table talking.

“I'm going to make dinner for us if you don’t mind.”

“No but wed like to talk to you.”

“Alright what up?” I said directing my attention to the two.

“Well in two weeks you can drive but the police have a car they will be willing to give you since we got ours but were not sure about it.”

“Not to be rude because I'm gracious of what you guys are doing for me but I can take care of my self and as long as I have a roof over my head I can take care of my self pretty much. And soon I will be looking into college.”

“What do you want to do for college?” Her father asked.

“Become a chef.”

“Oh isn’t the school in new York?”

“Sadly.”

“Well don’t you have a scholar ship?”

“I don’t know because I was under Chef Cakes’ wing and I no longer have her program.”

“Well I'm sure your new high school will have a culinary program.”

“Hopefully now about this car what type is it?”

“Well there’s two there’s a dark green mustang or a ford f150 truck.”

“Mustang definitely.”

“We were afraid you were going to say that. If you ever take our daughter out for a drive you will drive with the most caution correct?”

“Of course sir. I plan on driving carefully all the time and don’t we start school in two weeks and also when is the rest of my stuff getting here?”

“Well its in the car right now and we can get it later. Now Caden what to do with her?”

“Live raise her up like she was your own. Oh by the way our new names out in public are different. Mine is Nathan , Caden is Payton and Ginny chose Lily.” I placed dinner in the oven and set the timer and went up to my room to see the closet light on.

“What cha doing?” I make Ginny jump at my sudden presence.

“Don’t scare me.”

“Sorry anyways what up?” I said leaning against the door frame.

“I'm putting my clothes over here and you can place yours over there and in those top three drawers.” “ok” So I grabbed my duffel and put all my clothes away.

“Now for the bathroom.”

“Yeah we got to make sure we don’t walk in on each other.”

“So how will we manage?”

“Well it locks from the inside so we just got to lock the opposite bedroom door.”

“That works and Ethan I know its fast but can I still sleep with you in your bed?”

“The first few nights no let your parents get used to one thing at a time maybe after our first date I'll let you come again.” She sighed defeated.

“Its only a few weeks you’ve gone with out so far and you should be ok for a few more.”

“I guess but I don’t want to go to this new school.” Oh not this again, I moved over to her and wrapped my arms around her tiny waist, leaning my head on top of hers.

“Why not now?”

“We wont have any friends and you know how I don’t make them easily.” I sighed she did have a problem with people, but she was so cool once you got to know her, she just never let anyone that close.

“And you think I did?”

“They loved you.”

“They loved the thought of me they never stood up for me and you’ll always have me.” She sighed. I grabbed her hand and went over to my bed and pulled her in between my legs and just sat there holding her until she relaxed against me.

“You are so good to me.”

“I know and I love being good to you.”

“Are you going to want your necklace back?”

“Nah you can keep it ill see if I can find another I kind of want to find a shark tooth one but I don’t know if I grabbed it.”

“Who knows.” We sat there until dinner was ready. The newly formed family went to eat in a tense silence.