Chapter 17

                                    

                                          
Hey so here is the update I'm sorry I didn't get it up on Thursday or Friday or Saturday. I had a pretty shitty week and I can only hope that this week won't be bad or worse than last week. wait no it couldn't get worse, I mean crying in school is awful because people feel bad, I am thankful to have friends like @LizzyBethBell to give the worlds greatest hugs and to just be there for me. Thank you. enough about my shitty week and just read the next chapter and tell me what you think.
                          
-Kate
                          


                          
          
                          
Chapter 17
                          
Anabelle's (POV):
                          
It's been a month since Mandy started school. The stranger I ran into that day had been spotted by both me and Ryan multiple times. The site had closed two weeks after I joined there page. All of this stuff was confusing. Mandy has had Kate over once a week every Friday. They were total opposites but if you looked closer you could see how similar they actually were.
                          
Mandy only has one friend, but that friend is her best friend. I could tell that they would go through everything together. I think of Mandy as my own little pup. Well, our little pup. Ryan and I moved in together last week because we finished the mating process. I love Ryan with all my heart and I am not just saying that because he is my mate but because I truly do. They are my life and I would do anything for those two.
                          
Right now I was helping Kate and Mandy bake some cookies because it's Friday and we just want to eat cookies. We really don't need a reason to make them just that we want to. Kate dropped an egg on Mandy's foot but Mandy overreacted and dumped a handful of flour on her head. I laughed and they both took some sugar and chased me around the kitchen with it. It turned into a full-blown war between friends and guardian.
                          
By the end, we looked like living disasters. But that didn't stop us from laughing and having a good time. Ryan came home and I shoved a camera into his hands telling him to take a picture of us. We all posed for the picture and decided to clean up a little bit. Sending the girls to the bathroom I started with the kitchen that needed to be scrubbed.
                          
It took all four of us three hours to clean the mess but the mess and hard work was worth such a wonderful memory that we would cherish for forever. Which was well worth it. Putting the two girls to bed I walked out into the living room to be met by Ryan watching TV. Creeping up behind him I jumped over the back of the couch and landed next to him. He jumped but pulled me into his chest not even a second after.
                          
I fell asleep on the couch in his arms. I was conscious enough to know that he carried me to the room that night. I love how kind and gentle he is.
                          
I woke up to Ryan lightly shaking me. Fluttering my eyes open I saw a fully dressed Ryan standing over me. "Hi Ryan", I said in my morning voice. He laughed at my greeting and told me to get up so I could eat some breakfast. I was too tired to get up so I snuggled back into the covers. Before I could actually fall back asleep Ryan picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. I let out a girly squeal as he carried me to the kitchen.
                          
The two little girls giggled at us while I groaned a good morning to them before I told Ryan to put me down. He laughed and set me down nicely. I straightened my shirt with my hands and sat on a stool between the two girls. I was handed a plate that had waffles on it. The waffles had cut kiwis and caramel on top of it all. My favorite sugar breakfast. I was bored one day and had literally just picked random things out of the fridge and cabinet and put it all together to get this masterpiece. It has been my favorite ever since then.
                          
Ryan was so sweet to make them for me whenever he could. Scarfing down our breakfast we all decided to go to the park. We were about to get into the elevator when a panting Isabelle ran up to us. We all went in the elevator together. As one big family.
                          
"Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile & who love you no matter what."
                          


                          


                          
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