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In the morning, everyone woke up a little blearily, and were called down for a HOT breakfast, unbelievably. The quality of the food was evident in the silence with which everyone ate. They then wandered the house, finding things to do.
Jaz checked in on her twin brothers, happily sleeping in in comfy beds upstairs. They worried about what was going to happen to all of them, but they had to trust that Gemma and Kayla only had their best interests at heart.
All of them were out of school for the day, but at least it was excused this time. At around 8 AM, Kayla showed up to pick up the eldest of the brothers, Myles. She explained that, no matter how hard she tried, she had been unable to get the five of them into the same home, especially at such short notice. She did explain that at least the twins would be kept together. Jaz said nothing, but was secretly glad they hadn't been placed with Phoenix in the same house.
Myles found out on the way he had been chosen specially by the family he was heading to, and he wondered why. It turned out they were headed to the fancy side of Oasis Springs, and when Kayla pulled into the biggest house on the block, Myles couldn't help but let his jaw drop to his chest.
Trying to slick his hair back and smooth his hand me down clothes down, but there was very little he could do to make himself look anything like he belonged here. Why would people like this have asked for HIM?!
Swallowing awkwardly past the huge lump in his throat, Myles trailed behind Kayla and tried to not look terrified.
Inside, he was introduced to his new "Mom", Nancy Landgraab. She greeted him with a smile, and took him to see where he would be staying with his new toddler foster brother.
There was a big playroom with beds in it at the top of the third floor staircase, with more toys than Myles had seen in one spot in his life.
He was also introduced to his older foster brother, Malcolm Landgraab, who had recently gotten married.
Malcolm's wife, Ayumi, was entertaining young Shane Landgraab while Myles was given his tour of the house, and waved jauntily at Myles when introduced. After his tour, Myles was given free rein of the house to unpack and explore and get acquainted with his new home.
Kayla bid him goodbye, and gave him her number, saying that if he needed anything, to call her on her cell phone. She then drove back to the Williams' house to pick up Phoenix.
At the house, Jaz had installed themselves in front of a huge TV in the family room, and was watching cartoons happily, not at all worried that they were alone.
Kayla pulled into the driveway, and called for Phoenix.
Phoenix, on his best behavior for a change, grabbed his stuff and followed Kayla to the car obediently. The trip wasn't very long, and soon, they pulled into the side driveway of a (in Phoenix's mind) huge house. His new foster mom, Cecelia Cornwell, was there to meet him with a couple toddlers at her heels.
Trying to play at being well-behaved for a change, Phoenix greeted her nervously.
He then followed her and Kayla to the front of the house, trying not to gawk like an idiot.
Walking into the house was an eye-opening experience, and Phoenix couldn't help it when his jaw dropped at the fact there was an actual formal Parlor in the front of the house.
During his house tour, he found that for the first time in his entire life, he was being given a room to himself, behind a laundry room on the main floor of the house. He looked around, dropped his backpack, and followed Cecelia around the rest of the house.
One of the other kids in the house, Claude, said hello sullenly, but didn't seem interested in being friendly.
Claudia seemed very shy, and not in a great mood. Phoenix tried not to laugh at the fact that there was both a Claude and a Claudia, and instead sat down to chat with them for a short while.
He managed to get a smile out of Claude, who finally seemed to be warming up to him. Claude led him downstairs after Kayla said goodbye and left Phoenix her card in case he needed anything.
Downstairs, he met Rihana, and Ace. Apparently Bryce and Jade Elaonora (the two toddlers in the family) were taking a nap now and he would have to meet them later. He looked around the playroom in astonishment, and took note of all the fun toys scattered around. This was going to be AWESOME.
Kayla answered the phone on the way back to Newcrest, and had to change her plans in a hurry. The twins would have to be dropped off next because of a prior engagement that their foster parents had forgotten about. She collected the toddlers, strapped them into their car seats, and drove them all the way to San Myshuno.
It was the first time the twins had ever been in an elevator, and they followed Kayla with wide eyes, not sure of what to expect. They were more amazed at what was going around them than thinking about the fact that they had been taken away from the only family they'd ever known.
Lana McKinnon, and her husband Enele were waiting outside their apartment with Christy, one of the twins' foster sisters. Christy seemed cheerfully ready to meet her new foster siblings, and Enele seemed to bond easily with Braydon.
The oldest of their foster siblings, Caitlyn, said hello headed back inside. What she thought of two new additions to the house, nobody could tell, because she hid the faces she pulled as she turned away.
After meeting their new family, they followed Kayla into their new apartment willingly enough, comfortably furnished with children in mind.
They had a small room to themselves, but there was plenty of toys in the rest of the house to keep them occupied.
In fact, their other new sister, Parker, was actually playing in the twins' new toybox, and invited the two of them to join her without any hesitation.
Relieved to have her afternoon almost over, Kayla headed back to Newcrest for the final trip to get Jaz. Jaz was finally dressed and ready to go by the time Kayla got there, and expressed their worry about their siblings, asking how each of them had fared in their new homes.
Jaz was especially worried about Brett and Braydon, who had never been away from family their entire life. Kayla assured Jaz that the twins had been playing happily when she had left, and that Jaz would probably be able to visit them from time to time if they chose.
Jaz chattered happily about their club friends (although they kept Colin's secret safe) all the way to Willow Creek, explaining how so many people had been supportive of their new pronouns. Kayla was curious, and asked a few questions, but before Jaz was even ready, pulled into the drive of a beautiful house in a nice neighborhood of Willow Creek.
Wendy Judd was the first to meet Jaz, and readily took to using the correct pronouns, to Jaz's amazement.
Wendy introduced Jaz to her husband, Matt, and a girl named Penny who was, apparently, another new arrival in the household.
Layla Judd, the Judds' teenage daughter was making some dinner in the massive kitchen, but took a moment to cheerfully say hello to Jaz, also seeming to be perfectly comfortable using Jaz's they/them pronouns.
While touring, they had to take a detour to find little Jimmy, who was playing stealthily in the toilet in the downstairs bathroom/laundry room. Jaz snickered at his guilty face, and took him by the hand to have him come along for the rest of the tour.
Wendy gave Jaz a grateful look, and led them to the living room, where Jaz met Carlo, who was cleaning up some dishes.
Back in the kitchen, they finally met the last member of the household, Timika, who seemed a cheerful sort of girl. Kayla begged off for the day, leaving Jaz with her card in case Jaz needed her number. This concluded the tour, and Jaz was allowed to drop off their stuff in their new room, and wander the house at their leisure while dinner was cooked.
Jaz's first priority was spending some time with their new room-mate, Penny. They played some chess for a while, although it was hard to concentrate with the cartoons from the other room being turned up a bit too loud.
Timika apologized, though, and turned things down as soon as she found out that Jaz's head was actually hurting a bit.
Jaz, however, exhausted both physically and mentally, begged off of dinner and trudged up the stairs to their new room, falling into the comfiest bed they'd ever laid on, asleep before their head even hit the pillow.
Once they had woken up from their nap, Wendy made Jaz a FRESH salad with actual crunchy lettuce (a novelty for Jaz in all ways), and helped them upstairs to bed. The rest of the night passed peacefully, with Jaz too tired to be worried about sleeping in a strange new place. They would have time enough to adjust in the next few weeks.
I wanted to do a quick house tour, since this is where Jaz will be staying now that we're into the Willow Creek month. I did not build any of the houses mentioned in this post, although I did update the apartment to make room for the twins, and the Landgraab's house to make room for their toddler and Myles. All of the other houses were found on the gallery under the search for "foster house" or "foster home". I did update each to make sure they were appropriate for the children in each home. All of the families except the McKinnon/Akana family (where the twins are) were also found on the gallery. I won't even go into how long this has taken me to get "just right", but I will apologize for this post being awfully late.
Overhead look at the floorplan:
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That's a great house! Such attention to detail with the decorating. Seems like everyone is in an OK new home for now. What a relief!
Gosh these poor kids <3 At least they seem to be taking to their new homes well!
I hope the foster families are good to know!
The house looks AMAZing