Film to Pen: An Experiment in Fan-Fiction (Spider-man AU) Chapter Two.
The new house is bigger than the Tipton's, but not by much. At least the porch isn't covered with any stucco. A short woman opens the front door with a big smile on her face, "Welcome, Bienviendos! Come in, come in. We are so excited to have you staying with us,". Inside there's a staircase full of kids to greet me. It leads up to what I assume is the second level of the house. The kids are arranged by height, a boy easily two feet taller than the woman who greet me is at the top of the stairs. He has a thick mohawk and is messing with what looks like a jumble of wires and a plyers. The step under him is a girl who looks older at least from what I can see of her beneath the curtain of her light hair. Below her on the same step are two younger girls with matching pigtails and grins, underneath them a toddler with a mass of curls is sitting down desperately trying to tug off his socks. At the foot of the steps a man only a foot taller than his wife is holding a little baby. "I'm Mrs. Garcia, but please call me Honey, and this is Mr. Garcia," the short woman said. "You can just call me Paco. This new bundle is our latest edition Theo. On the stairs are the other borders here they can introduce themselves,".
"We're Sally," one pig tailed girl says. "And Sadie, that's Harper," the twin pronounced Sadie points at the boy who had finally tugged one sock off with a triumphant grunt. "He's staying with us until his mom gets probation,". Honey gave Sally a look that could have scorched the wall behind her, "Yes, many of the kids we welcome here don't stay long, but I hope you still feel safe here,". I nodded by now I knew the less you said at first the better. The girl with the blond hair mumbled something I didn't catch, but sounded kinda like swan. "Leaving the best for last, I'm Jorge. You can call me just Hey," says the boy with the mohawk at the top of the stair.
"Thank you so much for being open at such short notice," Ms. Wilt said. "No problem, now if you want to get settled you'll be staying the the guest room with Wanda and Harper," Paco said. I nodded again, picked up my bag and climbed the stairs after Wanda. The room is fair sized. But two bunk beds take up most of the space. I wonder, how many kids do they take in? Wanda mumbles something else unintelligible and I plop my bag on the lower bunk nearest the door. Easier to sneak out that way. Waiting for her to leave first I head back downstairs. After getting the usual "please behave" speech from Ms.Wilt and she declines Honey's offer to stay for lunch they start getting the table ready. The rest of the night could have been cloned off of my other first nights. Honey and Paco asked me all kinds of trivial questions, trying to get to know me without prying. The kids were excited and asking more nosy questions, the teens just ate and enjoyed the scene. I try not to squirm under all the questions and give them more to enjoy. Soon enough it's time for bed.
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