"Okay! Well, we need to explain some things before you get situated! Carlos explained as he sat down on the throne-like chair, as he motioned me to sit on the couch next to Mateo. I sat down and I answered him with a nod, I found out why Marco gave me a negative reaction earlier.

"Starting with that. We expect verbal answers. Also refer to both me and Marco as Sir" He stated sternly, I could feel his self from earlier fading, as he turned into more like how Marco was earlier.

"Got it?" He asked as I noticed I still haven't answered him.

"Yes sir," I said, still kinda nervous I was going to do something wrong. I saw Carlos smile at me.

"Okay, I'm just going to say our rules, and the punishments you will receive if you don't follow the rules." Right as he said that I started fiddling with my hands.

"Okay, so you will have chores set for you to do, if you do them you get clothes, a room, and food. If you don't you can have those privileges taken away. Disrespect will not be tolerated, if you even think of trying to talk back or disrespect us in any way, we will not hesitate to take you to the black room. This brings me to my next topic. The black room is down in the basement, we can put you in there for however long we think is necessary, in the black room we have no heat, so it is very cold down there. We will get to what happens in the black room when you decide to get in enough trouble to make us put you down there. Got it?" He fully explains leaving me in shock, I thought this home was gonna be a way to get away from stuff like that.

"Ace. I expect you to answer me when I talk to you. I don't mind punishing you on the first day, but that wouldn't be very fun for you." He scolded, taking me away from my thoughts.

"I-i'm sorry sir.." I apologized really not wanting to get in trouble.

"Good. Now I'm going to let Jesse take you up to your room, you can unpack but once you're done, I expect you to be in the kitchen. I'll give you 20 minutes." Carlos said as he stood up and walked out of the room. Jesse walked over to me and grabbed my arm and started dragging me up the staircase. Once we finally got into this room he brought me in, he broke the silence.

"So I would recommend you get unpacked in 10 minutes, or else they will probably say it's been over 20 when it really hasn't." He told me.

"O-oh ok.. Thank you!" He then left me alone in this big room to unpack, it was honestly just as nice as the other parts of the house. I quickly unpacked, it only took me about 5 minutes.

Right after I finished I ran back downstairs. I saw everyone sitting at this table in the kitchen, I could see Carlos making food. I'm guessing lunch since it's not late enough to be dinner. I could also see Marco yelling at this boy I've never seen before. I'm guessing he's the one Jesse was talking about earlier, I got closer so I could hear the conversation, but nobody could see me.

"You made us look like we can't keep you under control!" Marco screamed in the boy's face.

"Well, you can't so-" The boy answered but was cut off when Marco's hand collided with his cheek. The boy still had a smirk on his face.

"You seem to only resolve your problems with violence." The boy said, looking straight into Marco's eyes.

"You're just asking to be put in the black room." Marco threatened.

"It wouldn't be the first time." The boy laughed. That's when Marco had enough, Marco grabbed the boy's arm and dragged him away, I'm guessing he's taking him to the black room.. It seems scary, I'm never planning to get put in there. That's when I heard a voice.

"Y'know it's not nice to eavesdrop." I heard Carlos's voice say. I started sweating when I came out from behind the wall.

"I-i'm sorry, I didn't want to interrupt.." I apologized.

"That's fine for today, but no more of that. They would have continued if you were here or not." Carlos cautioned. I answered with a nod, completely forgetting about what Carlos said.

"Verbal answer, this is a warning. Do it again and you will be punished." Carlos said glaring at me.

"Y-yes, sir."  I quickly answered. I'm so going to mess up.. We ended up eating lunch with everyone but the mystery boy. Marco and Carlos finished first and then left the room, but not before making us know we have to clean the kitchen. Now I was left with the five boys. I was almost finished with my food when the boy who I think was Luke broke the silence.

"So..? Ace.. why were you sent here? Luke asked, turning to face me. I didn't know if I should tell him, but since we will be living together I decided to just tell him.

"W-well my parents were abusive.. So yeah.. W-what about you..?" I asked. He smiled and started to explain his life before he got sent here.

"I tried to commit suicide because of people at school, and my parents were sick of getting calls from school that I was in the hospital so they ended up sending me here." He answered, still smiling. We ended up going through everyone's stories apparently Jesse was getting in too many fights so it was either this home or prison, then Alec's parents weren't "fit" to take care of him, and then Mateo was Marco's biological son from a one night stand, so Mateo's been here since birth. I also found out the mystery boy's name was Noah, he got here since he has major behavioral issues, he doesn't listen to anyone especially Carlos and Marco. He sounded "interesting" 

"We should probably get cleaning, so they don't get mad" Luke suggested, I nodded. We started cleaning, once we were finished it was about 5 and I was exhausted. We had to clean practically the whole entire house..  I was now sitting on my bed writing in my journal that I used all the time back at my parent's house.

I'm trying to figure out whether I'm glad to be out of my parent's house or not, now I have to clean a lot. At my parents, I would usually stay in my room all day then get in trouble after. Hey, at least I haven't got in big trouble yet. I'm just afraid I'm going to mess up and accidentally break the rules. Carlos isn't that bad, he's the one I've mostly talked to. Marco is terrifying. I really don't want to get on his bad side and Noah.. I haven't really met him, but for some reason, I want to get to know him. I know I shouldn't though, I have a feeling he's only gonna get me into trouble. But you never know.. He got put in the black room on my first day here, I was so scared since Carlos didn't even tell me what happens down there, I'm going to make sure I never get put down there.. Honestly, everyone here is kinda scary.. Like even the boys, I only got put here because of my parents. Jesse got put here because he kept getting into fights, hopefully, he doesn't try to get in a fight with me.. I definitely wouldn't win..

I stopped writing when I heard my name getting called by Marco. Oh god.. I quickly got off my bed and ran down the stairs. Once I got downstairs I saw Marco sitting on his throne chair in the living room, he looked mad.. I quickly walked over to him.

"Yes, s-sir?" I asked. He didn't answer, he just pointed at the couch so I turned and sat on the couch.

"I just wanted to have a conversation." He said with a cold smirk on his face.

"Gulp.."

"So.."

To be continued...

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Sorry for the cliffhanger but I hope you liked this chapter! I have a lot of motivation for some reason, but only really in this book! But I probably will post one more chapter today! Well, hope everyone has a great and amazing day! :D

*Made: June 2, 2021*