"Gray, time for bed!" My mother called out. Still staring at the tv, I had noticed a horrible storm that was about to hit. "Oh, okay mom! Be there in a sec!" I yelled up the stairs. I finally took my eyes off the tv when my twin sister, Lindsey, nudged me. "Come on, let's go." Let me get one thing straight. My mom and my dad had Lindsey and I. Then, five years later, my mom and dad had sextuplets. That's six babies at once! She had Barrett, Micah, Charlotte, Zachary, Dustin, and Kindle. That's four boys, and two girls (Charlotte and Kindle being the girls). Lindsey and I share a room, Barrett and Micah share a room, Zachary and Dustin share a room, and Charlotte and Kindle share a room. At this time, Lindsey and I were twelve and the others were seven. The were already in bed when my mom had called me. I ran to my room and slipped in bed. BOOM. "Well, there's the storm." My mother had said. "Yeah. Oh well. Goodnight. Love you." I said. Lindsey copied me. "Goodnight girls. Dad'll be down in a minute." She walked upstairs. Lindsey and I were in the basement. "Hey girls. I got a lot sleep to catch up on, so, goodnight." My dad laughed. "Goodnight. Love you girls." My dad turned our lamps off. "Love you." We said. He ran up stairs. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. "Geez. Night Gray." Lindsey said. "Night." I said as I heard thunder again. We had gone to bed at about 10:00. At about 1:30 a.m., I heard foot steps. "Lindsey!" I whispered. She woke up. The foot steps got closer. Finally, I saw Barrett and Charlotte. "Grayson, can we sleep with you?" Barrett asked as he threw his sleeping bag on the ground. "Yeah." Lindsey answered for me. Charlotte got in Lindsey's bed with her. Well, I thought. We might as well get the others. I told Lindsey that I was going to head upstairs. I ran upstairs..and upstairs again, until finally I reached Barrett and Micah's room. I shook Micah until he woke up. He grabbed his comforter and pillow and followed me into Dustin and Zachary's room. We woke them up and got there blankets and pillows. I took them downstairs. And downstairs again. Finally, we reached our room. I put Zachary and Barrett on the floor with their comforters and pillows in between me and Lindsey's beds. I put Dustin on our couch with his blanket and pillow. I put Micah on the hammock next to the couch. Finally, I got into bed. About a minute later, I realized that I had forgotten Kindle. So, as I started up the stairs to the first floor, I saw a little shadow come around the corner, crying. "Kindle, what's wrong?" I asked. "I'm scared. And, there's that alarm!" She cried silently. What alarm? I thought. I walked up a few more steps. Oh, that alarm. The flipping tornado alarm! "Okay, go downstairs and get in my bed. I'll be right back!" I ran upstairs and up more stairs. I busted into my parents room. They already had their robes on and had there pillows in there hands. "We know, we're coming. Go ahead." My mom said. I ran back down all the stairs and finally reached my bed. Kindle was curled up into a ball. A few minutes later, my mom and dad came down. With a bunch of stuffed animals in there hands. Barrett's bear. Micah's giraffe. Charlotte's bunny. Zachary's turtle. Dustin's penguin. Kindle's fox. Lindsey had her dog in her arms. I had my elephant. My dad dispersed the animals into the right arms and turned our tv on. He sat next to Dustin. My mom woke up Lindsey, which woke up Charlotte. The tv woke up everyone else. We all sat there. Finally, we heard it. That whistle sound. The sound only one thing during a storm like this makes. Everyone huddled together. I had Barrett laying his head on my shoulder, and Kindle on my lap. Lindsey had Charlotte wrapped around her arm and Dustin on the other side. I started to shake. My mom sighed. The sextuplets were surprisingly calm. The boys had their DSI's and were playing Mario Kart. The girls had their DSI's and were playing Mario Winter Olympics. I had my iPad. I was designing my dream prom dress. Lindsey was texting her friends. After about an hour and a half, we heard an all-clear siren. When we walked upstairs...
We couldn't believe our eyes.
