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The doorbell was ringing, and like earlier, Christina looked at the door with a puzzled expression. She wasn't expecting anybody, and she hadn't ordered a pizza, all though that sounded like a really good idea. She casually walked to the door and opened to it, revealing the same guy that was standing in the same position earilier, except the last time, he was wet from the pouring rain. Now he was dry and one could easily see the baby soft blond hair.
"Hey Christina." he greeted giving her a polite smile.
"Hey Nick, what's up?" She questioned, wondering what he was doing over at, she glanced at her watch, eight o'clock.
"Mom sent me over to ask you if you would like to join us for dinner. She had called, but you weren't answering the phone, so here I am." He chuckled.
"I didn't even here it, sorry, I must have just dozed off. I would love to join you all for dinner, just let me go change."
"No, its okay, you look fine." He said looking down at his feet. She thought he looked so adorable at that moment of vulnerability.
"Thanks." She smiled, her own cheeks rosey.
When they arrived at the Carter house across the street, it was evident that the place was a very active house. Noises could be heard from each corner of the lovely home.
"Mom, Edna's grand-daughter, Christina, is here!" he shouted, not really sure where the woman was.
"Coming, jeez Nick, you don't have to scream at me, I was just in the kitchen." She said walking through a hallway that lead to the entrance hall. "Hi sweethear, I'm Jane." She said extending her hand out.
Christina shook her hand with a shy smile on her face. "There's no need to be all quiet hon, I promise we don't bite, and even if we did, we've all had our Rabie shots." Jane joked, causing Christina to laugh. "There' now that's better... KIDS, DINNER'S READY!" She hollared. Within minutes they were joined by four other kids and who appeared to be the Father of the family.
"Gotcha!" the dad said as he lifted a younger girl with brown hair up onto his right shoulder.
"Daddy, put me down." The girl squealed.
"Bob, put Angel down, now!" Jane instructed.
"Thanks mom." the girl smiled, and then she glanced at Christina. "Hi." She whispered, turning shy herself. Christina smiled at her.
"Hey Nick!" the young boy shouted, "Is this you new girl?" He looked abou the same age as Angel, but all was confusing to Christina now.
"No Aaron, this is Christina, Edna's grand-daughter." If it wasn't rude to laugh, Christina would have bursted out at that moment when the young boy aturned embarassed.
"Oh, I'm sorry for being rude." Nick stated, putting his hand on her back, directing her towards the family. "This is Angel," he said pointing to the girl that had been hoisted on her dad's shoulder. "This is Aaron, Angel's twin brother." he said pointing to the boy that had asked the quesion. "This is Leslie." he said pointing to a girl in the corner who smiled when mentioned. "This is B.J." he poined to a girl with blonde hair. "And you've met mom, so thios is Bob, my dad." He said pointing to a tall guy with light blond hair.
"It's nice to meet you all." She smiled.
"All right, let's eat." Jane announced.
Everyone walked into the kitche, when Christina trailing behind. Nick noticed, and turn around and grabbed her hand and pulled her along into the kitchen. Aaron, being ver polite gentleman, pulled her chair out for her, which was strategically placed beside him. Nick was to her left and Aaron on her right. Who knew those two were similar. Throughout the entire dinner the two would stop non-stop about their favorite things and the quizzed her on the same subjects she had asked them to share.
"So Christina, where are you from? Aaron had asked with a mouth full of potatoes.
"Aaron! Close your mouth, you know better than that!" Jane said slapping him on his arm with her napkin.
"Sorry," he gulped down the rest and repeated his questions of 'where do you live?'
"North Carolina."
"So, that explains the accent." He was just full of questions. She nodded in resonse.
"So why are you down here?" Leslie asked.
"My parents sent me to stay here with my grand-parents for the summer. They're going on a trip to Europe for the summer."
"But aren't your grandparents away too?" B.J. asked.
"Yes they are, but the'll be back in about a week. They went to France to meet up with my parents. I went ahead and decided to come down here and get settled."
"So how do you like Florida so far?" Jane asked.
"It's okay I guess, very different from home."
For the rest of the dinner it was just casual conversation between the large group.