"Girls, Dinner!"
"Coming Mum!"
Ashley, Tyler and I wash our hands in the upstairs bathroom and run downstairs. When I get to the dining room, I stop, open-mouthed. There is a full roast dinner on the table, with pork, chicken, potatoes, carrots, and the good silver. Mum only ever gets the good silver out for Christmas.
We all sit down. I look at the buffet-style meal and notice something, the plates all match. Usually, mum doesn't bother with getting the plates that have the same pattern, but today they do.
"Why does everything look like Christmas?" Tyler asks.
"That is a very good question," mum replies, she turns to dad, wanting him to explain.
Dad nods, "Girls, look under your plates."
I lift up my plate and underneath is a brochure. The brochure shows a house in a place called Lima, in Ohio. I look up at Tyler and Ashley; they are doing that twin thing where they seem to talk to each other without words.
Dad stands up and clears his throat, "I've been promoted at work, and they want me to move to Ohio. If it's ok with you girls, they have offered to pay for plane tickets and they have organized a house for us that they will buy for us. Your mother and I have already discussed it, and the only thing we need now is your approval."
I stand up, "hell yeah!" I yell as I hi-five dad.
"Language Sam," mum looks at me with that face that says, "you do that again and you're grounded"
"Sorry."
"What do you think Ash?" dad asks.
"Ok"
"Tyler?"
Tyler nods.
"When are we leaving?" I ask.
"In two weeks, on Saturday, so you will get to finish the school term here." Dad answers.
"That decided then, we're moving to Ohio!"