Disclaimer: I don't own anything, sadly, except for Christina Stevens, and any other character that is mentioned that you don't recognize from the movie.
Evelyn Mercer sat at her kitchen table awaiting the arrival of the social worker, who was to bring along her newest family member. When a knock was heard, she quickly got up and answered the door.
"Good Morning Susan." Evelyn said to the social worker. "And who's this handsome young lad?"
"Evelyn, this is Bobby."
"Hello Bobby, my name's Evelyn Mercer. Come in you two, step out of the cold. Would you like some coffee Susan?"
Susan shook her head, "No thank you Evelyn, I best be on my way." She turned to Bobby and said, "Now Bobby, you behave. I'll be back in a couple of weeks to check up on you." The 11-year old boy nodded and shyly sat down on the couch in the living room as the social worker left.
"You hungry Bobby?" Evelyn asked. He shook his head and looked at his feet. "You sure? You look like you haven't eaten in weeks." Again he shook his head and continued to look at his feet. Another knock was heard. "That must be Susan, she probably forgot something." However the knock did not belong the social worker.
"Auntie Evie! Auntie Evie!" A little girl shouted excitedly as she jumped into Evelyn's arms.
"Why good morning Christina, whatever makes you so excited?" She asked as she carried the 10-year old into the living room.
"Auntie Evie I got into my school musical, I play the part of the pirate queen, arrrrr!" She answered with excitement.
"Well I sure hope that I'm invited." Evelyn replied.
"Of course you're invited silly." Just then she noticed the shy looking boy sitting on the couch staring at his feet. "Auntie Evie who's that?"
"Christina, that's Bobby he's the new member of my family." Evelyn said smiling at the curious girl. Christina walked over to Bobby who looked up when he noticed there was someone standing in front of him.
"Hi Bobby, my name's Christina Stevens. But you can call me Chris. Do you wanna play with me?"
It took awhile for Bobby to reply but eventually he quietly said, "I don't play with dolls."
A laugh was heard coming from Chris "Neither do I, come on let's go skating."
His eyes lit up, and suddenly the obvious happiness that could be seen drifted away. "I don't have any skates…" he said sadly.
"That's okay, you can borrow a pair of my brother's old skates."
He smiled at her and asked Evelyn if they could go. "Of course you two can go. I'll give you a ride to the rink."
As Evelyn sat on the bench by the skating rink sipping on some hot chocolate, she smiled as she saw her new son and next door neighbor skate around the rink happily chatting away.
"Bobby Mercer, this is the start of a great friendship." Chris said to him smiling.
"I couldn't agree more Christina Stevens." He replied.