"But Nora the house is completely packed alread. Theres no room for another person EXPECIALY a teenage girl!" George whispered harshly.
"But shes my neice and shes having trouble at home. My sister and her husband want her to come stay with us just for the rest of the school year and then the summer. She can share a room with Casey. They get along great. Casey wont mind." Nora begged her husband.
"Fine. Im not going to win this anyway, am I?" He asked looking at her. She slowly shook her head just as the kids walked downstairs for breakfast.
"Okay guys eat up. You have to leave in twenty minutes." Nora said kissing George on top of the head while walking away. Casey waited until Edwin, Lizzie, and Marti ran out of the door when the carpool showed up.
"Who was my mom talking about coming to stay with us?" She asked George. He sighed and looked around.
"Nora where did you go?" He asked and she walked out of the kitchen.
"Whats up?" She asked drying her hands with the dish towel.
"Mom who were you talking about coming to live here?" She asked tapping her fingers on the table. Her mom bit her lip and smiled slightly.
"Please tell me your not talking about Victoria." She hissed at Nora. Dereks head shot up at the girls name.
"Is she moving in?" He asked grinning. He took a sip of his orange juice.
"No. Its Mistie." Her mother said and Casey grinned.
"YES! I havent seen her in like two years!" Casey said clapping happily. Derek raised an eyebrow.
"Who?" He asked standing up and getting his things together.
"Its my other sisters daughter. Shes a little….um….rough around the edges I guess and she wants to know if she can live here for a while so she can settle down." Nora said sitting down at the table.
"Sweet." Derek said and Casey rolled her eyes.
"Rough around the edges? What are you talking about mom. She was fine last time we saw her." Casey said grabbing her things too.
"Well I guess since her mom remarried and the move she fell into the wrong crowd of people." Nora said dismissing it.
"When does she get here?" Casey asked starting to walk out the door.
"Well. Actually she should be here when you get home. Or sometime tonight." Nora said and George looked at her.
"You said yes before you talked to me didn't you." He said as he put his jacket on.
"Kinda…" Nora said running into the kitchen and started washing the dishes again. Soon the house was completely empty and she got to work moving the extra bed in Lizzies room into Caseys. Nora was glad today was her day off from work or she would never have been able to get the house ready.