This story is set in Florida after Miss P and the children saved Jake from ending up at an institution. They just moved to their own house and Jake decided to live with the peculiar children.
This story is based on a prompt from plengpoonyapa. If you haven't checked out her stories yet you should definitely do so! They are awesome!
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„Now, ring the door bell" Alma ordered. The twins who were clinging to her skirt looked up at her fearfully. Alma smiled at them encouragingly. "Don't worry, I'm here. I'm sure no one is going to rip your heads off."
The twins looked at each other and decided to trust their headmistress. Together they rang the doorbell but as soon as footsteps from inside could be heard the two tried to hide behind Alma as best as they could. Alma chuckled. The door opened and revealed a man who was probably in his mid-thirties. He already had a couple of grey hairs in is otherwise deep brown hair. Laugh lines surrounded his bright blue eyes and a beard emphasized his masculinity.
"Good afternoon, I am sorry to disturb you. My name is Alma Lefay Peregrine and these two boys here are the twins." Alma introduced herself and her children.
"Well, hello Miss…Peregrine" the man said and smiled. He then bended down a bit and waved at the two boys.
"I didn't know it was already Halloween. Anyway, my name is Michael Thompson." He extended his hand which Alma accepted gracefully. She decided to let the Halloween comment slip just this once. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"
"We just moved into the house next to yours. While playing outside the twins accidently kicked their ball over the fence. Would you be so kind as to let me retrieve it from your garden?" Alma explained. The two boys behind her legs nodded shyly but did not dare to look Mr. Thompson in the eyes.
"I see" He said. "This is no problem. I hereby give you the all-time permission to retrieve lost objects from my garden." Mr. Thompson smiled sympathetically.
"See" Alma said to the twins. "This was no problem at all. There is no reason to be afraid. What do we say?"
The twins mumbled something in their own language and then turned around. They ran into Mr. Thompson's garden to retrieve their beloved ball.
"You've got some nice boys there. But why…are they alright?" Mr. Thompson asked Alma. Alma frowned and immediately resumed a rigid posture.
"All of my children are nice. Why should they not be alright?" Alma asked coldly. That was the last thing she needed. The move two days ago had been exhausting enough. She didn't have the energy to deal with some overly curious and disrespectful man she barely knew. It was not worth the effort. She should be home by now continuing to unpack the many boxes with their belongings instead of dealing with an uncomprehending normal man.
Mr. Thompson who obviously sensed that his question had made the woman in front of him not happy at all considered his reply for a couple of seconds. "Well, because they are wearing a costume that even conceals their face and you cannot tell me that what they just said were words in any human language."
"Are you implying that my children are not human? How dare you! You have no idea what you are talking about! I will not have some random guy insult my children. It was very nice of you to give us the permission to retrieve their toy but this conversation ends here and now. I wish you a good day." Alma growled angrily. It took her everything not lose her temper altogether. Deep down she knew that she probably wasn't fair but she was tired and it had been a long day and that man was much too bold for her liking. She turned around and climbed down the stairs which proofed to be difficult for her since her troubled leg was even worse than usual.
"Boys!" She called and immediately the twins were at her side and they made their way back to the house.
Mr. Thompson observed dumbfounded how the three made their way back home.
'Well, that escalated quickly' He thought to himself and went back inside. This first encounter probably was only the start of a very interesting time to come.