Chapter 2
An hour later, I walked back into the kitchen, my hair still wet.
"Sorry I took so long," I said, smiling sheepishly. "I hope you all got everything that you wanted"
"Well, you might need to go grocery shopping today, because Tyson ate almost everything in your fridge," Kai said.
"Oh, its ok. I have a whole 'nother fridge. And if I have to, then I will go."
Matthew walked into the kitchen.
"Oh hello everyone," he said happily. "I'm Matthew, a friend of the family. I've known Arianna since she was born. I was seven at the time. She was so cute," he squeezed my cheeks and I pushed away. "Aaw, she's embarrassed," and he hugged me. I cringed inwardly.
I hate it when he does that, I thought. He touches me enough as it is.
"So, are there any other people our age around here?" Rei asked.
"No," I said. "I'm the only one."
"Hey," Matthew said indignantly. "What about me?" He made a pouting face.
"You're really not our age, Matt" I said. " You are seven years older than me which me, which makes you about six years older then them, not really our age, and shouldn't you be at work?" I gasped inwardly. I'm going to get it tomorrow, I thought.
A look came over Matt's face for a second, and I was the only one who noticed. Good, I thought.
"Aww, you kidder. But you are right, I do need to go back to work before they notice that I'm not at that board meeting. I'll be in big trouble then." He gave a big smile and left.
"I guess that you guys should be getting back moving your stuff now right?" I asked.
"Yeah, we really do," Kai said.
"Hey Arianna," Tyson said. "How 'bout you come and help us. That way we can get to know each other better and you won't be alone in your big house."
"Hey, that's a good idea," Max said.
"Yeah," Rei agreed.
"Well, if it's okay with everyone, sure," I said.
I looked at Hiro and Mr. Granger to see if was okay and they nodded.
"Okay," I said and smiled a big grin.