p style="text-align: center;" data-p-id="56e8e8531c38230f27b376748dc7d6ac"We got to the end of the culdesac where the Block Party was being held. Mateo was there already, seeing as he was deejaying, and when he saw us, he /"Looks like we got the Mansons coming up the walk! And they're ready to fight this year! Hold onto your hats, ladies and gentlmen!" The crowd that was dancing to the music around him cheered loudly, and I grinned like crazy. They were cheering for us! br /Mom and Dad took Ben and Riley over to where the little kids were playing with water balloons while I helped everyone else get set up. I gave Lindsay a huge carrying case of make up and a bag of hair care products, gave Autumn and Adalyn three outfits they were going to show off-party, summer day, no swimsuits allowed, and a long formal dress- and James a black vest that he was going to wear with his white shirt, black pants, and black tennis shoes. I also had Sammy help Mila with her science supplies, handed out instruments, presented Caleb's soccer team with jerseys that I ordered online, handed Joseph a whistle for the soccer game, and gave Danny some water because he wasn't going to be able to drink or eat anything so he wouldn't be too full for the Pie-Eating Contest. Then I sent them to each of their areas. The competitions were going to start soon, and I was woefully unprepared for my song. Sammy made me choose a duet. A duet! How was I supposed to sing a duet by myself? But he convinced me that it was the best song for the night. I don't know what he was planning, but it made me nervous. br /I walked through the crowd with Danny, heading for the Pie Eating Contest. When we got there, the man running it /"Last minute nominee?" He asked. I nodded, smiling and rubbing Danny's /"You bet!"br /"Name please?" Danny jumped /"Danny Manson!" The man's smile /"Wait. Is he the one going to enter the competition?" I nodded. br /"Don't worry about him! He'll eat an entire cow if you let him!" The man shrugged, then wrote Danny's names on a card and pinned it to the front of his /"The competition will start in about fifteen minutes." br /"Thank you!" Then I let Danny go play by the water balloons with Benny and Riley, after making him promise to me back by the contest in ten minutes. That was when speakers blasted to /"Its time for the first event!" Mateo called. "And what better way to kick off a Neighborhood Block Party than with food? So let's start with the Cook-Off!" The Cook-Off! Bobbi! I ran as fast as I could towards where they were holding it and for there in time to see everyone bringing their pies over. Bobbi, like everyone else, had her apron that Mom had made her and kept fiddling with it, watching Ms. Simms neatly set her stupid blackberry pie on the table, smirking at Bobbi's blue raspberry /"You got this Roberta!" I /"You can do it, Bobbi!" I heard Robert come up behind me /"Robbie! You're supposed to be at the soccer game!"br /"I've got five minutes! I'm not missing my twin beating Ms. Simms at her own game!" br /"Guys, I don't think I can do this!" Bobbi told us, looking /"Bobbi, you've got this! What does your apron say?" Bobbi looked down at her /"Feeding a Family of 32 and Proud of It." She mumbled. br /"If you can feed thirty two people and two of them are Mateo and Danny, then you can beat Ms. Simms." Bobbi smiled, then tied her apron /"Let's do this!" Then she ran over to her pie, just as the judges tried Ms. Simms' /"Ah, Talia. A good pie as usual!" Said one of the judges. Ms. Simms /"Thank you, Mr. Whittaker." Then the three judge moved on to /"And what have we here?" br /"Well, I was trying something different, so I created a Blue Raspberry Pie." The judge exchanged looks, then each dug in. br /"Oh my!" Said one of the women. "That's got a bit of kick in it!" br /"That's certainly different." Mr. Whittaker added. Then they moved on, and my felt my hand moisten with /"And the judges have announced the winners of the Cook-Off!" Mateo called a few minutes later. "And the winner of the 2016, Good Acres Neighborhood Block Party is..." I gripped Bobbi's hand. "Roberta Manson for her Blue Raspberry Pie!" Bobbi's face went wide, and she screamed in joy, Robbie hugging /"Good job, Bobbi!" Mateo called over the speakers. "And in second place, Talia Simms for her Blackberry Pie!" I looked back at Ms. Simms, who sniffed in disapproval. br /"Aw!" i called at her. "Don't hate the player, hate the game!" Ms. Simms crossed her arms, looking away from me. Then I looked at my watch and gasped. "Robbie! You have to get to the game! Its starting now!" Robert grabbed my wrist and /"Crap! You're right!" Then he raced to his game, and I followed him, seeing Bobbi following close behind. br /Soon, we got to the game, and Caleb waved us /"There you are, Rob!" He called. "I just finished dragging Caitlin away from the pies!" Caitlin held up her hands as she finished yanking on her yellow jersey that had her name and the number 24 on the the back, as she was the twenty fourth born. Desmond had a 7, Caleb had a 23, Robert had a 17, and Felix had a 27. br /"And here they come!" Mateo called, bringing his mic over by the field. "To kick off this year's soccer game, we have the Monstrous Mansons running on to the field!" A huge bunch of the crowd /"The Monstrous Mansons?" I heard a second voice say over the mic. "You come up with that yourself, Mat?" br /"Mila, get off my mic! You're supposed to be finding your science stuff!" Mateo shouted, and I could hear him from the other side of the field without the mic, making me laugh as I watched Mila run off. "And on the other side, we have the Fighting Fehrens!" I watched as a team in orange shirts ran onto the field. The Fehrens were the family across the street. They were a family of five, so the parents were also on the team. That might make things a little tough, but Desmond was super tall, and so was Caitlin for her age, so we had nothing to worry about./p
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