A New Story
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Helen was not excited to meet her dad's friends.
The family was heading to Matt and Scarlett's house in Jamie's car. Helen had again tried to talk her dad into not taking her along but Scott was Scott and he simply wouldn't listen.
Helen was also angry with Ellen. The other girl had so easily given in. why, she seemed excited! Helen couldn't imagine what her dad's friends would be like but she was sure that they would be pretty boring and stubborn.
When the car stopped in front of a garden in which a two storey white painted house was situated, she couldn't help but feel that this place might not be so boring. "Come out now children," Jamie said.
Ellen grinned at her cousin happily. Helen scowled at her and got out.
Soft cool breeze hit her face. In the distance she could see a field. A few boys were playing football there. Helen sighed. She would give anything to be there and play football too. That was one of the few things she really loved doing and she was feeling itchy to go and join the boys there.
Two men and a woman came out to meet them. One of the men was a tall, handsome guy with dark hair and dazzling blue eyes. The other man was an innocent, good looking guy with olive skin and had an aura that suggested that this person always had control over himself. The woman was partly Chinese partly European and very pretty and her smile was very warming.
"Scott!" the olive skinned man said and embraced Helen's dad. Scott returned the hug and said, "It's good to see you Pedro."
Helen started nodding her without any reason. Pedro…okay, she had met them before. The tall man would be Matt and the woman would be Scarlett. Helen was only seven when she had last seen them. They had been nice to her, especially Uncle Matt who always carried her on his shoulder.
"Helen! Ellen!" Matt greeted and hugged the children. Scarlett joined in.
"You girls have surely grown!" she exclaimed as if it was the eighth wonder of the world. "And now you seriously look like twins," Matt observed. He next embraced Jamie while Scarlett hugged Scott.
When Matt and Scott faced each other there was a grim silence. The girls looked at each other questioningly. A smile broke on Matt's face. "Hello Scott," he said. Scott grinned back and the two men grasped hands.
"Hey where are the kids?" Jamie asked.
"Inside," Pedro replied. He and Matt picked up their luggage and said, "Will you be standing there all day?"
"You can if you want to," Matt said, "Just don't forget using sunscreen."
Jamie laughed and they went inside.
However a thirteen year old boy was standing at the doorway.
"Hello," he said, "I love marshmallow."
Matt stifled a laugh and said, "This is Pedro's son, Ricardo. Ricardo, this is Uncle Jamie, Uncle Scott, Helen and Ellen."
Ricardo waved at them but did not step aside.
"He wants to…welcome you," Scarlett said slowly as if she was scared of what was going to happen.
"That's so sweet," Ellen said.
Matt leaned in and whispered and whispered in Ricardo's ear, "Start your welcome poems now. And do not stop until told, okay?"
Ricardo nodded enthusiastically.
Matt stepped back again and grinned.
"Welcome, welcome my friends! Wearing jeans are in trends!
"To see you we are glad! Yesterday Aunty Scarlett hit my dad!
"Your arrival was eagerly awaited! By Aunty Scarlett Uncle Matt is hated!
"Your arrival brings in new light! Aunty and Uncle everyday fight!
"Your presence is a wonderful gift! My dad is impossible to lift!
"Your charming smiles warmed my heart! I like shopping in the mart!"
"Stop! Stop! STOP!" Matt, Scarlett and Pedro yelled together.
Ricardo shut up and looked at the guests.
Jamie was staring at him as if he was an alien. Scott was smirking at the other gatekeepers' misfortune. Ellen was laughing her head off and Helen decided to change her mind. This place was definitely not boring! She grinned at Ricardo and broke into an applause, followed by Ellen.
"Wonderful!" she said. Ricardo grinned at her.
"Thank you very mich! Once dad fell in the ditch!"
"Mich?" Scott asked, turning to Pedro.
"He means much," he replied and then added with venom in his voice, "Dear Ricardo will go to any extent to get his poems to rhyme. Even if he has to alter all the words."
"Nice to meet you!" Helen said, "I think we'll be great friends!"
"Greatest friends we will be," Ricardo replied, "These people are very boring, you see?"
Now Helen smelled something nasty. Why was this boy talking in poems? Was he still joking around or…?
At last Ricardo let them enter the house. "Hey, where are your kids?" Jamie asked Matt.
Matt nodded and then whistled.
"You call them by whistling?" Scott asked in wonder. "Yeah. They'll know it is urgent to get here."
A door opened and two boys came in.
One looked just like Matt. Dark hair, dazzling blue eyes, tall well built. He was around fourteen. The other was only seven and looked much like Scarlett. The boys smiled warmly.
"The older one is Richard and the younger one is Aidan," Scarlett said.
"Hello," they said. Aidan was really a very cute child. Helen smiled at him. After everyone had introduced themselves and told each other how happy they were to see each other, they settled down.
"Hey papa," Ellen asked, "Till when are we staying here?"
"Five days," Jamie replied.
"To the garden follow me, happy-happy we will be!"
Ellen stared at him in wonderment.
"Hey, it's done now. You have welcomed us. We loved it. Now you can talk normally," Helen said.
Matt was shaking violently now. Pedro glared at him.
Scarlett spoke up, "Uh, the thing is Helen, dear, that Ricardo only talks in poems."
"He aspire to be a great poet," Matt added.
Helen felt that somebody had pulled the very earth from under her feet.
This language…twenty four hours? How could she possibly survive?!
"Let's go out," Richard said.
Ricardo nodded vigorously. "I'll ask questions, but don't take tension. When dad will grow old he'll get pension."
With that he grabbed Ellen's hand and pulled her outside.
Helen gulped, said a quick prayer and followed the others out with Richard and Aidan.
So that was the third chapter. I hope you liked the welcome poems. I know this was a lame chapter but…
I am dividing the future chapters into five different stories about the different adventure they'll have in their five day visit. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Constructive criticism is very much welcome. Please read and review.