Me notes: Hahahaha! I escaped from my mother! I get to write for a whole day! Let's begin and not waste time! Me no own Bleach nor any of the books mentioned below. Just as a warning: I don't think I'll be able to update for a whole month.

Ch. 4: Dinner Time

Ding. Dong.

'They're here! They're here!' Momo panicked. "Mom! Can you get that?! I need to do... something!" The girl ran up to her room to calm herself down. 'You can do this Hinamori, you can do this. They're Ukitake's niece and nephew; they should be nice too. There's nothing to worry about. Uhhhgggg... I was a jerk to Hitsugaya earlier, I didn't pay attention to him so, he probably thinks I'm rude. I wish one of my friends were here with me. It would be a whole lot easier if Rukia or Izuru were here. Karin would probably take the spotlight herself, but at least someone's with me.'

After Momo talked some sense into herself she quietly opened the door to her room. The first voice she heard was Mrs. Ukitake. "How about you, Retsu? How have you and Momo been? Where is she by the way?"

Hitsugaya and Matsumoto gave each other quick looks saying, 'Momo is Ms. Unohana's daughter?'

"I was just in my room, putting away my homework, sorry for keeping you waiting," Hinamori was light pink in the face. "Hi, Matsumoto, Hitsugaya!"

The step-siblings smiled and greeted her too. They looked around, and saw many picture of Hinamori as a little girl. 'Dang, I forgot to get rid of those,' Momo noticed Rangiku smiling at a picture of her in diapers. She quietly prayed to herself that Matsumoto wouldn't get Hitsugaya's attention to that certain picture.

"Let's have dinner right away," Ms. Unohana saved her daughter without knowing it. But, right after that though, she shot her down with embarrassment. "I don't want the dinner Momo made to get too cold. She's so good in the kitchen; she'll make a great house wife someday. Every day when I get back late I see her either cleaning up the house, cooking, or doing her homework."

Mr. Ukitake laughed and encouraged her mother. "And she is quite beautiful, who wouldn't want to have her as a wife? Isn't that right Shiro-chan?"

Neither Hinamori nor Hitsugaya expected him to be dragged into this. Momo and Rangiku both looked over to him to see what he would say. Every second that passed by was hell for Momo. She really wanted to know what he thought. Unfortunately for her, he gave a typical guy response, "Sure."

"Okay, mom," Momo sweetly smiled at her mom, "I'm sure they're sick of hearing things about me." 'Don't embarrass me, please! I'll do more around the house or even get out if that's what you want, but don't say anymore about me!' Inside of her, she was begging her mom and panicking even more.

"No, that's okay," Matsumoto gave Momo a hug, "I'd love to hear more about you. In exchange, I'll talk about little brother here and his embarrassing moments."

"Heh?" Hitsugaya looked up at her. "What did you just say? I'll talk about you as a child too then."

Rangiku laughed, "I have nothing to hide." Matsumoto quickly took the chair next to her aunt which made Toshiro sit next to Momo. Both men were at the head of the table. The adults were already in a conversation of their own.

By the time they were done eating, everyone was joined into one conversation with the topic about school. "So what classes are you taking?" Ms. Unohana asked the siblings. "Have any of you had a class with Momo?"

"Yup!" Rangiku took one last bite. "We both have P.E. with her and her friends. I also have music with her! Besides being the ideal housewife, she also has the voice of an angel. I sound like nails to a chalkboard next to her!"

"That's true," her mother nodded. "Almost every day she sings in either the shower or in any activity she's doing. She would sing the babies to sleep whenever she babysat for the Kuchiki's. Rukia also sings pleasant though. Last year, both girls sang in the school musical. Oh! Isn't this year's play or musical starting soon?"

"Yes, mom," Hinamori wanted to die. "It's a play this year. So, Matsumoto, what other classed do you have?"

"Hmmm……" Matsumoto thought back to her schedule. "I don't really remember. I do know that Toshiro and Momo had another class together, but I don't remember which one it is…."

"Government and Economics," they both said at the same time, causing the girl to blush once again. "So who wants dessert?" she tried to change the subject.

Everyone agreed and Momo served chocolate cake. "Did you also make this? It's very good," Mrs. Ukitake took a big bite out of her piece.

'Uhhhggg…. No more comments about me,' the poor girl desperately thought. "Thank you. Yes, Yuzu gave me the recipe. I learned everything from her and my mom."

Conversation went back and forth between school and the siblings' likes and dislikes. Mostly, it was Rangiku who did the talking. If anyone asked Toshiro, he would give strait and to the point answers like yes and no. He never went into detail and his aunt and uncle had to push him to talk more. Momo became frustrated, but decided not to push him. She wouldn't want to be seen as annoying to him.

After they finished their desserts, Unohana suggested for Momo to show them around the house. Ms. Unohana's real intentions were to make the siblings feel at home here too. Mr. Ukitake usually had to go to the hospital and Mrs. Ukitake went with him. The siblings would have to stay over with them until their guardians went back home.

"This is the family room," Momo led them there. "Upstairs are the bedrooms, nothing much up there." She watched Matsumoto sit in one of the three recliners, the one she usually sat at.

"Twilight, I think I've heard of this book," Matsumoto turned to the back of the book and read it. "Yup, so you're into romance?" A smile appeared on her face.

Momo had to gulp before she answered. "Yeah, and other stuff too. I've read that book so many times, it's about to fall apart. Do you like to read?"

"No," Rangiku leafed through the book. "Toshiro does though, he had a wall back home covered with books. I don't even know what they were about. Do you read romance, Shiro?"

"Don't call me Shiro," Hitsugaya looked at the collection of books and picked The Odyssey. "I can't say that I haven't." He sat down in another one of the recliners, the one that Momo's father used to always sit at. Not only did Toshiro sit in her father's recliner, but he also chose one of his favorite books.

Hinamori was about to make a comment on that when someone entered. "Hey, Momo! Can I borrow your Health Boo-" Karin saw the guests. "Oh, sorry for bargaining in like this."

"I never mind," Momo smiled. For some reason, Momo felt something like jealousy, but she didn't show it so no one noticed it. "Yeah, have it, I'll be right back. The book is in my room."

"So how was your first day of school?" Karin happily asked. Her question was directed towards Toshiro, but it was Matsumoto who answered.

"It was awesome!" Matsumoto put the book down. "After P.E., I had music with Momo, she sounded so beautiful! I heard her and Rukia can sing, how about you?"

Karin laughed, "No, I can't sing, not unless you want me to break a window. Yeah, I've heard them sing. Last year's musical was The Sound of Music, but the group decided to put a modern version of it. Momo wa-"

"Here's the book!" Momo rushed down the stairs. She knew what they were talking about and she also didn't want Karin to mention the DVD both Karin and Momo's mom own. Hinamori had a gut feeling that Matsumoto would ask for it. And, she was right.

"Thanks," Karin took the book. "See you guys tomorrow. Oh! And Ms. Unohana and I have the DVD if you want to see it! Bye!"

"Karin!" Momo turned pink once again.

"Can I see it?" Matsumoto got a look on her face that Momo did not like. "I wanna see how your school's plays/musicals go. I wanna tryout for this year's? Can I tryout or do have to be in a club or something?"

Rangiku and Momo started to talk excitedly about some play for this year. Hitsugaya barely heard any of it, because it didn't interest him at all. 'Can Rangiku even act? Oh, well, it's never stopped her before to make a fool out of herself.' The discussion didn't end until it was time for them to go. As they were out the door, Rangiku smiled and asked Ms. Unohana for the DVD of Momo's musical from last year.

"It's so I can see how this school does their plays and musicals," She smiled her smile that usually won 

adults over. "Plus, I wanna watch Momo!"

Unohana smiled and walked over to the video racket and pulled it out. "Here you go. I thought it was very good. You should enjoy it."

"We will!" Rangiku smiled and winked at Momo as they left.

Me Notes: Can you guess who the 'we' is? Will Rangiku be able to get someone to watch it with her? Why am I asking this when I already know…? Anyways, I couldn't think up of a fake title for a book for Momo to be reading so I picked up the first chapter book I found. I also couldn't think up of a book for Hitsugaya. Can you imagine him reading it though? Thanks for reading! See ya in August!