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The next morning, Annie got things ready for them to go to the get together. She called the committee chairperson and asked if they needed to bring anything. She said no. Annie got Payton up and got her dressed in pink leggings, a white shirt with pink flowers and white tennis shoes. She put her hair up in pigtails and added pink ribbons.
"Good morning." John said walking into Payton's bedroom.
"Morning." Annie replied kissing her husband. "Can you watch her while I get dressed?"
"Of course." He smiled.
"Thanks." She kissed him and headed into the bedroom to shower and get ready. She was soon dressed in jeans and a pink blouse with white New Balances. She pulled her blond hair up in a ponytail and headed to find John and Payton.
She walked into Payton's room and smiled at the sight. John was sitting in the chair with Payton on his lap reading her Green Eggs and Hams.
"You should go get dressed; we don't want to be late." She said walking in.
"I'm on my way." John handed Payton to her and headed to get dressed. He was soon dressed in jeans, grey shirt and sneakers.
Once he was dressed, they had a quick breakfast and headed over to the community center for the get together. They got into Annie's SUV and headed to the community center. Once there, they headed in. They saw all the families in the neighborhood there. The kids were playing some games while the adults were talking.
"You must be the Cenas." A tall brunette said walking up to them.
"Yes, I'm John and this is my wife, Annie and our daughter, Payton."
"I'm Debbie. I live a few houses down from you."
"Nice to meet you. Is your husband and kids here?" Annie asked.
"I'm divorced. My husband cheated and I took him for half and got the house." Debbie laughed. "Well, John, the guys are over there. So you go there and we will head to get something to drink." She noticed the look. "It's the rules. You have to get to know the guys.
"Alright." John kissed Annie and headed over to where the guys were.
"Well, let's put this little angel in play center and get a drink." Debbie said to her looking at Payton.
Annie nodded and followed. She signed Payton into the play center and walked with Debbie to the bar. Debbie ordered two sodas for them. She handed the glass to Annie.
"So, how are you liking the house and neighborhood?" Debbie asked before taking a sip of her drink.
"I like it." Annie took a drink of her soda. "How long have you lived here?"
Debbie thought for a minute. "I guess about five years. My husband and I got divorced about two years ago."
"I'm sorry."
Debbie took a drink. "Don't be. We're both better off."
Annie smiled and looked over at John. He seemed like he was having a nice conversation with some of the guys. She looked at the door just as Randy walked in.
"Talk about hot!" Debbie said when she saw Randy walked in. "There is one guy I would love to get to know better. If you know what I mean." She whispered to Annie. "Randy, over here."
Randy looked to where Debbie and Annie were. He smiled and walked over.
"Annie, Debbie, how are you guys today?" Randy asked.
"I'm fine." Annie replied with a smile.
"Anytime I get to see you is a good day, Randy." Debbie flirted.
"Debbie, can you help me with something?" Ashlyn Rhodes said to her interrupting.
"Yes of course, Ashlyn. I will be back, Randy, Annie." Debbie quickly followed Ashlyn leaving Annie and Randy alone at the bar.
"So, are you enjoying this?" Randy asked Annie before getting a drink.
"Yeah it's great." Annie replied with a smile.
"Where's John and Payton?" Randy looked around.
"John is talking to some of the other guys and Payton is the play center."
"Is Debbie the only person you're met?"
"Yeah at the moment." Annie laughed. "She seems to like you."
"Debbie is like that with all single men. I think she can sense a single guy from 30 miles away." Randy laughed.
Annie laughed. "So why don't you go out with her? Since she seems to like you and you're single."
"She isn't really my type. I like the sweet and shy ones. Debbie is a little to forward for my taste."
"I guess I can see that about you." She smiled before taking a sip of her soda.
John looked over at the bar and saw that Debbie had walked away and Annie was talking to Randy. They seemed pretty friendly. He excused himself from the group he was talking to and made his way over to the bar.
"Randy, nice to see." He said walking up.
"John, enjoying yourself?"
"Yeah it's been nice. What are you guys talking about?" John looked at Annie and Randy.
"We were just talking about Debbie." Randy said before Annie could. "I told Annie that Debbie can sense a single man from 30 miles away."
"Oh," John laughed. "Annie, I wanted to introduce you to someone. Excuse us, Randy."
"Of course. See you later." Randy smiled.
Annie walked with John over to the group with John.
"Annie, this is Mike Mizanin and his wife, Kiera. They have a little girl Payton's age."
"Oh, nice to meet you." Annie said shaking their hands.
"I told John that we need to set up a play date for Payton and Joy." Kiera said.
"That sounds good." Annie replied with a smile.
"Great. Here is my number. Call me and we will set up it." Kiera handed Annie a card with her numbers on it.
"I will do that." Annie smiled.
They continued to get to know their neighbors for the rest of the evening. Most seemed very nice. They soon said their goodbyes and headed home.
"It was good to meet the neighbors." John said when they got home and Payton was in bed.
"Yeah it was. They all seem nice." Annie replied as they ready for bed.
"Are you going to set up a play date with Payton and Joy?"
"Yeah, I think it's good for Payton. She doesn't need mommy's over protectiveness." Annie replied with a sigh.
"Hey, you just want her safe. I don't think being overprotective will damage her." John said hugging her.
"Yeah, you're probably right." She laughed a little.
"Come on, it's late. Let's go to bed." He kissed her and they got into bed.
Annie snuggled up close to her husband. She couldn't help but think was she doing damage to Payton by being overprotective. She didn't want to damage her daughter but she couldn't shake her fear. She saw that John was sound asleep and she snuggled up closer to him. She fell asleep to the sound of his breathing and put her thoughts out of her mind.
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