"Zeke, come watch a movie with us!"
Zeke looked down at the kids, who were holding up Toy Story. He had barely finished eating and these guys were ready to do something else. He started to wonder if they would ever get tired. "Uh, ok I guess."
Not long after he had sat down on the couch Mrs. Carpenter walked in. "Kids, go ahead and start the movie. Zeke, can I talk to you for a second?"
Zeke got up and walked into the kitchen.
"I am so sorry, Zeke, but I have to go somewhere tonight on short notice," Mrs. Carpenter began. "I didn't think you would want to be left alone with the kids, so I called their normal babysitter. She should be over any time now. Is that ok?"
Zeke nodded. As long as he wasn't completely alone with the munchkins he'd be ok. After talking a little bit with Mrs. Carpenter the kids yelled for him to watch the movie with them.
It was about five minutes later that the doorbell rang. Zeke didn't pay much attention, he just stared at the tv screen and thought about other things, mostly Virgil and Charlie. Even when he heard a girl's cheerful voice talking with Mrs. Carpenter in the kitchen he only heard the conversation subconsciously.
"Hi! Thank you so much for coming over to watch the kids at such short notice."
"Oh, it's no problem. I was, like, so bored at home anyways. By the way, is the foster kid here now?"
"Yes, he's in the living room with the kids."
"Ok. I just want to make him feel welcome and all. It's hard to move to a new place."
"But, oh, didn't I tell you? He didn't move here, he already lived here. In fact, I think he goes to your school."
"What?"
Zeke heard footsteps walking to the living room and he looked over. He immediately stood up.
"Jeanette?!"
"Zeke?!"