2 weeks past and Joseph was allowed to go back to school. The school was buzzing about his return, mainly because he had earned the nickname "knockout" because of the fight. Joseph hated it. he wanted nothing more than to be a shadow in the school.
Which went right out the window.
He was used to not being notorious for anything inside the schools structure. Gaby was always the one in the limelight, doing plays volunteering, anything you could think of she did it.
He wasn't the same, he was anti social, and lacked the popularity to be noticed by people.
Elsa learned this from gaby when she visited Joseph one afternoon after school. It made her sad to know that her boyfriend was somewhat of a loner.
That made her wonder though, why had he chosen to hang out with her then? He never seemed to want to do that to others. Gaby had told her that it was because he had a hard time making friends on his own. Most were made because they knew his siblings.
Elsa wondered what had caused him to gravitate towards her then. She hoped that Joseph could change and make more friends.
Which is why this weekend, parents and Joseph's parents were going to have a get together for a dinner. It would be the first time all of them would have ever met. Joseph had suggested it as a way to break the ice.
Elsa thought that it would be nice to do that, since her parents were slightly annoyed after they learned that Joseph had put Hans in the hospital. She was however annoyed that they had yet to truly believe that Joseph was not like Hans.
All of them dressed in formal attire, the four Andersons approached Josephs house. To their surprise, the door opened revealing Josephs mother, "oh come on in!" she said and they were led inside.
Elsa noticed that her parents were impressed by the house. It was truly beautiful. Elsa made her way to the back yard, where the others were. She walked out and noticed Joseph standing with his back turned to her. She walked up to him and tapped his shoulder "hi Jose-" she stopped because when he turned around, she did not see Joseph but rather his brother Nick. She had yet to actually meet him, but she dis recognize his from the pictures. He looked quite like his brother, but his features were slightly different and his hair was a different style.
"you must be Elsa." He said. "I'm Nick"
Elsa smiled "you wouldn't happen to know where Joseph is, would you?"
He looked up "behind you."
Elsa turned and saw Joseph carrying… white roses?! He had a grin on his face and from the looks of it, had planned this for quite a while.
Elsa couldn't speak as she graciously accepted the flowers. She sniffed them. They smelled wonderful. "oh Joseph, you hopeless" she laughed. She pecked his lips and he gave her a grin "well what did you expect? To see you empty handed"
Elsa laughed again and she took the roses to a nearby vase. Joseph must have known about the time they would spend and prepared.
The two ended up away from the others, simply talking to themselves.
"how has suspension been treating you?" Elsa asked "she had only visted him a handful of times and while he was cheerful to see her, he did not really explain the whole situation to her.
Joseph gave her a shrug "cant tell you that much, just a bunch of yelling schoolwork and being annoyed."
"yelling?" Elsa asked with a hint of surprise in her voice
"parents don't like suspension, but they were glad it was in self defense" Joseph told her.
"oh" Elsa replied, not sure what to say
if anything Elsa was concerned. She did not want a repeat of this to happen at all. It was really ugly to know that just this slip up could happen and cause a punishment that was severe enough to be downright horrible at least in comparison to the overall crime.
Either way, it was over and Elsa was glad te Joseh was back at school, even if he was forced to deal with the crowds. He had handled it well enough the first time that it really just shouldn't be much of a problem now.