(Nobody's POV)
The Hadfords were greeted at the door by Eddie, "Welcome," She said, "and Merry Chirstmas!" Eddie couldn't contain the smile she had inside her, she absolutely loved Christmas.
"Thank you very much, Eddie." Mrs. Hadford said, coming in through the open door that Eddie was holding for them.
Jake was the last one in line to go into the house, he was right after Josh, so after Josh went through, Eddie shut the door, "Come on Eddie, please let me in?" Jake said very politely.
"What's in it for me?" Eddie grinned at him.
"Having me in your home?" Jake was smirking at Eddie.
"Ok sounds good," She said, opening the door for Jake.
"So where's the food?" Jake said while walking right next to Eddie.
"In the dining room." Eddie said, "but we are eating all together."
"Awesome." Jake said smiling at Eddie.
"So what are we eating?" Beth asked her mom.
"Baked potatoes, Corn Beef, and salads if you would like it." Was her mothers reply.
"Sounds really good." Wally said.
"It is," Beth said to him.
"Let's sit down," Mr. Malloy suggested.
"Sounds like a good idea, so we can eat this food." Mr. Hadford said.
Eddie said down at a random place, next thing she knew, Jake had taken the seat next to her. "Mind if I sit here?" Jake asked, knowing the answer would be no.
"Of course I do," she said smiling at the boy sitting next to her.
Josh had taken a seat next to Beth and Wally. Caroline sat next to Mrs. Hadford and Peter.
"So Peter, do you still like cookies?" Caroline asked little Peter trying to make conversation.
"Are you kidding?" Grinned Peter," I love cookies! Expesially yours!"
"We'll good, because we made some sugar cookies right before you got here." Caroline said.
"Nice move Caroline, not he's not going to eat his dinner." Wally said.
"Oh yes he is," Mrs. Hadford said,"if he wants any cookies he most certinaly will eat his dinner."
"So what's new with your family," Mrs. Malloy asked Mrs. Hadford and Mr. Hadford.
"Oh nothing new," she Responded," we were going to head up to Wisconsin for a couple days, we have a cottage up there."
"It's so much fun!" Peter chimed in.
"I bet so." Mrs. Malloy said smiling at Peter.
"Why don't you join us this year?" Mr. Hadford said.
"Oh that a great idea," Mrs. Hadford said,"the cottage is huge, very big for just us, and we would love to have you join us."
"Oh no! We couldn't intrude on your vacation!" Mrs. Malloy said hastily.
"Oh please do, it wouldn't be a problem." Mr. Hadford said," we would love to have you join us."
"We'll talk about it, but thank you just for the offer." Mr. Malloy said.
"It really is a lot of fun!" Josh told Beth.
"I hope we go." She said.
"Me too!" Josh couldn't stop smiling at her.
"If you guys come with us, we can run along the paths, it's so much fun." Jake whispered into Eddies ear.
"I would love that," Eddie said. "You just want to spend time with me, don't you?"
"Yeah, I guess you could say that," Jake said as he punched Eddie In the arm playfully.
"I thought so." She laughed, and punched him right back.
After dinner, Mr. And Mrs. Malloy went upstairs to talk about the invitation with the Hadfords.
"I feel like we would be intruding," Mrs. Malloy said to her husband.
"We'll they invited us, it's not like we invited ourselves." Mr. Malloy said.
"I know, it just seems weird." She said.
"We'll do we want to or not?" Mr. Malloy said.
"I think he kids would like it." She said.
"Exactly."
"Well maybe than," Mrs Malloy smiled.
After an hour or two, the Hadfords left, and mrs Malloy said to her daughters, "we're going up north with the Hadfords."
"Yay!" All three girls shrieked. ME
"I talked to the Hadfords and we worked it all out."
"Yay!"
"Except we leave in two days, and we need to get a Christmas gift for every one of the Hadfords."
"Ok!" Eddie said,"I'll get Jakes."
"I'll get Josh's!" Beth said.
"I guess I'll get Wally's." Caroline said.
The next day they all went shopping for the Hadfords, than packed, and the next day at 2:12 A.M the next day, they left.
