A/N: Hey guys~ Here it is! Just like I promised, part two of Meeting the Family. The other parts will be up as well, as soon as I can get to them. They're all drafted and ready to go. I just have to change the formatting. So, until then, I hope you guys enjoy this!
Kansas led Norway to the big garden in a green house filled with all the state flowers. Ambre "Nebraska" Jones and Morgan "Iowa" Jones were pulling weeds in the garden as the two walked up.
Iowa looked up when she heard footsteps. "Hey Robin!" She said smiling, then noticed Norway. "Who's the guy?" She asked her sister.
"A new boyfriend~?" Nebraska jumped in, never one to miss an opportunity to tease her siblings.
"NO!" Kansas said vehemently. "Morgan, Ambre. This is our Grandpa Norway!"
Iowa and Nebraska stopped what they were doing and stared in shock at Norway.
"Hello, girls." Norway said a little hesitantly unnerved by their stares, though he didn't show it.
The girls snapped out of their shock and smiled at Norway.
"Hiya, Grandpa! I'm Morgan!" Iowa said with a smile. "I represent the state of Iowa. My state name means 'beautiful land in Sioux!" She said excitedly and hugged him.
Norway hugged back, feeling very culture shocked. Apparently his grandkids were big fans of giving hugs.
"What's up grandpa?" Nebraska said, walking up to him as Iowa let go of him. "My name is Ambre. I represent the state of Nebraska." She explained and hugged him.
After Norway let go of her, he said: "Your garden is beautiful. There are so many flowers."
"Thank you!" Kansas said, beaming. "It has the official flowers of all 50 of us states."
At that moment, the door to green house opened and Leslie "Utah" Jones stepped into the room. "Momma says dinner is ready!"
"OKAY!" The girls yelled back, as Norway stared at this newest girl.
"Oh!" Nebraska said, before Utah could walk off. "By the way, Leslie, this is our grandpa Norway!"
"G-Grandpa?" Utah asked hesitantly and hurried up to him to get a closer look.
"Oh ..." She said with a smile. "Daddy has your eyes."
"Thanks…" He said, not sure what else to say.
"Grandpa... do you know Jesus?" Utah asked him, suddenly.
Norway was a little taken aback by her sudden question, not quite sure how to respond.
"Leslie, save that for later." Iowa said waving a dismissively.
"Yea, right now we gotta head to the dining room before everyone steals all the good food." Nebraska agreed.
Utah followed them quickly, wanting to teach her grandpa about Jesus.
They all paused when they walked in, as they saw Ricky "Nevada" Jones sneaking through the hallway, holding a hand over his eye.
"Ricky...?" Iowa questioned a little worriedly.
"Tell mom I'm in my room okay?" was his response.
"What happened to your eye?" Nebraska asked.
"Nothing." Ricky said quickly. "I'm going to my room." He said, pushing past Kansas and knocking her down.
"Hey!" Norway said angrily as Nevada started to walk off. "Young man you apologize to your sister right now!"
Nevada turned and looked at Norway, giving him a once over. "You're not my mom, and you're not my dad. I don't have to listen to you."
Norway grabbed Nevada's arm before he could turn away again. "No, I'm not... But I am your grandpa. That means you have to listen to me."
Nevada's face suddenly drained of color, thinking of what his parents would do to him for disrespecting his grandpa. "What?
While they were talking, Iowa and Nebraska helped Kansas up.
"Yea. He's dad's dad. So that makes him our grandpa. Deal with it." Iowa said, a little irritated.
"Now that that's cleared up." Norway said, letting go of Ricky's arm. "Apologize to your sister... Ricky… was it?"
Nevada nodded and moved his hand from his eye, revealing a pretty big bruise around it. "Yes, sir." He said respectfully. "Sorry. Robin…"
"I forgive you." Was Kansas' response, then she and her sisters gasped as they saw his eye. "What happened?" They all asked in unison.
"It's nothing. I'm going to my room." Nevada said, and hurried off before anyone could stop him.
"Is he always like that?" Norway asked, as he watched Nevada leave then looked at the girls.
"Yes. He's kind of like the black sheep in our family. We love him though." Utah said lovingly. "Now if only I can get him to turn away from his sins and repent..."
"You can't force him to believe what you believe." Nebraska said warningly to her sister.
"I know that." Utah said. "And I'm not trying to. I'm just trying to explain things from my point of view. But I can't because he's so close minded and doesn't want to hear it." She said, pouting.
"Alright, alright. Enough with the religious talk." Iowa said.
"Yeah! I'm hungry. And I'm sure grandpa is too." Kansas said smiling at Norway. "Let's all head into the kitchen and grab our food before the rowdy boys get there.
Nebraska and Iowa took off immediately to the dining room.
Kansas and Utah giggled at their sisters' enthusiasm and they both took one of Norway's hands and led him into the kitchen where the other states were already getting in their seats and grabbing food.
A/N: There ya go guys~ As always, please review. Constructive criticism is welcome. Flames, however, will be given to Texas so he can fire up his grill and cook his steaks.