Ashley
I was sitting in the kitchen talking, eating and drinking with Ben, Cory and Serena when the doorbell rang again.
I stood, walking into the empty living room. I assumed Rachel, Chris and Puck were upstairs.
I opened the front door and there stood a gorgeous guy. He had dark eyes and dark hair curling to his nectk. He was dressed entirely in black and had good posture. He was holding 4 metal pie plates stacked on top of each other.
"Um...hi," I greeted him.
"Hi, I'm here for the get together. I'm Jesse, from Vocal Adrenaline, maybe you've heard of me. Rachel's guy," he told me.
"Oh cmon in."
I stepped aside so he could.
"Thank you. And thanks for inviting me."
"But I didn't...?"
"Well actually it was Rachel who invited me. Is she...?"
"Oh. Yeah she's upstairs."
He breezed past me into the kitchen.
"I made pies. I wasn't sure what to bring."
"Ok, thanks."
Once we got to the kitchen, he got a beer out of the fridge. He leaned against the counter, in no hurry to go anywhere. I put the pies, which he'd handed me, in the fridge.
At which point the doorbell rang, again.
"I'll get it, since I'm up and about," I said, looking pointedly at him.
"Go for it," he told me.
"Well then," I uttered, walking back into the living room.
He was fairly confident but there was something off about him.
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I opened the door and there stood Ruby, holding 2 pie plates with foil over them in one hand and purple irises in the other.
"Heyy girl," she greeted me.
"Hi hun cmon in," I told her.
I stepped aside so she could.
She smiled; "thanks."
I closed the door behind her and we made our way into the kitchen.
"Thanks for the flowers. How was work?" I asked.
"Long. And you're welcome."
When we got to the kitchen she put the pie plates in the fridge.
"Looks like yall have plenty of food," she said.
"Oh I know. We'll definately never run our of food now," I said.
Everyone but Jesse laughed.
"We're here!" Hannah called from behind me.
I whirled around from the sink where I was filling yet another vase with water. Hannah and Eric had their arms around each other. Since Hannah was my sister she didn't need to bring anything. I hadn't seen Rose, Alexa, Lily, Marie or Santana in awhile.
Hannah was holding a bouqet of big yellow lilies and Eric, a big microwavable pot of pasta.
"Thank you for the flowers," I told her.
She smiled.
I put the vase of irises on the kitchen counter. Eric put the pot in the fridge and Hannah put the flowers she'd brought in water.
Everyone introduced themselves and I went back into the living room.