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Complicated Chapter 2 - Kristen -----
Lucy entered the Glen Oak Library as per her normal routine in between and after classes at school. She headed toward her usual table and sat down across from a tiny, nice-looking, pleasant, 21-year-old brunette. "Are you sure you don't live here, Kristen?" Lucy joked.
"Positive, Lucy," she smiled and finished writing something down in her spiral notebook. "Although, I think it would be easier if I did live here," she joked. Lucy had met Kristen Parker at the beginning of the semester at this very table. Since then every time she came to the library, Kristen was there.
"I wanted to ask you something?" Lucy began.
Kristin looked up at Lucy, "What?"
"What are you doing Saturday?"
"Working at the Café," Kristen told her. Kristen was employed at the Glen Oak's Midnight Café, a small café that did manage to do good business.
"I don't suppose you could get the day off," Lucy asked her.
"Day off? I don't know. Why?" Kristen asked.
"My dad's church gave my family free tickets to Disneyland, and we have one extra ticket, and I was hoping you'd come. I would love to get to know you better, and we'd have a great time."
"What about your husband?"
"Oh, he can follow us around if he wants," she said as if she'd forgotten about Kevin. Kristen laughed. "Come on," Lucy begged. "Whaddya say?"
"I don't know," she hesitated.
"You know you want to."
"It does sound like fun," she admitted.
"Then can you try to get the day off?" Lucy continued pleading.
"OK, I'll talk to my boss. Maybe one of the other girls can work for me. I won't promise anything yet, but I'll ask. I'll give you a call tonight."
"Great!"
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"Lucy! Phone!" Simon yelled down to his sister who was in the living room studying.
Lucy picked up the phone; "Got it!" she yelled back upstairs.
"Goodness, all this yelling. It's a wonder we're not distracting the neighbors," Annie commented to her husband in the kitchen.
"I think they're used to it by now," Eric told her from behind his newspaper.
Lucy ran into the kitchen. "She's going!" she was excited.
"Who? Going where?" Annie asked, excited but not sure why.
"Kristen, my friend. She just called and said she could come on Saturday with us," Lucy explained.
"Oh, great. That's wonderful. Can't wait to meet her."
"I told her to be here by 8 a.m. Saturday morning. That's ok, right?"
"That's fine, dear," Eric said, not even looking away from his newspaper.
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About ten till eight on Saturday morning, Kristen pulled up in front of the Camden's house in her little Red Geo. The Camden van was in the driveway and appeared to be all ready to load up with passengers. She parked her car, and walked up to the door. Before she could ring the doorbell, Lucy opened the door. "Hey, Kristen, come in. We'll be leaving in about 15 to 20 minutes. The house is in chaos right now. Everyone is trying to get ready," she pulled Kristen into the house.
"Somebody's excited," Kristen laughed at Lucy's enthusiasm.
"I am! It's been so long since we've been to an amusement park. I feel like a little kid again," she smiled.
"Nothing wrong with that," Kristen laughed at Lucy's enthusiasm.
Eric and Annie walked into the living room with a large cooler full of pop in their hands. "Mom, Dad, this is Kristin Parker," Lucy introduced her. "Kristen, this is my mom and dad."
"Nice to meet you, Reverend Camden," she shook his free hand, "Mrs. Camden."
"Nice to meet you too, Kristen. Lucy tells us you met at the library," Annie told her.
"Yeah, Lucy and I both practically live at the library."
"We got to take this out to the van," Eric said as he and Annie carried the cooler out the door at the same moment that Kevin walked in. "Excuse us, Kevin."
"No prob," he replied.
"Kevin, this is Kristen," Lucy pointed toward Kristen who smiled at Kevin. "Kristen, this is my husband, Kevin."
"Pleasure to meet you," Kevin said politely.
Kristen was impressed. She leaned toward Lucy, "You're right, he is adorable," she said in a stage whisper."
"Oh, but of course," Kevin responded in playfully.
"And mine." Lucy added.
Kristen rolled her eyes, but said nothing.
"I'm gonna go see if Simon needs help with anything," Kevin said before running up the stairs.
"Simon's my younger brother," Lucy explained.
"The one right after you," she remembered Lucy telling her about the family. "You have twin brothers too, right?"
"Yeah, they're probably upstairs with Ruthie."
Annie ran back into the house. "Lucy, could you go check on Ruthie and the twins? I need to run into the kitchen to finish up a few things before we go."
"Yeah, sure, mom," she turned to Kristen. "You want to come upstairs?"
"No, thanks! Looks like the house is pretty chaotic as it is with everyone getting in everyone's road. I'll just wait down here till its time to go."
"Ok. Shouldn't be long," Lucy headed up the stairs.
Kristen looked around the entryway between the stairs and the living room taking in the beauty of what appeared to be an old house kept in really nice shape. She spotted a small desk over by the doors to the living room and walked over to it. There was a framed photo of the entire Camden family sitting on it. Kristin smiled at the happy family posing for the picture; in fact, she was so engrossed in looking at the picture, she didn't hear anyone come down the stairs until they snuck up behind her and spoke.
"It's a great family, but some of them can be a pain at times," a young male voice broke through Kristen's silence and startled her. She jumped and turned around to see who was behind her. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He held out his hand for her to shake. "You must Lucy's friend?"
"Yeah," she placed the photo back on the desk and shook his hand as she looked up at the handsome face standing in front of her. "I'm Kristen Parker."
"Robbie. . .Robbie Palmer. Not a Camden, but still part of this crazy family," he laughed.
"Lucy's mentioned you," she smiled. Robbie's eyebrows rose in question. "Nothing bad, I don't think," she added with a laugh.
"Whew! I never know what Lucy's gonna say about me."
As if she had heard her name, Lucy bounced down the stairs. "Oh, good. You've met Kristen," Lucy headed toward them. "So, you going to come with us or follow Ruthie and Alice," Lucy asked him.
"Why would I follow Ruthie and Alice around Disneyland?"
"I didn't figure you'd want to join me and Kevin."
"Well, first of all, your Mom and Dad are taking Ruthie and Alice around the park. Secondly, if it had been just you and Kevin, I probably would have went off on my own; but it would be cruel of me to make Kristen follow you two around as your chaperon. Of course, I'll go with you guys," he finished and smiled at Kristen. "Trust me when I say you don't want to chaperon those two." She laughed and followed the rest of the family out to the van.
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Stay tuned for Chapter 3 - Get ready to spend a day at Disneyland!
Complicated Chapter 2 - Kristen -----
Lucy entered the Glen Oak Library as per her normal routine in between and after classes at school. She headed toward her usual table and sat down across from a tiny, nice-looking, pleasant, 21-year-old brunette. "Are you sure you don't live here, Kristen?" Lucy joked.
"Positive, Lucy," she smiled and finished writing something down in her spiral notebook. "Although, I think it would be easier if I did live here," she joked. Lucy had met Kristen Parker at the beginning of the semester at this very table. Since then every time she came to the library, Kristen was there.
"I wanted to ask you something?" Lucy began.
Kristin looked up at Lucy, "What?"
"What are you doing Saturday?"
"Working at the Café," Kristen told her. Kristen was employed at the Glen Oak's Midnight Café, a small café that did manage to do good business.
"I don't suppose you could get the day off," Lucy asked her.
"Day off? I don't know. Why?" Kristen asked.
"My dad's church gave my family free tickets to Disneyland, and we have one extra ticket, and I was hoping you'd come. I would love to get to know you better, and we'd have a great time."
"What about your husband?"
"Oh, he can follow us around if he wants," she said as if she'd forgotten about Kevin. Kristen laughed. "Come on," Lucy begged. "Whaddya say?"
"I don't know," she hesitated.
"You know you want to."
"It does sound like fun," she admitted.
"Then can you try to get the day off?" Lucy continued pleading.
"OK, I'll talk to my boss. Maybe one of the other girls can work for me. I won't promise anything yet, but I'll ask. I'll give you a call tonight."
"Great!"
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"Lucy! Phone!" Simon yelled down to his sister who was in the living room studying.
Lucy picked up the phone; "Got it!" she yelled back upstairs.
"Goodness, all this yelling. It's a wonder we're not distracting the neighbors," Annie commented to her husband in the kitchen.
"I think they're used to it by now," Eric told her from behind his newspaper.
Lucy ran into the kitchen. "She's going!" she was excited.
"Who? Going where?" Annie asked, excited but not sure why.
"Kristen, my friend. She just called and said she could come on Saturday with us," Lucy explained.
"Oh, great. That's wonderful. Can't wait to meet her."
"I told her to be here by 8 a.m. Saturday morning. That's ok, right?"
"That's fine, dear," Eric said, not even looking away from his newspaper.
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About ten till eight on Saturday morning, Kristen pulled up in front of the Camden's house in her little Red Geo. The Camden van was in the driveway and appeared to be all ready to load up with passengers. She parked her car, and walked up to the door. Before she could ring the doorbell, Lucy opened the door. "Hey, Kristen, come in. We'll be leaving in about 15 to 20 minutes. The house is in chaos right now. Everyone is trying to get ready," she pulled Kristen into the house.
"Somebody's excited," Kristen laughed at Lucy's enthusiasm.
"I am! It's been so long since we've been to an amusement park. I feel like a little kid again," she smiled.
"Nothing wrong with that," Kristen laughed at Lucy's enthusiasm.
Eric and Annie walked into the living room with a large cooler full of pop in their hands. "Mom, Dad, this is Kristin Parker," Lucy introduced her. "Kristen, this is my mom and dad."
"Nice to meet you, Reverend Camden," she shook his free hand, "Mrs. Camden."
"Nice to meet you too, Kristen. Lucy tells us you met at the library," Annie told her.
"Yeah, Lucy and I both practically live at the library."
"We got to take this out to the van," Eric said as he and Annie carried the cooler out the door at the same moment that Kevin walked in. "Excuse us, Kevin."
"No prob," he replied.
"Kevin, this is Kristen," Lucy pointed toward Kristen who smiled at Kevin. "Kristen, this is my husband, Kevin."
"Pleasure to meet you," Kevin said politely.
Kristen was impressed. She leaned toward Lucy, "You're right, he is adorable," she said in a stage whisper."
"Oh, but of course," Kevin responded in playfully.
"And mine." Lucy added.
Kristen rolled her eyes, but said nothing.
"I'm gonna go see if Simon needs help with anything," Kevin said before running up the stairs.
"Simon's my younger brother," Lucy explained.
"The one right after you," she remembered Lucy telling her about the family. "You have twin brothers too, right?"
"Yeah, they're probably upstairs with Ruthie."
Annie ran back into the house. "Lucy, could you go check on Ruthie and the twins? I need to run into the kitchen to finish up a few things before we go."
"Yeah, sure, mom," she turned to Kristen. "You want to come upstairs?"
"No, thanks! Looks like the house is pretty chaotic as it is with everyone getting in everyone's road. I'll just wait down here till its time to go."
"Ok. Shouldn't be long," Lucy headed up the stairs.
Kristen looked around the entryway between the stairs and the living room taking in the beauty of what appeared to be an old house kept in really nice shape. She spotted a small desk over by the doors to the living room and walked over to it. There was a framed photo of the entire Camden family sitting on it. Kristin smiled at the happy family posing for the picture; in fact, she was so engrossed in looking at the picture, she didn't hear anyone come down the stairs until they snuck up behind her and spoke.
"It's a great family, but some of them can be a pain at times," a young male voice broke through Kristen's silence and startled her. She jumped and turned around to see who was behind her. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He held out his hand for her to shake. "You must Lucy's friend?"
"Yeah," she placed the photo back on the desk and shook his hand as she looked up at the handsome face standing in front of her. "I'm Kristen Parker."
"Robbie. . .Robbie Palmer. Not a Camden, but still part of this crazy family," he laughed.
"Lucy's mentioned you," she smiled. Robbie's eyebrows rose in question. "Nothing bad, I don't think," she added with a laugh.
"Whew! I never know what Lucy's gonna say about me."
As if she had heard her name, Lucy bounced down the stairs. "Oh, good. You've met Kristen," Lucy headed toward them. "So, you going to come with us or follow Ruthie and Alice," Lucy asked him.
"Why would I follow Ruthie and Alice around Disneyland?"
"I didn't figure you'd want to join me and Kevin."
"Well, first of all, your Mom and Dad are taking Ruthie and Alice around the park. Secondly, if it had been just you and Kevin, I probably would have went off on my own; but it would be cruel of me to make Kristen follow you two around as your chaperon. Of course, I'll go with you guys," he finished and smiled at Kristen. "Trust me when I say you don't want to chaperon those two." She laughed and followed the rest of the family out to the van.
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Stay tuned for Chapter 3 - Get ready to spend a day at Disneyland!