The next day after school the 3 of them all walked together to Sam's house
to work on their songs and the singing.
~Sam's house~
"Hey guys, we're back." Sam called out to everyone. Nikki already got picked up by their dad, and came running down the stairs to meet this mystery Simon. Their dad and mom came out for the same reason too.
"Mom dad, this is Simon. And you guys already know Tatri." She told them.
"Hi Tatri." Mrs. Williams said as she smiled. "And it's lovely to meet you Simon." She said.
"We've heard so much about you." Mr. Williams said as he shook his hand. "That's quite a handshake you got there." He said to him.
"Thank you sir." Simon nodded.
"Oh, this is my little sister Nikki." Sam said standing behind her and putting her arms on her shoulders.
"It's nice to finally see this Simon guy that Sam and Tatri keep talking about on the phone @ night." Nikki told him and he smiled.
"Nikki." Sam nudged her arm. "Well, we better get to work. We have a lot of practicing to do. And if you guys don't mind, could you not come and watch." She whispered to them. "They kinda don't like to sing, so singing in front of you guys won't be any good. Especially for Tatri." She said to them. They nodded as Mrs. Williams went into the kitchen and back out. She was carrying a tray like the one Mrs. Camden had. Except this one had plumeria flowers on it. They got that from Hawaii on one of their visits. It had some snacks for them to munch on while they worked.
~Living room~
"Okay, so this is how we can do it." Sam said as they all sat down in the living room. "We can do either song first. It doesn't really matter. But for the Grease song, I thought we might all sing a part of the song. And if you guys don't want to, I can sing an extra verse or two. Then we all sing the chorus. While someone is singing solo, the other 2 can do a choreographic dance in the back. I can make up the dance. Since singing and dancing are kinda my thing." She told them.
"That's a great idea!" Simon told her with a smile.
"Yeah, that'll really work out!" Tatri agreed.
"So, let's start dividing the song up into sections. Which part do you guys want to sing?" she asked and they got to work. They then decided that Tatri would do the first verse because it was quite easy to sing. Simon would do the 2nd and Sam would do the 3rd. Then the verse after the 2nd chorus they would all sing with different rotation of echoes. Then Sam would just sing the last solo verse and then they will finish it off with the fading chorus. So it was time to start singing.
"Okay, Tatri, you go first." Sam said to her.
"Uh uh sister. No way hozay." She said shaking her head and holding her hands up.
"Oh come on, it's not hard. Here, I'll sing it with you." They started to sing it while Simon just looked @ Sam in amusement. Then Sam sang Simon's verse with him too.
"Simon, you have a good singing voice. It's very hearty." Sam told him.
"Thanks, so do you. Except your voice is like an angels." He said smiling @ her. She smiled too.
"Oooooo! It's about to get hott up hea!" Tatri whispered to Sam. They continued to practice the song over and over. They did it about 5 more times with the c.d. to practice the rhythm and beat of it. They got it down pretty well actually. After that, Sam practiced singing 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' while Tatri did her sign language sitting down watching.
If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh why can't I?
Sam finished the song as Simon and Tatri clapped for her. "That was great Sam!" Tatri told her giving her a high five. "Thanks. I always liked singing that song." She told her. "I think you did it really well Sam." Simon said to her as they both smiled. It was just about time for Simon and Tatri to be heading home, so they got everything back to normal. "Ya know guys, tomorrow if you can come over maybe around 11 to work on the choreography for the song. That'll be good, so then we can have this thing worked out by the time we have to present it." Sam told them as the 3 of them walked on over to the door. Sam opened the door for them when Simon said, "Yeah, I probably can come over around then." "Me too." Tatri said. So they all decided to come back to Sam's house to work on the project tomorrow. They said bye to each other, and Simon and Tatri left. "Well, I think that it went well today Sammy." Mrs. Williams told her as she stood in the kitchen doorway. "Yeah, it did go well." Sam smiled and headed back up stairs.
The next day the 3 met again the next day almost around lunch time. They worked again in the living room with all the furniture moved out of the way. The only thing that was there was the carpet and a c.d. player on a small table. The other things were moved away so that they could work on their dance for the song.
"How about I play the song, and do the whole dance for you guys to see. So you'll know what to do?" Sam said as she pressed the PLAY button on the player. The song started to play and Sam started to dance. She danced like it was her job to!
"Man, I didn't know she was this good of dancer! I knew she danced, but I didn't know this well!" Tatri told Simon as they both watched.
"Yeah, she's really good." He said back to her. When the song finished, Sam ended in a pose that would include the other 2 along with it.
"That was great Sammy!" Tatri told her.
"You were awesome." Simon clapped along with Tatri.
"Thanks guys. So what do you think? Do you think it's good?" she asked.
"Great, the dance is great. But I can't do that!" Tatri exclaimed. "Pfft, like I'm gonna be able to move my body like you?!" she told her.
"That's true Sam. I don't think I'll be able to do that either." Simon said. "And I'm less custom do dancing then girls." He joked.
"Nah, you guys can do fine." Sam said. "Okay, Tatz, you're doin the first verse. So you don't have to dance while you're singing. You can walk around, and do whatever. But don't have to dance with us. So only Simon and I will be dancing." Sam looked towards Simon.
"Okay with me." He said.
"Okay. So Simon, this is how it's gonna go." She started to show him the moves with the arms. And the bump with the shoulders that she did before. It wasn't that hard, and it was fun to do @ the same time. So Simon got most of the first verse down. And this went on for the most part of the day. Whenever someone had their solo, the other two were learning the dance. Then the chorus was pretty much the same dance for the whole song. So Sam taught the 2 of them the entire dance. They mostly got it down. But a few more practices and they would be set!
As Simon, Sam and Tatri practiced in the living room, Nikki was on the phone watching them from the stairs.
"See, my sisters working on her Chorals project with her 2 other teammates. Her best friend and then her boyfriend." Nikki said into the phone.
"She has a boyfriend?" she heard from the other side of the phone.
"Well, not really a boyfriend, but it's obvious that she likes him a lot." Nikki said. Then her friend answered back.
"Really? That's just like my brother. This girl he met, she's cool and all. But he just can't get her off his mind. Last night, I heard him say in his sleep: You're so cool, you're the greatest. I know he was talking about her!" they both giggled and continued to talk as Nikki walked back upstairs.
They took breaks here and there to talk about school, teachers, anything really. Music, places to hang. They decided that they would work on it for the whole week @ school. Soon the 2 of them left. And went on home because it was getting close to dinner.
The next day was Sunday, and Sam's family went to their new church. Their first Sunday @ their church, they were obviously excited to get to know everyone.
~Church~
"Oh, I'm sorry." Mrs. Williams said turning to see a lady standing by her.
"No, no it was me. I'm sorry." They both smiled. Then the two women's family came walking up behind them.
"Hey Sam." Simon smiled.
"Hi Simon." She told him back.
"It's nice to see you again Sam." Mrs. Camden told her.
"And good to see you Simon." Mrs. Williams said. The 2 mothers turned to each other and both said @ the same time,
"You know my daughter/son?" they smiled and laughed.
"Oh, how's everyone doing?" Mr. Camden came walking up to them. "Hey guys." He was talking to his own family. "Good to see you too." He directed to the Williams.
"Sam, you never told me that Simon was the Reverend's son!" Mrs. Williams exclaimed.
"Oh, I'm sorry mom. I found out last a couple of days ago." Sam said as she looked up to her mom.
"Well, it's nice to meet you all." Mrs. Williams said. Both families introduced themselves to each other. While the 2 youngest girls came walking up one after the other.
"Mom, where do we sit?" Nikki asked, not noticing Ruthie standing on the other side.
"Nikki?" Ruthie asked.
"Ruthie!? You go to this church too?" she asked.
"Yeah, my dad's the Reverend." Ruthie said.
"You know Ruthie?" Mr. Williams asked his daughter.
"Yeah! She's my new friend from school. Hey, I didn't know that Simon was your brother."
"And I didn't know Sam was yours!" they said as they walked off together and went to the front of the church.
"Well, we all better get seated." Mrs. Camden said as they all followed. The Camden family sat in the front row of the church, while the Williams sat right behind them. Simon sat diagonally in front of Sam, so that he could turn back to her and smile once in a while. They went through the church service and found it very interesting. The Williams thought of this church to be a very good one! And was happy they decided to go with this one. After the church service, the Camden parents, and the Williams parents mingled and talked together. While Ruthie and Nikki went off. Ruthie went to go introduce Nikki to all her church friends she had there. While Simon and Sam went outside to talk a little bit.
"This was really great." Sam told Simon.
"Yeah, I like coming to church." He said. "And it doesn't just have to do with the fact that my dad's the Reverend." He said and they both chuckled. They talked for the rest of the morning, and soon the 2 families decided they'd go out to dinner together. Everyone was happy about it, and especially Simon and Sam were!
It was the first full week of December when all the students had the whole week to work on their projects. They could also go to the dance studio, choir room, or stay in the room to work on it. Sam, Simon and Tatri usually chose to go to another room to practice singing or dancing. Instead of doing in front of everyone else. So on Monday and Tuesday, during class they went to the choir room to practice their solos. Wednesday and Thursday they went to the dance studio to practice the choreography on 'Grease' so that they'll have it all down by the time it came to present. And while this was all going on, Tatri was working on her share of the report, and memorizing the sign language for 'Somewhere over the Rainbow.' Sam went over the dance and the singing @ home. And Simon asked Matt how to get the pictures and background to work so that he'd be able to work the projector in class. He finally got it down where he could load and unload the machine by himself. Friday, it was a 'work day' in class. Where no one was able to work on their project. He was announcing what groups would be going when. And they all found out on Friday. Mr. M told Sam, Simon and Tatri that they'd be doing 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' on Monday when they came to school. And that they could to 'Grease' on Tuesday. So they knew when they would be able to do their performance for the class.
Saturday they all had something to do. As for Sam, she went back to Patterson to see her old friends. They called her up earlier in the week to see if she could hang out with them for a while. They talked about how school was for everyone. And Sam's friends wanted to know how school was for her in Glen Oak. So she told them, and that's basically what they talked about.
"So, any guy friends?" Misty asked Sam.
"Yeah, but only a couple." She told them. They were eating lunch when she took a sip of her drink, and said something again. "But, you guys know me. I'm not the one to go out of my way to meet guys."
"We know, but anything is possible!" Rachel said to them. They continued talking about the subject of 'guys'. And yet again, the question was directed to Sam.
"Come on Sammy. You must like @ least one guy!" Ashley said to her.
"Well, maybe I do." She replied.
"And that would be." Misty's voice lingered.
"Well, he's in a few of my classes. And I've been working on a project with him. He's really nice, and cool." She said. "His name is Simon, which you all must know!" they all laughed.
"Well, if you like him, then he must be someone great." Rachel said.
"What do you mean, if I like someone?" Sam asked.
"It's just that," Ashley started to say. "You don't really think about guys too much. Not as much as we do." They all smiled. "So if you actually admit that you like someone, then you have to totally be into him." She finished.
"I think I am into him." she said quietly to herself.
On Sunday, they went to church again. This time, Reverend Camden introduced the Williams to the whole church.
~Church~
"Well, I'd like to take this time to introduce a new family to the church. If you may please come up to the front, Mr. and Mrs. Williams and family." He said as the 4 of them walked up. He handed them something that he told them to take home. That it was from the church and that they were happy that they were know part of the church family. The Reverend introduced all of them by name to everyone in church. After that, he gestured them to take a seat. The service went well again. This Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Williams went with Mr. and Mrs. Camden to meet other parents in the church. While Simon, Sam, Ruthie, and Nikki all went outside. They all stayed together, and just talked about anything.
"Ya know Sam, if Simon saw you more, he'd really be in love with you!" Simon choked on his cup of punch and just stared @ his sister. "Yeah, see, he's already in love with you, but if he saw you more, hey, you just may get proposed!" Sam smiled as she blushed a little, and Nikki just giggled. As Ruthie took a sip of her punch, she stopped and said, "Hey, what was that for?" Simon had slightly tapped her back while she was drinking.
"It was so that it would go down faster." Simon said as the brother and sister exchanged looks.
"Don't worry, Sam's just like that." Nikki said.
"Huh?" Sam said.
"Ya know, you always talk about what you and Simon did today, or what Simon said that was funny, or how you always talk on the phone about Simon. It's like you're obsessed with Simon." Nikki said and Sam whacked her shoulder. "And that was for?!" Nikki said rubbing her arm.
"Oh, I thought I saw a little bug on your arm." Sam said to her as she gave her a 'knock it off' look.
"Geez, older siblings." Ruthie said.
"Yep, can't live with them, want to live without them!" Nikki said as the 2 girls ran off somewhere.
"Ruthie, wonderful kid. Really." Simon said as they both laughed.
"Ah, Nikki. Never knows how to keep her mouth shut." Sam said. They talked for a while until Sam and Nikki had to go.
~Sam's house~
"Hey guys, we're back." Sam called out to everyone. Nikki already got picked up by their dad, and came running down the stairs to meet this mystery Simon. Their dad and mom came out for the same reason too.
"Mom dad, this is Simon. And you guys already know Tatri." She told them.
"Hi Tatri." Mrs. Williams said as she smiled. "And it's lovely to meet you Simon." She said.
"We've heard so much about you." Mr. Williams said as he shook his hand. "That's quite a handshake you got there." He said to him.
"Thank you sir." Simon nodded.
"Oh, this is my little sister Nikki." Sam said standing behind her and putting her arms on her shoulders.
"It's nice to finally see this Simon guy that Sam and Tatri keep talking about on the phone @ night." Nikki told him and he smiled.
"Nikki." Sam nudged her arm. "Well, we better get to work. We have a lot of practicing to do. And if you guys don't mind, could you not come and watch." She whispered to them. "They kinda don't like to sing, so singing in front of you guys won't be any good. Especially for Tatri." She said to them. They nodded as Mrs. Williams went into the kitchen and back out. She was carrying a tray like the one Mrs. Camden had. Except this one had plumeria flowers on it. They got that from Hawaii on one of their visits. It had some snacks for them to munch on while they worked.
~Living room~
"Okay, so this is how we can do it." Sam said as they all sat down in the living room. "We can do either song first. It doesn't really matter. But for the Grease song, I thought we might all sing a part of the song. And if you guys don't want to, I can sing an extra verse or two. Then we all sing the chorus. While someone is singing solo, the other 2 can do a choreographic dance in the back. I can make up the dance. Since singing and dancing are kinda my thing." She told them.
"That's a great idea!" Simon told her with a smile.
"Yeah, that'll really work out!" Tatri agreed.
"So, let's start dividing the song up into sections. Which part do you guys want to sing?" she asked and they got to work. They then decided that Tatri would do the first verse because it was quite easy to sing. Simon would do the 2nd and Sam would do the 3rd. Then the verse after the 2nd chorus they would all sing with different rotation of echoes. Then Sam would just sing the last solo verse and then they will finish it off with the fading chorus. So it was time to start singing.
"Okay, Tatri, you go first." Sam said to her.
"Uh uh sister. No way hozay." She said shaking her head and holding her hands up.
"Oh come on, it's not hard. Here, I'll sing it with you." They started to sing it while Simon just looked @ Sam in amusement. Then Sam sang Simon's verse with him too.
"Simon, you have a good singing voice. It's very hearty." Sam told him.
"Thanks, so do you. Except your voice is like an angels." He said smiling @ her. She smiled too.
"Oooooo! It's about to get hott up hea!" Tatri whispered to Sam. They continued to practice the song over and over. They did it about 5 more times with the c.d. to practice the rhythm and beat of it. They got it down pretty well actually. After that, Sam practiced singing 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' while Tatri did her sign language sitting down watching.
If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh why can't I?
Sam finished the song as Simon and Tatri clapped for her. "That was great Sam!" Tatri told her giving her a high five. "Thanks. I always liked singing that song." She told her. "I think you did it really well Sam." Simon said to her as they both smiled. It was just about time for Simon and Tatri to be heading home, so they got everything back to normal. "Ya know guys, tomorrow if you can come over maybe around 11 to work on the choreography for the song. That'll be good, so then we can have this thing worked out by the time we have to present it." Sam told them as the 3 of them walked on over to the door. Sam opened the door for them when Simon said, "Yeah, I probably can come over around then." "Me too." Tatri said. So they all decided to come back to Sam's house to work on the project tomorrow. They said bye to each other, and Simon and Tatri left. "Well, I think that it went well today Sammy." Mrs. Williams told her as she stood in the kitchen doorway. "Yeah, it did go well." Sam smiled and headed back up stairs.
The next day the 3 met again the next day almost around lunch time. They worked again in the living room with all the furniture moved out of the way. The only thing that was there was the carpet and a c.d. player on a small table. The other things were moved away so that they could work on their dance for the song.
"How about I play the song, and do the whole dance for you guys to see. So you'll know what to do?" Sam said as she pressed the PLAY button on the player. The song started to play and Sam started to dance. She danced like it was her job to!
"Man, I didn't know she was this good of dancer! I knew she danced, but I didn't know this well!" Tatri told Simon as they both watched.
"Yeah, she's really good." He said back to her. When the song finished, Sam ended in a pose that would include the other 2 along with it.
"That was great Sammy!" Tatri told her.
"You were awesome." Simon clapped along with Tatri.
"Thanks guys. So what do you think? Do you think it's good?" she asked.
"Great, the dance is great. But I can't do that!" Tatri exclaimed. "Pfft, like I'm gonna be able to move my body like you?!" she told her.
"That's true Sam. I don't think I'll be able to do that either." Simon said. "And I'm less custom do dancing then girls." He joked.
"Nah, you guys can do fine." Sam said. "Okay, Tatz, you're doin the first verse. So you don't have to dance while you're singing. You can walk around, and do whatever. But don't have to dance with us. So only Simon and I will be dancing." Sam looked towards Simon.
"Okay with me." He said.
"Okay. So Simon, this is how it's gonna go." She started to show him the moves with the arms. And the bump with the shoulders that she did before. It wasn't that hard, and it was fun to do @ the same time. So Simon got most of the first verse down. And this went on for the most part of the day. Whenever someone had their solo, the other two were learning the dance. Then the chorus was pretty much the same dance for the whole song. So Sam taught the 2 of them the entire dance. They mostly got it down. But a few more practices and they would be set!
As Simon, Sam and Tatri practiced in the living room, Nikki was on the phone watching them from the stairs.
"See, my sisters working on her Chorals project with her 2 other teammates. Her best friend and then her boyfriend." Nikki said into the phone.
"She has a boyfriend?" she heard from the other side of the phone.
"Well, not really a boyfriend, but it's obvious that she likes him a lot." Nikki said. Then her friend answered back.
"Really? That's just like my brother. This girl he met, she's cool and all. But he just can't get her off his mind. Last night, I heard him say in his sleep: You're so cool, you're the greatest. I know he was talking about her!" they both giggled and continued to talk as Nikki walked back upstairs.
They took breaks here and there to talk about school, teachers, anything really. Music, places to hang. They decided that they would work on it for the whole week @ school. Soon the 2 of them left. And went on home because it was getting close to dinner.
The next day was Sunday, and Sam's family went to their new church. Their first Sunday @ their church, they were obviously excited to get to know everyone.
~Church~
"Oh, I'm sorry." Mrs. Williams said turning to see a lady standing by her.
"No, no it was me. I'm sorry." They both smiled. Then the two women's family came walking up behind them.
"Hey Sam." Simon smiled.
"Hi Simon." She told him back.
"It's nice to see you again Sam." Mrs. Camden told her.
"And good to see you Simon." Mrs. Williams said. The 2 mothers turned to each other and both said @ the same time,
"You know my daughter/son?" they smiled and laughed.
"Oh, how's everyone doing?" Mr. Camden came walking up to them. "Hey guys." He was talking to his own family. "Good to see you too." He directed to the Williams.
"Sam, you never told me that Simon was the Reverend's son!" Mrs. Williams exclaimed.
"Oh, I'm sorry mom. I found out last a couple of days ago." Sam said as she looked up to her mom.
"Well, it's nice to meet you all." Mrs. Williams said. Both families introduced themselves to each other. While the 2 youngest girls came walking up one after the other.
"Mom, where do we sit?" Nikki asked, not noticing Ruthie standing on the other side.
"Nikki?" Ruthie asked.
"Ruthie!? You go to this church too?" she asked.
"Yeah, my dad's the Reverend." Ruthie said.
"You know Ruthie?" Mr. Williams asked his daughter.
"Yeah! She's my new friend from school. Hey, I didn't know that Simon was your brother."
"And I didn't know Sam was yours!" they said as they walked off together and went to the front of the church.
"Well, we all better get seated." Mrs. Camden said as they all followed. The Camden family sat in the front row of the church, while the Williams sat right behind them. Simon sat diagonally in front of Sam, so that he could turn back to her and smile once in a while. They went through the church service and found it very interesting. The Williams thought of this church to be a very good one! And was happy they decided to go with this one. After the church service, the Camden parents, and the Williams parents mingled and talked together. While Ruthie and Nikki went off. Ruthie went to go introduce Nikki to all her church friends she had there. While Simon and Sam went outside to talk a little bit.
"This was really great." Sam told Simon.
"Yeah, I like coming to church." He said. "And it doesn't just have to do with the fact that my dad's the Reverend." He said and they both chuckled. They talked for the rest of the morning, and soon the 2 families decided they'd go out to dinner together. Everyone was happy about it, and especially Simon and Sam were!
It was the first full week of December when all the students had the whole week to work on their projects. They could also go to the dance studio, choir room, or stay in the room to work on it. Sam, Simon and Tatri usually chose to go to another room to practice singing or dancing. Instead of doing in front of everyone else. So on Monday and Tuesday, during class they went to the choir room to practice their solos. Wednesday and Thursday they went to the dance studio to practice the choreography on 'Grease' so that they'll have it all down by the time it came to present. And while this was all going on, Tatri was working on her share of the report, and memorizing the sign language for 'Somewhere over the Rainbow.' Sam went over the dance and the singing @ home. And Simon asked Matt how to get the pictures and background to work so that he'd be able to work the projector in class. He finally got it down where he could load and unload the machine by himself. Friday, it was a 'work day' in class. Where no one was able to work on their project. He was announcing what groups would be going when. And they all found out on Friday. Mr. M told Sam, Simon and Tatri that they'd be doing 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' on Monday when they came to school. And that they could to 'Grease' on Tuesday. So they knew when they would be able to do their performance for the class.
Saturday they all had something to do. As for Sam, she went back to Patterson to see her old friends. They called her up earlier in the week to see if she could hang out with them for a while. They talked about how school was for everyone. And Sam's friends wanted to know how school was for her in Glen Oak. So she told them, and that's basically what they talked about.
"So, any guy friends?" Misty asked Sam.
"Yeah, but only a couple." She told them. They were eating lunch when she took a sip of her drink, and said something again. "But, you guys know me. I'm not the one to go out of my way to meet guys."
"We know, but anything is possible!" Rachel said to them. They continued talking about the subject of 'guys'. And yet again, the question was directed to Sam.
"Come on Sammy. You must like @ least one guy!" Ashley said to her.
"Well, maybe I do." She replied.
"And that would be." Misty's voice lingered.
"Well, he's in a few of my classes. And I've been working on a project with him. He's really nice, and cool." She said. "His name is Simon, which you all must know!" they all laughed.
"Well, if you like him, then he must be someone great." Rachel said.
"What do you mean, if I like someone?" Sam asked.
"It's just that," Ashley started to say. "You don't really think about guys too much. Not as much as we do." They all smiled. "So if you actually admit that you like someone, then you have to totally be into him." She finished.
"I think I am into him." she said quietly to herself.
On Sunday, they went to church again. This time, Reverend Camden introduced the Williams to the whole church.
~Church~
"Well, I'd like to take this time to introduce a new family to the church. If you may please come up to the front, Mr. and Mrs. Williams and family." He said as the 4 of them walked up. He handed them something that he told them to take home. That it was from the church and that they were happy that they were know part of the church family. The Reverend introduced all of them by name to everyone in church. After that, he gestured them to take a seat. The service went well again. This Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Williams went with Mr. and Mrs. Camden to meet other parents in the church. While Simon, Sam, Ruthie, and Nikki all went outside. They all stayed together, and just talked about anything.
"Ya know Sam, if Simon saw you more, he'd really be in love with you!" Simon choked on his cup of punch and just stared @ his sister. "Yeah, see, he's already in love with you, but if he saw you more, hey, you just may get proposed!" Sam smiled as she blushed a little, and Nikki just giggled. As Ruthie took a sip of her punch, she stopped and said, "Hey, what was that for?" Simon had slightly tapped her back while she was drinking.
"It was so that it would go down faster." Simon said as the brother and sister exchanged looks.
"Don't worry, Sam's just like that." Nikki said.
"Huh?" Sam said.
"Ya know, you always talk about what you and Simon did today, or what Simon said that was funny, or how you always talk on the phone about Simon. It's like you're obsessed with Simon." Nikki said and Sam whacked her shoulder. "And that was for?!" Nikki said rubbing her arm.
"Oh, I thought I saw a little bug on your arm." Sam said to her as she gave her a 'knock it off' look.
"Geez, older siblings." Ruthie said.
"Yep, can't live with them, want to live without them!" Nikki said as the 2 girls ran off somewhere.
"Ruthie, wonderful kid. Really." Simon said as they both laughed.
"Ah, Nikki. Never knows how to keep her mouth shut." Sam said. They talked for a while until Sam and Nikki had to go.
