"Hi, does Miles live here?"
Jesse gaped at the girl standing on the front porch. She had long, dark hair, and he recalled seeing her outside the post office when he went to pick Miles up.
"Erm. well I'm sorry if I'm intruding." she began.
"WHHHHAAAA." Jesse spun around to see Miles with his jaw practically on the ground.
"Hi! I found you!" The girl gave Miles a big grin and a little wave. Miles said nothing, but just stared at her. Jesse looked between the two of them, his usually calm brother, and this strange girl who had just seemed to pop out of nowhere.
He finally decided to say something. "Excuse me if I'm spoiling a special moment. but. but what the hell is going on?" Miles looked at him, as if he hadn't noticed him there. "Well, my brother obviously isn't going to volunteer any information," Jesse thought, and so he turned to the girl. "Who are you?"
She switched her bright grin to him and stuck out her hand. "Hi, I'm Anaïs. But no one bothers to call me that. They just call me Ana. Lots easier." She jerked her head towards Miles. "Except him, though. He's strange."
Jesse laughed despite himself. "Yes, yes I know."
"Boys? What's going on? Who's there?" Mae came to the hallway, and stopped, standing right beside Miles, who was still in a state of shock. Mae was startled at first to see Ana standing at the door, but got over her shock soon enough. "Oh, hello. How may I help you?"
"Hello. I suppose you are Mrs. Tuck? I'm a friend of Miles'. I was in the country and thought I would drop by. I'm sorry if I'm disturbing anyone. I could leave."
"No, of course not! Any friend of my sons is always welcome in our household. Jesse, why are you just standing there? Let her in!"
Jesse jumped and stood aside to let Ana in. He took her suitcase from her. "Welcome to our humble abode," he said as she walked by. She flashed him another of her mischievous grins and winked, punching Miles' arm as she went by.
Miles shook his head. "How on earth did she find me here?"
"I have no idea, but you must be more popular in France than you let on," Jesse teased as he too squeezed past Miles, dragging Ana's suitcase along. Miles groaned, and followed as if resigned to some horrible fate.
Jesse gaped at the girl standing on the front porch. She had long, dark hair, and he recalled seeing her outside the post office when he went to pick Miles up.
"Erm. well I'm sorry if I'm intruding." she began.
"WHHHHAAAA." Jesse spun around to see Miles with his jaw practically on the ground.
"Hi! I found you!" The girl gave Miles a big grin and a little wave. Miles said nothing, but just stared at her. Jesse looked between the two of them, his usually calm brother, and this strange girl who had just seemed to pop out of nowhere.
He finally decided to say something. "Excuse me if I'm spoiling a special moment. but. but what the hell is going on?" Miles looked at him, as if he hadn't noticed him there. "Well, my brother obviously isn't going to volunteer any information," Jesse thought, and so he turned to the girl. "Who are you?"
She switched her bright grin to him and stuck out her hand. "Hi, I'm Anaïs. But no one bothers to call me that. They just call me Ana. Lots easier." She jerked her head towards Miles. "Except him, though. He's strange."
Jesse laughed despite himself. "Yes, yes I know."
"Boys? What's going on? Who's there?" Mae came to the hallway, and stopped, standing right beside Miles, who was still in a state of shock. Mae was startled at first to see Ana standing at the door, but got over her shock soon enough. "Oh, hello. How may I help you?"
"Hello. I suppose you are Mrs. Tuck? I'm a friend of Miles'. I was in the country and thought I would drop by. I'm sorry if I'm disturbing anyone. I could leave."
"No, of course not! Any friend of my sons is always welcome in our household. Jesse, why are you just standing there? Let her in!"
Jesse jumped and stood aside to let Ana in. He took her suitcase from her. "Welcome to our humble abode," he said as she walked by. She flashed him another of her mischievous grins and winked, punching Miles' arm as she went by.
Miles shook his head. "How on earth did she find me here?"
"I have no idea, but you must be more popular in France than you let on," Jesse teased as he too squeezed past Miles, dragging Ana's suitcase along. Miles groaned, and followed as if resigned to some horrible fate.