Authors Note: I'm such an idiot! I uploaded this under another story! *smacks head* There is no chapter 2 of Talking, that's a stand alone, -this- story has this chapter..
2. Reunion
"Adam?" Adam turned around when he heard his name, to see Helen walking down the street towards the coffee shop he was standing in front of.
"Hey Mrs. G."
"Adam, I've told you before, you can call me Helen. So, home for the holidays?"
"Yeah. I've got a month off."
"The girls are coming home tonight, you should come over," Helen suggested.
"Mrs. G-" Adam started.
"I know you and Joan had a bit of a fall-out before you went off to college, but that's all the more reason you should come over." Adam sighed.
"Alright Mrs. G," he told her.
"Come over around seven then. It was nice seeing you again Adam."
*
"Luke, get the door," Helen called into the living room. Luke looked at the living room door as the bell rang again. He sighed and took the chem book he was reading off his lap and made his way across the living room and pulled open the door as a pair of arms wrapped around him.
"Um.." he started.
"It's me geek," Joan said into her brother's shoulder.
"Oh, hey Joan," he said, hugging her back briefly. The two broke apart and Joan picked up her suitcase and made her way into the house as Grace ran up the steps behind her.
"You'd think there was a party going on or something, I had to park down the block," she said.
"Everyone's home for the holidays. Come on, get in here before we have a frozen Grace statue in our yard," Joan joked. Grace entered the house and began heading for the coat rack when she and Luke spotted each other.
"Hey.." he said.
"Hey nerd.." Catching onto the tension between the two, Joan clapped her hands together.
"All right, where's mom, dad and Kev?" Joan asked Luke as Helen walked into the living room and pulled Joan into a hug. "Uh, hey mom."
"Dinner will be ready in about twenty minutes," Helen told them. "Your father's still at work, but he should be home soon, and Kevin's out of town with Rebecca, he'll be back next week," Helen explained. "Oh, and guess who I ran into today."
"Am I actually supposed to guess?" Joan asked.
"Adam," Helen told her. Grace raised an eyebrow.
"Rove huh?" she asked. Helen nodded.
"I invited him over for dinner. It's been so long since the three of you saw each other," Helen said.
"Mom, we still see each other," Joan protested.
"Joan, I know for a fact you and Adam haven't spoken since that fight back in August.."
"Yeah, mom, there's a reason for that," Joan snapped. "Grace, I need to talk to you upstairs."
*
Joan closed her bed room door and leaned against it.
"What am I going to do Grace? My mother invited Adam over for dinner. He'll be here soon. Grace!" Joan said, slamming her head into the back of her door repeatedly.
"Girardi! Calm down!" Grace grabbed Joan's arm and pulled her away from the door and pushed her onto her bed. "Pull yourself together, you're freaking me out. It's Rove, it's not that big of a deal."
"Not that big of a deal? Grace, I've explained this to you, it is a big deal. It's a very big deal. Adam Rove is going to be in my house in," she checked her watch,"five minutes. What am I going to say to him?"
"We went over this back at the apartment Girardi. You said you were going to tell him."
"Right. Okay. I can do this. Ready?"
"Why would you ask me if I was ready?" Grace questioned.
"Oh come on. I felt the tension between you and my brother. It was so thick you could cut it with a knife."
"Shut it Girardi," Grace said as the doorbell rang. The two girls looked at each other and made their way downstairs. The doorbell rang again and Joan opened the door.
"Adam.." she said when she saw him. He looked the same he had five months ago. Same brown eyes, same brown hair, same beanie, same hoodie.
"Jane.."
2. Reunion
"Adam?" Adam turned around when he heard his name, to see Helen walking down the street towards the coffee shop he was standing in front of.
"Hey Mrs. G."
"Adam, I've told you before, you can call me Helen. So, home for the holidays?"
"Yeah. I've got a month off."
"The girls are coming home tonight, you should come over," Helen suggested.
"Mrs. G-" Adam started.
"I know you and Joan had a bit of a fall-out before you went off to college, but that's all the more reason you should come over." Adam sighed.
"Alright Mrs. G," he told her.
"Come over around seven then. It was nice seeing you again Adam."
*
"Luke, get the door," Helen called into the living room. Luke looked at the living room door as the bell rang again. He sighed and took the chem book he was reading off his lap and made his way across the living room and pulled open the door as a pair of arms wrapped around him.
"Um.." he started.
"It's me geek," Joan said into her brother's shoulder.
"Oh, hey Joan," he said, hugging her back briefly. The two broke apart and Joan picked up her suitcase and made her way into the house as Grace ran up the steps behind her.
"You'd think there was a party going on or something, I had to park down the block," she said.
"Everyone's home for the holidays. Come on, get in here before we have a frozen Grace statue in our yard," Joan joked. Grace entered the house and began heading for the coat rack when she and Luke spotted each other.
"Hey.." he said.
"Hey nerd.." Catching onto the tension between the two, Joan clapped her hands together.
"All right, where's mom, dad and Kev?" Joan asked Luke as Helen walked into the living room and pulled Joan into a hug. "Uh, hey mom."
"Dinner will be ready in about twenty minutes," Helen told them. "Your father's still at work, but he should be home soon, and Kevin's out of town with Rebecca, he'll be back next week," Helen explained. "Oh, and guess who I ran into today."
"Am I actually supposed to guess?" Joan asked.
"Adam," Helen told her. Grace raised an eyebrow.
"Rove huh?" she asked. Helen nodded.
"I invited him over for dinner. It's been so long since the three of you saw each other," Helen said.
"Mom, we still see each other," Joan protested.
"Joan, I know for a fact you and Adam haven't spoken since that fight back in August.."
"Yeah, mom, there's a reason for that," Joan snapped. "Grace, I need to talk to you upstairs."
*
Joan closed her bed room door and leaned against it.
"What am I going to do Grace? My mother invited Adam over for dinner. He'll be here soon. Grace!" Joan said, slamming her head into the back of her door repeatedly.
"Girardi! Calm down!" Grace grabbed Joan's arm and pulled her away from the door and pushed her onto her bed. "Pull yourself together, you're freaking me out. It's Rove, it's not that big of a deal."
"Not that big of a deal? Grace, I've explained this to you, it is a big deal. It's a very big deal. Adam Rove is going to be in my house in," she checked her watch,"five minutes. What am I going to say to him?"
"We went over this back at the apartment Girardi. You said you were going to tell him."
"Right. Okay. I can do this. Ready?"
"Why would you ask me if I was ready?" Grace questioned.
"Oh come on. I felt the tension between you and my brother. It was so thick you could cut it with a knife."
"Shut it Girardi," Grace said as the doorbell rang. The two girls looked at each other and made their way downstairs. The doorbell rang again and Joan opened the door.
"Adam.." she said when she saw him. He looked the same he had five months ago. Same brown eyes, same brown hair, same beanie, same hoodie.
"Jane.."