Chapter 2 (Parents)
Earlier that Morning
Earlier that Morning . . .
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"That hole is starting to get annoying!" Joe screamed as she walked past the leaking roof. "Sam I'm gonna call the roof guy about this!"
"No, No, honey please it's just not worth the money! I'll fix it in a flash!" Sam pushed.
"You said that last Friday!" Jo screamed. "I am calling a roof guy!"
"JO!" Sam nagged.
"I am not going to fight you Sam and I love you and think you can just do anything but not this," Both of them sighed. "Let me call a roof guy."
"Fine. Just do what you want to do." Sam muttered. Jo was about to retort but fortunately enough Matt and Lanny jogged in.
"Mom, Mom, Mom!" Matt yelled.
"What, what, what?" Jo asked.
"Lanny's parents invited us over for dinner!" Matt cried.
"US?" Sam said.
"US!" Matt confirmed.
"As in us to?" Jo glanced at Sam.
"Yeah," Matt said. "Well see ya after school." Matt and Lanny walked out of the room. "Oh it's at 7!" Matt called.
"Okay!" Jo answered. She and Sam sat down at the table and stared at the plates. "Do you, I mean, do you think they . . ."
"Talk?" Sam finished.
"Yeah," Jo said. "I mean what are we supposed to say to them?"
"Your kid doesn't talk a lot?" Sam suggested. Jo elbowed him.
"What?" Sam asked. "What?"
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4:21 PM
"Where's Lizzie?" Sam asked.
"You know, I don't know," Jo replied.
"She's probably over at Miranda's or something," Sam suggested.
"Yeah probably," Jo shrugged it off and sat in the living room on the couch.
"I'm going to Lanny's!" Matt entered the room.
"Why?" Sam asked. "Your gonna see him later."
"Lanny said I could come early. Remember seven o'clock." Matt exited.
" 'Lanny said' my butt," Jo said. "Lanny doesn't say anything."
"Maybe he's just shy, he could say something tonight," Sam said.
"It's not Lanny I'm worried about, it's his parents. What if they don't talk either?"
"They will," Sam paused. "I hope."