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Madison lifted her board up from the ground and walked up the drive. A car horn sounded behind her, and she turned round to see a friendly looking man get out of the car.

"Hey there!" he said, walking over to shake her hand. "I'm Andy. You must be Madison."

"Yup."

"If I open the door for us, could you give me a hand here?" Andy asked, as he pointed towards the groceries in the open trunk.

Madison nodded eagerly. "Sure!"

"Thanks!" Andy replied. "Follow me."

Madison got the rest of the bags, closed the trunk, and walked through the front door into the kitchen.

"Delia's very easy to manage. But sometimes I have to work late, and my son will probably have all his social activities…"

Madison placed the bags on the table. "You have a son?" she said, interested.

Andy nodded. "Yeah, he's actually about your age. But he's…you know…pretty 'to himself.' After my wife died and we moved here to Everwood, our relationship kinda deteriorated…"

Madison nodded understandingly. I went through the same thing with Mariah, she thought.

"He doesn't really talk to me much anymore. Your typical teenager, you could say…" Andy chuckled, but Madison could see the pain in his eyes as he did so.

Andy was cut off as Ephram walked in. "Thanks for the introduction," he said as he rolled his eyes. "Hey, I'm…" Ephram faltered, as he caught sight of her.

Her chestnut hair cascaded down her shoulders, casually flicking and twisting in different places. She brought her hazel eyes up to gaze into his, and when she smiled, her whol face lit up.

Ephram knew that he would never forget that moment.

"Madison…"

She smiled again. "Hey, Ephram!"

Andy looked slightly confused. "You two have met?"

"Yeah, Ephram's in my class at school."

Sure, Ephram knew her. But for some reason, Madison looked different to the way she had looked at the movie night. Today she looked…stunning.

Clapping his hands together, Andy said excitedly, "Well, that's great! So it's just Delia left. Delia?"

"What?" she called from upstairs.

"Come down and meet Madison, the babysitter!"

Delia galloped down the stairs. "I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming," she yelled, until she found herself face to face with Madison.

"Hey," Delia breathed, slightly astounded.

"How's it going?" Madison replied cheerily.

"Pretty good. I just hammered my friend Sam at Snap." She said, and they all laughed.

Andy started to put the groceries into the shelves. "Well, you three can get to know each other in the living room. Nina's coming over soon to prepare dinner…"

Madison, Ephram and Delia went into the lounge. Laughing. Talking.

Having fun.