Haley parked at the curb, got out with her purse holding her transcripts, she thought Ruthie's parents might like to see her grades. She walked up to the front door of the cute house and knocked. Ruthie answered, "You're early, that's good, come in, did I forget to tell you, you're invited to dinner." Haley sighed a sigh of apprehension, and walked into the front hallway, she noticed Ruthie didn't have shoes on, so she said, "should I take off my shoes?" Ruthie shook her head, "not necessary." then she called, "Mom, Dad, Lucy, Kevin, Martin, Haley's here." she turned and saw Haley's worried expression, "Lucy's my sister, Kevin's her husband, Martin lives with us, he's a senior." she stopped talking as everyone came into the room, then quickly walked out again.
Haley looked at Ruthie, "knew I should have changed. They're talking about me, that's alright, I would probably talk about me too."
Lucy, Kevin, Annie, Eric, and Martin all looked at each other, Lucy spoke first, "Mom, Dad, that girl can not tutor Ruthie, look at her!" then Kevin wrapped his arms around her, "That's really judgemental honey, I'm surprised." then Annie chimed in, "I think I might agree, but we should meet the girl first." They all walked out of the kitchen again.
Annie and Eric stepped up, "Haley, hello, I'm Reverend Camden, this is my wife Annie. Do you think we could talk to you in the den for a few minutes, about tutoring." Haley smiled, and nodded her head, "sure, lead the way."
They walked into the den, and Haley settled nervously into a chair. Annie spoke first, "So where are you from Haley, Ruthie tells us you're new to Glen Oak." Haley picked at her nails and said, "I'm from Los Angeles, just moved here two days ago." Eric said, "Where are your parents tonight?" Haley gave a little laugh, "Well, I think my dad's in London, but it could be Scotland, on business, and my mom, well she's not in the picture." she stopped simply, and made it clear she wasn't going to tell anymore. Then she added, "I brought my transcript if you'd like to see." she pulled it out of her purse and handed the paper to Eric.
Eric scanned it and had to admit he was shocked, the girl sitting in front of him, didn't seem to match the girl on this sheet of paper. The girl in front of him, was rebellious, the hair was shocking, the nose even more shocking, and oh my lord, he had just seen a small tattoo on her ankle. The tank top was very fitted, but her bra was still sticking out of the sides, he had to say he didn't approve of the way this girl dressed.
The transcript on the other hand, was incredibly, it seemed like this girl had enough credits to graduate at the end of the year, even though she was a junior, she had taken classes at a junior college, and had a 4.0 GPA, with over six AP classes under her belt. He handed the paper to Annie, whose expression showed she was just as shocked.
Haley smiled when she saw their expressions, then when Annie put down the paper, she spoke… "I'm sixteen years old, I'm clean, I don't drink, smoke, any of those illegal things, I dress a little crazy, I know, but I'm a good kid. I'm a good kid, who gets good grades in math, would like a friend in a new town, and I think I can get Ruthie's math grade up. So, can I tutor?"