"Guys." I say and they get up. I half smile and see crowds of people in my hometown. The entire place goes up in roars of cheer as we come into it. I smile and see massive banners and posters.
I turn around and look at Lindsay. "Hey Nicola." Sam says and I turn around to him. "Yeah." He smiles. "Welcome home." I. Smile and hug him. "I'll cry you goof!" I say and hit his arm. He laughs and we get to my house.
We get out and drag our bags into the house. I show Damian and Samuel to their room and Lindsay smiles. "You're bunking with me." I say and she claps her hands, I open the door and she opens my closet. "What is this?" She asks and pulls the door back to show me a blackboard. I laugh and walk over to it.
"Go To The Glee Project."
"Don't Bitch."
"Believe In Myself."
"Don't Let Others Feel Sorry For Me."
"Tell Someone The Truth."
"Visit Ciara."
She reads out and I half smile. "Well, it's one way to get your tasks in order." She says and closes the door. The guys walk in and I smile. "Finished unpacking?" I ask and they nod. "Well then, it's time to meet the parentals." I say and they smile. "Come on." I say and Samuel half jumps while walking out of my room and hits his head of the door frame. "Owwch!" I look at him and he holds his head. "You ok?" I ask and he nods. "Yes." I laugh and we walk into the kitchen. I smile and we stand in front of my parents. "This is Lindsay and this is Damian." I say and they smile and Samuel looks down at the ground and I walk over to dad with Samuel. "You have no idea how much Samuel has wanted to meet you, daddy." I say and he nods. "Nice to meet you Samuel." He says and Samuel smiles. "Nice to meet you too, sir." Sam says and looks down kind of nervous. "So, I heard you like music." He says and Sam nods. "Yes, sir." He says and Dad smiles. "Cut with the Sir, Crap and lets go play some music." He says and Sam looks up shocked. "Huh?" Dad laughs. "Go get your guitar and meet me in the back garden." He says and walks outside.
Samuel looks at us and I shrug. "W-what just happened?" He asks and I laugh. "He plays the banjo." Mum says and Sam raises his eyebrows. "Awesome." He says and walks back down the room to get his guitar. "When's mum and dad getting here?" Mum smiles, oh, they're on there way, they're stuck in traffic at the minute." He nods and Lindsay looks around. "Do you want me to do anything?" Mum laughs. "Sweetie, you're a guest!" Mum laughs and Lindsay smiles nervously. "I am going to get a couple glasses and we can sit outside with a glass of wine." I look at mum. "Mum!" I say and she looks at Lindsay. "Oh, do you not drink?" She asks and I laugh. "She does, but they don't drink at 4 o'clock in the evening!" I say and Lindsay laughs. "Wait till 6pm?" I ask her and laugh. "Ok." She says and I look over at Damian. "So, will we go out to the music makers?" Lindsay asks and they nod. We all walk out to my garden and Lindsay smiles; it's really long and has flowers in pots all over the garden, I used to nickname it the pixie garden. I look over at the deck and see Samuel and Dad sitting talking.
"Hey." I say and Lindsay sits up beside Samuel and I sit on the ledge of the decking and take out my phone. "So, how are you coping?" Dad asks and I smile. "Ok." I say and they laugh. "Hot mess." Lindsay says and Dad looks at her confused. "Looking great, but feeling bad." She translates and he nods. "That's like me every morning." He says with a wink and we laugh. "And you Damo, how's it been?" He nods. "Aye, great, just been a bit hard at times, as y'know." He says and dad looks at him. "What do you mean?" He asks and we all look at each other. "Oh, you haven't seen it yet, have you?" I ask and he shrugs. "No, it's on tonight." Mum says and I look at them. "I don't think I want to watch it again." I say and they half laugh. "This weeks theme, was Vulnerability." Sam says and I look at mummy. "They know." I say and she half smiles. "Proud of you." I say and look at Dad. "And with the way she talks about you in that house, you're the only dad she's ever had in her eyes." Sam says and he smiles. "Well, y'know I appreciate that." He says and I hug him. "Mum, have I got any mail?" I ask and she nods. "Yeah, something came this morning." I nod and walk into the house. I lift the envelope off the table and go into the sitting room. I kneel on the floor and read it.
I grab a pen and sign everything that I need to. Samuel walks in and looks at me as I sign the last form. "Now, I just need them to sign them and I'll be all set." I say and he half smiles. "Your mom was saying something about us all going to Laura's house?" I nod. "Yeah, she lives over there." I say and point out the window at the house that is for houses up from us. "Yeah, you wanna go?" I nod. "Sure, I'll just put these away in my room and we can go on up. He smiles and hugs me. "What's that for?" I ask and he shrugs. "I just felt like hugging you." I smile and walk back out the back. "We're going to go and see Laura." I say and we walk out the front door. "So, you ready to watch it again?" I ask Lindsay and she shrugs. "You know what? I'm ready to move on." She says and smile. "Me too." I say and I look at the house next to Laura's. "Who lives there?" Damian asks and I turn around to look at him. "Daniel." I say and his eyes almost pop out. "Lets go." I say and walk on down the driveway and open the door. Alfie gets up and runs at me. I grab him and pull him into my arms. "Hello Alfie!" I say and he giggles. "Hello Ne-Ne!" He says and kisses me.
"Who t-at?" He asks and points at Samuel. "That's Sam." I say and he nods. "Bam." I laugh and he points at Sam's hair and then plays with his own. "Ne-Ne, Hair!" He says shocked and I laugh. "Hey auntie." I shout upstairs and Lindsay sits playing with Erica and Damian. She walks down and hugs me. "Where is Laura?" I ask and she smiles. "Upstairs." I nod. "Who with?" I ask and she smiles. "Some of her friends." I nod. "Oh, right." I say and she points at me to go up. "Hey, Alfie, you want to play with Sam's hair?" I ask and he nods. "Ya." He says and I pass him over. I walk up the stairs and when I open the door I see them all smiling. "Hey Lala." I say and hug her. "Don't call me that." She says and I nod and walk over. "Oh, too cool for me now, are you?" I ask and laugh. Her friends all giggle and I smile.
"Girls, I'm still regular old me." I say and hug the,. "So, where's your friends?" She asks me and I shrug. "Down playing with our cousins." I say and hear a knock on the door. "Enter at your own risk." I shout and laugh. "Are you decent?" Lindsay asks and I shrug. "Yes." I say and laugh. The three of them walk in, with Samuel carrying Erica and Damian holding alfie's hand. Lindsay drops herself down on my knee and I smile. "Well baby." I say to her and Laura gets a text and closes the blinds. "You guys wanna watch a movie?" She asks and I look at them. "Sure." We say and she puts a movie in the DVD.
