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"Daddy," Angel said happily, "I'm riding a horse."
"I see," I said smiling.
"Come here," Nick said taking Angel off the horse, "These are my parents."
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Stokes," Angel said resting her head on Nick's shoulder, "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Oh you can call me Grandma," Mrs. Stokes said smiling.
"Okay," Angel said nodding, "Hello Grandma."
"How cute," Mrs. Stokes said offering Angel a hug, "Are you guys hungry?"
"I am," I said as Angel moved to hug Mrs. Stokes.
"Come on Greg," Mr. Stokes said patting me on the back, "We can go out to eat."
"Thanks Mr. Stokes," I said smiling.
"Call me John," he said calmly.
"Thank you John," I said laughing.
"Come on you two," Mrs. Stokes said waving us over, "Oh and Greg, call me Vanessa."
"Alright Vanessa," I said climbing into a car.
As we drove John and Vanessa talked to Angel and I and got to know us. Angel had a lot of fun just telling a few stories about what we do when the three of us are all together.
Nick and I laughed at the stories and told our own stories in tell. John and Vanessa were laughing at our stories and telling some of there own of Nick when he was younger.
Angel loved listening and ended up playing with Vanessa's hair. Vanessa loved it and moved so Angel could play with her hair. I loved that Angel had a girl that she could just talk to and hang out with.
"Zero," Angel yelled her eyes wide, "We left Zero at the house all alone."
"Shh," I said pulling her into a hug.
"No," she yelled trying to push me away, "We need to go back."
"Angel," I said forcing her hands down, "Everything will be fine."
"But she's all alone," she said tears filling her eyes.
"No she's not Hunny," Vanessa said turning to us, "She has all of our dogs and our dog walker. Zero will be fine."
"Are you sure?" Angel asked biting her lip.
"Yes," John said pulling into the parking lot of a very nice restaurant, "Zero will be fine."
"Okay," Angel said nodding.
Hugging Angel as we walked I whispered to her that Zero was going to be okay. I hated that she had felt so sad and angry that she had forgotten her dog. I knew that Angel was very attached, but I didn't know want it to be as bad as I just saw.
I had no clue why she was so attached, but I knew it wasn't a good thing. Angel needed friends and no one wanted to be friends with her. There had to be someone out there that would be friends with Angel.
"What's wrong Greg?" Nick asked pulling me to the side as John, Vanessa, and Angel got a seat.
"Angel freaked out," I said slowly, "I had never seen her do that before. She needs friends Nick."
"I know," he said sighing, "We'll figure something out."
"Why did Danny have to die?" I asked hugging him, "Angel needed Danny."
"We'll figure it out," he said firmly, "Come on, they're waiting for us."
Nodding my head I went over to the table and sat next to Angel. Angel laughed and hugged me. I smiled and hugged her back before the waitress came to take all of our orders.
Vanessa and John started to talk more in-depth with Angel. Angel never really talked a lot, but it seemed like she was having a lot fun talking to them. I liked this, but I couldn't stop worrying.
For about two hours we stayed at the restaurant just talking and eating. Angel ended up calling John and Vanessa by Grandpa and Grandma. It was great that they were getting a long together.
"Daddy," Angel said tugging on my sleeve, "Grandma said that we can go shopping tomorrow. Can we?"
"Of course," I said smiling.
Angel hugged me tightly and then hugged Vanessa. Vanessa and Angel discussed all the places that they could go. Maybe spending awhile with Vanessa would be good for Angel.
Nick, John, and I talked about what we could do while the girls were shopping. Nick offered to teach me how to ride a horse. I took him up on the offer and John said that we could ride up to the mountains.
I was happy that we were all getting along together. John and Vanessa loved Angel and it seemed like they loved me also. It was amazing how we were all getting along so well.
"Let's go home," Vanessa said picking up Angel and carrying her to the car.
John quickly paid for the food and followed his wife. I looked over at Nick and saw him shaking his head with a smile. He wrapped an arm around my waist and walked out to his parents car.
Everyone seemed to be having so much fun as we went back to the house. When we got back to the house Vanessa showed us around the house and to our rooms while John went to his office to finish some paper work.
I never really thought much about what we would do when we got to Nick's parents house, but now that we were here I noticed there wasn't really anything for Angel to do.
There were a lot of animals outside and a lot of land to play on, but no toys. Tomorrow while Angel and Vanessa were out I'd see if Nick would like to go out and get some toys.
"It's getting late Greg," Nick said walking up to me, "Let's go to sleep."
"Okay," I said nodding, "Come on Angel."
We walked to the bedroom and tucked Angel in. Angel said goodnight and had Zero climb in bed with her. Nick and I went to our room and climbed into bed where we fell asleep quickly. Today had been a long day. I was glad to be in a bed with Nick.
