The Abram's House, Saturday 4:30
Quinn turned into one of the upper middle class neighborhoods in Lima, looking down at the sheet with Artie's scrawl on it. She pulled up to a nice looking house with two boys playing football and yelling in the front yard. "Is this the Abram's house?" She called out from her prius.
"Yeah, it is. Artie is inside, he is expecting you." The older of the two answered her with a wink. Both of them looked like Artie without the blue eyes and the wardrobe.
"Great, thanks!" Ignoring his move she climbed the gradual cement ramp up to the front door.
Artie heard the car pull up, but not wanting to seem to eager he waited until he heard a soft knock on the front door. "I got it!" He opened the door to see Quinn standing there with her blonde hair blowing softly in the wind. "Hi Quinn! Come on in, and let me introduce you to my family."
"Thanks, you have a really nice house!" She stepped around him and took in her surroundings.
"Oh, well my aunt had a lot to do with it, she is an interior designer. Anyway, you might have noticed my obnoxious brothers outside; Jeremy is the oldest, if he didn't flirt with you than the apocalypse is coming." Suddenly he blushed, "Anyway, my youngest brother's name is Keith and he is thirteen and possibly the world's biggest prick." He said that last part in a whisper and blushed again as she let out a soft giggle.
"Oh Artie honey, is Quinn here?" A small middle aged woman came out of the kitchen, holding a tray of cookies, "Hi dear, my name is Caroline, it's nice to meet you, would you like a cookie, I just made them?"
"Laura, sweetie, how many times do I have to tell you? No sugar before they sing, it causes mucus buildup in their precious throats."
"And that would be my dad, Eric, the owner of the Lima Music Education Center. Mom, can you possibly save us some cookies from Jeremy and Keith?" He turned around and started to make his way down a hallway, "My room is down here, I thought that we could work in there, if we get lucky we might run into my two sisters, the nicer of my family."
"Wow, you sure have a big family. I wish I had a huge family, but it's just me and my sister."
"Oh well it sure gets crazy around here sometimes!" He pushed open the door to his room to find his sisters sitting on his bed reading his Star Wars books. "Katie, Leah, please get out of my room, Quinn and I have to practice." The two ran from his room whispering to each other and giggling. "Katie is supposed to be nineteen, she is actually Jeremy's twin, but she rarely acts like it, sorry." Quinn laughed again and sat down on his bed with ease.
"So how far did you get with the har-"
"Finished. I worked with Dad, and my guitar teacher who does the composing classes at the LMEC." He handed her the sheet music with her part highlighted.
"Oh wow Artie, this looks great! I can see where you get your talent from! Now lets impress that music genius of a father you've got there."
This was kind of a filler chapter, just introducing the family. I am working on the fourth one right now, and it might be up this weekend.
If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them!
Thanks!