Meet the family
"So why do you guys want to meet my family again?" Daniel asked from the co-pilot seat in Black.
"It's not that I'm embarrassed or anything, I'm just one-thousand percent curious on why you suddenly want to meet them."
"We're curious to find out how you lived with twelve other people and your mom." Lance answered.
"I'm gonna say this now. You might wanna keep an open mind and sharp set of eyes." Daniel warned.
"Why?" Larmina asked.
"I prefer teaching out of firsthand experiences." he chuckled.
An hour later…
The lions landed in an open field under Daniel's consent.
"It's on our property, so no one will bother it that shouldn't." he had explained.
Now, they were walking a winding path towards a one story house. Next to it was a barracks.
"When my dad was alive, he'd bring home some of his friends that didn't really have a way home. So, until we could help them find a way, they'd stay there. Every night, someone would have a story to tell. Afterwards, the soldiers always came back to see us." Daniel said, more to himself than the others.
"Do they still come?" Larmina asked.
"Yep. Sometimes they'll bring their families. Sometimes bad things happen, so they stay here until they can find work and get themselves back on their feet." Daniel replied.
"All free of charge?" Vince said in bewilderment.
"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" Daniel said, confused on why Vince would ask that.
"So what do you guys do with all the money that comes in?" Larmina asked.
"You're gonna have to ask either my mom, or Alec. I don't get into that stuff." Daniel told her.
Suddenly, Daniel jumped up a foot and sent an oncoming soccer ball spiraling away.
"Sharp set of eyes?" Lance guessed.
"More like instinct." Daniel said, turning towards them. He caught another soccer ball without even looking.
"Okay, remind me to have you on my team." Vince laughed.
Daniel grinned and put it down. He started dribbling the ball and kicked it from whence it came.
"I may have left out a teeny tiny detail. We're Italian-American." Daniel said sheepishly.
"Called it!" Lance yelled.
They finally arrived at the scene of the game. Eleven young adults where laughing as they kicked the ball, fighting over it. Daniel looked at Keith pleadingly, turning his head between Keith and the game.
"Go on, no one stopping you." Lance said.
Daniel whooped and took off, easily stealing the ball from the people.
"What just happened?"
"I don't know!"
"Wasn't me!"
"There's only one person that can do that here." a young man, the oldest in the group, stated.
"Daniel!" the group synchronized.
"Yeah, and you're getting your tails kicked!" Daniel exclaimed.
"He's on our team! There's six of you and five of us!" a girl called.
"I feel so loved, Skye. So very loved." Daniel said sarcastically.
"What? It's the truth. Besides, you're now front on line. Enjoy ball-hogging!" Skye laughed.
Two hours later
The pilots and cadets were now playing. They don't know how they got into the game, but they knew that they were too much fun to care.
Alright! I'm about to leave for a trip. If you want more of Daniel's family, I'll turn it into a story with the winner of my little quiz deal one of the siblings. Review!