5. Meet the family
I brought jack to my house after we left holly's house the thing was I didn't know how my dad as going to react to me bringing someone home. Especially a guy!
"Remember" I remind jack as we went up the steps "you're an exchange student from the Caribbean."
"I know" said jack "but I still don't know what an exchange student is?"
"Okay" I said "here goes nothing."
"I opened the door to my house and walked in.
"Is that you, ruby?" I heard from the kitchen.
"Yeah dad!" I called.
My dad came in and hugged me, then he noticed jack. "Who's that?"
"Dad" I said calmly "this is jack, he's an exchange student from the Caribbean."
"Hello" my dad said.
"Nice to meet you, sir" said jack.
"Manners. I like that in a young man" my dad said.
As a direct result of this conversation my dad let's jack stay with us.
I was giving jack a tour of the house when my younger sister, bailey, came out of her room and looked at jack.
"You look familiar" she said puzzled.
I gulped; bailey had seen the pirate movies. What if she recognized him?
"Bailey" I said "this is jack…um?"
"Peterson" said jack.
"Oh" said bailey "do you know an Alice Peterson?"
"She's a distant cousin of mine" said jack.
"Okay" she said and went to the kitchen.
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I got jack settled into an air mattress and climbed into bed myself. I was about to turn off the lights when jack said:
"You know, there's room on this air mattress for two?"
"Jack I can't" I said even though I really wanted to.
"Why not?" he whined.
I rolled my eyes "how about the fact that my dad and sister are right down the hall?"
"rubbbby" he whined.
Jackkkkieeee" I whined back.
He huffed.
I smiled at him then leaned and kissed him lovingly.
"Better?" I asked.
He did a so-so motion with his hands.
I rolled my eyes "good night, captain."
"Good night, luv" he said.
I turned out the lights and after a split minute of silence he said "come on! I'll even take a bedtime story at this point! Show me some compassion!
"Jack!" I said warningly.