T5: Family Talk.
Later, after Lulu got her and Rocco's luggage out of the trunk of their rented car and took it upstairs to two of the guest-rooms, she and the rest of the family were in the living-room chatting with each other. Olivia, Lulu, Alice, Cameron--holding Mickey--and Monica sat on the victorian sofa, with Leo sitting on the left arm of the sofa and all four women each holding a fancy glass of grape juice. There were also five more fancy glasses of grape juice resting on the victorian coffee-table for the other four adults as well, in case they got thirsty.
Brooklyn sat in one of the two victorian arm-chairs while Ned, Sky, Tracy and Bill were standing up.
Rocco, meanwhile, was sitting at a desk, playing a game on his black smart-phone.
"The food smells incredible." Lulu said.
"Oh, thank you, honey. I'm hopping it's gonna taste just as wonderful." Olivia said.
"You're attempting an I-HOP free Thanksgiving?" Brooklyn asked.
"Liv is not just attempting it, she is doing it." Ned said.
"Thanksgiving's not here yet, Dad." Brooklyn said.
"Are Darry and Sophie coming?" Leo asked, referring to his 11-year old and 6-year old cousins.
"Not this year. Their parents are taking them to see the Thanksgiving parade at Disney World in Florida." Monica answered.
"I thought they were staying at home in Ohio for Thanksgiving." Alice said.
"Well, they're still gonna do that, but Jared said he and Kelly didn't want the kids to be alone on Thanksgiving break, so they decided to spend half of it at Disney World surrounded by a lot of people and then return home to Ohio the day before Thanksgiving." Monica explained.
"Wait. Jared King...at Disney World?" Lulu said in disbelief.
"Can you just picture it?" Monica asked.
"No." Ned, Bill, Tracy and Sky said.
"But Sophie was so excited, and Jared wanted to make it a very special day." Monica said.
"Awww." Alice and Lulu said.
"So Leo, what did you do today?" Lulu asked.
"Not much. Helped Mom decorate." Leo said.
"And you did a wonderful job." Monica said.
"Yes, you did, honey." Olivia added.
"So Lulu...how 'bout you and Rocco? What did you do?" Bill asked.
"Uh...Rocco, off the phone. Come here, please." Lulu said.
Rocco put his smart-phone in his right pants pocket and ran over to the sofa and sat by his mother, Lulu.
"We"...What did we do today? We went to the Minnesota The parade, right?" Lulu said.
"It was awesome." Rocco said.
"Sounds awesome. So what was your favorite part?" Ned said.
"The marching-band was cool. But what i like most was hanging out with Dustin. I got to sit on his shoulders and he had his arms around Mom to keep her warm." Rocco said.
Lulu just looked at Rocco with a smile on her face, but Cameron could tell that it was just a mask to hide how she really felt. Who was this Dustin Ellison guy? Why was he with her and Rocco at the parade? And why did his uncle Dante decide to stay home this Thanksgiving and work and not come with Lulu and Rocco? What was going on?
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