Barbeque

We’re all currently standing in front of the Craigs’ home, waiting for someone to answer the door. Soon, we’re greeted by Tom, Sam’s Dad, and he told us to head to the garden. I made some brownies earlier to bring along. I spot Rachel in the kitchen and go over to her to give the brownies.

“Hi Rachel.”

“Oh. Hera. What’s this?” She was making some salad.

“I made some brownies this morning.”

“Honey you didn’t have to but thank you very much. Just pop it on the table outside please.”

“Okay, Do you need any help?”

“No, it’s fine. I’m almost finished anyway.”

I go outside to the garden and see a table with some food. I placed my brownies there. I can’t see Sam or Finn anywhere in the garden. They must be upstairs in Sam’s room then. Josh, Sam’s older brother, was with his fiance, Sheila, talking to Bella, Mikey and the twins. Dad is helping Tom out with the barbeque and Gabe just helped himself to the food set on the table.

“HERO!” I look back when I hear Sam and catch the rugby ball he threw at me just in time before it hit me in the face.

“Really?” I ask.

“That was close.” Finn says, while laughing.

“Well, you caught,” Sam’s lucky I caught it, because if it did hit me in the face then I would probably have given him another nose bleed.

“You’re lucky I did.” I tell Sam.

Just then, Rachel comes out with the salad she made in her hand and a woman, I have never met before, next to her. That must be their new neighbour. The man who is following behind them must be her husband.

“It’s Beck!” Bella shouts out, pointing to the sliding door. I look to where she’s pointing, and just as Bella said, it’s Beck.

“Wait. Your new neighbour is Ben, until yesterday, when I found out that it was actually Beck?” Finn is just as surprised as I am.

“How come you didn’t tell us Samuel?” I say, looking at Sam.

“I don’t know. You guys never really asked,” he replies.

Beck spots us and starts walking to where we are.

“Hey Shera.”

“Hi.”

“Hey Beck,” Finn says, giving Beck a fist pump out of nowhere.

“Finn. I didn’t know you guys were gonna be here.”

“Well, they didn’t know you were gonna be here either.” Sam doesn’t sound like he’s very fond of Beck.

“Okay kids, come on. It's time to eat.” Tom calls out.

I learnt that Beck’s Dad’s name is Luke, and Celia is his Mum’s. Beck was talking to Bella. She seems to really like him. I have no idea what they’re talking about, but they both keep laughing. It’s cute to see though. Beck has a nice laugh. Like when I see him laugh, it makes me smile. That actually sounds weird.

I’m still at the table with the adults, Sam and Finn. Everyone is talking about Josh’s wedding.

“I think we should do it some time on Easter break.” Sheila suggested. “So then more people are free during that time, and can make it.”

“I think that’s a good idea Sheila. Josh is lucky to be marrying a girl like you,” Dad says.

“So, where do you think you want your wedding to be?” asks Celia, Beck’s Mum.

“We still haven’t decided whether we want to do it at church or a hotel.” Josh replies.

“Well, no worries. You still got plenty of time to think about it.” Luke says, before popping a brownie in his mouth.

***

The rest of the day went pretty well. We played football and rugby, kids against adults. And of course the kids team won. Beck is actually pretty good at football, but sadly, the same can’t be said about rugby. He wasn’t that bad, but not that good either.

We went grocery shopping after the barbeque at the Craigs’. Danielle, Dad’s friend that we just met today, was there. Dad introduced us to her. Danielle told us that she met Dad when her car broke down and Dad helped her out. She owns a boutique somewhere in town. Danielle and Dad seemed really close. Like close as in, they could possibly be dating each other close. But I don’t know. That’s just my assumption. I wouldn’t mind if she was dating my Dad though. She’s a really nice person, even though I just met her and talked to her for a couple of minutes. Dad’s divorced now. He can start being in a relationship if he wants. All I want is for him to be happy.

Right now I’m in Finn’s room playing Mario Kart with Gabe. He’s really good at Mario Kart. Finn lost 3 times playing with Gabe. That’s why he called me to take his place and “avenge him”. My twin is such a drama king.

***

It's pretty late at night now but I still can't sleep. I mind started thinking about Beck. Is it weird that I fine him attractive? It's not weird right? he is a guy and I'm a girl so this is normal. It doesn't mean I want to be anything more than a friend to him. I just met this guy. I don't even know much about him, yet I can't stop thinking about him.

No. No. No. I don't like Beck in that way. You can't fall for a guy you just met and barely know about. Stop thinking about him.