"Hey! Everyone! Dinners ready!" Ms. Avery is seen shouting for the four of them to come downstairs. They all trickle in, single file line style for some reason. First there's Maria, looking uncomfortable, even after a week. Second comes Braxton, looking happy as ever to eat her food. Third of all is Arthur, walking in with his hands in his pockets. Last but not least, Melissa was doing something on her phone while walking.
They all sit down at their table, ready to eat. Ms. Avery then plates something they've never eaten before. It was some lasagna! Everyone looked like they were going to tear that thing apart, especially Melissa and Maria. They hadn't eaten anything since this morning so they were extra hungry.
She starts to cut off a piece, and gives it to Maria since she was the closest. As soon as that plate hit the table cloth, Maria starts driving that thing down her throat. It was a pretty horrific sight for all of them to witness.
Next piece went to Melissa, who started to dissect the thing, just in case there were some solid vegetables hiding from her.
Third piece goes to Arthur. Who just picks up his fork, and grabs the whole thing, putting it all in his mouth in one go. Braxton was so surprised even though he showed that his mouth did that a couple days ago.
Finally, after 30 seconds, Braxton gets his piece. In which he starts eating politely like a normal human being so that his mom doesn't think of him as a slob.
She watches as all of them eat, and it warms her heart so much. To the point of her not containing herself. Braxton looks at his mom as she does all of that, and it makes him smile too. He doesn't know what she's smiling for though.
"Soooooo! How'd you guys like it so farrrrrr?" Ms. Avery asks.
"It's good mom!" Braxton says.
"Yeah! This shit is awesome!" Arthur adds.
Maria and Melissa, both give her a thumbs up whilst devouring the thing. MS. Avery feels super accomplished now that everyone is fed.
After everyone finished their food, Ms. Avery stacked all of their messy plates, and put them into the sink. She then turns around and says. "Could you guys wash the dishes for me while I take the trash out please?"
"Sorry ma'am, but I have t o go do something real quick!" Melissa runs back to wherever she came from. Leaving the three teenagers to do the job.
"I'll be right back, Okay!" Ms. Avery takes the trash bags outside in a hurry. Leaving them all alone in the kitchen together. Maria started to back away, getting ready to make a run for it. But Braxton catches her. Saying: "where do you think you're going! You're gonna help us whether you like it or not!" Arthur nods along to what Braxton was saying. A single drop of sweat forms on her cheek.
They make a little formation in front of the sink. Braxton was on the left, Maria was on the right, and Arthur was squished in the middle. They all make sure that everyone gets an equal amount of work. And since including the pot, there were only six things to clean, so it evened out perfectly.
"Hey. Maria?" Braxton tried to get her attention. "You seemed to like the lasagna that my mom made, huh…" Maria just nodded her head and got back to cleaning. Arthur watched as his friend's face faltered.
"Yo! Maria!"
She turns her head.
"What's your favourite colour?" Arthur asked.
She looks around, probably trying to find something that was her favourite. By the looks of things though, she couldn't. She lets out a really deep sigh, and gets her voice ready for speaking.
"U-um… p-purple…" she said.
Braxton and Arthur were shocked since this was the first time they heard her voice. Especially Braxton, because the nostalgia for him just kept growing. "Ooo! I like red myself! What about you Braxton?" Arthur inquired.
"Uhh… blue I guess" Braxton said while thinking about how adorable her voice is. "Anyway I think we're done now…" Braxton got done cleaning the last dish. Maria, after hearing that news, tried to leave. Arthur didn't let that happen at all. Saying: "you're coming with us now!" and dragging her to what Braxton assumed was the living room. He was following not far behind, still thinking about something. Maria weirdly, wasn't really trying to get free, she just let it happen.
Arthur plopped her onto the couch on the very left cushion, he then plopped himself on the very right one. Braxton then walked in 5 seconds later, and sat on the floor in between the two. He thought that sitting right next to her would be too uncomfortable for her.
So there the three were. Sitting awkwardly near each other, not knowing what to do or say next. Braxton was about to say something, but he caught himself before it could come out of his mouth.
"Hey Braxton!" Arthur said. "Wanna watch a movie or something?"
"Yeah sure. I guess… what about Maria though"
They both turn to face her, which gives Maria the heebie-jeebies. Some sweat even forms on her face, and she looks away. Saying: "s-sure…"
The two of them both light up instantly. They finally found something that they could all do. Arthur starts searching for something to watch. Just as Braxton was doing absolutely nothing beside sitting there.
"Y'all wanna watch a horror movie?" They both give a thumbs up. "Alright! How about this one?" they give another thumbs up.
Se see Ms. Avery, finally coming back after she took out the trash. She makes it into the kitchen, and looks at the sink to see some poorly washed dishes. At least they tried.. She thought while finishing up their work. She also puts another trash bag into the trash can, before leaving to go and find where they all went.
She walks past the room that Melissa was in, hearing her do whatever the hell she was doing at that moment.
She then makes it over to the living room, and peeks her head in. what she sees makes her so happy. The three of them were all cuddled up together in a blanket, scared for their lives only 2 minutes into their movie. Braxton was hiding his eyes under the blanket, and they all were hugging each other. At that moment, she almost dies of happiness.
"Have fun kiddos…" she whispers so that they didn't hear her.