"Hola Maria!" Catalina greeted as she swung open the door. She couldn't help but smile as she was surrounded by all of the excited children saying their hellos. "Oh they're doing great. I can probably say the same for yours," she chuckled, smiling and patting Elissa lovingly on the shoulder. It was a shame that she could not have the children at her house over the summers, but then again, that was a very long story. The last thing she wanted was for them to be in danger, let alone her own children.
Cat pursed her lips in thought then nodded. "I could always use with some catching up," she said sweetly. She hadn't seen either Marianela or Mitch in quite sometime, so this was a perfect opportunity to talk to them more. She stepped lightly into the house, ushering her boys along with everyone else in as well and following Nela into the family room.
"Ben!" Axel called, running up to his best friend and pulling him into a gigantic hug, not even paying attention to the other girl and boy. Now this was friendship. Ben was probably one of Axel's favorite people in the whole world. "Hey Jenny, Jodie," he greeted his two sisters as he put Ben in a headlock and led him to the door. Oh yeah, this summer was definitely going to be fun. He could feel it. Especially after the hug Emmy had given him. "Hey Ems." He gave her a kiss on the cheek, which was completely normal for his family at least.
As they all went inside, Axel was nearly knocked over by Finn who had decided it a good idea to jump on his back. The two ran into the wall until finally Axel regained his balance, that was when Finn jumped down. He gave his cousin a death glare, but the only thing that followed was an eruption of laughter.
"I love you?" Finnegan chuckled as he saw the look on Axel's face. The two then burst out laughing and Finn knew he'd be doing that again later, but probably to Ben. "Hey Ems!" He hugged the blond back then proceeded over to Ben and his sisters to say his hellos. "Wow Ben, ya look awful," he joked as he attempted to hide his laughter. Yeah, that was impossible. Finn laughed at everyone and everything.
Finally, the very young man made his way over to Elissa, the love of his life. The only person who knew that was Axel, or so he thought. He wasn't that discreet about it so everyone else probably knew. Did he care? Absolutely not. "Hey Eli!" He opened his arms wide for a hug, but fully expected her to give him a handshake or something.
Seamus smiled and squinted as Emmy ruffled his blond curls. "Hey woman!" he laughed, grabbing her arm and pulling her into a hug. He was only a year younger than the five friends so he thought he deserved a hug as well. He then said his hellos to Ben and his sisters along with Elissa. But finally he turned his attention on the two that seemed to be hanging around Ben. He had been the only one to really notice them: out of the boys at least.
"Who're they Benji?" he asked flat out. Yeah, they probably heard him, but he wanted to know who they were. Was that so bad? He thought not. Besides, they were going to spend the whole summer with them so they might as well get to know everyone. |