3 New friends

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Previously

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I saw a girl behind me, but she seemed distracted so maybe it wasn't for her.

Then an approaching figure not too far ahead, the same girl who had smiled at me at history class.

"Hi..."

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"I'm Lucy." stretching out her hand for a handshake. I awkwardly shook her hand.

°This is awkward°

"I guess you have seen my twin brother, Jason." She said, nodding in the direction in which Jason stood leaning on a locker, one of those heartwarming smile on his perfectly carved face as he watched one of his teammates gesture something.

"Don't let that fool you OK?, He can be a dimwit sometimes, it's just his exterior outlook." Lucy shook her head, a smirk which played on her lips.

"H-He's your brother?" To say I was shocked was an understatement, my question seemed to amuse Lucy.

"Yup!" She said popping the "p".

"He can be annoying sometimes but he sure is my twin brother, any problem with that?" A smile ever present on her face.

°She seems nice, unlike some I knew!°

"I have no problem with it, it's just it's a first seeing a football captain having a twin and a female at tha-" my eyes widened as I realized I blurted out more than I had wanted to say.

"Nah it's alright, we get that alot." She replied.

"I'm Katherine Brooks by the way but Katie preferably." I said managing a smile.

"It is a pleasure meeting you." She beamed.

°Am I getting a friend here?°

I just nodded as an answer.

"Welcone to Crystal High!, umm I have to take care of some stuff.." she trailed as she seemed distracted, "catcha later." She finally said and headed towards the clustered girls which had encircled her brother.

"Girls, I need some alone time with my brother, if that's not so much to ask." She sneered, her glare causing the crowd of girls to disperse gradually.

"Sis?, What was that for?" Jason pouted, disappointment clearly written on his face.

°She really is his sister!°

"Shut up dimwit! What are elder sis for?" She pulled on his cheeks, to which he looked around for any signs of anyone watching their short banter and his blue orbs just had to meet my hazel as a he pulled away from his sister's grasp.

Lucy's attention was drawn to what made him pull away like that and she smiled as she noticed me awkwardly watching them.

"Like I said earlier, see you later!" She whisper-shouted and waved at a distance.

"Later!!?" I said in barely a whisper, more of a question than a statement.

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"Hi mom!" I greeted my mom immediately I got home.

"Welcome sweetie!" My mom beamed with joy.

"So what happened while I was in school? Hope you are not cheating on me?" I playfully teased.

"Guess what, I made a new friend...(I snickered at the coincidence of that happening 50-1) and it doesn't stop there!!! She lives next door-"

"Yay great!" I tried to be enthusiastic but all that was blown with her next statement.

"-could you join me?, I wanna go say HI, please help with the cookies in the oven, they should be nice and ready by now." She replied.

°Ahhh!!! More work and more hurting, getting too attached meant problems due to our status of constant relocation, you never know when our next flight starts°

My mom hurriedly climbed the stairs, eager to get changed while I was stuck with pastries.

°Great!!° I deapanned.

After a well prepared arrangement from my mom and I, we were off to my mom's friend home.

Holding the pastries in a paper bag, the aroma was quite tempting.

°Just one cookie! Ugh!° I licked my lips.

Pulling me back to reality, she flicked my forehead, "hey! Mom what was that for?" I rubbed my throbbing pain.

"More like it, your head was in the clouds, you were salivating, with drool almost touching those innocent cookies." She shook her head a smug look present.

"You could have told me mom!" I tried to wipe the drool off my mouth but realised that I was pranked!

°No drool!°

"Mom?" I glared.

She looked away as she happily hummed a song.

Taking a drastic turn in the conversation, "Katie dear, my friend's name is Alicia Anderson; she has two children but one is all grown up and has a family so the youngest a son I guess about your age or a little bit older and so happens, he goes to your school!" The latter part caught my attention as I narrowed my eyes remembering her earlier prank.

"What's that look for?" From the way her lips curved upwards, I knew she understood but was trying my patience.

"You pranked me." I pouted.

"Oh, I see," she pretended to think about it for a moment. "Then that means I still got what it takes." She flashed her tongue for a brief moment.

My mouth went wide open for a while, "seriously?, Alright then mom, it's on!" I smiled back after I regained my composure.

"Suit yourself Katiebea-" I hurriedly covered her mouth with my hands as I looked around the neighborhood for any signs of spying on our conversation.

"Mom!, I thought we've passed that stage of name calling?" I whisper-yelled through gritted teeth.

Nodding her head, I slowly removed my hands as I breathed a sigh of relief.

Composing ourselves, my mom pressed the bell signalling our presence, the door slowly opened afterwards and there stood Mrs Anderson with a smile.

"Hi!!" They both said in unison.

"Welcome, do come in." She ushered us in.

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>>>Who's the son in question of Mrs Anderson? <<<