The Pointe Of The Game

Chapter 8

Olivia Beckham

I get home after school and I am surprised to see that both my mom and dad are home.

I walk into the kitchen where they are talking

"What's the occasion?" I ask them

"We're going to dinner tonight at the new neighbors house; the Williams. you sometimes talk to their son I think" my dad replies

"Yeah, what time are we going?" I ask them

"Six. and before you ask, they offered to host it because apparently their family loves to cook and they'd gladly cook for us" my mom answers me

I was curious about that. Because it is kinda weird that the people who just moved in are hosting the welcome dinner and not the other way around. But, that gives me about two hours before we have to go. Perfect time to run all my dances from before break.
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5:57pm
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"Come on Olivia! we have to go!" my mom calls from downstairs. I quickly grab my tennis shoes and a sweatshirt and come downstairs. When I get downstairs I see all the kids sitting on the couch ready to go and my parents lecturing them on etiquette and appropriate behavior for being in the presence of others.  While I'm waiting, I send Charlie a few messages.

Olivia: r u ready for this gonna be super awkward dinner?

Olivia: my siblings are going to be like monkeys all over the place

Olivia: I feel bad for your parents and their house. 

Olivia: It's gonna get wrecked 

Olivia: probably not on purpose but on accident

Olivia: You should probably say a quick prayer for your house

He doesn't respond and my parents are still busy lecturing the kids except now they're lecturing on some totally other thing. I walk into the kitchen to see what needs to be done. I see that there's wrapped dishes that I'm pretty sure we're taking over with us. I go back into the living room and grab Sofia who's playing on the floor happily and get her jacket to put on her. 15 minutes later and we're finally on our way over to the William's house.

My little brother Ben rings the doorbell while Isabella knocks and starts telling Ben how impolite it is to ring the doorbell when it's close to when they could be putting kids to sleep. Then Ben retorts that they don't have any little kids and don't be a butthead because she knows that they are expecting us already. 

A minute later Mr. Williams opens up the door with a weird look on his face before it quickly disappears and a smile appears in it's place. "Come in! How are you guys?" He says in a voice that sounds almost exactly like Charlie except a little bit deeper. My family all walk inside their house and suddenly I feel like something is off. Like something is wrong. 

"Where's Charlie?" I ask his dad once my family's gone in and it's just the two of us. He clears his throat and answers a mumbled inside before he walks in and leaves me standing there with the door open. Ok weird. I walk in and close the door behind me then I take off my shoes next to all my other siblings shoes. I start to walk to the kitchen when I hear something in the living room. I switch my path and walk into the living room. My steps falter by what I see.