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There was a barrage of yelling as everyone pointed out who was who, and then we watched in silence as the rest of the game was played.
Well, Ande and I were silent.
My sisters and their husbands, and their thousand and two kids? Not so much.
“Whose kid is this one?” Ande whispered when one of them came up and handed me a drawing of Simi.
“That’s Zip and Nash’s. His name is Nash. He’s the biggest demon of them all,” I answered as I looked at the drawing of Simi. Then I had a good chuckle. “He drew you as big as a house.”
Simi flipped him off.
“Did anyone order actual food?” Winston called as he made his way into the apartment. “I’m starving.”
I held out my hand for Winston to shake, then went back to watching the game.
Ande watched everyone around her talk and ignored the game.
She added in a tidbit here and there, and eventually, I knew that meeting them today was a good thing.
She was already so sad, and by them being here, they were taking her mind off the fact that her sister had just died.
And for once, I was grateful for their overbearing personalities.
I must’ve missed a part of the conversation, because when next I tuned in, they were talking about something completely different than when I’d exited the conversation.
“Technically, when someone tells you to ‘break a leg’ before an audition, it’s because they want you to end up in the cast,” Zip offered up.
“So, what does it mean when you tell someone to break a leg when they’re leaving to play a football game?” Tony looked worried.
“That you should probably make sure you don’t say that before he goes and plays in a professional football game anymore, because you pretty much just wished that he would actually break a leg.” Winston snorted. “So, food? Y’all want to go grab a bite to eat since it’s almost over?”
Everyone agreed but us.
“Do you want to stay or go?” I asked, curling her wild hair around her ear.
And it was wild.
After her crying jag, as well as the nap in the truck, followed by the walk outside where the wind was blowing like crazy… it was all over the place. It only made her appear cuter, though.
I tugged her into me a little bit tighter.
Ande’s sigh of contentment made my heart melt.
I stood up, and she dropped her legs, allowing herself to hang freely from my arms.
“I’m so jealous when guys pick women up for a hug. Us fatties want to fly, too,” Crimson whined.
Winston pinched the bridge of his nose, as if he was debating whether to go there or not, but I didn’t spare him any time to think on it.
“Are you just going to let her speak about herself like that, Winston?” I teased. “But I hate to say this, sis, you are rather large. You’ve definitely put on the pounds.”
And suddenly I had a popcorn bowl coming straight for my head.
I caught it, but the popcorn that was inside the bowl still spilled everywhere.
“Hey, what was that for?” I asked.
“That was for your utter lack of niceness,” Crimson snarled.
