With arms wide open

/ football and a big step /

The trip to my grandma's house was of half an hour, but it felt really short, because I kept talking and laughing with all of them, I got along with my 5 year old cousin Stella, when she got comfortable around me she followed me around and kept asking me questions about my life back in Spain.

Soon we were at my grandparents house, and I got out with Stella by my side, Chris came to me and when he saw Stella he told her:

"How is she?"

"She's very good Uncle Chris, she's the best"

I knelt down by her side and opened my arms, she came over to hug me and after a while she said:

"Up"

I stood up with Stella in my arms, Chris placed his arm around my shoulder, I looked back to see my Uncle Scott getting all of my stuff out of the car, I was going over to him but Chris didn't let me move:

"What are you doing Chris? I'm going there to help"

"No you're not, let him do something since he never does anything"

"Chris!!" he said with a smile, and then he added to me "That's a lie"

I kept laughing and I nodded, and Scott said:

"But yeah, true, get inside I don't really care helping out a bit"

I smiled and nodded:

"Thanks Uncle Scott"

He looked at me with a smile and with excitement in his voice he told Chris, who was looking to all of this too:

"He called me Uncle before she called you Dad loser"

I looked to Chris with a smile and told him:

"Ups"

He pulled me closer to him and told me:

"It's okay honey"

I smiled up at him and told me:

"Okay, let's get going inside"

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We were in the living room, all of us sitting on the couches, I had Stella in me legs and she was telling me about her friends in school when Uncle Scott came over and said:

"Lu, can I talk with you for a moment please?"

I looked at him, and after I placed Stella on the couch next to me, she kept telling me to stay with her, but when I told her that I'll be back she nodded with a smile and let me go, I followed Scott to the kitchen and he told me:

"I've been talking to your father and he's a little bit sad that you called me Uncle to me before calling him Dad, so I've been thinking about a plan for you to call him Dad"

"Oh yeah?" I asked with a smile "And what is it?"

What he had told me had shocked me but I understood why he did it, after I asked him that he started to think and he told me:

"Okay, we're going to start playing American football, and so I'll throw you the ball and I bet that Chris will go running to you to get you and will lift you in the air since he's comfortable with you, is that okay with you? All the family knows about it so they won't be shocked"

I smiled to him and nodded:

"Okay, then let's get going get back to the living room in front of me so that he doesn't think we've been talking"

I turned around and got back to the living room, soon enough being attacked my Stella jumping into my arms and she continued talking about her school, when Chris came back in, so did Scott with an American football ball in his arms: