Maybe In Our Next Life

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" No , you don't need to lay that there... " Francesca said as she walked towards the dining table with the cutleries she planned to set before dinner.

"Yes, ma'am" Rosie answered taking mom's best set of silver ware that had been gifted to her  by the Rowans and setting it aside.

"please Aldo.. try to be on your best behavior... behave just 5mins" Francesca  beseeched, dressing her head tie as she did

" there's always a problem with me... everything Is always my fault..why don't you try to accept your faults sometime" Aldo replied rather sternly, as he walked towards the left side of the table, where Rosie had previously marked his side of the table with dishes to pick them up and lay them next to  right side of the table where the Delion's where set to seat.

"you can't  put yours there... its  been set aside for Rosie and her mom" Francesca hissed as she walked towards Aldo to fix the distortions he had made "....we already have all this planned... do not mess up what you had no part in organizing

"ohhhh...Fran you are such a bore.. this might be my only chance to experience and breathe the same air with a noble... set me close to Arne mom"

"what's her name" Aldo added closing his eye tightly as if to remember an important information he had forgotten

"Sarah.." Rosie said, she and Arne had worked really  hard to persuade Sarah, Arne mom, to come over for dinner and she hoped her family would act decent just for an hour, but she knew this hope she had was too farfetched. even if she could rely on Fran and her mom Alice  to act normal, for her dad it was like wishing for a pig to fly. what was she thinking.

"yes yes ..Sarah ...oh what a beautiful name...set me up near Sarah..." Aldo said waving his hands    around the table

"Please !!! behave ...for Rosie...just 5 flipping minutes ...." Francesca yelled clearly getting heated, as if on queue  Alice walked in with the bowl of rice setting it in the middle of the table and walking towards Fran to calm her down

"Please Aldo.. seat down ...I could let you take my space just let this day go calmly" Alice begged leading Aldo by the hand towards her seat and setting his dish in front of him. "...thank you" Alice adds after calmly setting Aldo's dish next to him.

"why do you guys make it seem like I'm always at fault"

"you're not Aldo...but lets just get today over with ..okay?"

"well at least he listens to someone in this house ..." Frans says walking towards the kitchen

Soon after a knock was heard on the door leading to the entrance of the small house that seemed homely but housed a group of people bound together by fatal gate.
Rosie set her last piece of tissues barley folded into a rose and attempted to towards the door, that was before mother had pulled her aside making way for Frans to do it
As Francesca walked past Rosie, she motioned in way that nonverbally told Rosie she was just as excited and nervous as she was.

"Hello" Francesca said as she motioned for a handshake but she changed her mind abruptly, rubbing it against the white apron she wore over her clothes.

"Hello ...." Sarah said re directing her hands to Anne, pushing her toward her said so she could  stand in front of her "she had insisted we spend some time with you"

"Oh thank you for obliging" Francesca replied directing them into the house

"Thank you" Sarah took a good look around the house it wasn't what she expected, it looked rather subpar to what she had known all her life though she found the old couch smell to be oddly satisfying