Whatever Comes (Demma Book 1)

Meeting New Neighbors

Dateline: Start of Spring 1992

The parents of the Radcliffe household thought it might be a great idea to take a long walk with their baby boy as he was now walking without being put on a leash. It was chilly in the house of Radcliffe at a modest 60 degrees but outside was a completely average temperature of 70 degrees in Spring. They were walking and talking about what courses the boy will take in his first year of school until they bump into another mother and father but with no boy. Instead, they have a girl at their side who was just beginning to walk.

The father with the boy at his left side spoke up, "Sorry."

"Just remember to look next time." said the girl's father. "I'm Chris, by the way, Chris Watson. Nice to meet you!"

"Likewise! I'm Alan, by the way, Alan Radcliffe."

"Nice to meet you, Alan! Who's this?"

"Oh, that's my wife, Marcia, and I was going to ask you the same question to you!"

Chris wasn't listening because he daydreamed, thinking, 'Do I think that me and Alan are starting to become brothers? No, that can't be! We just met!'

"Hello?" snapped Alan.

"Oh, right um... this is my wife, Jacqueline."

"But please call me Jaquelyn," she said rather quickly.

When they started to talk about how they met in school, the boy is hidden behind his mother's legs and is looking rather shy and saw a glint of brown-bushy hair and chocolate-coloured eyes appear on the girl's face appearing out of her onesie. The girl can't help but stare into his messy jet-black hair and his beautiful blue-coloured eyes while wearing a customized blue shirt and toddler jeans.

"And who might you be, young man?" said Jacquelyn curiously, looking over at Marcia's side.

"Oh, this is my son, Daniel, but please call him Dan." Marcia answered, "What about you, young lady?"

She peered over at Jacquelyn's right side and saw a girl in her onesie.

"Oh, this is Emma, my daughter. Please don't give too much stress to her; She's only beginning to walk."

"Well, since we've met each other in this neighbourhood and you're in it as well, where do you live?" Alan said in curiosity.

"Just down the road and take a left at the stop sign, and it's the first house on the right," Chris answered.

"We live a couple of houses down there. Two houses down on the right before the stop sign."

"Quick fun fact for you guys. We moved in just yesterday!"

"That's great!" exclaimed Alan, "But, what happened in Paris?"

"Got Fired," Chris said sadly. "We moved here because one of our close friends used to live in this neighbourhood until he got approved for a job in Switzerland."

"Well, that does explain why you're here because if you weren't fired, we wouldn't have bumped into you today."

They continued to chart for another 30 minutes until Chris says, "Well, it's getting late, and the sun's about to set, and I'll guess we'll see you all tomorrow then?"

"Tomorrow," said the parents in unison and both families walked to their respective houses.

The boy stared at the beautiful chocolate brown eyes the girl featured for the entire time, and he's saying to himself, "Goo Goo Gaa Gaa" (Translation: Her Face Is Perfect Just the Way It Is.)

The girl was just staring at the blue-coloured eyes the boy featured, and she said to herself, "Gooooo Gaaaaa" (Translation: His Eyes are so cute, and it goes along with his face quite well.)