Just Friends

7

Meghan's POV:
"I beg of you not to embarrass me." I told the boys as I headed to the door to let Connor in.

As promised to jack, I invited Connor over so the boys could meet him.

"I make no promises." Sammy replied.

"I won't embarrass you," Jackjack told me." Unless he slips up then I'll spill all the beans."

I opened the door and Connor came in and immediately jack stepped up to shake his hand.

"Hello again Connor, I'm jack." He said.

"Nice to see you again." Connor replied. He glanced at me awkwardly as jack kept shaking his hand. I cooked dinner while the boys sat on the couch talking.

Connor's POV:
"Have you lived in LA long?" Jack asked me.

"Not really; my dad is in the Army so we have moved around a few times. I've lived in London, Germany, New Jersey, Nebraska-"

"Wait you lived in Nebraska?!" Sammy asked, cutting me off." That's where we're all from!"

"Uh I don't remember but it was somewhere up north. I lived there when I was pretty young so I don't remember a lot of it. I believe that's where I was born though." I answered." What part are you guys from?"

"Omaha, born and raised." Jackjack said.

"Wait then how did you guys end up living with Meghan if she's from Australia?" I asked.

"Well she and her dad moved to the states for a while and we met her through social media when we began vine and so what ended up happening was her dad wanted to move to Mew York with his new wife and kids and Meghan refused so he signed me over as her legal guardian since we just graduated and we're eighteen." Jack explained.

"Wouldn't child services made her go back to her mom?" I asked.

"No," Meghan chimed in." Child services covers services in the states."

"Do you still talk with your family?" I asked her.

"Of course. In fact I'm going down there during Thanksgiving break to visit and for my friends birthday." Meghan replied." I'll be there from the nineteenth till the twenty eighth. And during Christmas break I'll be down there."

"Hope you'll be in town long enough around Christmas so I can give you my gift." I chuckled.

"On that note, dinner is ready. Help yourselves."

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"So tell us a little about yourself." Jack said to me as we ate.

"Well I play football and baseball, I'm not vegan like Meghan, and I'm an average student unlike Meghan whose honors everything." I explained." Oh and I'm a senior."

"I used to play baseball." Sammy said.

"Here we go again." Meghan muttered with an eye roll.

"Why'd you stop?"

Sammy got this dramatic look in his eye and stared off into the distance." It was the summer of two-thousand-and-nine. Eighth grade was coming to an end as well as the baseball season. I was in my prime time at fourteen and was star pitcher for the Monroe Middle School Mustangs and I was about to win our championship game. I stepped up to the plate and when the ball came flying at me, I came to realization all the pressure I was under. I zoned out and the ball hit me in the eye. Since then I've been afraid to play or even pick up a bat." Sammy explained.

"Now that's he's told his point of view can I tell you the real story?" Jackjack asked." He was playing catch with his dad and went to catch a far ball and ran into a tree face first."

"My version doesn't make me sound like a wimp." Sammy rebutted.

"Anyway, what position do you play?" Jack asked me.

"Outfielder." I answered." And I'm line backer in football."

"That's cool. Is your dad still in the army?"

"Stationed in Afghanistan right now and to come home soon." I answered.

We continued talking and eating until meghan thought it was a good time to stop so she could get some work done.

Meghan's POV:
"They seemed to really like you." I said to Connor as we started heading for the door.

"That's good. Last thing I want or need is my girlfriends roommates killing me." I chuckled." Maybe later in the week you can come over and meet my mom."

"Sounds like a plan." I told him before giving him a quick peck on the lips and shutting the front door.

"Well Connor was surprisingly delightful." Jack said when I came back into the kitchen." I like him a lot more than Luke."

"That's good." I replied." Now I have homework to do so can I trust you three with dishes and cleaning up?"

"Yes, go."