The Harper Family: Faithfully Yours (Wattpad Version)

Flying under the radar

Daría

Ryden's grandparents showed Sam and me to our bedrooms. I set my bags down, removed my snow globe, and placed it on the dresser. I glanced around the room and smiled.

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Sam

I can't believe I was staying at Roman's grandparents' house. This was so surreal. But it felt good to return to Oakridge. After months of staying in a foreign place, it was nice to come home. I was one step closer to seeing Roman. I couldn't wait.

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Matt

We let Daría and Sam get settled in before surprising them. I had Ma do the honors while we got the girls settled.

Nora and I walked into the kitchen as Ma finished her phone calls.

"Well?" I asked.

"Roman and Ryden will be here in twenty minutes. Ten if you consider Roman's driving," Ma said.

"You didn't tell them why, did you?"

"Nope. I said I needed to see my booboos. My heart was hurting." Ma placed her hands over her heart and feigned hurt.

"You're something else." I shook my head.

"We all got to be something." Ma smirked.

Nora giggled while I gave Ma a knowing look.

*****
Ryden

I swear to God I would hurt Roman if he didn't slow his ass down. You would think he was driving in the Indy 500.

"Nate will hurt you if you crash your car again," I said.

"It's not like I can't fix it." Roman shrugged and whipped into the driveway of Grandpa and Nana's house.

I exited the car and slammed the door. "I would like to live long enough to see Thumbelina again."

"Stop being overdramatic." Roman rolled his eyes.

"How about I beat your ass?"

Roman gave me an annoyed face.

We argued as we entered our grandparent's house.

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Matt

We heard bickering coming from the living room. The twins must have arrived. We got up from our seats and walked into the living room to find Roman and Ryden bitching about Roman's driving.

Ma placed her finger and thumb between her lips and blew, getting the twins' attention. "Holy hell! When I asked you to visit me, I didn't expect you to argue. Now hug me." Ma held her arms apart.

Roman and Ryden walked over to her and hugged her. Then they embraced us.

"Is everything okay, Grammy?" Roman asked.

"Well, sort of." Ma wrung her hands. "I've been thinking about everything. I'm so worried about my family."

Bullshit. This woman plots faster than anyone. Who is she fooling?

Nora and I gave each other knowing looks.

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Daría

Sam and I came out of the bedrooms to familiar voices.   Our lips curled into a grin as we crept toward the end of the hallway. Roman and Ryden had their backs to us as their grammy spoke to them. Nora and Matt stood off to the side and listened to the conversation. They noticed us standing in the hallway but hid their smiles.

Sam and I glanced at each other and tiptoed toward Roman and Ryden until we stood behind them.

"So, you see, I have this huge dilemma, and I don't know what to do about it," Lyric said.