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9:00 PM ON A FRIDAY NIGHT in the Reid household usually meant that the family would gather in the living room and watch a movie together, complete with popcorn and corny dad jokes and moments all of them would treasure for the rest of their lives. It wasn't an occurrence that was set in stone, for there were instances when Scott had to work late or Kevin stayed the night with one of his friends from college. The night of the 2nd of November was an example of such.
Scott had to work an extra shift to make up for the absence of one of his co-workers who had broken his leg the previous day, and Kevin was on the phone, finalizing the plans for the Queen concert he and his friends would be attending tomorrow. Amara, who had finished all of her homework other than the history project she and Jonathan were supposed to complete together, had little to do other than finally remove the white coloring from her converse. She didn't have any set plans for the weekend but was considering asking Robin if she wanted to hang out, or even Steve now that they were unofficially friends – that is, if he wasn't busy with Nancy. Even if she felt like she was making progress opening up to others, Amara was still grateful to have two days away from one of the prime breeding grounds of forced conforming.
"You have enough money for one ticket, right?" Kevin was on the phone with the same friend from two days ago, whose name Amara still hadn't figured out. "Thank God your brother paid you back in time. Queen concerts are super expensive."
Feeling slightly thirsty, Amara paused her work on her shoes and made her way downstairs for a drink of water. Eurydice had finished renovating the living room and had moved on to cleaning the oven, always itching to have something useful to do. If she had it her way she'd have a job of her own, but there were minimal career options she could embark upon without going back to college, and the wage gap between men and women indicated that Kevin would always make more money working at Melvald's than she ever would. Plus, her worry for Amara meant that she couldn't fathom leaving the house deserted in case her daughter needed her.
"Great. See you tomorrow," Kevin said before hanging up the phone. He joined Amara by the doorway to the living room, where she was propped against the wall with a glass of water in her hands.
"You're so lucky you get to see Queen live," Amara grumbled, draining her glass of water.
"Who knows, maybe one day you and Robin could go to a concert," Kevin suggested nonchalantly. "I'll warn you though, raising money is exhausting."
"Oh, I can imagine."
The phone rang again and Kevin retrieved it, assuming that Elijah had forgotten to mention something of importance to him. "Kevin Reid speaking – "
"It's Steve," came the reply from the other end. "Is Amara there? I need to talk to her about... homework."
Kevin handed the phone to Amara, wiggling his eyebrows as he did so. "You never told me about a boy," he teased.
