y/n pov:
after me and missy raced to the dinner table, we got some awkward looks by her family. we looked at each other and just burst out laughing. "alright girls settle down." mary said with a warm smile. she started setting out silverware and i got up to help her. "oh sweetie you don't have to help." she explained. "no no it's fine. i want to." i said. i felt like i had to. like, if i didn't i would get beat, like i do by ms. whitetaker. i shook my head at the memory and started setting up the table. mary looked at me with a worried expression, but shook it off, not wanting to ask right now. i got scared, like she was going to get mad at me or something. it always happens at the orphanage. i shoved this feeling down and decided to just sit down and act like everything is fine. i didn't want to make things worse and get into more trouble. "y/n, this is my dad, george cooper. he's the football coach at the high school." missy said. "nice to meet you mr. cooper." i smiled. "please. call me george." he returned a smile and then took a sip of his lone star. missy went on. "this is my mom, mary cooper, but you already know her." "call me mary honey." she exclaimed. "this is my meemaw, connie tucker. you can call her meemaw. her boyfriend is my baseball coach. i'll tell you all about that later. and this is my older brother, georgie. he plays football, but he would rather work. oh, he works at my grandmas boyfriends store. and this is my grandmas boyfriend dale ballard. and lastly, my twin brother, sheldon." "oh i didn't see you at school today." i said. "that's because i'm in college." he replied. i gasped at this then quickly covered my mouth. that was bad manners and i was sure to get in trouble for it. i had a worried expression on my face. mary looked concerned again but didn't say anything. missy looked at me and said, "yeah he's super smart. must have forget to mention it." she shrugged. mary spoke up, "okay. let's say grace." i remembered something about grace when i went to church once. we were about to grab hands when i looked over at sheldon. he was putting on mittens. i turned over to missy. she mouthed, "ignore him." so i did just that. "lord, thank you for this food we are about to receive and bless the hands that prepared it." mary said. we all said amen and dug in.
