||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 4: Shopping||

"So, we're getting you new clothes, new shoes and I'll also be buying some stuff to fix the house so new doors."
Nicky nods.
Driving through the town, it wasn't too bad as everything seemed to be close by and the shopping centre wasn't long of a drive.
"Let's go, Narf."
"Coming."
Nicky followed his dad, looking around them as he held his dad's hand.

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"Okay. . ."
"What about this one?"
Nicky held up a blue T-Shirt, he liked it the design on the front, Jay smiled and nods so Nicky folded it and put it in the chart.
New shoes, shorts and shirts.
"So. . . Let's see. . ."
"My goodness, Jay?"
Both looked across the way, a man with glasses, a dark blue shirt and trousers with a girl in the shopping cart, wearing overalls and a hat, and the oldest with glasses and a red shirt.
"Miguel!"
The two men smiled, hugged and this further confused the kids.
Nicky titled his head,"Wait, is this Miguel? Your friend?", Jay nods,"Yes; Nicky this is Miguel, we were in the same college and shared a dorm, and we've been friends ever since.", Miguel nods, patting Jay's shoulder,"We have met before, but you would have been too young to remember; Not to mention we never had time to meet up cause of work and living far apart.", the girl lit up, she then climbed out of the shopping cart and rushed to shake Nicky's hand.
"Hi! I'm Maritza!"
"Uhm, Hi."
"Give him space."
The older brother gave his sister a gentle nudge,"Give him space; Sorry, she's hyper: I'm Enzo.", Nicky shook his hand,"Uhm, Nicky.", Maritza turned to her dad,"Can we take him around the centre?", Miguel turned to Jay, who nods,"I don't see why not; As long as you stick together, be nice and meet us back here.", Maritza nods, taking Nicky's hand and leading him away, Enzo followed them as he gave his dad and Jay a wave.
"How've you been?"
"Uhm, good you?"
"Better."

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"Maritza, slow down."
"And this is the fountain; You throw a coin in to make a wish."
Nicky smiled, as Maritza was talking he noticed The Petersons, Aaron turned around and noticed him and gave him a way and a smile, Nicky returned it.
"You've meet Aaron?"
"Oh, yeah; He lives across from me and, gave me a tour around the neighbourhood and some notes."
Maritza nods,"Yeah, Mya's my best friend; We have friendship bracelets!", Maritza lifted her hand up, her gloves hands and a golden bracelet around it, having a charm,"It's so cool you've met them!", Maritza held his hands, jumping up and down.
"Enzo?"
He didn't seem to. . . Happy anymore, Maritza noticed and gave him a frown,"Enzo.","Sorry, no Aaron's family is. . . Nice.", Maritza waved him off, turning to Nicky,"Ignore him; He's in a bad mood.", Nicky nods,"Okay. . .?", Maritza jumped up,"Oh! Are you starting school next week, dad mentioned it?", "Yeah, uh, will be doing that.", Maritza turned to her brother,"Can we invite him???", "I mean. . . Uh, sure, if he's interested.", Maritza turned back to Nicky,"When you come to school, and you're looking for an After School Activity; Wanna join the Inventor Club?", Enzo stood next to his sister more,"It's run by our friend Lucy, if you're interested please stop by.", Nicky nods, slowly as he takes that information in,"Uhm, okay. . .", "Sorry she unloaded all that on you, you're probably still adjusting to the move.", Nicky nods.

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"So, you went to college with him?"
Jay nods, adjusting the mirror,"Yes; We were taking different courses but we shared the same room, and I attended his matches as he did a lot of sports so I can tell his daughter took after him, and we both practiced; I wasn't on any team, but he did do karate and martial arts, and you know your Grandad Roth is a cop, so I had some skill.", Nicky nods, Jay looked back for a second,"I need to remind myself to tell you some stories from college.", Nicky nods, made a mental note of that reminder.