things changed

welcome home

carl walked down the street looking around to see what was alexanderia had in store. everybody stared. he kept walking trying to avoid everything. a kid about his age came up to him,
"hey, you new here?.."
he said with a little smirk on his face. carl didn't want to answer but he did anyway.
"yeah."
he said, he didn't want to talk to anyone here yet. the kid kept the conversation going.
"soo what's your name?"
he asked. carl sighed.
"carl."
carl said with a annoyed look on his face. he looked at carl, he went on.
"cool i'm ron."
carl nodded and kept walking. ron walked a little faster trying to catch up to him.
"i know you're new here but you don't have to be rude."
carl sighed. he looked at ron.
"can you just stop, please."
ron stood there watching carl walk down the street he went inside his. house. ron sighed and walked the other way back to his house. his mom saw him walking back home, she opened the door for him.
"hey sweetie."
she was making dinner, she looked up and saw who came in, she said with a smile on her face. ron waved to her.
"what's up?"
ron sighed,
"nothing."
she looked at him knowing something was up, but she changed the subject.
"so i saw you talking to the new kid."
she said with a sigh. ron was hesitate to reply to her.
"yeah.."
she looked at him
"what happened?.."
ron looked at her
"nothing.. i don't wanna talk about it."
she continued making dinner.
"okay.. dinners gonna be ready in a little bit."
ron nodded and went in his room.
she kept making dinner, when she finished. she sighed.
"ron! sam! dinners ready!"
sam came out right away, ron came out a couple minutes later. they both sat at the table. she put the food on the table and they ate. a little while after that carl goes back outside, he sits on the front porch. his dad walks outside with baby, he sits next to carl. the baby coos. carl looks at his dad, he smiles.
"hey."
his dad looks at him,
"hey."
carl looks at people walking down the street. his dad puts his hand on carl's shoulder.
"this place.. might work."
carl didn't respond, he just kept watching people.