UNEDITED
*Please read the A/N at the end of the chapter*
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●Zinnia's POV●
*beeeeeep*
"Ah that must be the oven!" I said to myself whilst walking back to the kitchen to pull the chocolate chip cookies i just baked from the oven and put them on the cooling rack on the kitchen island.
"Is it ready yet?!" Emily, my 4 year old granddaughter asked me while jumping up and down excitedly.
I chuckled at that. She is absolutely adorable with her light brown hair tied up in two pigtails and her blue doe like eyes peering up at me. She is a spitting image of her mother, who is my second eldest child, Arianna Evelyn Anderson.
My eldest child is a boy, named Aiden Joseph Anderson. My youngest is a girl as well. Her name is Avianna Rose Anderson. Yes, all their names start with an 'A' if you haven't guessed that already.
Oh before i forget, my name is Zinnia Celine Anderson, Anderson being my husband's surname. Previously, it was Evans. My husbands name is Zachary Neil Anderson. My children are 33, 31 and 28 years old respectively. I am 61 years old, my husband, a year older than me.
Now that we got the introductions out of the way, let's get back to the story.
"Emily, sweetie where are you?" Arianna called out.
"She is in here with me Ari( Arianna's nickname)!" I said. She walks in scooping her only child in her arms twirling around and smiles at me.
"Where is everybody?" I asked since i didn't see anyone else in sight.
"They are outside soaking up the sun as usual." Ari answered rolling her eyes.
"Alright then, let's go out and join them" I walked behind her, the tray of cookies in my hand.
The minute i walked out everybody rushed towards me to get a chocolate chip cookie, a recipe taught by my mother when i was young. Zachary loves them a lot and would always coax me to bake them for him.
I laughed at their impatience. We are having a family get together today, since it has been awhile since we did it. Everybody was always so busy.
My son Aiden is here along with his wife Claire and their kids, a pair of fraternal twins aged 6. Their names are Micah and Makayla. Micah is the elder one, by a mere 10 minutes. Aiden and Claire met each other in college through mutual friends. Alexander is Arianna's husband. They are high school sweethearts. Lastly, Avianna and her fiance, Mikael are here too. They also met in college.
"Grandma, tell us how you met grandpa pretty please?" Micah asked looking at me with the infamous puppy dog eyes i could never resist. I smiled fondly, reminiscing my favourite memories .
My kids smiled at that and urged me to tell them the story even though they have heard it a couple of times. I agreed and they all sat around me eager to listen to the story while eating the cookies i had just baked.
"We met back in high school, when i was a junior and he, a senior. He was the typical bad boy, but an intelligent one at that. I, on the other hand, was just a normal girl and i guess i was smart too if i do say so myself." I smirked. My kids simply rolled their eyes at me and chuckled.
***Flashback***
●(still Zinnia's POV)●
"Get your ass up Zi! We are getting late for school!" my brother, Colton who is a year elder than me yelled while banging my room door. Someday he will end up breaking it. His room is beside mine, so he takes the liberty to wake me up in the morning, when i don't get up on time which is every time.
"Yeah yeah i'm up! Don't get your knickers in a twist!" I yelled back at him smirking.
"Just shut up and get ready before i leave you behind so you can walk to school. How about that." He replied back.
I simply rolled my eyes and headed to the bathroom to take a shower. Once i was done, i walked into my walk-in closet to pick an outfit to wear. After debating for a few minutes, i finally settled on a pair of black leggings and a plain black tank top with a grey hoodie. I paired it with my black converse.
I put on some eyeliner, lip gloss and decided to just tie my hair up in a messy bun. Once i was done, I grabbed my phone, backpack that was on my study table and walked out of my room heading downstairs.
"Are you ready to leave?" Colton asked. He was dressed in black jeans, a white plain v neck t-shirt, a black leather jacket and black high top converse. I guess we are kinda going for the dark vibe.
I went into the kitchen, grabbed an apple and walked out. "I'm ready now. Let's go."
We didn't bother saying goodbye to anyone as both our parents were at work. They are both lawyers at a major law firm in New York, so they are away most of the time, but that doesn't mean they don't care about us. They spend as much time as they can with us and check up on us from time to time, so i am grateful for that.
We headed out to the garage and got in my brothers car, a black Lamborghini, that he just recently got as a birthday gift. Yes, we are pretty well off but we don't like to really flaunt it all the time. School is only about 5 minutes away, since it is the only school in this town, Kirkberry (this is a random name so just imagine it is a real town).
We don't live in New York with our parents as we grew up in this town and all our friends and a few of our family members live here too. This town has a lot of greenery, with trees covering both sides of the road. The forest has always been my escape, whenever i simply needed time to relax. It is actually right behind our two-story house.
We soon arrive at school. We got out of the car and headed in. Oh, did i mention that it is the first day of school? Well it is. Oh joy!(note the sarcasm)
"Ready?" Colton asks looking at me.
"I guess so." I shrugged. He nods and we both walk in heading for the office to get our schedules for the year. Once we got that settled, he hugged me and we went our separate ways as his class is at the other side of the school and i bet his friends are there too.
I turned around to head towards the entrance to look for my two best friends who are pain in the butts, but they are also my favourite people in the world (besides my parents and brother of course) Jake and Jess. While walking, i was simply hoping that this year would go smoothly without problems and drama.
"You can do this Zi" I muttered to myself.
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