As the small group of friends ate dinner Aunt Caroline came over to their table.
"Mind if I sit with you?"
They shook their heads.
"Red, I'm glad your math scores have been going up and Eden your improvement in the drama course is incredible!
I am so proud!"
"Aunt Caroline we have something to perform at the end of the summer!"squealed Delly.
Aunt Caroline frowned.
"You three don't turn up to anything after class has finished,do you? But if you have been working on something there's a parents day next week.You have you're parents coming ,don't you?"
The kids looked at each other.
"My family won't want to come."Red said with a shrug.
"Neither will mine."Eden added looking sad
"My parents are on a cruise,remember?"Delly finished sadly.
"I remember Delphine. Red,would you like you're parents to come.I could write to them.Eden,I could write to yours too."
Seeing the delighted faces around her Aunt Caroline got up and went to her study.After finding her records book and locating the children's phone numbers she picked up the phone and dialled.After three rings the phone was picked up.
"Hello,I am Mrs Carraway and I'm ringing to tell you about an open day that will feature your daughter in a performance.She has asked for you to be there."
"Smiling happily here.Yes,Eden performing you say?We will be there.Can you give us dates?"
Relived and slightly surprised it was so easy to get them to agree.
"Yes, next Monday and Tuesday."
"Thank you so much mrs Carraway. We look forward to seeing you soon."
"See you soon,and may I just mention that your daughter is a delight.Selective but delightful."
"Thank you!"
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Aunt Caroline put the phone down and then picked it up again.Now it was time to do the hard part.
The phone rang once and was instantly picked up.
"Hello?"
The voice on the other end belonged to a child.
"Hello,can I speak with your father for minute?Its about Dylan"
"I'll just see..." Aunt Caroline could hear the conversation in the background.
"Mommy,the lady wants to speak to daddy about someone called Dylan.Whos Dylan mommy?"
"No one Cloud.Let me speak."
The phone got passed and the voices were muffled before Aunt Caroline was speaking with Red's mother.
"Hello,are you the headteacher?"
"Yes,that's me.I was hoping you and your family would come down to the school and view the performance Dylan has worked so hard on putting together."
"Why would I want to come to that?"
"You're son needs you!He needs you're support and you're love and I know he wants to meet his siblings too.Look if it seals the deal,there's going to be a big lunch as well as other opportunities to view different things.You don't have to stay the entire time either.A day or or even an afternoon would be fine!"
The woman on the opposite end sighs
"Ok ok we'll come.We may not stay long but we will come."
Aunt Caroline sighed as she put down her phone.
She look at the diary with all the numbers in it and picked the phone up once more and began to type in the numbers.
"Hello"
"Hi, this is about Eden"
