Mel's World

Chapter 17

The sun peeked from behind the clouds to stream into my brother's room. Mikey woke up the next morning to get ready for his usual morning run. He went downstairs out the kitchen door to stretch. Later, he is running down the beach. Our dog runs up to him waiting for his pet. They enjoyed this time together.

Our houses are alive and noisy. I woke up to get ready for the day ahead of me. Jakes brews some coffee for them to drink. He mixes my hot chocolate to leave it on the island. Both of us exchange greetings to each other. I took out the glass and mugs.

George and mom are cooking breakfast at our stoves. I took out the place settings to put them on the island. The team sets our kitchen table together. Mikey grabs a water bottle from our fridge then heads upstairs. He took his shower to dress. Later, he greets everyone else while giving us our usual kisses in their respected areas.

The group grabbed our stuff while exchanging goodbyes to each other. Later we locked the front doors. All of us head to the cars and trucks. Our driveways and houses are now left vacant. My family head straight to their missions.

George and I are taking notes right now. We are taking two different papers. I write my own paper. As for George he did the same thing. We left it in our typed folder for Mel.

Meanwhile with Fiona pulling into the school's parking lot. They walked into the building together. Ryan greeted them with hugs and kisses. Both of them are left alone in the hallway. Fiona left the school that morning.

They went to first period together. Everyone took their seats. Within minutes the late bell rings. Attendance is taken that morning. Their teacher explains the classwork and hands it out. As for the class works on it quietly together.

Announcement time came around that morning. Once it finished everything went back to normal around the school. Bell rings to signal class is finished. The whole school spilled into the hallway. It is very full of students.

Passing time is a short five - minute break between periods. They hang out by their lockers. Within minutes they split up. Mel heads to her second period class. As for Ryan he is across the courtyard.

Lunch is at 12:00 pm. Ryan is in the line waiting to buy his food. As for Mel is sitting down at their table. Everyone else joins them. They throw away their trash in the bins. After eating we put all the dirty dishes in our sinks.

Afternoon classes start for that day. They are fourth, fifth, and sixth periods. Ryan and Mel head to their science class together. Within minutes the bell rings. Class is about to start now. Everyone is sitting down in their seats.

The bell rings that afternoon. Dismissal time begins right now. Both of them put away their books in lockers and exchanged goodbyes to each other. Everyone is all over the place. Ryan went home with his mom.

Minutes after that the Bureau's driver picks up Mel. She pulls into their parking lot to drop her. Mel went to his office to say hi to him. She took out her homework. As for Mel heads over to his desk. His assistant Debbie looks over from her spot in front of Juan's office.

Snack delivery service leaves food. Fiona arrived that evening. She walks into Juan's office. Both of them talked to each other. Juan gave her a kiss on the cheek. My CI is sitting in front of his desk.

Community service begins right now. She works on it for an hour or two. Minutes after that she saves it and shuts down the computer. As for Mel joins them with her finished homework. My goddaughter puts it away then sits down on the couch.

Within minutes they exchanged getting to each other. Juan gave them kisses. Homeward bound for them that afternoon. She pulls into the driveway. Both of them get out of the car. Mel checks his mailbox.

They went into the house together. George greets them from the kitchen. Both mail and Fiona's keys are left on the mail table. Mel heads upstairs with her bag to take a quick bath. Later she joins them in the kitchen again.

George and mom start cooking dinner at our stoves. I took out our place settings to put them on the island. The team sets our kitchen tables together. We hang out around the kitchen area. The kitchens are smelling good right now. Our meals are in their final minutes on the stoves.

Dinner is served promptly at 6:00 pm. Everyone dished out their food to eat. The team sat down in their assigned seats at our tables. Mikey and I are sitting on our couch using the coffee table for the food. We ate together like one big happy family. After eating we put all the dirty dishes in our sinks.

We broke up into our usual boys vs girls groups. I cleared our tables. The girls wiped every surface down with a rag. Jakes unpacked the dishwasher. As for mom washes the dishes to refill it with the wet ones. The guys are getting ready our cooler with drinks and ice.

Everything is put back in it's regular places. All the kitchen lights are turned off. Later we head straight to the beach. Bonfire time begins now. We settled down in our spots. Drinks are passed around the circle.

Story time is in full swing now. A long break is taken to get refills for our drinks. Jokes are also told during this time. Our laughs could be heard at each end of the beach. The stars shone brightly over our heads as the fire crackled in front of us.

I walked back up the shore to our house. Upon my arrival put my bottle in our sink. A few minutes after that I left the light on for th e others. I went upstairs to our room to change into my jammies and brush my teeth. Mikey follows my cue. We switched rooms in our house.

Mikey is next to me on the chaise. We are cuddling with each other. Our brother is reading the book to me. I took the book from him to read my chapters. There's one more passing of the book to it's owner. It is rested down on the table.

As for our family came in dragging the cooler with them. The older members put their bottles in our sink. Our younger ones threw their juice boxes in the bin. I unpacked the cooler. Mikey threw out the bottles and dumps the ice. The team heads upstairs to get ready to bed.

Our family returns to the family room. They are sitting down on the couch or in it's surrounding area. Minutes after that the t v is turned on. Daddy picks out something to watch from the box. The pair of us are watch the waves.

We stretched our legs after a while of sitting down. Everyone stood up in our family room to say goodnights to each other. Mikey gave me the usual forehead kiss. The team did the same exact thing just with my cheeks.

Mel went straight to bed. Both of us moved over to the family room. Roger is cuddling with his girlfriend. now. I am sitting on the ground. T v time is enjoyed by everyone in our family. A few minutes into the next show got up to get his book.

A pit stop is made to his room to drop off the book.  Seconds later I  grabbed the guitar. I played a few songs on it that night. Pedro is waiting patiently  in our bed for me.  I am nice and cuddly under the covers.

Soon after that the team kept watching t v. Our t v set and family room lights are turned off. The team heads to their separate rooms. Nat walks into our shared one to join her dolphin. Everyone else joins Mel soon in dreamland that night.