At Joseph's house, Rachel was busy in the kitchen making dinner. She made macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and sauce, spicy meatballs, vegetable salad, and banana tart for dessert.
She got some help from Joseph who was excited about having Olivia and her parents over for dinner. He couldn't wait to be friends with Olivia.
'Maybe they will end up being best friends,' he thought to himself.
"Baby?" Rachel drew Joseph's attention.
"It seems you really like Olivia?" She asked.
"Yes, Mom. She's pretty and I'm so happy to have a new friend... She looks quite shy but I'll try to make her feel more comfortable." He replied.
"Mom," Joseph continued.
"Jordan doesn't like Olivia."
"Why do you say so?" Rachel asked.
"She waved at him earlier today but he ignored her."
"Oh sweetie, don't come to such conclusions. Maybe Jordan didn't see her wave or maybe he wasn't in the mood... You know he has his days." Rachel told her son.
Joseph just shrugged at her reply.
After they were done making dinner Rachel went upstairs to change into something more appropriate.
Joseph went into the living room to join Jordan who was watching TV.
"Hey, why didn't you wave back at Olivia earlier today?" Joseph asked his twin while obstructing his view from the TV.
"Get out of my way, Joseph. I'm trying to watch my favorite cartoon."
"Not until you answer my question."
Jordan stood up and was about to walk out of the living room but was stopped by Joseph's voice.
"Olivia is a nice girl."
"Yeah right... Can't you see, Joseph? She's a fake. She's only going to come between us!" Jordan angrily said to his brother.
"How can you say that when you don't even know her?"
"You know what? Forget it." Jordan replied and went upstairs into his bedroom leaving Joseph confused.
Jordan slammed his bedroom door and sat on his bed. He couldn't believe his brother, Joseph was blind not to see that this Olivia of a girl was only going to come between them, getting Joseph's full attention to herself.
Thirty minutes later, Rachel heard a knock on the door while placing the juice on the dining table.
"Honey, could you please get the door?" She told her husband, George.
Rachel's husband opened the door and welcomed Olivia and her parents.
"Hi. I'm George, Rachel's husband. You must be our new neighbors. It's nice to meet you."
George showed them to the living room.
"Make yourselves comfortable."
Olivia's parents sat in the living room with George and discussed for a while. Rachel then came out of the kitchen to greet them.
"Well, hello there. You came right on time." She teased.
"Hello, Rachel. This is my husband, Henry,"
"It's nice to meet you, Henry. I'm Rachel and this is my family's humble home. You're welcome here anytime."
"Thanks, Rachel. It's also a pleasure to meet my wife's newest friend."
"I'm flattered... Well, hello beautiful. How are you?" Rachel turned to Olivia and said, Olivia shyly smiled and replied.
"I'm fine."
"She's really beautiful. I always wanted a girl but after having these two, I don't think I can handle another because they are a handful." Rachel said pointing to Joseph and they all laughed.
"Where is Jordan, honey?" She asked Joseph.
"He's in his room."
"Can you go call him and let him know that our guests are here?"
Joseph nodded and went to get his brother.
"Okay! I think we can all go to the dining room now so the food doesn't get cold." Rachel suggested and they all went to the dining room to eat.
After dinner, Jennifer went to the kitchen with Rachel to help her with the dishes. Henry and George were still in the dining room discussing politics and sports while the kids Jordan, Joseph, and Olivia were in the living room sitting on the couch.
"So Olivia, what city were you and your parents living in before coming here?" Joseph asked.
"We used to live in Boston." She quietly replied.
"Why did your parents decide to move here?" He continued.
"My dad got transferred to a new hospital here."
"Oh... Don't you have any friends back in Boston?"
"I do. Three of them."
"I guess you're missing them right now."
Olivia nodded to Joseph's question because she was already shy from answering all his questions. Olivia wasn't at all comfortable with the way Jordan was staring angrily at her.
"Don't worry, Jordan and I will be your new friends now." Joseph convincingly said hoping that what he said would make Olivia feel better and more relaxed around him because he honestly wanted to be close friends with her.
"Count me out, Joseph," Jordan said still angrily looking at Olivia who already had her head low to avoid his gaze.
"I can never be friends with her."
As soon as those words came out of his mouth a tear rolled down Olivia's eyes and she wondered what she had done to Jordan to make him dislike her.
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