“Got it! We can both start down here, It’s the first thing she’ll see so it’s better to do the upstairs last.” Well I mean, he’s not wrong.

“Okay! You don’t have to clean everything the greatest just make sure it’s not noticeable!” 

We Continue..

            -After some cleaning-

“I think we got most of it! It looks pretty good.” Sam did a lot more work than he normally would do surprisingly.

“Yeah, but we should still check around once more just to make sure. My mom likes to come home to a clean house.” She’s gone a lot so when she comes home from business trips she likes it clean.

“Wait… do you hear that?” Sam looked at me.

“Hear what?” 

“I hear the jingling of keys. Where’s that coming from?” Keys? From where?

“What do you mean keys- OH! That's my mom!” Shoot she got here before we got to recheck everything.

“Oh uh, what do we do!?” Sam started scurrying to find something to do.

“Dummy common let's welcome my mom at the door!” Sam followed me to the door. We got there as it was opened. My mom looked up as she opened the door and saw us.

“Evan! I’ve missed you so much! I’m sorry that I had to leave out of the blue it was really important, but I was able to make it back early!” She dropped her bags and threw her arms up to put me in a big hug.

“It’s okay mom, but I missed you too!” She may not always be there for me but I still love her. 

“Uh, hey Auntie-” Sam being awkward is kinda funny.

“Oh, Sam! I’m sorry I didn’t realize you were here! How are you?” She said as she released me from her grasp. My mom basically thinks of Sam as her own child, same for Sam’s mom to me which is nice.

“I’m good, I was just hanging out with Evan.” 

“That's good, how is your mom? Is she still doing well too?” Oh, and our moms are like best friends too. They’ve known each other forever.

“She’s good! Although she was complaining I was always leaving her home by herself so I could hang out with Evan.” 

“Aww, you and Evan should go hang out over there too! If not you guys I’ll leave and go hang out with her!" I can tell she totally wants to go see her best friend now.

“Haha, we can all go over there once you get settled in? I’m sure mom wants to see you too.” Now that I think about it I haven’t been to his house in a while. I have to make sure the house stays nice while my mom is gone so I don’t get to go over there a lot. He does have a really nice house though. 

“Ohh that would be nice. You boys can hang out while I hang out with Gen!” Mom seems excited already….

“Wait- I’m sorry to interrupt your planning of hangouts I just had to point out that I completely forgot your mom's name was Gen. Like I only really call her Auntie so when I heard mom say the name Gen it generally confused me for a moment.” I can’t believe I forgot her name for a bit there.

“Evan I swear, how dumb can you get.” Well Sam, not dumb enough. 

“Haha, I guess you don’t really call her by her name. Hey Sam! Do you remember my name!?” I wonder, maybe Sam’s dumb too.

“It’s Rachel, right?” Dang it. I’m the only dumb one…

“Ding, ding, ding! Yup, that’s it!” My mom smiled.

“Whatever, you act all smart now but you still have a bad memory.” I can tell Sam wants to make fun of me, the only reason he isn’t is because of my mom.

“I don’t have a bad memory? What do you mean?” He can’t make fun of me but I sure can make fun of him!

“Oh, so you don’t remember coming to my house on the first day of break already for school telling me I’m going to be late?” He may hate me after this but it’s worth it.

“Okay, no need to point out past things! It was one time!” He’s embarrassed now, so cute!

“Hm, maybe your memory isn’t that bad. It seems like you remember doing that just perfectly!” He makes fun of me a lot so making fun of him every once in a while isn’t bad. 

“Okay boys calm down! I’m gonna go put my stuff away then we can talk about what to do for my first dinner back with you guys later!” My mom isn’t exactly the best cook but she tries her hardest for me! 

“Okay, do you need any help with putting your stuff away?” She doesn’t have much but a little help never hurts.

“Oh no, it’s okay I don’t have that much anyway! But also, Sam are you going to eat with us?” 

“Sure, if you’re okay with it. Maybe we could invite my mom over or go back to mine too so you can see her.” 

“Ooh, yeah that’s a great idea! Maybe we can go over there. Anyway, we’ll talk about it later I have stuff to do.” 

   -Almost dinner time-

“Are you sure your mom is okay with us coming over? I don’t want to intrude.” Now that we’re here my mom doesn’t know what to do. I swear I don’t understand her. 

“Well we’re already here and also I told you I texted her first and she’s okay with it! It’ll be fine.” I didn’t even realize he texted his mom. Maybe I am dumb. Sam then opened the door for us. 

“Ray! I missed you so much!” Sam’s mom ran and jumped on my mom almost making her fall. I can see how they became friends… I also forgot the fact she called my mom Ray, I’m pretty sure she’s only been called Ray by her.

“Gen! I missed you too!” Their hug lasted a while. I’m pretty sure they started crying at some point too.

“Okay guys, I know you haven’t seen each other in a while but there is no need to cry.” Really I don’t understand the crying part.

“Sorry about that Evan, but I haven’t seen you in a while either! How are you?” Both our moms are really nice so I’m glad.

“I’m good! It’s nice to see you.” It’s nice all four of us being together, it’s like we have our own small family.

“That's good, and it’s nice to see you too!” She smiled.

“Hey, do you boys mind if I and Gen go out and eat together and Sam can make something here? I would like to catch up with her.” My mom just wants to gossip about work but yeah… Catch up…. 

“Ooo, that's a good idea if you boys don’t mind it would be fun for us. Then you can hang out here!” Sam's mom wants to hear the gossip. 

“I don’t mind, you two can take your time too. We have plenty of food here!” Well if Sam is fine with it…

“Yeah, you can go have fun!” I’m fine with it too.

   -After they left-

“Okay Evan, what do you want to eat?” Sam learned to cook from his mom so he’s actually a really good cook. 

“Uhh, Biscuits and Gravy???” Biscuits and gravy are my favorite thing to eat and Sam makes them really good.

“Really? For dinner?” Sam l=gave me a look of disappointment. 

“Yeahhhh. Pleaseee!” I’ve been craving them for a while.

“Oh my gosh… Fine coming right up!” He knew I would say this from the start, he should have been prepared. 

“Thank you!” I smiled brightly now thinking about the soon to be had biscuits and gravy. 

“Hey, Sam? I have a question for you while you make that.” Sam looked at me confused as he prepped his stuff to make me food. 

“What's on your mind?” He started putting things together to make the biscuits. 

“Uh, well it’s kinda awkward to ask…” It’s really embarrassing to ask this now.

“You know you can ask me anything. I’m not going to be mad or anything.” He may make fun of me sometimes but he’s there for me when it counts. 

“Well umm, I just don’t understand why… Well uh, why you did the things you did with me... And how you’re so calm about all of it now. I just don’t get it.” Sam became flustered unsure how to answer. 

“Well-”

To Be Continued