Learning to Love

The Families

Amelia stepped off the bus, dragging a suitcase down beside her. She took a deep breath, and looked around. She was home. The town was just as she remembered. They had a few restaurants, a bakery, a supermarket, and some small businesses. Along with the school of course. It was small, and quaint where everyone knew everyone. She was greeted by her Mother and Father, wrapped in their arms she greeted them for the first time in four years. "Hello Mama! Hello papa! I'm home!" She cheered enjoying their embrace.

That is when two men now stood beside the parents..they were tall, and rather built. They looked rather scary, until they both smiled scooping the girl in their own hugs. "Hello Lucas! Hello Liam!" It was the twins, her older brothers. They have really grown in the last four years. Once she was back on the ground again, she held her suitcase beside her.

Her family were all smiles, and her mother finally spoke. "Welcome home our little peach. We have planned a welcome home BBQ for you! We knew you'd like to see all your friends again.." her mother spoke as they now all walked toward a truck. "It will be perfect, just as long as those dirty Delgato's don't show.." Amelia had forgotten about all that. She would have to keep an eye out.. surely they would be up to something.

Elsewhere, Chase was tapping a baseball bat against his shoe as he rolled his eyes, his sister Cameron going on and on about the new girl - well, not entirely new girl - who was in town. Amelia. He knew he was going to have to do something when all of a sudden James came walking up and tossed an arm around the dark brown beauty that was their sister.

James paused and looked at Cameron ruffling her perfectly curled hair and grinned mischievously "Then why don't we just do something.... Welcoming for the girl." 

Chase who had grown more out of the pranks they used to pull on the Clarks, paused looking hesitant at the words "Like what?" 

James paused and thought a moment before Lilly spoke up, looking falsely adorable in a sundress and sandals. She was the real devil of the siblings. "How about we let the animals loose? I hear they're throwing a party to welcome her back. It'd be a terrible shame if the animals got into all those peaches they've been growing all spring."

James looked at Cameron, "How's that sound little sister? We get to ruin a party and their crops. Mom and Dad will be happy to get one up on them. They won't have the best peaches this year."

 Chase frowned at them "I get wanting to pull one up on them but that's their livelihood" 

Lilly turned and placed her hands on her hips "Are you even a Delgato if you don't dislike them?"

Amelia was full of laughs as she and her mother cooked for the party. Amelia had forgotten how much she missed home. The smell of the peaches, the friendly people, her favorite animals, all the baked goods. Oh, the memories. She missed this..4 years away, graduating college top of her class. She never once did not think of home. She smiled now, wiping some flour off her face. They had just finished baking pies, fresh baked peach pies. Arguably the town's favorite pie. Her brothers, hard at work setting up for the big bonfire, stringing lights around peach trees to the house.. it would be the shindig to beat all shindigs.

Her mother now smiled toward her, as she too cleaned off her hands. "Run along now. Go get changed. You can't show up to your party looking like a mess! Hurry on up, go on now." Her mother now ushered her off. Amelia, never one to fight her mother, headed up the stairs toward her old bedroom. As she entered the room she was shocked to see. It was just how she left it. Even had fresh sheets. Amelia now smiled, throwing herself onto the queen-sized bed. Amelia had the largest room, which had a balcony, where the girl often spent her mornings reading way back when. She looked up at the peach designed ceiling, she took a deep breath -happy to be home.

Finally, as nightfall covered the land in its dark blanket, the Clark family party began. Music carried along the breeze as people gathered to celebrate a homecoming. People danced, ate, talked, and just enjoyed the wonderful night it was. Amelia had changed into a pair of light washed jeans, and a white sweater. On her feet, always a dusty old pair of converse. She made her way around greeting old friends, unaware trouble was brewing.

Chase, despite being against the whole thing did join in on the chaos that was about to brew at the Clarks. Mostly to make sure none of his siblings got hurt. Lily took care of the cows, slipping into the barn and unlocking all the doors so the cows could be free, then slipping outside waiting to open up the doors. James went for the sheep, lulling them to be quiet as he waited by the pen.

Finally, Cameron went, and slipped through the farm, moving the buckets of peaches and dumping them in front of the sheep pen, the barn door, and all along the path she even tossed a couple in the manure for good measure. Winking at Lilly she then went and waited by the chicken coop. She felt personally she had the most important job. She got to release the first animals, set the whole thing off. And chickens, well they were pretty chaotic themselves. Add sheep and cows, then the soon to be crushed peaches. Party. That witch Amelia wouldn't see it coming.

She took a deep breath counted a full minute at the coop till she was sure everything was in full swing, and opened the coop door. At first, nothing happened. There was some bwak bwaking as the chickens slowly made their way out, they were... free? Then the rooster came. And did his EREREREROOOOO then made a run for it. The hens following him squawking and screeching as they followed their leader, running into the party immediately. Disrupting the party guests and getting under foot. Not even a full minute later the sheep came. Stomping all over the peaches the slammed into tables, knocking them over, eating shirts and smashing into the already downed tables, breaking some.

Then came the cows. A moo set off the whole sha-bang, running to the party, loose and crashing into people, the house, some stopping to eat grass on the way. The panicked look in their eyes as the herd crashed through the party, almost running over guests who had to jump out of the way. Chase had checked on his siblings and finally he released the dogs. The dogs whose job it was to herd, but distracted by the ribs and food everywhere they jumped on the guests, bowling over Amelia and ripping into her food, crashing into anyone they could find with food and slobbering all over. Then Chase rounded up his siblings and they all made a run for it. Chaos had been served.