Some time passed, Kat was preparing the dining table with Oliver while Sophie and Rain were outside in the hall with Mrs.Finn.
"Can I call you gramma?" Sophie asked sweetly while sitting beside Mrs.Finn on the sofa.
"Yes, you can my deary." Beamed Mrs.Finn.
Rain was sitting on the single sofa chair on the left side of gramma, she wanted to be around her but her awkward side was not letting her get comfortable around her, and also the fact that she was concentrating totally on Sophie was making her feel uncomfortable.
A few moments pass and the doorbell rang again. Kat and Oliver came out of the kitchen and gramma with Sophie and Rain stood up and they all went into the hallway to welcome their new guests. Oliver opened the door while everyone else stood near the stairs watching.
"Oliii!" Cheered a male voice, and Oliver was pulled out of the hallway into the porch and in a hug. A little kid about the age of 9-10 ran inside towards gramma cheering, "Nanna!" And gramma bent down and hugged the little kid.
"Long time no see, Kat." A woman pushed the two Finn brothers who were hugging and laughing in the doorway, aside and came in smiling while Kat moved forward to hug her smiling.
Rain was nervous with this many people and she wanted to run into her room and lock herself inside but stayed as Sophie was holding her hand, Sophie looked as if she is at lost, the sisters were invisible to the others it seems.
Suddenly their gramma was gone with some kid, their father was in the doorway still laughing and talking while slowly closing the door, their mother was too busy talking with a lady that was as pretty as her. They felt like they were the only people out of place.
Rain was about to walk into the hall when the pretty lady's eyes shifted from Kat's to her and she cheers, "Oh my god, Sophie and Rain!" She moved past Kat and hugged both of them at the same time. Rain thought this was awkward, the hug as well as the way she was feeling. Joy and anxiety both at the same time. while Sophie giggled.
Oliver came towards them with his brother following him and chuckled. "Stop it, Ela. They are kids, not ketchup bottles." And both the men gave each other high five while laughing.
The pretty lady got up, " They are not ketchup bottles." She said back mocking both of them with both hands on her waist.
As they all were still near the stairs, Ela fighting with Oliver and Zack her brothers, and Kat laughing at them when the sound of something falling and cracking into pieces came from the kitchen.
They all saw that gramms and the little kid was nowhere to be seen. Everyone made their way towards the kitchen, little boy and gramms were standing near broken pieces of a plate on the floor. As soon as gramma sees them coming, she stated to Kat, "You don't even know how to arrange dishes?"
Kat ran towards them feeling ashamed at gramms words and bent down, "What happened?" she asked while trying to clumsily pick the pieces scattered on the floor.
"Your lack of management could have caused him eye damage nothing more" Gramma accused.
"Mom, it's okay, it's no big deal," Ela replied coming at Kat's rescue, bent down, and started picking the broken china pieces from the floor as well. "And ben looks totally fine, right Ben?"
The kid nodded.
Zack took hold of the little kid, "You okay captain?" The kid nodded and he lifted him and took him into the hall while Oliver took gramma's hand and started to take her to the hall too, while she still complained, "How can she not even know how to put dishes in their places. If only…"
Ela sat down on the floor and put her hands on kat's back, "Don't mind her." Kat nodded still looking down and collecting the pieces, Ela looked at her and then looked at Rain, Sophie, and smiled, "Can you girls get a tissue box." Both of them nodded and started to go out and up the stairs.
As soon as the kids went away, "They are cute," Ela commented, Kat sat on the floor as well, looked at Ela with teary eyes, and smiled, "Yeah!"
"Why did you let her do this thing to you? Why care about it? We are good to you, why do you make your life miserable for mamma." Ela asked. she knows how her mamma was.
"She is the only close thing I have to a mother…"
"Yeah but if she is not getting over her arrogant grudge then why should you care? I went away from our home because it was unbearable for me too. don't worry about her."
"Yea.."
"Kids!" Ela beamed, while Sophie and Rain entered the kitchen with a tissue box. Rain sat near Kat and started picking up the pieces with tissue and throwing it in the dustbin, while Sophie held the lid of the dustbin open.
"I want kids like Rain and Sophie too," Ela announced, Kat laughed and Rain, Sophie blushed.
After about 10-15 minutes Kat, Ela, and Rain were still in the kitchen talking and Sophie, Zack, Oliver, Gramma, and Ben were in the hall when the doorbell rang.
Now it was Kat's chance to open the door, she ran towards the door as everyone else stood near the stairs or on it looking at the new guest.
The door opened and Kat beamed, "Dad!!" And a short man with a bushy beard about the age of 70-80 hugged Kat, "You look beautiful, just as I left you here. Oliver is doing a great job then." He laughed.
Zack and Oliver moved forward and both of them cheered, "Buddy!!" While holding hands wide open, Kat's dad laughed merely and hugged them both one after another.
They all went inside laughing and talking but the doorbell rang again as soon as the door was closed, Rain was near the door so she opened it while everyone looked.
Rain looked at the pile of boxes that was hiding the face of their new guest, confused, she blurted out, "Who is this?"
"Ohh." Came the voice from behind, the woman holding the boxes peeked at her from the side, and smiled, "Can I come in Mam, I am Margaery Moon…" As soon as the words left her, Kat cheered, "Oh my god what are these?"
"Gifts for the kids and the grown-ups," Margaery chuckled, she had the same long blond hair as Kat and her eyes were also blue but a little darker than her sister's.
Zack and Oliver helped Margaery and Kat with the boxes and everyone started to move towards the hallway.
"Only one fool is missing now, when is he coming." Oliver looked at Zack who was talking in a flirty way with Margaery and Zack shrugged, "He was on his way for 1 hour." they all laughed and started to go their own way. while Rain stood watching everyone from the hall door which can view inside the kitchen as well as the backyard and hall.
Rain looked at Margaery, Kat, and Ela laughing about something while sitting on the dining table, while Ben played with Gramma in the hall. She then looked at the guys, Zack, and Oliver with Sophie in the garden, and smiled looking at Sophie who was excitedly showing the plants that were planted outside.
This was what a big family felt like, she thought, this was what it was like if she lives in the human world, she will have to live with these people, like them, talking, gossiping, and being happy and with a smile, she accepted the fact that she maybe wanted a big happy family and no power.
she also wanted to live like them, happy, with mom, dad, and a big family by your side, with someone you love, with kids, and doing these awesome family gatherings, and hugging each other.
maybe this was better than having uniqueness, maybe even better than knowing what happened in past.
She was still in the doorway when the front doorbell rang and she turned without even thinking and happily opened the front door for another person who is going to be her family.
Richard bent down at her and smiled, "Ah, it's the princess that lives here. How are you, your highness?" He bowed down, Rain blushed, and Zack, Oliver came behind her chuckling, "You are late, peasant."
"Forgot to take gifts that I bought so had to go back." He laughed, Rain moved aside, he entered into the hallway, ruffled her hair, and moved towards the hall while putting both of his hands over his brothers and talking.
finally, the big and happy family was complete, Rain thought smiling and moving towards her family.