The next day Rain woke up in the same room, with the smell of fresh paint and new bedsheets, but her feelings towards it were different, for once in 2 years, she was thinking this could be her home, this could be the room where she will be safe and be happy, and so the smell of new paint and bedsheet was welcome to her.
With a smile playing on her lips, she got in the shower after brushing. While in Sophie's room, Shawn Mendis was singing at full volume while Sophie was dancing in front of her bathroom mirror, half brushing and half-singing at the concert.
" I see Sophie, is having a concert of her own." Oliver chuckled while kissing his wife on the cheeks mumbling "I love you", to which she chuckled as well.
" Should I tell her to keep the volume down?" she anxiously asked, turning towards her husband.
" Well, you can if you want to?" He answered pushing his hair back and looking into the mirror outside the kitchen in the hallway.
" This is what mothers do, right? Or should I just keep quiet?"
Oliver was confused as well, they were now parents and not of a small child, but a kid and a teen. Maybe small things could offend them, but parents are supposed to tell their kids what's right and what's wrong, right? He looked at her anxious wife and smiled, "Maybe.." the blaring of music stopped. They both looked at each other and smiled while hearing Rain and Sophie bickering.
" You are not the only one living here, Sophie." Rain shouted at her sister from her room and heard Sophie turning the music off and opening her door.
" it is down now shut that vacuum, you are irritating me," Sophie replied.
While rain was in the shower, suddenly she started hearing high pitch shouting of Shawn Mendis from the next room, and with anger and frustration fogged in her mind, she left her bathroom and opened the door to shout at her sister.
But before she can do that she spotted the note sticking on her sister's room's door.
'Do Not Disturb'.
"This girl is disturbing the whole street and says to not disturb her, ahh" While thinking of a plan for revenge on her ignorant sister, Rain spotted a vacuum cleaner near the corner at the end of the upper hallway, and the plan was decided.
She pushed the vacuum cleaner inside her room and started vacuuming at full speed, she knew Sophie hated this noise, so to add an extra layer of revenge to it she took out the karaoke set from the bundles of things her new parents stored in her room for her when she first arrived here, she with all rage inside put all the gifts in one corner of the room when she was first in and now she will give the things new chance too, just like the parents, and put the mike near the vacuum's machine and clicked the speaker on.
After about 10-15 seconds, her plan was successful, the music was off and now she turned the cleaner off, " thank you for enjoying the show." She savagely remarked in the mike so that Sophie could hear it.
All four members of Finn's household were seated at the dining table, Sophie and rain bickering and telling Kat about whose fault it was and who was the victim of injustice in Shawn's music and vacuum incident, to which Kat was listening dearly and smiling, while her husband was eating the pancakes and trying to dive in the kids' story when the phone rang, Oliver decided to pick it up and told everyone to eat while he attends the call.
After about a minute or two, he was back and said, " The two gentlemen that saved you yesterday Rain, said they will be coming for dinner today, and asked if you guys are fine with that. And I replied with a yes. Is that okay?"
"yup"
"yeah"
"sure" came the reply.
In the evening, Kaitlin was inside in Rain's room while Sophie and they both were seated on her bed and Rain was in the bathroom. After about 5 minutes, she came out, with a wine red-colored, shin-length, slim fitted dress, with long sleeves and a square neckline, she was looking beautiful as Kaitlin had imagined, while picking out a dress for her, for her first day of meeting Finn's other related families, but thought that this might be a good time to gift her and let her wear it.
"you look beautiful," Kaitlin remarked smiling.
"Pretty." Sophie agreed.
Rain blushed, she still felt a lot like a stranger in front of Oliver and Kat but was trying to be friends with them, but her mind was saying it is too expensive and she shouldn't wear it to that dress, but her heart loved the dress and more frankly she wanted to wear it so that Kat would get happy, she felt guilty after yesterday that she couldn't call Kat, mom, and was too awkward to call her Mrs.Finn, now she was stuck in middle, so with a soft smile, " I loved it" she announced.
That was it then, she was left to do anything with her face and hair and then it was Sophie's turn. With a heavy bag, Sophie enters Rain's bathroom and shuts the door behind her.
While Rain and Kat waited patiently for her, discussing the shop Kat got Rain's dress. After about 10 minutes, the door of Rain's bathroom opened but only a crack, "I am stuck, help me." came Sophie's muffled voice.
While laughing both mother and daughter got up and with a mission started toward the bathroom, after maybe 5 minutes Sophie was out of the bathroom and standing in front of the mirror, twirling and looking at her pretty dress.
Her dress was in maroon color, a little shade lighter and brighter from Rain's dress, with a hint of red in it, knee-length, with laced 3/4 sleeves and illusion neckline, she looked beautiful, Kat and Rain were looking at her with awe.
After 15 minutes Rain got ready, she came down from her room to help Kat in arranging and cooking, and after about 15 minutes Sophie came down as well, the three ladies were happily arranging and cooking when the door was unlocked and Oliver stepped into the hallway and kat after spotting him smiled and motioned him to see the scene.
Rain was setting the table while Sophie was bringing him spoons and dishes, while continuously chattering about the dresses and do, they didn't even notice Oliver coming inside, kat was washing the kitchen counter to make it look clean. When kat didn't answer a question rain asked they both looked at her then at Oliver and Sophie beamed, "Dad" and hugged him. While Rain came towards him and smiled, too shy to hug.
Oliver thought this is what it feels like to have a family, I and Kaitlin were always happy but these guys made our happiness double by just being with them. The hug and the smile meant a lot to Oliver, as soon as he noticed tears forming in his eyes he got up and kissed Sophie on the cheek, "how are you my dear?" to which Sophie replied with, "great"
And taking a few steps towards her shy daughter he bends down and ruffles her hair, "and you my lady?" rain thought saying my lady was cringy but still she loved it and said, "Happy."
After some more last-minute arrangements, the doorbell rang and Sophie ran for the door, while Kat, Oliver, and Rain followed.
No one noticed but Sophie had a little secret of her, her little crush, she ran hearing the doorbell and opened the door with a huge smile on her face, "Welcome," she chirped, looking at the tall handsome guy in front of her, she had a dream about him, though she will never tell anyone, she wanted to be old for him.
With a smile, Steven bend down and pinched Sophie's nose and said "Hello" Sophie blushed
"Welcome to our house," Oliver said standing beside Sophie, and behind him came Kat and Rain. Steven's eyes quickly went to Rain and then as soon as he saw Rain looking at him too, he diverted his eyes towards Sophie and smiled," You look beautiful."
After Ace was done parking they all went inside, Oliver started chatting with Ace about their business. Sophie peeked inside the hall to see her father and the man with long hair talking and then she spotted Steven sitting on the other side of the sofa and scanning the bookshelf, beside the tv, which was in front of him. she wants to say something smart to him so that he would look at her more, but she didn't know what to say.
while still thinking, "Dinner is ready" Kaitlin announced and everyone moved towards the dining area.