As Alex and I are inside looking at the different animals the young woman brought to the party. I finally notice Mitchell, Cam, and Lily had shown up. As Cam is looking around waiting for an opening to change into his clown costume. Alex then notices her sister glaring angrily at the young woman as Dylan and her talk, with her appearing to flirt with Dylan.
"I know that look, don't get involved. Trust me, no good will come from it," I say to Alex who is debating on messing with her sister, to 'help' her get back at the young woman.
"What do you mean?" Alex asks me with a look trying to play innocent.
"You know exactly what I mean," I say to her with Alex shrugging her shoulder and then walking over to her sister.
'I tried… seems somethings won't change from my past memories,' I think to myself as I watch Haley let loose a few animals to cause the young woman to panic.
I finally notice Jay, Gloria, and Manny arrived, with Jay giving Luke his birthday present, the crossbow. I just sigh as I know that only crazy people would give an eleven-year-old a crossbow. Seeing the chaos start inside the house, it only worsens as Cam returns with his clown persona on, called 'Fizbo'.
"Alex, you just messed up the whole party," I say to her after she comes back watching her sister with me release some scorpions.
"That's not what I meant!" Alex says after Haley tells the lady some scorpions are missing. I just sigh, as Fizbo comes inside, then freaks out seeing a scorpion near where he is entertaining some kids with his antics.
"Scorpion! Scorpion! Scorpion!" Cam screams in a high pitch. Bursting through, knocking down everything that's in his way, as he escapes outside terrified.
"Told you," I say to Alex as we watch Cam in his Fizbo clown outfit run into Phil, who quickly loses his cool seeing the clown.
"Too close, too close. TOO CLOSE!!" Phil says which turns into a fearful yell as he then backs into Jay and Luke, Luke fires the crossbow by accident and the crossbow goes into the bouncy castle. The whole castle deflates making everyone inside panic leaving it quickly.
"What the hell! Oh! Crap," Claire and Mitch then rush over to Jay and Luke, while asking what happened.
"We fired the crossbow," Luke says with guilt and fear seeing this craziness happen.
Everyone goes into a full panic running over to the deflating bouncy castle trying to get everyone out of it. As Alex and I walk outside, watching this all happen. My Dad is checking on everyone who came out of the bouncy castle since he is a Doctor. As my Mom is with Gloria trying to pull Manny who went into the bouncy Castle to get the girl he had a crush on safe.
"Should've listened to me," I say to Alex whose face is going very pale seeing this all happen.
"What?! I didn't do this! Haley did! She miss understood me!" Alex says as I just nod my head at her with a face that says I don't believe her.
"Gabe, please! Don't say anything," Alex says pleading with me as I stare at her for a bit.
"...Fine, but you'll owe me one," I say to Alex who nods her head immediately agreeing with me.
Alex and I then here someone fall in the driveway while groaning in pain. Seems to be Luke who is holding his arm, as he fell on the beads that Cam knocked over fleeing the house, from Claire's crafting table. We run over to him, as Claire and Phil come over quickly seeing us.
"Luke you ok?" I ask Luke who shakes his head, with Alex looking more guilty since she kinda started the whole mess.
"My arm really hurts," Luke says as Claire and Phil arrive.
"He fell from slipping on the beads," I say as Claire looks guilty for being the one who set up the table to begin with.
"Looks like you broke your arm," I say seeing his wrist is already swelling slightly and he is holding it in pain.
"Dad! Luke broke his arm!" I say to my Dad who finished checking on everyone after they escaped the bouncy castle.
"You're right. Phil, Claire he needs to go to the hospital so he can get it in a cast," my Dad says to them after running over and looking at Luke's arm.
The whole Dunphy family and my family all go to the hospital together. As my Dad brought them to the one he works at, with the rest of the family coming to see how he is doing. Once the cast is on, everyone signs it for Luke who takes the whole mess happily. As he thought this was the best birthday he ever had.
After the whole debacle of Luke's birthday party, time flies by with Christmas and winter break approaching. Though this year, my Mom's parents and younger sister are coming from Spain to visit us for the month. They arrive a few days before my Winter break begins, after I came home from school I saw my grandparents at our house.
"Gabe, ¡te extrañé! ¿Cómo has estado?" (Gabe, I missed you! How have you been?) my Grandma says to me as I give her a hug and she returns it kissing my forehead.
"He sido bueno, ¿y ustedes chicos?" (I've been good, what about you guys?) I say to them after hugging them both, as my Grandpa ruffles my hair.
"El mismo de siempre," (Same old same old) Granpa says to me and I nod my head.
"¿Estás emocionado por la Navidad?" (Are you excited for Christmas?) Grandma says to me and I nod my head.
"Bien, porque les trajimos algunos regalos geniales este año," (Good, because we brought you some great gifts this year) Grandpa says as my Grandma nods her head excited too it seems for Christmas.
"Tía, ¿cómo estás?" (Auntie, how are you?) I ask my Aunt who is here too, after my Grandparents greet me.
"Emocionado de que la escuela esté en vacaciones. te apuesto a ti también," (Excited that school is on break. I bet you too) Aunt Sonia says to me giving me a hug which I return.
"Estoy emocionado también. Aunque tengo otro día de escuela," (I'm excited too. Though I have another day of school) I say to her and he just chuckles as I sigh wanting tomorrow to be over already.
The last day of school before Winter break was extremely long, as everyone just wanted it to be over. Though it was only a half day, it still felt like we were all in school for several days. Alex and I talked about our family's plans for this year's winter break. Seems her family is just going to be celebrating Christmas as usual. Though I did mention my Mom's side is visiting us for winter break.
Once the day ended and we all headed home, the next few days flew by with Christmas morning arriving. Once I woke up, I went downstairs to see my Grandparents already awake, with my Grandma cooking breakfast as my Grandpa drank coffee watching the news. I could hear what sounded like a puppy in the living room with my grandpa.
Seeing me they smiled as my Grandma handed me some orange juice I walked into the living room to see the tree has been filled with presents. Though the biggest surprise was the puppy playing in the living room as my grandpa was watching TV. The puppy seeing me ran over as I picked it up with it licking my face.
"¡Feliz Navidad! ¡Este es el gran regalo que trajimos con nosotros! ¿Qué nombre le vas a poner?" (Merry Christmas! This is the big present we brought with us! What are you going to name him?) Grandpa says as my Grandma takes pictures with me holding the puppy.
"¡¿En serio?!" (Seriously?!) I say to them and they nod laughing seeing my face.
"Rome, su nombre es Rome," (Rome, his name is Rome) I say to them and they nod their heads as I begin playing with the small german shepherd puppy.
After another hour of me playing with Rome, my Aunt and parents woke up coming downstairs. My Grandma just finished making breakfast by then too. None of them were surprised, as apparently, my parents knew this was happening. Later that day, my Uncle Javier, Aunt Yolanda, Carlos, and Sandra came over. Then my Dad's parents and sister came over too shortly after them. We all celebrated Christmas together, with my cousins excited to see the puppy too.
After the day ended, I was just extremely happy as I now have a large and happy family. My past life filled me with happiness as I always wanted this in my other life and now I have it. Waking up the next day I saw a few texts from Alex, which wished me a Merry Christmas as I texted her earlier that day saying Merry Christmas. Though she never responded until later last night.
Seems her parents found a burn hole in the couch, which they thought was from a cigarette. Though it was really from a crystal ornament given to them by their grandpa Frank. Which is why her parents grounded them taking their phones and other important belongings from them. I just responded back with a 'lol' making Alex text me back annoyed that I found her almost ruined Christmas funny.
Christmas break flew by almost immediately with the last few days arriving. Though as I was playing some board games with my Aunt, Mom, and Dad. My grandparents were visiting my Uncle and Aunt for the last two weeks here since they spent the first two with my family. My Dad got a phone call from Phil, and from the sounds of it, it seemed serious.
"Sorry guys seems Phil is in a lot of pain and just wants my opinion," Dad says as we all stopped to see what the phone call was about.
"Can I come too?" I ask him since I was worried about Phil and because as I doctor in my previous life I might be able to help too, if needed.
"Sure," Dad says as we leave, Rome, my Mom, and Aunt at home. Once at Dunphy's house, my Dad knocks with Claire answering the door.
"Oh come on! They aren't the firefighters!" Haley says annoyed as it seems the three girls were waiting for the local firefighters.
"Sorry, we aren't. Though Phil did call me saying he was in a lot of pain," Dad says and Claire nods her head letting us in.
"Yeah, he is in the living room. Though we already called nine one one, so you guys didn't have to come over here," Clarie says to us as my Dad shakes his head, while taking out his first aid kit.
"No problem, you all are our friends," Dad says as he then looks at Phil who is sweating a lot and groaning in pain.
"Oh, hey. Sorry, you have to see me like this," Phil says in between groans as my Dad shakes his head.
"So what exactly is hurting?" Dad says as he listens to Phil's heart and lungs.
"Like someone is stabbing me in my side and back," Phil says with heavy breaths groaning more in pain.
"Well, your heart and breathes seem good for the most part. Though I'd like to get you into the hospital for more tests, as it could be a number of things. However, I have one more question," Dad says to Phil and the others who are becoming worried since my Dad is a doctor telling them this.
"When you urinated last, was it painful?" my Dad asks Phil, as I now know my Dad's suspicions. Seems we both have come to the similar conclusion that it is a kidney stone.
"Very," Phil says and my Dad nods his head.
"Then it is most likely a kidney stone. Though I still want you to go to the hospital," Dad says as the firefighters arrive, with the girls fixing themselves before opening the door.