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friends, even though he was a few years older than I was, he always made time for me. And nobody ever bothered me, because they didn’t want to deal with Braden. He was very protective.” She smiles at the memories, but I can see that her eyes are starting to shimmer with unshed tears.
                  “They sound great. What about Karen and Jackson?” I assume that she lost her family since she keeps referring to them in the past tense, but don’t really think she will share anymore about them. She has only known me for a few days; she has no reason to trust me
                  “Karen is amazing. She’s fun and crazy, but so caring.”
                  “You must’ve gotten that from her,” I tell her. “Can I ask, what happened to Jackson? The crutches, I mean.”
                  “A few months ago, he was riding his bike to school and some jerk taxi driver, ran a red light and clipped him. He broke his leg in two places. He’s had to have physical therapy. The crutches have really sucked with all the stairs in our building and no working elevator.”
                  “I can imagine, I had to use crutches in high school, it sucked.”
                  “What happened?”
                  “Football injury.”
                  Then I feel something hit me on the back of the head. I look down and see a wadded up paper plate in front of me.
                  “Hey,” Ryder says. “I’ve been trying to get your attention. What’s for dinner? We’re starving.”                            
                  I grit my teeth and turn around. “You just had lunch an hour ago.”
                  “No, it’s okay. I’ll get something started. It might take a while.” Elaina says. “What do you guys want?”
                  “Chicken!”
                  “Mashed potatoes!”
                  “Cake!”
                  “Spaghetti!”
                  “Um… okay. How about Chicken Parmesan with spaghetti, mashed potatoes and cake for dessert?”             
                  “Yes!” Ryder says then turns back to his game.
                  “Okay, I guess it’s settled,” I say, “What can I help with?”             
                  “You’re going to help? I thought you said that you can’t cook.” She gives me a dubious look.
                  “I can’t cook, but I’m sure I can follow simple instructions. How hard can it be?”
                  She got to work boiling noodles, preparing the chicken, and mixing the cake batter from scratch. She finished all that in the time it took me to just finish peeling the potatoes. She showed me how to cook the potatoes, drain them and put them in a bowl to mash them. She hands me the mixer and I turn it on. When I think they are done, I remove the mixer to turn it off.
                  “Don’t…” she yells, just as the potatoes fly everywhere.
                  I look up and she has a big glob of potatoes on her face. “Um….sorry.” I say, but have to bite my bottom lip to keep from laughing.
                  She wipes her face and looks at her hand before she flings it right back in my face. I blink before I decide that at least, mine was on accident. Without even cleaning my face, I grab a few of the noodles already covered in sauce and throw them at her.
                  She stares at me in shock before she grabs some and flings it back at me. Before I know it, we are both throwing food and covered head to toe.
                  We hear someone clearing their throat and turn around to see Ryder standing there. “Dude, now what are we going to have for dinner?”
                  Elaina