sister upon sister

The drive home was filled with joy. He replayed in his mind the events of the afternoon. There's something so thrilling and invigorating about a first. In this case, he's the first person to ever get close to Rina. He was lucky. There's nothing particularly remarkable about him, but he took a chance and was friendly to someone who just happened to sit next to him. Rina sent him a text.

[Thank you again for fixing my home. I'm going to send a picture of the wall to my dad and pretend I did it. We will see what he says]

[lol you think he will believe you]

[I think faster than believing a boy was in my house]

[oh wow, they don't think you'd let a boy inside?]

[I think they just trust me to do what they've told me to do]

[im a bad influence is what youre telling me]

[no! a very very good influence]

[yeah yeah right. you just want your walls painted]

[speaking of that, can you come and do it on thursday?]

[yeah i should be able to! let's plan on that]

[thank you :)]

He arrived home to a house similar to yesterday. Women and girls dispersed from room to room. He again heard his mother call from upstairs, "Watson?"

"Yes mom."

"How was your study time?"

"Yeah, it was good! We got a lot done."

"Glad to hear it. There's dinner in the oven."

He sees Cary sitting in the living room watching TV. He hears Camille upstairs in her room.