Lemonade Mouth: Reunited at last ?

Chapter 17: Christmas Eve Trip Part 1

Week 1

Ray's Pov

'Daddy, Where are we?' Skye asks

'We're at my parent's and your aunty's house' I say to her

'Okay' she says and knocks on the door greeted by my mother

'Hi sweetie' she says and hugs Skye

'Hi granny' she says and walks in

'Hi Ray' she says to me and ruffles my hair as I roll my eyes

'Mum, I'm not a little boy any more!' I complain as Alicia laughs

'Oh ray, you'll always be my little boy' she says

'Where's dad?' I ask her

'In the backyard' she says as I walk through and place the luggages on the couch and made my way outside to find my dad and Skye talking and playing basketball together

'Hello you two' I say

'hi son' my dad says to me and comes over to me to give me a hand shake

'so what are we doing tonight?' I ask him as I watch Ruby lie on the grass

'You used to do that' he says to me following my gaze

'Oh yeah' I say to him'

'you would lie on the grass in the afternoon until we make you come inside' he says smiling at the old memories

'I still do' I say to him

'but'

'but not just as much' I finish

'what's wrong? I ask him seeing him full of worried

'Your sister.' he states simply

'Sarah?' I say confused

'who else'

'Is Sarah Okay?' I asked worried

'Oh No she's fine' he says still watching Ruby

'Then what's wrong?' I asked still confused

'She's getting married' he says and looks at me

'Really, that's great!' I say

'but'

'but?'

'It's the guy I don't like' he says

'Why, who's the guy?' I ask

'William' he says

'What's wrong with the Guy?' I ask him

'I'm not sure, but I just feel he's not right for Sarah. Just like when Jules kept coming over and I told you that-' he says

'that you couldn't picture us ever getting married and I told you that at the time I was too young to think about marriage' I say

'But when Stella came over to work on an assignment with you' he says

'I hated her at the time' I told him

'yeah, you may have hated her at the time but I told you that I could picture you and Stella' he says

'and I kept telling you I hated Stella' I say

'and look at you two now. You have 4 beautiful kids and Stella' he says

'I love her even more now and of course I love my 4 beautiful kids' I say to him

'That's why I'm not worried about you, you listen to my advice. But you're sister...' he says

''ll try and talk to her' I say to him

'I'm not sure you can talk her out of it' he says

'Of course I can. I'm her brother' I say to him

'and I'm her dad' he says

'We both know who's she gonna listen' he continues

'Stella' I say

'I'll bring her in' I say and walked inside

Stella's Pov

'Hi Mrs Beech' I say as I walk in with Alicia and Kailey holding our luggage

'Hi Alicia, Hi Kailey, Hi Stella and Stella please call me Judith You're family to me for a very long time' she says to me

'Thank you Judith' I say to Judith

'Hi Grandma' Kailey and Alicia both say and walked towards the couch to put their luggage there

'So Stella, how are you?' she asks me while heading off to the kitchen

'I'm good, we're all good' I say as I walk over to the couch to put the rest of our luggage there and I walked back towards Judith

'cupa?' she asks

'Thank you' I say and nod

'You know Sarah has been waiting for you all day' she says to me

'Oh really where is she?' I ask

'She's out but she'll be home later on, hopefully' she says as I laugh

'Oh I understand, I used to do that. Go out and don't come back home until someone drives me home' I say to her

'So what are we eating today?' I ask her

'Well there's this lovely veggie Restaurant down the road' she says

'Veggie? You remember I'm a vegetarian' I say

'Of course. How can I forget. So how about it?' she asks

'I loved to' I say to her as Ray comes in from outside

'Hey Stell' he says

'Oh hey' I say to him

'Mum is it okay if I grab Stella for a while?' he asks

'sure' she says as we start walking outside towards Mr Beech

'Hi Mr Beech' I say to him

'Hi Stella, please call me James

'Sorry, Thank you' I say to him

'So what's up?' I ask Ray as he looks towards his dad and back at me

'It's my sister' he says

'Sarah?' I ask

'yeah'

'What's wrong with Sarah?' I ask

'She's getting married' he says

'and that's a bad thing because?' I ask confused

'With the wrong guy' he says

'How do you know that?' I ask

'Dad's instincts' James says

'You want me to talk to her?' I ask

'yup' they both say

'Okay I'll try' I say as Sarah comes outside

'STELLA!' Sarah says

'You say hi to Stella and not your own brother first' Ray says offended

'Sorry Ray, but you'll always come second to me, sorry' she says as I laugh

'So Stella, I need to talk to you' she says to me

'me too' I say to her as we both walk upstairs to her room

'I don't know if my parents or Ray told you. But I'm getting married' she tells me

'Well I wanna talk to you about that. Your dad and your brother has been telling me about it' I say to her

'So what do you think' she says to me

'Well personally I don't think it's right' I say

'But you and Ray got married during College' she says

'Yeah, but I know he's the right person and so does everyone else' I explain to her

'I love William' she says

'Oh Sarah, do you really love him. Think about it' I tell her

'Look I'm marrying William because-' she says

'because of what? It's the right thing to do?' I ask

'well yeah' she says

'If you don't love him, you shouldn't be marrying him' I say to her

'but I feel it's the right thing to do' she says

'Well do you love him' I say to her

'No, there's-' she pauses

'There's?' I ask her

'It's nothing' she says quickly

'Sarah' I say to her

'When we went down to visit you guys last summer, I met this guy' she says

'Really. What's his name?' I ask her

'Nathan' she says

'Do you think you'll have a chance with him?' I ask her

'I want to' she says

'Let me ask you one thing. William or Nathan' I ask her

'Nathan' she says in a split second

'Then there's your answer' I say to her

'Thank you Stell' she says

Scott's Pov

'So dad, how long are we staying in Albuquerque?' Daniel asks

'2 weeks. Then we're going to New York for new years eve' I say

'Daddy, why are you smiling like that, it's creepy' Tiffany says as she looks up at her phone'

'Who are you texting?' Daniel asks

'No one' she says quickly

'Oh I know that face' I say to her and smirk

'what face?' she says and blushes

'that's the face your mum has whenever I text her or call her' I say to her and smirk

'she says embarrassed as she knocks on the door and is greeted by mother

'Hi Mum' I say as I walk in to put some luggage in

'Hello Scott' she says and I give her a peck on the cheeks

'Hi Granny' Tiffany says as she hugs her grandma and places her luggage inside

'Hi Gran' Daniel says as he gives his grandma a hug and places the luggage inside

'No you two help Anabel and Josh. Got it?' I say to them before running to the car to where Mo is struggling to carry the luggages

'OKAY!' they both say

'Mo! Wait. I'll carry that' I say to her as I reach her at the car

'Scott, it's okay I can do it' she says reassuringly

'No you're pregnant and I'm carrying it' I say

'but-' she says

'No buts. Carry Paige' I say to her while carrying the rest of the luggages

'Okay' she says as she carries a sleeping Paige

'Lets go. Come on' I say to her as we walk back up to the house

'Hi Mrs Pickett' Mo say to her when we reach up to the house

'Hi Mo, Please call me Lorraine, Mo are you?' she says over joyed

'Thank you, and yes I am' she say to her smiling

'Come in' she says as we both walk in with our luggage and Paige

'Mum, where's dad?' I ask her

'In the backyard' she says to me while I put the luggage down

'I'm gonna go see Dad. Are you gonna be okay here?' I ask her

'I'll be fine' she says to me as I give her a peck on the cheek and walk outside

'Hey Dad' I say to my dad as I walk outside

'Scott, how are you?' he says to me

'I'm great' I say as I watch Tiffany and Daniel play basketball

'They're good' he says to me also watching the two kids play

'yeah, Daniel plays Football and basketball and Tiffany is doing cheerleading' I say to him

'You know you, Nathan and Rachel used to play out here all day long' he says

'Really? Is that the reason you bought back this place' I say

'yeah, this place will always be home' he says

'but I want you to do me a small favour' he says

'Oh yeah?' I say

'Find out what's happening with your brother' he says

'Nathan?, what's wrong with him?' I ask

'Probably teenage drama, but he won't talk to anyone about it' he says

'You want me to talk to him?' I ask

'No, I want Mo to talk to him' he says

'Uhmm okay' I say and walk inside to find Mo talking to my mum

Mo's Pov

'So Mo, how are you?' Lorraine asks

'I'm great thanks, never been better' I say to her

'Actually Scott and I have god news for you guys' I say to her as Scott came up to us

'Hey' he says to me

'Oh hello' I say back

'So Mo tells me you guys have got good news to tell us' Lorraine says as Mr Pickett comes in

'Hello Mo' he says

'Hi Mr Pickett, How are you?' I say

'I'm good thanks, and how about you?' he says

'Never been better' I say

'Ohh Mo, Scott what's the good news?' Lorraine asks impatiently just as Rachel and Nathan walks in

'Hi Rachel, Hi Nathan' I say as I greet both f them with a hug

'So Mo? Scott?' she says even more impatiently

'Well uhmm I'm pregnant' I say

'How far way are you?' Lorraine asks Overjoyed, giving both me and Scott a hug

'about 4 months' I say

'Still a long way to go' Scott says

'Oh Mo I'm so happy for you guys' Mr Pickett says and gives both me and Scott a hug

'So I'm gonna be an aunty to another baby?' Rachel asks happily

'Yep' I say

'That's great, Uhmm I'm gonna go up to my room' he says sadly

Just as Scott gives me the 'Talk to him for me Please' look and I reply with a 'Okay' look

When I reached Nathan's room I knock on the door

'Come in' he says as I come in and sit on the edge of his bed

'So, spill' I say

'What are you talking about?' he asks

'Something's on your mind, I can tell' I say to him

'It's nothing' he says

'Nathan' I say to him giving him my best angry look\

'No offence Mo, but you can't do the angry look' he says laughing

'Okay I got you laughing, so you gonna tell?' I ask him

'Well, when we went to visit you guys, I met a girl' he says

'Ooh a girl, what's her name?' I ask him curiously

'Sarah' he says smiling

'Do you have her number?' I ask him

'yeah' he says

'then ask her out' I say to him

'Not that simple' he says

'Why, you already have her number' I ask

'Last time we talked she said she was getting married' he says

'Really, Bugger' I say to him and give him a hug just as my phone rings to see the caller id to be a certain Stella Beech

'Hey Stell' I say into the phone

'Hey Mo, I just had a talk with Ray's little sister Sarah' she tells me

'What about?' I ask her

'She was about to get married' she says

'No way. Sarah was about to get married' I say just as Nathan's head stood straight up

'Yup, so what's going on with you?' she asks

'Well I just had the talk with Scott's little brother Nathan' I say to her

'Oh what about?' she asks me

'Love advice' I say to her

'You know what's weird' she asks me

'What?' I ask

'That Sarah and I were talking about a guy she likes' she says

'Oh who's the guy?' I ask

'Nathan' she says

'To think about it me and Nathan have been talking about a certain Sarah' I say

'Do you think?' she says

'Could it?' I ask as I turn over to Nathan and ask 'What's Sarah's last name?' and he replies with a 'Beech'

'Stell?' I say

'Yeah?' she asks

'I just talked to Nathan and he says the girl's name is Sarah Beech' I say to her

'Well I was talking to Sarah and she said the guy's name is 'Nathan Pickett' she says

'No way' I say

'Yes way' she says

'You wanna let them talk?' I ask

'sure' she says as I hand over the phone to Nathan

Victoria's Pov

'Finally' I say as we reached Charlie's parents doorsteps

'That trip was so long' Ruby complained as she knocked the door

'Hello' Mrs Delgado says

'Hi Mrs Delgado' I say as I walk in with the luggage and kids

'Hi Granny' all the grand kids says

'Oh goodness, how tall are you guys now?' she says beaming family

'Hi mum' Charlie says as he walks in with the rest of the luggage

'Hi sweetie' she says and gives him a hug and gives me a hug just as Mr Delgado comes in

'Hi Dad' Charlie says

'Hi Mr Delgado' I say as he comes over and hugs us both

'Hello you two' he says just as Andrew starts playing on Charlie's old guitar set

'Wow' Mr Delgado says

'he's as good as you Charlie' Mrs Delgado says

'yeah I'm a bit jealous' he says

'you shouldn't be' I say

'yeah it's from the genes' Mrs Delgado says just as she sees Ruby reading

'What are you reading Rubes?' she asks as she sits next to her on the couch

'The Hunger games' she says and looks up to her

'You two should be proud, you raised these kids really well' Mr Delgado says

'Oh we are' we both say

Olivia's Pov

'Mum I'm hungry' Mason says

'You're always hungry' Wen says confused

'Well you can't blame me we've been on hours of plane ride and coming to gran and gramps place without food' he says

'Oh don't worry, I've cooked up a batch of cookies' she says and hands the cookies to us to eat

'Thank you Sydney' I say

'You're welcome' she says

'How long are you guys staying?' Sydney asks just as Mr Gifford comes inside the living room

'2 weeks' Wen says