Michelle and I spent the next two days together � just hanging out. She introduced me to her father-in-law, Gilbert, who lived across the road from me. He was a very kind man, but at the same time he spoke his mind. I really like that about him. The next day, Matt and Jeff came home, so I didn�t see Michelle. I missed her being here, but her absence gave me the opportunity to work in the yard. I had big plans for the yard. Although the house was a bit small, the yard was huge. It was so big that I wasn�t really sure where it ended. I hopped into my car and headed to the hardware store. There was so much neat stuff there that I went a little overboard. Being in my car, I couldn�t take much of it with me but luckily the store delivered. I set up a time and headed out for home. As soon as I walked in my front door, the phone rang. It was Michelle inviting me over to go swimming. I agreed but told her that I couldn�t stay long as I was expecting a delivery. When I arrived at her house, I found that it wasn�t just Matt and Michelle. A few of their friends were there along with Jeff and Kristin. Michelle introduced me to everyone. "It�s nice to finally meet you.", I told Kristin as I shook her hand. "You too.", she coldly replied as she turned to quickly walk away. I looked at Michelle who said, "See?" We both laughed. "Hey Jade!", Matt called from his place in front of the grill. He was busy cooking hamburgers and hotdogs. I walked over to him, "You guys should have told me it was a cook out. I would have brought something." "It�s okay. We have everything.", he said with a smile, "I hear you�ve been keeping my wife entertained while I was away." "Yeah. We�ve had a good time. We really hit it off.", I said. "I�m glad.", he replied with a smile. It was really hot out, so I took a dip in the pool. I then took a seat by Michelle. We were quickly joined by Jeff and a friend of theirs named Shane. Shane was interrogating me about where I was from and such. I caught myself smiling at Jeff every now and again. So did Michelle. Realizing that I had been there for a while, I turned to Michelle to ask her the time. "Where�d you get that scar on your back?", Shane asked nosily. I stiffened up and turned back around to face he and Jeff. "I was stabbed.", I started but quickly changed the subject, "I really need to be going. The delivery truck should be at my house shortly." Jeff was looking at me with concern. "How�d you get stabbed?", Shane pried. Jeff could sense that his questions made me very uncomfortable, so he intervened, "What are you having delivered?" I smiled as if to thank him, "Some landscaping stuff for the backyard." His eyes lit up. "You said the magic words.", Michelle said, "Jeff loves that sort of stuff." I looked at him. "Yeah, I�ll have to come check it out.", he said with a smile. I returned the smile and stood up to leave. I thanked Matt and Michelle and headed back home to wait for my delivery.
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