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He helped her bring in all the bags of the things they had bought at the store. They had left them in the front of her house, and then he brought out his phone and made the first of the phone calls he wanted to do for the night. He disappeared into the house somewhere as he was pacing around, and she was looking at all the bags and everything that was in front of her.

He was trying to keep quiet, but the first call seemed to be him reassuring someone that this was something he wanted to do. Then he finally was quiet again. When he came down the stairs, she knew he had gone upstairs to tell whomever he was on the phone. He looked at her, “My parents are a pain, but they are looking forward to meeting you.” He said with a grin. “That wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.”

“Really because that seemed like they argued with you.” She said as she looked up.