A Work Of Art

(Previously that day)-
(Maria's POV)-
While I am rushing around cleaning the house for this afternoon, for which my daughter Maddeline will be coming to stay for a week, I completely lost track of anything or anyone else that was around me. I am such a mess right now. I am so focused on everything being right, this next week will be very important to me, Maddeline, Chris and Andy. I really do think that having Chris, Andy and Maddeline in the same household will really help our new family bond and mesh together.


Considering the rocky start that Andy and Maddeline had towards each other the first time they met, I think that this time will be different. It will be different because they both would at least know that (a)-there will now be two teenagers in the family, and (b)-that they will both have a step parent.


Chris and I have only been officially married together for eight months, but the first time both Andy and Maddeline met, Chris and I had only just decided to move in together, which was just over a year ago. As well as that, that had been the last time I had even seen Maddeline. Yes, I had spoken to her over the phone in that time, but I guess things and scenarios with our partnership and marriage had been quite fast in turn to some other couples but I really do feel that Chris and I should be together as well as Andy and Maddeline being step brother and sister.


“Chris, honey!, can you please set the formal dining room up so at least the house would look decent for Maddeline?” I called out throughout the house because I did not know where Chris nor Andy were. My guess was that they were both probably out in the 'Recording Studio' in their opinion, but in my opinion it is just called a 'shed' with fancy contraptions in it, that are used to help create music tracks.


Walking out to the shed, 'music studio', I notice that for once the back garden is actually clean, so I figure that the two boys have cleaned up at least their share of what needed to be done, so I turned on my heel and headed back into the house to set up the formal dining area.


As I was doing that, the two boys walked in looking at me with a strange expression on their faces. “Chris, what happened?” I asked.


“Nothing happened Maria, Andy and I have just got nothing to do around this place at the moment because you have gone into a cleaning frenzy and have left nothing for us!” Chris explained.


“Not like we need to do shit around here anyway...” Andy whispered quietly thinking that no one would hear him.


Replying back to Andy, Chris proclaimed, “Andy!, do not use that language around me, Maria, or in fact anywhere!” Looking upset with his sons behaviour, Chris changed his attention to me and to looking out of the windows.”


“I'm so excited, I really can't wait until she gets hear!!” I nervously but excitingly said,


“Well I'm not, I could easily wait an eternity...” Andy whispered again.


With that comment, Chris and I both gave Andy a stare in a warningly tone. Before either Chris or I could say something back to Andy, all of us heard the familiar grumble of a car pulling up in our driveway. Knowing that the person in the car would be Maddeline, I totally forgot what I was doing and raced towards and out of the front door leaving Chris and Andy waiting in the formal dining area.


I ran to the edge of Maddeline's red car door and reached over into the drivers side seat and engulfed Maddeline in a smothering hug. I had been, and was so excited to see my baby girl after a year of not being able to talk face to face with her.


(Maddeline's POV)-
I had just pulled into the gravel driveway and before I had even began to collect my belongings from the passenger seat of the car, to then step out and greet my family, my mother was already trying to pull me into a bone crushing and suffocating hug. When I finally managed to step out of the car, I was still engulfed by my mothers hugs.


“Mum, it is really good to see you but can you please let go of me?” I said to my mother. When my mother let go of me and took a small step back, she then didn't reply back to me, she just stood in the middle of the driveway gawking at my appearance. I honestly don't think she would have been staring so much, I really hadn't changed to the extent of where you wouldn't recognise me. I only added a couple of things like piercings and tattoos, and then changed what I wear.


“Hello?...Earth to Maria?...” I asked her, wondering if her brain was still in this universe, “Mum!” I said a little louder, which worked to snap her out of the stare. Giving her a weird look I then asked her “Mum, why were you staring at me like that? I know I have changed a bit but I just didn't think that it would've been that much of a shock. Like seriously you know what I was like in high school.” She didn't respond to me, she just started to usher me to the front door.


“Mum?” I persisted again.


This time she only responded in excitement saying “Oh my god, Maddeline, it is uh...so nice to see you” And by me being myself, I knew that she was excited to see me, but she was not excited to see my appearance. Passing that moment my mother and I scrambled to get to the front door and inside the house.


As my mother and I entered the house, I only walked in to meet disappointment. I was really hoping that Andy wasn't going to be there.


(Andy's POV)-
“Why!? Why does she have to come, I HATE her!” I screamed to my father while Maria was outside greeting Maddeline. Maddeline being the person in the world that I hate the most.


“Andy, stop being so selfish, get over it. I hate her to but you will just have to get over it. She will be hear for another week so shut your mouth and be nice!” My father explained to me while looking out of the open front door making sure that no one could over hear the conversation we were having, so it probably wasn’t a help that I was shouting before.


“Dad, come one, please don't make me d...” I was whispering back before I was interrupted by two woman making their way through the large front door.


Maddeline's outfit - http://www.polyvore.com/maddeline/set?id=108416216
Andy's outfit - http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=108416886

Notes

Hey guys, i am so sorry for not updating sooner, Christmas time for me was more hectic than i thought and i have had computer issues as well, i'm sorry again but here is the next chapter. Hope you all like it!!

-Grimm ;)