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"What's that?" Mia asked as she chopped the vegetables helping toways froht that that would happen" Nita spoke honestly to her friend

"Okay everybody, the barbeque is done, come on out so we can eat" One of Nita's relatives announced interrupting their girl talk Mia and Nita each grabbed a bowl of the fresh salads that they had finishedbuffet tables had been set up to acco the salads on the table, they joined the for for a chance to ht the day would coirlfriend" Avery teased his best friend as Mia and Nita joined them at one of the picnic tables with friends and faht?" Jayden teased as Mia sat next to hiently pushed her knuckles against his head in jest

"Just goes to show there is somebody for everybody" One of the elders spoke

"Jayden how is your father doing?" Nita asked

"Actually he's i He remembers soh five He re home"

"Does he remember you?"

Jayden hesitated That was still a touchy subject for him, but not as much as it used to be

"No not yet… The doctor says he may never become a hundred percent He says it's a miracle that he's even at sixty percent now" Abruptly Jayden stood and held out his hand for Mia She looked up questioning hi down at her with a san teasing with the old children's nursery rhy… First coe… Then co his pants… Doing the hula, hula dance!"[vi] By the end of the song, everyone was up dancing and clapping to the beat teasing Mia and Jayden as they walked off holding hands

"You're blushing?" Jayden teased as he turned slightly towards her looking at her reddened cheeks