Kelly Jackson watched from her living room window as the new family moved in across the street from her home. She watched as an average couple, probably in their mid forties carried boxes, while the moving men carried all of the heavier items in. The couple had one son who just pulled up in a large pick up truck, and the kid had a local community college sweatshirt on.
He was heavy young man, maybe thirty or forty pounds over weight, yet he had boyishly handsome features in his chubby face. He began to unload the back of his truck, obviously filled with his own personal belongings.
Kelly was very lonely since her divorce from her husband of ten years, but she fought with him over the last couple years of their marriage. He argued with her over how to raise their three kids, money, her lost figure from having two kids to even her hairstyle. She and her ex never got to know any of the other neighbors, so she figured maybe she would introduce herself to this new family. She gathered up her two kids little Tommy who had just turned three and his big sister Carla who is six. She loaded them into her mini van and drove to the mall to look for a welcome to the neighborhood gift for her new neighbors.
The family across the street is the Murphy's, John and Margaret had been childhood sweethearts and have been married for more than twenty years. They only had one child, the heavy young man named Scott, who is starting his freshman year in the local community college.
John has a job with a large company and they gave him an opportunity to come to a new area to open a new manufacturing plant. Margaret has a green thumb and once settled in was going to look for work in the local plant nursery or a flower shop. Scott is planning on majoring in business and his father hoped he would follow in his footsteps someday.
Several hours later Kelly returned with a basket and several items she could put in it, along with decorations to make it looks pretty. She worked on it after the kids were to bed and was going to deliver it to the new family tomorrow morning.
She waited until around eleven the next morning, dressed her kids nicely, carried the basket over to her new neighbors. Kelly let Tommy her son Tommy ring the doorbell, Scott came and answered the door, the young man ushered her inside the house after she introduced herself.
"Mom, Dad!" He yelled aloud. "A neighbor lady is here."
"Hello there." Said the very cheery Margaret. "I'm Margaret Murphy and this is my husband John and our son Scott."
"Hello I'm Kelly Jackson and these our my two little ones, my daughter Carla and my son Tommy." She said. "We live across the street."
"Nice to meet you Ms." Said John taking the basket from her. "Take this to kitchen Scott."
"Please you must stay for some brunch, I went out and picked up some really nice croissants from that bakery down the street." Margaret asked.
As they sat around the kitchen table getting to know each other, the kids played on the floor with some old toys of Scott's that his mother kept for such occasions. Kelly found she really liked this new family and she found Scott to be very charming for a young man.
"You know Kelly if you need anything done around the house, my boy is quite handy. He can mow your lawn or move heavy things around, he may be a little on the chunky side, but he is strong as an ox." Said John much to his sons embarrassment as his cheeks grew red.
"Thank you, next weekend the kids have to go to their father's, it would be a good opportunity for me to get some things done around the house." She explained.
"It would work out well for us as well. We have to go back to our old hometown to finish up some business." Said Margaret. "That way Scott will have someone he knows nearby."
The week went by really quick, Scott's parents left for the weekend and Kelly's kids went to their fathers'. Kelly came over to the Murphy's to see if Scott would be interested in going out to dinner with her. Scott eagerly accepted the offer and went upstairs to get ready, Kelly was surprised to see him in a nice dress shirt and some pants. I guess he thought he needed to dress nicely, as Kelly was still dressed in her office attire.
She took him to a nice Italian restaurant and they were able to get a table in a nice quiet corner. Kelly ordered and then Scott ordered a light meal, Kelly thought he was trying to impress her by either not eating a lot of food or maybe he figured he had to keep it cheap.
Scott hung onto every word; he heard Kelly speaks, from her telling him all of the cool things to do in the area to how great the college was. Scott all through high school never had a girlfriend or let alone a date, and this was a new experience for him. He was amazed that A thirty five-year-olds, mothers of two were so eager to spend time with him.
Kelly was enjoying herself, she has not had a date since the divorce, nor had she had any offers, she figured men were either hung up by her having two kids, that she had not lost as much weight as she wanted too since Tommy was born.
"Scott would you like to come over to my house and watch a movie with me?" She asked him while giving the waitress her credit card to pay the check.
"Sure that sounds great Ms. Jackson." He answered.
"Please Scott you can call me Kelly." She said.
