The Brady Bunch [Monday, after school sometime]

[Sharise]

Jeremy pulled up into the long drive way. His black Jeep came to a smooth stop as the teen unbuckled himself and turned to Pekoe. "I'm not sure who's home, but either way, you're in for an interesting time."

Jeremy smiled as he hopped out of the car and opened the passenger door. He held his hand out to the girl.

[Kat]

"Aw thanks, I'm sure it'll be grand as well." Pekoe winked and walked up to the door, waiting for Jeremy to unlock it.


Meanwhile, Rosie looked at Shawn and smiled. "Uh, sure we can play. Someone'll have to teach me what to do, though."

[Sharise]

Jeremy smiled and unlocked the door, swinging it open for Pekoe. He followed her in and shut the door behind them. Judging by the unusual silence of the house, Jeremy assumed that the two youngest Brady kids were gone.

"I have ARRIVED!!" Jeremy smirked as he yelled out. Shawn's car was parked outside, so he knew she was home.

In the game room, Shawn grinned as she heard her little brother yell. The two teens were by far the closest of the Brady kids.

"Jer-Bear!!" Shawn bounded out of the room with lightening speed. It wasn't long before she came to the front door and pounced her brother, hugging him to her chest. "Aw, my precious baby."

"Your bosom is suffocating me..." Jeremy laughed as he squirmed away from his sister's embrace. "I would like you to meet someone." It wasn't until now that Shawn realized her brother wasn't alone. "Shawn, this is Pekoe. Pekoe, this is Shawn. I'm sure you two have seen each other around."

Shawn smiled and held out her hand. "Hi, it's nice to meet you."

Jeremy cocked his head to the side. "Where is everyone?"

"Game room, come on..."

Meanwhile, back in the game room Kendhal smiled. "Those two are attached at the hip." He gestured for Rosie to come stand by him. "As soon as they get in here, we'll start the game. I'll show you how to play, it's not hard."

[Kat]

Pekoe stood back as Jeremy yelled out, looking around the house. It was gorgeous, certainly much nicer than where she lived. She frowned as her eyes roamed the rooms, the jealousy she usually felt when she visited her friend's homes creeping up. Half the reason she tried so hard to remain close to Sunny was so she could be invited to spend as much time at their house as possible, since it was so much nicer than where she lived. It looked like Jeremy's place would be the same. But even though she managed to be in with the popular crowd of well-off kids, it just made it that much more prevalent in her mind that out of all of her friends, she was by far the only poor one. She had her back turned to Jeremy, looking around, glad he couldn't see her face.

She heard bounding steps coming up and decided that she really needed to compose herself and put her happy mask back on. She turned back around, smiling as she watched Shawn grab Jeremy. They were cute and seemed to have a nice bond going on. It reminded her of her own relationship with her brother, or at least how it had been a year ago. For whatever reason, over the past year she had started, in small ways, to pull herself away from her older brother. But as she watched Shawn and Jeremy she suddenly wished she hadn't. She missed having that close bond with Bones.

She shook Shawn's hand. "Yeah, nice to finally officially meet you too." She followed the siblings through their house to the game room.


Meanwhile Rosie had been surprised to see Shawn rush off so suddenly, wondering who had come in the door. She immediately started worrying again, certain this was some big plot to embarrass her. She looked at Kendhal when he spoke to her, forcing a smile on her lips and moving to stand by him. "Thanks, I look forward it."

[Sharise]

Shawn and Jeremy arrived at the game room with Pekoe. Without a word, Shawn left the couple and took her place next to Duncan.

Jeremy wrapped an arm around Pekoe's waist and walked up to the pool table. "Guys, this is Pekoe."

Duncan grinned, he had had a class with the girl before. "Hey."

"I'm Kendhal." Kendhal smiled at his little brother's love interest.

A.J. turned off his game and the tv and walked to the pool table. He raised a hand in greeting. "A.J."

"Jeremy and Pekoe, this is Rosie." Shawn motioned to the girl standing beside Kendhal and smiled.

"Hi." Jeremy smiled at her. "So, what're you guys up to?"

"We're about to play pool. You two wanna join?" Duncan leaned against the table with a smirk on his face. Looking at his brother was like looking in the mirror.

[Kat]

Pekoe smiled politely as she was introduced, having met only a few of the Brady kids before. She knew Duncan, of course. The older ones though were new to her. She was a little surprised when she saw Rosie here, though. She knew of Rosie only due to her history, which was a popular story around the school with certain members of her social circle. The stories weren't exactly all that nice either, and Pekoe couldn't quite bring herself to meet Rosie's eyes. She just turned back to Jeremy and grinned at the mention of playing pool. "Oooh, let's play! I love pool!"


Meanwhile Rosie had been in just as much shock when she saw Pekoe come in with Jeremy, though she was happy that at least Shawn had run off to see her brother, and not because some friends of hers had come over, intent on playing some cruel joke on her. However though, Pekoe's presence was a little startling. The junior was good friends with quite a few girls who often gave her trouble, making jokes about her situation. But at least Pekoe had never said anything, simply listened as her friends cracked their jokes. Had she ever laughed at them, though? Rosie was straining so much to remember that she wasn't quite paying attention anymore.

[Sharise]

"A girl after my own heart." Jeremy joked as he placed a hand over his heart. He then kissed Pekoe on the head and smiled.

"Ready?" Kendhal placed a hand on Rosie's back. "It's really easy."