By the time 5:30 rolled around, you had everything unpacked and put in their proper places. Huh... That didn't take as long as I thought it would... You figured you'd only be a quarter of the way done by now... Anyways, it was getting close to 6:00, so you changed into some nicer looking clothes: a F/C blouse and some bleached denim shorts, the hem on the legs looking like they were torn. You knew you were gonna eat dinner with them, but you grabbed a single sugar wafer to eat along the way, even though your destination was right across the street.

The sun was just starting to set as you walked and ate your sugar wafer. You finished off your wafer before knocking on the door, as to not seem rude that you were eating something already. You knocked, and to your surprise, Morty answered the door.

"Oh... H-hi, Y/N" He stuttered out, his voice cracking a bit. "You-you-you actually came..."

"Hey, Morty, and yeah, I did! It's a good way to get to know my neighbors anyways..." You replied. He moved out of the way, holding his arm out behind him to let you in. You walked in and saw Summer chilling on the couch, texting. You knew she was texting because of the way her thumbs moved and the short pauses in movement while she waits for a response. You say "Hey, Summer" and she gives a simple response of "Hey" before you walked off into the kitchen, where Beth was cooking.

"Oh, shit, it was supposed to be a surprise!" She said as she saw you standing there, watching her cook spaghetti.

"Sorry, I'll just go and pretend like I didn't see it." You replied.

"Well, you already know what it is, so there's no point in hiding it." She moves a little farther away from the stove as she moved the pot to the sink to strain the pasta. 

"Well, I'm gonna go now, and wait for the food to be done" You say as you walk out to see that Summer was replaced with Rick, his clothes a bit dirty. He must've been working on something, because his hair was a bit messy, too. You realized you were staring and decided to come sit on the couch...

With him.

He saw you walk over and he said "hey, you actually came to the *uurp* stupid dinner thing my daughter planned." He took out his flask and took a swig as you giggled at what he said.

"You're funny" you playfully punch his arm.

"I-I'm serious. This is gonna be shitty, trust me"

"Hey! What if I don't think it's shitty?" You put your fists on your hips and lean closer to his face.

He looked at you and said "hmmmmmm..." as he made a face that you could only describe as "This bitch is dumb..." A few seconds passed and you heard Beth yell "Dinner's ready!!!" You and rick walked into the dining room, glancing at him every now and then. He's actually kind of good looking for his age... In the sense of he looks way younger than he probably is. You push the thought aside as Beth was about to set up a spare chair at the table, but Morty offered to give up his seat to save the hassle of getting out another chair. You sat down as Beth passed out plates and Morty passed out silverware. Everyone else soon followed, Jerry sitting on the other end of the table from Beth, Morty sitting next to Summer, where apparently usually nobody sits there because Summer doesn't like sitting next to anyone, according to Morty. But, he decided to sit there anyways, because he was her brother, Beth and Jerry liked the edges, and Rick just liked sitting at his spot. They were sitting across from you, and Rick sat next to you. That places you in between him and Jerry.

Beth brought out the food and everyone started to dig in.

~I was tempted to end the chapter there because that made 666 words, but then the chapter would be claimed by Satan, so I didn't :)~

About 30 seconds in, Beth decided to strike up a conversation.

"So, Y/N" she said. "Where did you used to live before you moved?"

"I used to live in Colorado, but I was accepted into a college that was only here. So, I ended up having to move here."

"Oh, is there any other reason you came to Minnesota?"

~I read a theory on the internet that they lived in Minnesota because in the Anatomy Park episode, Morty mentions Reuben, Minnesota (which isn't a real town), and with his intelligence level, he wouldn't know something like that about any state but his own, so imma just roll with it and say that they live in Minnesota :v~

Well, I always got bullied a lot in school, and the college I was admitted to is here, so I moved here."

"Wait, y-y-you live a-alone, right?" Morty piped up

"Yeah...? What about it?"

"Are your parents still in Colorado?"

"Oh god no, Morty! I lived up here with my parents for, I think 2 years now before I got my own place, which happens to be across the street from you guys!"

Rick jumped in by saying "Yeah, who *uurp* who cares?"

Beth didn't seem to take too kindly to what Rick said, because her response was "Dad! Could you at least try to be a bit nicer? This is our neighbor..."

"I-Its okay, Beth, really. I'm used to it. Plus, I'm quite a tough girl underneath the thick layers of anxiety... Heh" You said. Beth seemed to calm down knowing that it didn't hurt you. You finished your spaghetti and dabbed your mouth with a napkin.

*patiently waits for comments to blow up with dabs because I know it'll happen*

"That was a good dinner, Beth! Thanks for having me over, it was nice to get to know a little bit about some of you!" You said as you stood up, taking a glance at Rick. You felt some blood rush to your face as he looked back at you. When he looked back at you, you quickly looked away and smiled at everyone. Why did that happen? Everyone except for Rick smiled back and waved goodbye as you were making your way to the door. You walked outside and it was dark out already. You were about to walk across the street when you heard Morty behind you.

"H-hey, Y/N?"

"Yeah, Morty?"

"W-w-would you mind, uh... Hanging out... For a bit... T-tomorrow?" You noticed he started sweating and rubbing the back of his neck. Eh, he's just going through puberty, it happens.

"Sure, couldn't hurt!"

His face beams with happiness and excitement, but he quickly went to just smiling, sweating again. "O-okay! S-s-see you tomorrow, Y/N!" He was about to close the door when you quickly questioned what time you should head over. "A-a-anytime is okay! We've got nothing to do here, so... Yeah, haha!"

You gave him a quick smile and turned around to go back home. You walked inside and suddenly felt a sharp pain in your abdomen. Realizing what it was, you whispered to yourself "God damn it... Well, I'm gonna be super emotional tomorrow" and walked off to the bathroom. You came back out, went to your room, and flopped on the bed. You rolled onto your side, clutching your stomach area and curled into a ball.

Why me, and why now...?

~ooowee! What a chapter! 1286 words! Sorry for taking so long to update, I've just been kinda busy recently. Well, I'll see all you beautiful readers in the next chapter! And Merry Christmas!~

~Author Chan <3