OMG THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE FINALLY HERE!

Latoya, Rebbie and Janet screamed rushing towards the door as Katherine opened the door wide.

THE JACKSON 5 ARE BACK!

My heart pumped hard through my chest as they walked in smiling and laughing as everyone in the house cheered. Katherine closed the door and hugged Joseph really tight and kissed him in the lips.
Sabrina, Janet, Latoya and Rebbie jumped in their arms screaming as the brothers laughed.
I stood there speechless with a excited smile on my face watching them unite.

"Omg I miss you so much!" I heard little Janet squeal hugging Tito's waist.

"I missed you too J Bug." He smiled hugging her tightly.

Sabrina and Michael hugged each other tightly in front of me and Marlon joined in.

"C'mon let's make a group hug!" Marlon yelled.
Mama and Trey got up from the couch smiling, except for Dylan of course. Katherine and Joseph came behind them and hugged them, then Tito, Janet, Latoya, Rebbie, Jackie, Jermaine and Randy jumped in.

What a huge family.
I don't know if I should join..
No, I don't wanna do something wrong and embarrass myself.

They were shouting in their huge group hug filling a loud sound throughout the house.
Jermaine peeked out through the hug and looked back at me.

"Hey, we forgot Ariel." He smiled at me.
"C'mon Ariel we haven't seen you in a long time, join in!" Jermaine yelled over the loud sound they were making.

I shook my head and shyly chuckled.
"No, I'm good, I'm cluster-phobic." I lied.
"Well I kinda am cluster-phobic, I just kinda don't wanna be hugged right now." I said nicely.

"C'mon y'all, let's go hug Ariel." Jermaine told them.

I guess he didn't hear me.

Everyone pulled back and smiled at me before I put my hands over my face, covering my eyes.
They rushed towards me laughing and making loud noises and hugged me. The smell of strong cologne hit my face as they all hugged me making loud cheering noises while I was blushing.

"We haven't seen y'all in forever!" I heard Jackie say.

"Yeah I missed you guys, I thought y'all would never come home." Rebbie said with her voice all shaky.
I looked over at her and realized that she's crying. Everyone pulled back off of me and went different places.

"Aww Rebbie you're crying." I said walking towards her.

"I'm so glad they're back." She wiped a tear looking down.

"Aww we made her cry." Jackie said patting her back.

I turned around and mostly everybody were following Katherine to the dining room but Rebbie, Jackie and I.
Jackie was holding his older sister, Rebbie while she cried in his chest making me wish that my brothers can do this to me. Trey does this, but not all the time cause he's usually out at work or some where else during the day. I don't really see him during the day or really hang out with him. Dylan, well he's Dylan, he doesn't show love to us. He's just a mean, hateful brother.

Okay, they're really cute and they're sibling goals, but just standing here awkwardly and watching them hug is making me feel silly.

"U-uh um I'm just gonna go in the dining room with the others now." I stuttered walking away.

All the brothers and Joseph sat on the long glass table in the dining room with just eleven chairs to it.
The family is so big, their table is long and has eleven chairs. Back at home, we have five chairs!
They were laughing and having conversations with each other as Sabrina, Mama, Katherine and the sisters get the food ready in the kitchen.

"I'm so glad we're back home because I'm so tired of Tito eating all the snacks in the hotel." Jermaine said.

Everyone started laughing.

"Tito eats everything up." Marlon said shaking his head.

"No I don't, y'all ate half of it and left a like two bags of chips and I ate it then y'all blamed it on me." Tito chucked.

Latoya came out of the kitchen laughing.

"Speaking about eating everything, Tito, you still owe me money for eating all my candy that day!" She told Tito.

Tito chuckled, "Ha. Sorry. No money left." He said raising his shoulders up.

"Get some money and give it to me lil boy!" Latoya said walking back in the kitchen.

Everyone laughed.

Tito looked at me and smiled.
"Hey Ariel, wanna sit down?" He asked.

I shook my head shyly and looked down.

"No, I'm good but thanks." I said quietly.

I felt my cheeks get hot as I felt eyes on me.

"C'mon you can sit in my chair." He said getting up. "We need the ladies to sit and eat too."
I walked awkwardly towards his chair between Marlon and Jackie as the brothers smiled at me.

So awkward.

I quickly sat down in the comfortable wooden chair and looked down. I still feel eyes on me, especially Michael in front of me and Joseph at the end of the table.

"You're so quiet Ariel." Joseph chuckled.
I chuckled softly as Katherine walked in holding a huge plate of fried chicken my mom made.

"Yeah, she's a shy girl." Katherine said to Joseph.

"Aww you don't have to be shy around us. Be comfortable, you've been around us before." Jermaine chuckled.

"I know, I'm just speechless that y'all are back." I made an excuse.
Katherine put the huge plate down in the middle of the table.

"It's time to eat dinner now." She cooed.

"Wow it smells good. Who made this?" Marlon asked staring at the chicken in awe.

"Ms. Bleu made it." She smiled. "Now let's eat."
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After everyone got their food, we ate and chat about some things and the brothers talked about their long tour. Katherine, Jackie, Joseph and Rebbie all sat in the living room and ate leaving Sabrina, Mama and I on the table with the brothers and Janet. I really haven't said anything to them, it's mostly Sabrina talking to them.

"So how old are y'all now?" Jermaine asked Sabrina.

"I'm almost sixteen and Ariel is fourteen." She replied.

Tito spoke up, "Ohh, that's right, you're birthday is coming up Sabrina."

Sabrina giggled, "Yep, one more month and hopefully I'll get a car for my birthday."

Mama chuckled, "Hopefully? You're not getting a car for your birthday, sorry."

Sabrina frowned, "Ugh. Why not?"

"Because you don't have your permit." Mama said.

Sabrina crossed her arms and slouched in her chair.

"When did school start?" Marlon asked.

"It started today." I mumbled.

The boys turned their heads towards me, surprised that I spoke up.

"Dang, I swear that's your first time talkin when we came over." Randy said.

I saw Jermaine hit his leg after that.

"Was it fun? How was it?" Marlon asked me.

I shrugged,"It was okay, it wasn't really fun."

Sabrina chuckled, "Yeah cause some slutty girls were talking to her." She said sipping her cup.

Mama cleared her throat, "Watch your mouth."

"Because they wanted me to be in modeling with them. They were wearing club clothes to school and they said that they're models." I told Sabrina.

Sabrina's eyes widened, "Oh yeah, you have modeling tryouts."

Mama gasped and smiled.

"Y-you're gonna tryout to be a model?" Mama asked.

I shrugged, "W-Well I gues-"

Marlon cut me off, "You're probably gonna make the tryouts, you're really pretty." Marlon smiled.

"T-thanks." I blushed.

"When's the tryouts?" Mama asked.

It took me a while to think about it because I forgot then I remembered.

"Uh, Thursday." I replied. "I'll tell you more about it at home."

"Did basketball tryouts start yet?" Tito asked.

"Uh- I don't think so." Sabrina told him.

"Good, cause we were thinking about trying out for basketball." Jermaine smiled.

Jermaine, Jackie and Tito are tall and they look like really good basketball players, but Marlon and Michael, I don't think so. They're like a six inches taller than me. I'm 5"1 and they're like 5"7 I guess.
I looked at Michael and he's staring at me, making me uncomfortable. He smiled at me, I smiled at him and looked down.
Joseph walked in the dining room holding his plate of already eaten food. He looked at the boys and sighed.

"Hey, get up, we're gonna sing for them in the living room." He said.

The boys sighed and groaned a little.

"Hey!" Joseph yelled sounding angry making everyone pop in their seat. Joseph took a deep breath and smiled realizing he was a little too loud.

"Get your instruments and get ready to sing to our guests here." Joseph said softly.

The boys quickly got up and left the dining room.

"We've been watching them on tv, they're really talented boys." Mama said to Joseph.

Joseph put his plate down in the kitchen and chuckled.

"Yeah, they practice all the time. They have all the fans chasing after them after every concert." He smiled walking back in the dining room. "The feeling is just good."

"Oh, I bet and they've gotten so big too!" Mama said.

"Almost a house full of teenagers , except for Randy and Janet. Randy is eleven and Janet is six." Joseph said.

Janet giggled, slid off her chair and ran in the living room.

"Haha, she's still shy too." Mama chuckled.

"Yep." Joseph smiled.

"Just like Ariel." Mama smiled at me.

"C'mon, I think the boys are ready now." He said walking out of the dining room.

We got up and followed him to the living room. Janet, Randy and Trey were sitting on the couch waiting patiently and a empty seat where Dylan was at.

Mama gasped, "Where's Dylan?" She asked Trey.

He shrugged, "He left." Looking beside him where the empty seat was at.

"Where?!" Mama sounded concerned.

He shrugged again, "I don't know. He didn't tell me."

Mama groaned and sat on the couch beside him, me and Sabrina sat on the couch beside the couch they were sitting on.

"Dylan left again?" Katherine's mouth opened.

"Yeah, he really needs to stop." Mama mumbled.

"Looks like he need some discipline." Joseph mumbled sitting down on the rocking chair on the other side of the living room.

Mama sighed, "I know, I know, I- I just can't yell at him you know. I have cancer and when I yell, I get mad and it ruins my day and because of that, I get stressed and it makes me sick." Mama said.

"If he was my son, he wouldn't be acting like that, he'll be just like my boys." Joseph said. "Gentlemen and well disciplined."

Huh?

Katherine shot a look at Joseph.

"Joe, stop." I heard her whisper.

The boys walked carefully down stairs holding their instruments.
Randy had the bongos, Jackie, Jermaine and Tito carried guitars, Michael and Marlon carried microphones and microphone holders.
Sabrina and I looked at each other surprised as they came down and set everything up on the floor.

"Ooh let me get my camera." Katherine said smiling grabbing her phone off the couch ledge.

Mama grabbed her phone and pulled up a camera too.

They started playing music while Michael got ready to sing.

When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around
Those pretty faces always make you stand out in a crowd
But someone picked you from the bunch, one glance is all it took
Now it's much too late for me to take a second look

Oh baby, give me one more chance
(To show you that I love you)
Won't you please let me back in your heart
Oh darlin', I was blind to let you go
(Let you go, baby)
But now since I've seen you it is on
(I want you back)
Oh I do now
(I want you back)
Ooh ooh baby
(I want you back)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
(I want you back)
Na na na na

Sabrina and I sang along as they were dancing and singing.

Trying to live without your love is one long sleepless night
Let me show you, girl, that I know wrong from right
Every street you walk on, I leave tear stains on the ground
Following the girl I didn't even want around

Let me tell ya now
Oh baby, all I need is one more chance
(To show you that I love you)
Won't you please let me back in your heart

Michael spotted me smiling at him. He smiled back and winked at me.

Oh darlin', I was blind to let you go
(Let you go, baby)
But now since I've seen you it is on
All I want
(A bum bum bum bum)
All I need
(A bum bum bum bum)
All I want!
(A bum bum bum bum)
All I neeeeeed!
Jermaine sang, Oh, just one more chance
To show you that I love you
Baby
Baby
Baby
Baby
Baby
Baby!
(I want you back)
Forget what happened then
(I want you back)
And let me live again!

They sang with so much energy and excitement.

Oh baby, I was blind to let you go
But now since I've seen you it is on
(I want you back)
Spare me of this cost
(I want you back)
Give me back what I lost!
Oh baby, I need one more chance, hah
I'd show you that I love you
Baby, oh! Baby, oh! Baby, oh!
I want you back!
I want you back!

We all cheered and clapped for them as they smiled and bowed.
"Awww!!! I'm so proud of y'all!!!" Katherine yelled while proudly clapping.
"Y'all are awesome!" Sabrina clapped her hands.
"Haha thank you." Michael said smiling.
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After that, we had to leave because it was ten o'clock and we have school tomorrow.