Adriana in the middle with Malcolm.
'Hal! Help me with this bed!' Lois shouted throughout the Wilkerson household.
'Mom's been in overdrive since the baby came.' Malcolm said to the camera in his usual way. 'We've got an English exchange student coming over, he's supposed to be smart so he'll have to hang out with me. Mom's trying to fit another bed into our room.'
'Hal! It goes the other way!'
'So far, with no such luck.' Malcolm sat down at the dinner table when the doorbell went. Everyone froze. Reese and Dewey's head appeared from under the mattress which was trying to go into the room.
'He's early.' Reese said stating the obvious.
'He can't be early, this place looks a mess!' And Lois wasn't wrong, there were dirty plates in the sink, the mattress half in and half out of the doorway and various pieces of the back garden scattered the floor. The doorbell went again. Hal, Lois, Reese and Malcolm starting rushing around trying to clean up whilst Dewey went and answered the door.
'No Dewey!' They all chorused just as he opened the door. Too late. Standing in the doorway was a 17 year old girl holding a rucksack over her shoulder and a small suitcase in the other.
'Hi.' Dewey said to her. She looked down, and then crouched down so that they were at eye level.
'Hey,' she spoke to him. 'I'm Adriana,' she stuck her hand out to him which he took and shook. 'I'm the exchange student from England. And what's your name?'
'Dewey.' He stammered out, this girl was treating him like he was her age.
'Well Dewey are you gonna let me in and introduce me? Cause I'm sure you're more capable than your two goldfish, gawping brothers.' She stood up and followed Dewey in closing the door behind her. 'Nice place.' She said to them as she dumped her suitcase by the coat rack.
'Adriana,' Dewey turned to her then pointed to each of his family in turn. 'This is Mom, Dad, Malcolm and Reese.'
'Hi.' She replied to them.
'Hey,' Reese and Malcolm both sighed out, then turned and glared at each other, Adriana noticed this and just giggled, leaving Malcolm and Reese to go back to their gawping. She walked forward and shook Lois and Hal's hands.
'Hi, I'm Adriana. And I'm guessing by the fact that your names are on my information card that you are Lois and Hal.'
'I'm sorry,' Lois spoke up. 'That we're gawping, it's just that, we were sorta expecting a boy.'
'Oh, that happens a lot, you know transferring. My surname is so long that they can't fit on the whole of my first name so they just put Adrian. It does get a little old.' She told them. 'So,' she went and got her suitcase and returned. 'Because I am here for a whole year until my family can get over here, I am going to be part of this family. So tonight I will cook dinner, I hope you like Shepeard's Pie, I will also wash up now, wash up afterwards and I will clean the floor, and is it okay if you deal with the mattress for me? I know it's a lot to ask, and I know you must think I'm intruding but'
'Oh no!' Malcolm exclaimed. 'You're not intruding!'
'No!' Reese put in. 'How could you ever think that? Come on Dewey let's get this mattress in there for her!'
'HOLD IT!' Lois shouted to them. 'Don't even think that she's sleeping in there with you!'
'Why not?' Malcolm asked.
'Why? Because you and Reese are two hormonally driven teenagers! There is no way she is sleeping in there with you!'
'Mrs Wilkerson?'
'Please call me Lois.'
'Okay, Lois? Don't worry about me, I can handle myself. Don't worry, I mean I'm a seventh degree black belt. I'm a master. No one is taking advantage of me.' Reese and Malcolm were looking at this girl in a new light. Malcolm was still totally in love with her, but Reese was looking at her with a whole new perspective of respect.
'Okay fine. Reese, Malcolm, Dewey. Get that mattress in there!' Lois ordered the boys around.
'Great! I'll get started on the dishes get dinner on the go and clean the floor.' Adriana walked towards the mattress and crawled under it, deposited her bag and suitcase, came back out and started to work. Lois and Hal went and sat on the couch to watch the TV. 'Come on boys! That mattress won't move itself!' All three of the boys rushed to the mattress and had it in in no time.
'Hal! Help me with this bed!' Lois shouted throughout the Wilkerson household.
'Mom's been in overdrive since the baby came.' Malcolm said to the camera in his usual way. 'We've got an English exchange student coming over, he's supposed to be smart so he'll have to hang out with me. Mom's trying to fit another bed into our room.'
'Hal! It goes the other way!'
'So far, with no such luck.' Malcolm sat down at the dinner table when the doorbell went. Everyone froze. Reese and Dewey's head appeared from under the mattress which was trying to go into the room.
'He's early.' Reese said stating the obvious.
'He can't be early, this place looks a mess!' And Lois wasn't wrong, there were dirty plates in the sink, the mattress half in and half out of the doorway and various pieces of the back garden scattered the floor. The doorbell went again. Hal, Lois, Reese and Malcolm starting rushing around trying to clean up whilst Dewey went and answered the door.
'No Dewey!' They all chorused just as he opened the door. Too late. Standing in the doorway was a 17 year old girl holding a rucksack over her shoulder and a small suitcase in the other.
'Hi.' Dewey said to her. She looked down, and then crouched down so that they were at eye level.
'Hey,' she spoke to him. 'I'm Adriana,' she stuck her hand out to him which he took and shook. 'I'm the exchange student from England. And what's your name?'
'Dewey.' He stammered out, this girl was treating him like he was her age.
'Well Dewey are you gonna let me in and introduce me? Cause I'm sure you're more capable than your two goldfish, gawping brothers.' She stood up and followed Dewey in closing the door behind her. 'Nice place.' She said to them as she dumped her suitcase by the coat rack.
'Adriana,' Dewey turned to her then pointed to each of his family in turn. 'This is Mom, Dad, Malcolm and Reese.'
'Hi.' She replied to them.
'Hey,' Reese and Malcolm both sighed out, then turned and glared at each other, Adriana noticed this and just giggled, leaving Malcolm and Reese to go back to their gawping. She walked forward and shook Lois and Hal's hands.
'Hi, I'm Adriana. And I'm guessing by the fact that your names are on my information card that you are Lois and Hal.'
'I'm sorry,' Lois spoke up. 'That we're gawping, it's just that, we were sorta expecting a boy.'
'Oh, that happens a lot, you know transferring. My surname is so long that they can't fit on the whole of my first name so they just put Adrian. It does get a little old.' She told them. 'So,' she went and got her suitcase and returned. 'Because I am here for a whole year until my family can get over here, I am going to be part of this family. So tonight I will cook dinner, I hope you like Shepeard's Pie, I will also wash up now, wash up afterwards and I will clean the floor, and is it okay if you deal with the mattress for me? I know it's a lot to ask, and I know you must think I'm intruding but'
'Oh no!' Malcolm exclaimed. 'You're not intruding!'
'No!' Reese put in. 'How could you ever think that? Come on Dewey let's get this mattress in there for her!'
'HOLD IT!' Lois shouted to them. 'Don't even think that she's sleeping in there with you!'
'Why not?' Malcolm asked.
'Why? Because you and Reese are two hormonally driven teenagers! There is no way she is sleeping in there with you!'
'Mrs Wilkerson?'
'Please call me Lois.'
'Okay, Lois? Don't worry about me, I can handle myself. Don't worry, I mean I'm a seventh degree black belt. I'm a master. No one is taking advantage of me.' Reese and Malcolm were looking at this girl in a new light. Malcolm was still totally in love with her, but Reese was looking at her with a whole new perspective of respect.
'Okay fine. Reese, Malcolm, Dewey. Get that mattress in there!' Lois ordered the boys around.
'Great! I'll get started on the dishes get dinner on the go and clean the floor.' Adriana walked towards the mattress and crawled under it, deposited her bag and suitcase, came back out and started to work. Lois and Hal went and sat on the couch to watch the TV. 'Come on boys! That mattress won't move itself!' All three of the boys rushed to the mattress and had it in in no time.