Since Ethan wanted to have so fun on the way to my grandparents' house, we let my parents buy the at and things to take to my grandparents while we walked down the street.
After driving around the neighborhood a few tis on the way to my grandparents' house, we finally arrived.
Since my parents were going to the market to buy at and drinks, Ethan and I arrived at my grandparents' house first.
From a distance, I saw my Uncle Carlos' blue Mustang and my Uncle John's black Audi RS3 parked on the street in front of my grandparents' house, which made smile.
But that smile soon disappeared when I saw Karen's husband David's white Porsche Macan, which ant that Karen and Jerry were there, too, which made roll my eyes.
Even though they were there, I didn't leave and just kept driving until I stopped in front of my grandparents' house.
Over the roar of the motorcycle's engine, a curious head ca over the back fence and saw Ethan and getting off the bike.
Both of us were wearing black shirts, gray pants and black helts, and most importantly, since Ethan had been working out with , his little body had gained so muscle, giving the little boy a slightly defined body, making him look like he was literally a mini version of , which confused the curious eyes.
But just in case, the owner of the eyes ca to see who it was that had arrived.
When I saw the man coming towards us, I smiled.
It was my Uncle John, my father's older brother.
Although he was a more reserved man, he was always very quiet.
Even though he didn't go to college, my Uncle John started working as a chanic and now had his own shop where he worked on more sporty vehicles.
Having his own shop, Uncle John made good money, so much so that he even asked my father to work with him, but my father wasn't sure about learning a new trade at that age and didn't want to bother John with it.
But Uncle John was always a very honest and kind man.
Perhaps because he recognized the rumble of the motorcycle, he was the first to notice it and co over to see what was going on.
When I saw him cautiously approaching, I smiled as I kept my helt on my head, not taking it off to see what his reaction would be.
Ethan, who loved wearing his new helt and saw that I was wearing it on my head as well, kept his helt on as he looked at Uncle John with a hidden smile.
"Can I help you?" Uncle John asked intrigued as he looked at us.
"Don't you recognize your nephew?" I asked, not even trying to disguise my voice in case he didn't recognize .
That made him look at a little embarrassed, then he looked at Ethan, trying to figure out who it was.
"Take off your helt, Ethan." I said amused.
Hearing the na Ethan, my Uncle John was surprised to realize that the little boy with the helt was Ethan, which made him laugh and co over to Ethan to give him a hug.
"Long ti no see Ethan, you're so big!" He said smiling, making Ethan smile back. "Jas really missed playing with you, he's playing inside with Sophia if you want to go play with them."
Smiling, Ethan nodded and ran over to Jas, our cousin Uncle John's son, who was only a year younger than Ethan.
As Ethan walked into the house, Uncle John stared at in embarrassnt, still not knowing who I was.
I took off my helt and looked at him curiously, wondering if he would recognize now, but the confusion on his face only grew as he looked between my face and my hair.
"Are you Olivia's boyfriend?" He asked insecurely and embarrassed.
Laughing, I shook my head and replied, "No Uncle John, I'm Noah."
Hearing what I said, Uncle John's expression froze as he looked at , not knowing how to react. "Noah... Noah... Jonathan's son Noah?!"
"Yes!" I laughed as I approached him and gave him a half hug.
He finally responded when he answered the half hug with a pat on my back and turned back to .
"Noah... how did you change so much?" He asked as he looked at my arms, my chest, my stomach and was shocked at how much I had changed.
"I started studying nutrition, proper exercise, biology, anatomy, everything I needed to change my lifestyle, and now I'm reaping the rewards." I explained an excuse I'd made up.
I couldn't just say I started working out on my own and got this in three months, could I?
With a confused nod, he partially accepted my answer, but still wondered how such a big change was possible.
"Where are your parents and Olivia?" He asked as he looked around.
"They stopped at a market to buy so at and drinks, since Ethan wanted to ride his motorcycle I ca with him first." I said as I nodded towards the motorcycle.
This drew my Uncle John's attention to the motorcycle and a look of appreciation ca over his face.
"A Honda CB1000RR... good choice, did you buy it?" He asked as he walked around it.
"Yeah, I bought it two days ago, I haven't even had ti to check it to see if there's anything wrong with it." I said.
"It's fine, if you want to bring it to my workshop, we can check it out for you there." He said looking at excitedly.
"Okay, I'll take her there this week then." I nodded and agreed to take it there, knowing how professional he was.
"I never thought you'd buy a motorcycle, especially with the way you were before..." He laughed as he looked between the bike and .
"I wanted to buy a car... but I couldn't afford the car I wanted, so I bought the bike." I said as I nodded.
"What car?" He asked interested.
Being a garage owner and a car guy, he was interested in what car I wanted to get.
"I was thinking of a Honda NSX 95." I said, which made his eyes light up.
"I see you know what you're doing..." He replied excitedly. "What model?"
"Type R, obviously." I laughed, making him nod even more excitedly.
"Well done, well done, looks like you've grown up champ." He laughed as he patted on the back proudly.
Laughing at his reaction, I was ready to go out to the backyard to say hello to my other uncles, but another pair of eyes saw us talking and looked over curiously.
"Hey John, I need your help over here at the barbecue." My Uncle Carlos ca over to call my Uncle John, but when he saw standing next to Uncle John, he was confused. "Is he your friend, John?"
Laughing, my John replied. "This is Noah, he just arrived with Ethan."
Upon hearing that I was Noah, my Uncle Carlos' reaction was exactly the sa as my Uncle John's, which made realize that instead of explaining who I was and how I got that way, maybe it would be easier to explain it to everyone at once?
Looking at the motorcycle behind , Uncle Carlos' eyes widened as he began to stare at it, just like Uncle John's, but instead of a technical stare like Uncle John's, Uncle Carlos' was more like soone appreciating a beauty.
His shock alternated between my appearance and my riding such a cool bike.
As the three of us chatted, a pair of not-so-well-aning eyes were pointed in our direction from inside the house where the won were.
I didn't know it at the ti, but when Karen heard that the family was having a barbecue tonight, she didn't realize that the reason for the barbecue was so my father could pay off everyone's debts.
She thought it was just an ordinary family dinner that my grandmother had invited her to.
So she wanted to use it to further burnish my father's image and mine in front of the rest of the family because he hadn't paid anyone but her yet.
Especially since she was sure we wouldn't show up, as had been the case with the last few family dinners.
But when she saw Ethan in the living room playing with Jas and Sophia, she was confused.
And when she saw standing next to a new motorcycle talking to my Uncle Carlos and Uncle John, she thought of sothing she could use to burnish our image even more.
After all, what courage would I have to buy such an expensive-
looking motorcycle when I still owed money to the whole family?
So while I was chatting and having a good ti with my aunt and uncle in the driveway, Karen took advantage of the fact that I wasn't there and no one but my two uncles had seen , and started talking bad about , trying to paint in a bad light with the family, as dishonest for possibly using the money they had lent my family to buy a motorcycle.
Too bad they didn't realize that the reason for today's family eting was to pay back the money to everyone.
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