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Outside I made sure I had the right address. "All right Juliet time for a family reunion" as I paid the driver. "You are right Dimi she is pretty. Do you think she'd mind if I ask her out" Costa said. Criss closed the curtain. "Come on let's be nice she's probably nervous" Criss stated. I walked to the door as I looked at the curtain and saw a tabby cat with a little red bow around his collar staring out the window. Juliet poked her head out and the tabby cat at the window put his paw on the window like he was saying hi to us. "I guess that's your brother Juliet" I remarked. Juliet meowed and I heard a muffled meow from the cat in the window. I knocked on the door and a girl about seventeen or eighteen answered. "Hello you must be Juliet's owner I'm Dimitra Dimi for short". "Hi I'm Christine" I replied. "Come on in" as she opened the door. I came in and I put Juliet's carrier down as Dimi took my coat. "I see you've met my daughter I'm JD" he stated as we shook hands. "Nice to meet you I'm Christine". Then Juliet poked her head out.

"Dad look Juliet looks like Hammie" Dimi remarked patting her head. "My brothers and my mother will be right down. Would you like something to drink?" JD inquired. "Got any hot tea it feels like minus ten degrees outside" I asked as I unzippered the bag. Juliet jumped out as she cleaned her paws. "Milk and sugar all right"JD asked. "That's good" as I hung up the bag. "Let me get my uncle's cat". Dimi went to the window and brought Hammie out of hiding. She put him on the floor and Hammie walked over to Juliet. "Meet you brother Hamlet Juliet" I said. They went face to face and sniffed each other. "Please have a seat" JD stated as he gave her the tea. "Thank you". "Look there playing with each other dad" Dimi remarked as they chased a red ball on the ground. "You guys ever coming down?" JD called up. "Be right down" Costa replied. "It's just like Uncle Costa and Uncle Criss to vanish when company comes" Dimi replied as JD snickered. "They've been like that since they were old enough to walk Dimi" JD stated as I muffled a laugh.

"Do you have any brothers or sisters?"Dimi asked me. "No I'm an only child do you?" I asked. "Nope same as you only child," Dimi replied. "Grandma our guests are here". I turned to the stairs and coming down is my mother's friend. "Dimitra oh my god what a surprise" I replied giving her a hug. "I'm just as surprised as you are Christine. I can't believe I never figure it out that Juliet's Hammie's sister" she remarked. "Where's Criss?" I asked. "Hiding probably Christopher Costa you spending the day up there or what" JD called up. "Don't give up your day job JD" Criss replied. "Christopher Costa don't be rude we have company and beside this is your idea" Dimitra called up the stairs. "I'm coming" Criss said. Criss came down and so did Costa. "Hey Criss nice to see you again" I stated. "Yea this is my brother Costa" and I shook his hands. "Nice to meet you". "I see Hammie having fun with his sister" Criss said as he saw Hammie and Juliet looking out the window together. "Juliet loves looking outside especially when it snows" I remarked.

"How long have you had Juliet?" Dimitra inquired as everyone sat down. "Ten years on Christmas. I got her when I moved here from Florida. I got lonely so I decided to go down to The Hugs and Kisses adoption Center and adopt a cat. Looking at all of them I couldn't decided than I saw her rolled up looking lonely as I felt. The lady told me her brother was just adopted so she was missing him. When I took her out and just hugged and patted her she perked right up so I adopted her right there" I remarked. "I remember fostering Hammie than I got a call from the lady who ran the place telling me a family wanted to adopt Hammie. I was so heart broking when I gave him back. A couple of weeks later my mom came to visit me in Las Vegas. She told me to close my eyes so I did. When I opened them there was Hammie on my lap. My mom told me the people who wanted to adopt Hammie couldn't do it so mom filled out the paper work and now Hammie belongs to me" Criss stated. As the day wore on I was having a nice time with them and so was Juliet playing with her brother. Before I knew it my taxi came back to get me.

"Well it seems my taxi's here so it was nice to meet you". "It was Christine" JD stated . Dimi picked up Juliet and put her in the bag for me as Hammie walked over and put his paw on the carrier. "Oh look Hammie doesn't want his sister to go" Costa remarked. I said good-bye to everyone and left. Hammie tried to go but Criss picked him up. "Sorry Hammie you can't go outside" Criss said. Hammie just watched as the taxi left.