The doorbell kept ringing, and an impatient roar came from upstairs: "Can't you go and open the door!"

Then came the sound of "dong dong dong" footsteps, and the door was opened to reveal the girl's young face.

"Hi, I'm AmberMichaelson. I just moved here and live next door." Amber greeted enthusiastically, and raised the small basket in her hand to signal, "This is a freshly baked cookie, uh... can I go in?"

"Well, come in." The girl scratched her hair, turned sideways and opened the door to let Amber in.

Amber put the cookies on the table and sat down on the sofa to look around the room.

"Coffee?" the girl asked.

"Okay, thank you." Amber took a sip from the coffee cup, "Are you alone? Miss..."

"Oh, Elena Gilbert, just call me Elena, I have a brother upstairs." Elena sat down next to her and turned on the TV.

"Really?" Amber covered her mouth and smiled in surprise, "I also have a younger brother Kol, boys in the third grade of junior high school are very naughty. By the way, just call me Amber."

"So is Jeremy, my brother. And you have a beautiful smile."

"Thank you for the compliment. I think I can introduce Kol to your brother. We just moved here and he hasn't made friends yet. It's very distressing." Amber shook her head exaggeratedly and made Elena laugh. She looked at her for a while and asked: "You don't look well, are you okay?"

"It's nothing, something happened at home. You know, the education of young boys..." Elena spread her hands in distress, making a "you understand" expression.

"Understood." Amber smiled, "Should I call Kol over? Will it disturb your brother?"

"Not at all, that would be really nice actually." Elena gave a genuine smile.

Amber took out her mobile phone and called, "Kol, I'm next door, come here. Yes, it's that one, don't hang up for a while." She looked at Elena and asked, "Can you bring another person? My friend, live with me."

"of course."

Amber continued the unfinished call, "Call Mandy with you, bye."

Elena asked curiously: "Do you live with your friend?"

"That's right, I, Kol and Mandy live here." Amber nodded.

"Just the three of you? I mean your parents, uh, didn't mean to pry into your privacy..."

Elena was a little embarrassed, when the doorbell rang, Elena hurriedly stood up, "They must be here, I'll go and open the door."

A man and a woman stood outside the door, the boy greeted her with a smile, "Hi, I'm Kol, can I go in?"

"Of course, come in."

Kol entered the door, and the honey-skinned girl greeted her as she passed, "Mandy Bennett, nice to meet you."

Elena froze for a moment, then smiled back: "Elena Gilbert."

"This is my brother Kol and my best friend Mandy." Amber introduced.

"Hello Kol, I'm Elena Gilbert, hello Mandy." Elena handed coffee to Kol and Mandy respectively, and then sat down on the empty sofa. "By the way, I have a friend named Bennett, are you relatives?"

Mandy thought for a while before saying, "I've been living in England with Amber and the others, and all my close relatives are dead. Maybe it's a distant relative that I don't know about? After all, Bennett is a big family."

"Uh, I'm sorry." Elena was a little at a loss.

"It's okay. There are girlfriends." Mandy looked at Amber and smiled.

"Ah, right." Amber interjected, "Don't you want to call your brother down?"

"Yes, you guys wait for me for a while, I'll go up and call him, let's have some coffee first." Elena said as she stood up and prepared to go upstairs.

"Okay." Amber smiled at her and turned to Kol, "Elena's brother Jeremy, maybe you can make friends."

Kol played with the coffee cup, "Okay."

When Elena went upstairs, Mandy asked her in a low voice: "Have you captured her so quickly?"

"Don't underestimate me." Amber took a sip of coffee, "I still like George's craftsmanship."

"Of course." Kol agreed.

"Just try to do it yourself, sir and miss." Mandy sighed.

"Please, I made the dinner last night!" Kol pouted, "You can't deny it just because I cooked instant noodles!"

Amber couldn't help feeling disgusted: "It's better to be hungry."

"Agreed." Mandy also raised her hand, "I'd rather eat cereal."

"It's too much for you to despise a younger brother who can cook. It's too much." Elena took her younger brother downstairs at this time, "Here comes my little prince, Jeremy."

Elena introduced the three of them, "This is Amber Michaelson, Kol Michaelson, and Mandy Bennett. They just moved to town and live next door."

"Hi Jeremy." The three greeted in unison.

Kol stood up and held out his hand to him, "Nice to meet you Jeremy."

Jeremy shook his hand back, "Hello, little prince of instant noodles."

Elena's expression changed, "Jeremy!"

"Um... so embarrassing." Kol didn't get angry either, but just sat back on the sofa, "Actually, I'm working hard and planning to cook."

"We take turns." Stretching out his hand around the room among the three, Mandy answered with a smile.

Jeremy, who was picking up the coffee, turned around and answered coolly, "I thought only guys like us without parents could cook for themselves."

There was another moment of coldness in the atmosphere.

"Uh, I'm sorry, don't get me wrong, our parents just got into a car accident, and he's not in a good mood." Elena quickly explained.

"It's okay. Now we live three people, of course we have to cook for ourselves." Mandy smiled and said it's okay.

"Why are there just the three of you? What about your family?" Jeremy asked after taking a sip of coffee and sitting on the armrest of Elena's sofa.

"My mother passed away a long time ago, and my father traveled far away." Amber answered him.

Kol answered: "There are three older brothers and one younger sister, whom I haven't contacted for a long time."

"Just me." Mandy's expression was not particularly good.

"I'm really, really sorry, okay?" Elena apologized repeatedly. When she saw Amber bumping Kol with her elbow, Kol stood up knowingly and said to Jeremy, "Hey, would you mind going to your room to take a look? Otherwise, it's the same as mine .”

"Let's go to your house." Jeremy put down his coffee and stood up, "Leave now?"

"Of course." Kol stood up, "I'm leaving."

"It's fun." Amber smiled and waved.

Mandy told him: "The treat cookies are in the kitchen."

"You guys really feel like a family of three." Elena teased them, "Mom, dad, and son."

"It's like this after getting along for a long time." Amber put her arms around Mandy's neck, "It becomes a family that loves each other."

"Stay here for dinner later?" Elena asked, "We live with my aunt, and her pasta is delicious."

Amber: "I wish I could."

Mandy: "Get away with it."

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