Freedom Ch 4: Carne Asada

Father went early to the carne asada reunion (if you could give it a name i think that would fit perfectly to that day). Mother and I went inside our house to get ourselves ready. After two hours we were ready and we head ourselves to the reunion.
We went walking, since the place was just two streets away from ours, a lot of neighbors that we didn't know where already there and you could hear the doctor's voice all over the street. The smell of the carne asada was attracting neighbors from all the streets around. There was music that father put very loud, and some neighbors were dancing or singing.
As we arrived we saw this skinny lady with a little girl around her, she was a nurse, a really good nurse , she was very dedicated to her career. She lived just in front of our house, she was part of that family that i loved so much, she was like that aunt that you could always count on. The little girl was her granddaughter, her daughter and his husband along with a new baby also lived in that same house. Mother and i sat down with her, we started to talk and we started to have a good time.
Father was just some steps away from us, and as it was used to he was the soul of the party, he was talking (or rather getting all the gossips up to date) with the neighbors that stop by his BBQ grill to ask him for a piece of meat.
The night was falling over in the street that was still full of neighbors, as i suspected, father's meat were already gone before the moon would turn in our only light. I got up from my chair and went to father. He began to make fun of the neighbors and i couldn't stop laughing.
There was this new neighbor (well for me) he was a young men, and he was in charge of the sodas and beer cans, he was kind of bold but he looked like a pretty cool man. Father couldn't stop laughing at him, he told me that since the morning he wasn't doing anything at all but still he got on an apron and a glove. He talked just like those persons with different sexual attractions, i don't know if he really is gay or not, but who cares? I have already consider him part of my family.
I went back with mother and the nurse to sit down, and while i was sitting i saw this tall teenage boy with father. I got up really quickly and i hugged him. It was one old friend, you know when freedom was around, he always had the best bicycle in the whole neighborhood. He smiled as he saw who i was, and we started to talk, even though we didn't talk a lot, it was really nice to see him again. There was also the boy,that was doctor's child, we used to play around he was the smallest of all of us, surprisingly now he was a little bit more taller than me. We hugged so tight, we both were happy to see each other since long time ago
It was really good to saw all of my neighbors together, all of them laughing and having a good time, despite that in the rest of the city there was just horror and depressing news. We were like in our own little bubble, in an event that just brought us happiness and lots of joyful moments. The carne asada reunion, at the end, was a great success, doctor was very happy with the results and with all the money that we got to begin with something to close our lovely neighborhood. Father and him started to talk about the next event, while i was hearing some ideas i could imagine how many reunions and joyful moments we would have again.