Evangeline skipped along the sidewalk, glancing around her shoulder every now and then to check on Nicholas. Since he was new, she volunteered to give him a tour around town, starting with their neighborhood. She started pointing out different houses, telling him a bit about its inhabitants as she did so. "So, Nicholas...where did you say you were from again?" she asked, looking back at him. "Um, I live in," Nicholas started, not really sure what to say. How was he supposed to answer that? They weren't taught that before they left for Earth. He looked around, luckily, there was a car parked nearby with a sticker saying 'Sweet Home Alabama!' on the bumper. "Er, I'm from Alabama, yeah, Alabama." he nodded, grinning. "Alabama? That's nice." she smiled and glanced at her watch. "Uh-oh, um, we have to go back...I promised mom I'd help her with something..." she said, "But you could go around for a while if you want." Nicholas nodded, "I think I'll go around first to, you know, familiarize myself." he smiled, Evangeline nodded and, with a small wave, bolted off towards the Boarding House.
Nicholas sighed and looked around wondering where he should go next, He shrugged, walking around and just admiring the view. Earth was pretty cool so far, and the humans were interesting. Especially Evangeline who taught him all sorts of things and showed him cool Earth stuff. "Better go back..." he murmured, turning around, only to find himself lost, alone, and incredibly bored. "Uh-oh..." he gulped, trying to remember just which road he came from. "Screw this..." he scowled, taking the road on the right. He thought of asking for directions but it was getting pretty late and there wasn't anyone out. As he walked, he came across a house and saw a girl sitting alone on the porch. "Maybe she knows where the boarding house is..." he muttered, walking towards the house. He leaned a little on the fence and cleared his throat to catch her attention, "Um, do you know where the Wright's Boarding House is?" he asked, "I'm sorta new here and I'm kinda, err, lost."
Evangeline ran inside the Boarding House and smiled when she saw her mother standing behind the front desk. "Hi mom!" she grinned, hugging her tight. "Good afternoon to you too." Mrs. Wright laughed, hugging her back. "Where's Nicholas?" she asked, pulling a wad of fliers from a drawer. "Oh, he stayed behind for a bit...he should be back soon." Evangeline said, taking the fliers from her mother. She was supposed to put them up to attract more boarders since they still had a few unoccupied rooms. After grabbing the glue and staple gun and saying goodbye, she ran out the door and started stapling the fliers on posts and gluing it on walls.