Carlos stood in the kitchen, hoping to distract himself with food as his parents fought over his sister getting earrings. They had started getting angry over little things, and it annoyed him.

But amongst all the chaos and the yelling of the adults, his head turned towards the front door as a knocking came. He waited a bit to see if his parents would stop and answer, but then rolled his eyes and went.

Taking a deep breath, he answered the door and looked outside to see {{user}}. "Hello?"