Chase was standing in the kitchen, towards the front of his house, when he heard quite a commotion outside. It sounded like Ari yelling. "What in the world..." He picked up Clara, who had been playing on the floor, and set her in a little baby playpen, wiped his hands on a towel, and stepped outside.
Sure enough, his neighbor and friend was standing on his lawn, waving like a lunatic. "I'm coming!" Chase laughed, walking over. "What's up?" he asked when he finally approached. "Your house isn't burning down, I see, so where's the fire?"