Love Me or Leave Me.

Part 6.

The next day, they woke up around noon in a panic. "I told my mom we'd be there for 3!" Gwendolyn shrieked, dragging a brush through her hair as she attempted to put her pants on at the same time. 

Mildred couldn't help but laugh at her. "Calm down, Gwen. I'm sure your mom will survive if we are a little late." She reassured her. 

"No, you don't understand. She is the strictest person I've ever met. It took me days to convince her to let you come with me and if I'm late, I will never hear the end of it." Gwendolyn replied frantically. 

"Just calm down and take deep breaths. We did all of our packing yesterday so all we need to do is get ready and then we can be on our way." Mildred grabbed her arms so that she would stop panicking. 

Gwendolyn sighed and buried her head into Mildred's shoulder. "My parents don't know that I'm gay. I've not told them yet and I don't really plan to either. So you will have to be introduced as my 'friend'. I'm sorry, Mildred. That's why I'm so panicked. I can't tell them, they're so against gay people. I'm so so sorry." She sniffed. Mildred was shocked but wrapped her arms around the woman that she was madly in love with. "Shh, it will all be good. You'll see. I love you. I don't mind being your 'friend' for a few days. They don't need to know about us anyway." She reassured her. "Come on, we need to make a move soon to get there on time." She kissed Gwendolyn's forehead before moving away to go take a shower. 

By some sort of miracle, they were both ready in thirty minutes and raced down to Mildred's car to put their luggage in the trunk. 

They drove to San Jose where Gwendolyn's parents live, Mildred drove whilst Gwendolyn gave her directions- they even got lost a few times and couldn't stop laughing at their own stupidity. 

Once the crisis of them being lost was over, they were finally headed in the right direction and after an hour, they were pulling up to gates of Gwendolyn's house. 

Mildred was dumbfounded at the sight. This house was big enough to be a mansion, surely?! She thought to herself as Gwendolyn typed the code in for the gate. 

Mildred drove up the driveway once the gates had opened. "Where shall I park?" She asked Gwendolyn. 

"Anywhere, as long as it's not blocking anyone else." Gwendolyn replied, smiling brightly. 

"So, when were you going to tell me that you live in an actual mansion?" She laughed. 

"It's not a mansion...just a very large house." Gwendolyn murmured, her face flushing red. 

Mildred giggled as she pulled into a space and parked her car. 

She turned the engine off and got out. Gwendolyn followed soon after. "Leave the luggage, we can come grab that later or the housekeeper." 

Mildred raised an eyebrow, smiling at Gwendolyn. "Ok, let's go." 

Gwendolyn nodded and took a deep breath as they walked up to the house. She let herself in and Mildred followed. "Mom, dad?" She shouted and seconds later a middle aged man walked out of a room who was the spitting image of Gwendolyn. "Gwen, darling! It's so good to see you." He chuckled, throwing his arms around Gwendolyn. "Hi dad, lovely to see you too." She grinned, hugging him back.

He pulled away and looked at Mildred. "And who might this beautiful young lady be?" He asked.

Mildred flushed bright red, not many people had called her beautiful in her lifetime. "I'm uh, I'm Mildred Ratched. It's a pleasure to meet you sir and what a lovely home you have." She smiled nervously, holding her hand out for him to shake. He ignored this and pulled her in for a hug. "Call me Bill. Sir makes me feel old." He chuckled.