Chapter 5
"Hey Bailey I'm-" my mom didn't even get to finish her sentence before James decided to step in and make a mess of things.
"What is this boy doing here? Who are you and why are you in my house?" James just kept questing him. Then he just stopped in the middle of one of his questions, like someone just turned an off switch on him.Then he continued "Wait your Mike."
"Yes sir its nice to meet you Mr.Waters and nice seeing you again Mrs. Waters I should be going now sorry for intruding I will just be on my way now." Mike says sounding very polite and caring.
"Mike please dont call me Mrs.Waters call me Taylor and why dont you come out to eat dinner with us I'm almost positive Bailey did not eat the food I put out for her anyway and I think it would be nice dont you think hun."
Still shocked James clears his throat and responds "yeah it would be nice to have someone different with us today."
"Great!" I yell breaking the awkwardness.
"Do you mind if I take Bailey in my car?" Mike askes with caution
"Yeah that would be fine" my mom says with a smile " just follow us we are going somewhere special tonight for a special occasion" she continued and walked out the door everyone followed and got into the cars.
*Mikes car*
"I am so sorry my parents are just.." I stop and look at him. He is smiling at me and just starts laughing."Whats so funny!" I laugh with him and hit him in the arm.
"Its funny how awkward you are with your parents when im around"he responds still laughing. Then he got serious " Why haven't you let me meet your dad yet he seems a lot better than you say he is".
"Sure because throwing 143 questions at you in under a minute is nice and I never let you meet him because I dont like him."
"That would of avoided a lot of those questions back there though."
"Yeah but still I dont like him." I say back being stubborn
*Parents car*
"So you want to tell me what went on back there? Why was he in our house? I thought he went off to collage and Bailey was done with him!" James's questioned my mother like she was in interrogation."How come I never met him?" James continued after a very brief moment of silence.
"I honesty dont know why you have nevet met him. It was Bailey's choice so maybe she just didn't want you to meet him. And James its been 4 years since that boy left for collage. He was bound to come back sometime. I bet he was just stopping by to say hello to our daughter. It's no big deal, you need to calm down and PLEASE be on your best behavior for tonight's dinner. Bailey still likes him and I do not want to scare him off." My mom responded like she was giving a lecture.
We all finally arrived at the restaurant and got seated. It was all very awkward at first but we all warmed up and James got use to Mike being there.
"So Mike how long are you staying around here I would love to have you over more often." My mom said trying to start a conversation.
"Well I actually just bought a house near you so we will be seeing a lot more of eachother." Mike responds with a smile and James gives off a little smirk.
"Great to know" James says sarcastically.
My mom nudges him in the arm and says"thats awesome".
The waiter finally comes around to get our drink orders. My mom gets red wine, James gets beer, Mike gets sprite, and I simply get water with a piece of sliced lemon in it. Small talk is around the table most of the time with breaks of silence which I usually break. We ordered food and ate quickly. As soon as wr were done mike volunteered to pay for it. My parents were quick to hesitate but were okay with it. We drove back to my house and Mike stayed for a bit longer. I went over to the dryer to grab my sheets and clothes.
"Mike will you come help me put these on my bed?" I asked him and immediately he got up and walked to my room. Putting down my now clean sheets he looked around and says"your room has not changed a bit, has it?".
I laugh and respond with a simply "no it hasn't". "So are you stay over tonight? " I continued.
"If you want me to I will." he responded. What kind of question was that I asked myself. Obviously I wanted him to stay here.
"Yeah you would be better off staying." I said smiling at him. "Let me just go tell my mom that you are staying". I say walking out of my room leaving him laying on bed."Mom can Mike stay over tonight, I dont want him to be alone at his new house." I say hoping for a yes.
"Yeah sure I guess thats okay." she says sounding distracted.
I walk back over to my room to find Mike in under my covers." She says you could stay for tonight" I say climbing into my bed.
"Great because I'm tired and I was not going to go anyway" he says sounding tired and turning over to face me. " Goodnight Bailey" he says and to my surprise he kissed me. His soft lips against mine he managed to get his hands around me to pull me in closer, he broke the kiss off and smiled down at me.I smiled back "Goodnight Mike" I managed to say back. The warm body next to mine made me fall asleep instantly. This is how I like to be. With mike.
