Craving Popularity

Not All Mother's Knows Best

"I insist. It's raining heavily outside and going out tonight is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. It is extremely dangerous." Drake's mom insisted that I should stay for the night but she seems so emotionless while saying those words.

"Mom her mother will be looking for her." Drake contradicted his mom for the third time.

It seems to me that he doesn't want me to see nor witness something about his family.

"Son, why are you always against me? I just want to meet and know your friend. It's the first time that you have brought a girl here in the house. I was actually the one who is bringing someone here." Should I be flattered or nervous? Now I really know the meaning of "between the devil and the deep blue sea".

"You remembered..."

"Mom, I will let Paige stay here, only if you will not have a dramatic flashback of the past." Drake cut what his mom was about to say. Drake is saying those words with a cold voice and her mom just flashed a wicked smile.

"We have a deal." His mom answered him and Drake just let out a heavy sigh.

What is with that past thingy? Now It's clear to me that I should really be nervous and add to that that I'll be sleeping here tonight. I don't know what will happen but one thing is for sure, It's gonna be remarkable.

The maid lead me to the room where I will stay and to my surprise it's just besides Drake's room. Well, it's actually better than being besides his mom's room or his sister's.

"The bathroom on this room and the bathroom in Mr. Drake's room are just one." The maid explained.

"What? So does that mean that..." I pointed at the bathroom's door while looking at the maid and it seems that she got what I meant coz' she nodded her head as an answer to me.

I have no choice but to share a bathroom with Drake McFlint.

The time the maid left I threw myself at the king-sized bed and stared up at the ceiling for a moment when I suddenly heard a beep. I was slightly startled then I came to realization that Drake said that if the phone beeps it means that I have a notification.

I opened the phone and mentally read my notification. "Nicole Alexandra Fuentavilla has accepted your friend request. You can now see more of her timeline."

After reading it she messaged me on messenger.

Nicole Alexandra: Better be working on getting Drake.

Me: I'm on it.

I replied to her then after a few seconds I saw a check mark on my message to her. Seen? Does that mean that she is dumb enough that she can't even bring a topic worth talking about?

I just came back to watching the ceiling. It's actually no fun watching a ceiling but sometimes I wish that I could just do this all the time so that I can forget all my worries.

Someone knocked on the door and I hurriedly got up to open it. I saw Draje with some clothes on his hand walking inside the room.

"Here, you can wear this." He dropped the clothes on the side of the bed. "Come, dinner is served and I am now asking for an advance apology from you for how my mom will act during act dinner." I just nodded nervously with what Drake said.

We went downstairs quietly and there I saw Drake's mom and dad, his sister and his brother Shake. It felt like someone is celebrating something because there are so many foods in there table.

They are all seated so Drake and I just did too. Me and Drake are sitting next to each other facing his sister and Shake then his dad is at the center and their mom was on their dad's side facing no one because no one was at my side.

The dinner went quietly and surprisingly it's not awkward contradicting to what I'm expecting and their are times that Shake would caught my eye and we would just smile at each other while his sister on the other hand is shooting daggers at me.

"So Drake, how was your first day?" His mom broke the silence after we ate our dinner.

"Surprisingly good." Drake shortly answered and looked at me with a smile.

"I see. How about you Shake?" Their mom shifted her attention to Shake who just shrugged his shoulder. "You're still going out with uneducated girls who are full of STDs?" I was shocked with what Drake's mom said. Now I know what Drake meant.

"Why are you even acting like you care?" Shake abruptly stood up and walked-out.

His mom glared at him and I followed Shake with my eyes but the rest of the family member's seems to not care and it looks like they are used to this kind of happening.

"Don't mind him Paige." I immediately looked at Drake's dad in amusement when he talked to me and even said my name. "Shake is always like that so just don't mind him." He explained calmly. His dad seemed to be  good compared to his wife.

"I understand sir." I answered him and he just gave me a warm smile.

"Well Paige, where are you from?" The attention went to me when Drake's mom asked me.

"I'm from Downtown Riverbank." I honestly answered. My house is actually not that far from here but the way the people lives here and their is incomparable.

"Oh... Downtown Riverbank. Where the poor families are." I suddenly felt insulted with what Drake's mom said.

We are not rich like them but we are living comfortably even though sometimes mom is having financial problems but still nobody can call us poor. I shook my head not allowing my tears to fall.

"Margie!" I heard Drake's dad called out his wife's name in an unadorned manner.

"What? I'm just stating the fact." I can't believe that a woman like her actually exist in the real world. She should thank my mom for teaching me good moral values or else I could have hit her earlier.

"Mom, you call yourself professional in that kind of attitude?" Drake spoke up.

"Drake! Don't start with me." His mom warned him and I can feel the tension running in the air. I just stayed quiet not knowing what to do but I can't deny that I'm starting to panic.

"What mom? I'm just also stating the fact." Drake stood up. "Paige, come on." I saw Drake's mom shaking in anger and his sister's eyes  are starting to get red but his dad remained calm showing his professionalism.

Drake went out so I followed him. It's still raining so he stopped in the terrace of their house and I stood up beside him. An awkward silence filled the ambiance and all I can hear is the heavy rain.

"I looked at Drake and I suddenly felt like hugging him when I saw a tear running down his eyes.

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