The Reporter

Chapter 16: I Love You

"Mmm... they're...er... good?" said my boyfriend, Harry, as he was trying to cover up a look of disgust.

I had decided to make meatballs and spaghetti for dinner for my mom. Right now me and Harry were sitting next to each other at my dining table with my mom sitting across from us. So far I was having a really great time with my mom. She was acting like her old self again: bubbly, smart, and funny. Instead of the cruel degrading person I left behind.

"Honey, these meatballs are...uh...really good, but I'm kind of in the mood for pizza or Chinese..." said my mom. She took another bite, "How long did you cook these for, again?" she said wincing. My mom was a short woman like me with the same dark brown hair and eyes, but that's where the similarities stopped my face looked like my passed away father.

"About an hour... lemme try them," I stabbed a meatball with my fork and put the whole thing in my mouth and chewed. After a second of tasting it, the meatball was spit out of my mouth faster then it went in.

I had to drink my whole cup of lemonade to get the burnt taste from my mouth.

I after that ordeal everybody's eyes were on me. I straightened up and cleared my throat, "Ok Chinese it is."

***

After all three of us were stuffed to the max with lo mein, fried rice, and general tso's chicken we settled down to watch a movie on the couch.

"So, Harry, are you that guy all over MTV that sings that one song... how does it go?" My said furrow in her brow in concentration, "Oh yeah! Baby you life up my planet like somebody else the way that you trip your hair gets me overrealmed..."

"Yeah something like that," Harry said with a smirk.

"You know I really like you," said my mom, "I think your really good for my baby girl. You were there for her when I wasn't..."

"Thank you," said Harry, "and I really like your daughter." Me and Harry looked at each other in the eyes and he gave me a peck on the lips.

"Ah young love, so cute! If you excuse me I'll be off to the little girls room..." She got up of the couch and started shaking her bum while humming "I don't know-oh-oh I don't know I'm beautiful."

"I love you," I said to Harry. It was a whisper, but I know he heard it.

"I love you too," he said back before smashing his lips into mine.

I don't know how long we were kissing, but we snapped out of it when my mom came in and said "Umm did I interrupt something?"

***

"I'll probably be living at the rehab center for a least another year to make sure I don't relapse," said my mom about to leave. A few minutes before Harry had left saying he needed to sleep because there was a long day of recording tomorrow.

"Ok," I said tears forming in my eyes, "I'm so happy to have you back and now you have to leave again."

My mom came over and hugged me tightly. "It's ok sweety. You can call me once a week on Thursdays between 3 and 7 pm."

"Ok," I said and she let me go and opened the door to leave.

"I love you..." She said.

"I love you too, mom, bye!" I said and she shut the door leaving me to get some rest.

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