Randall's Love

Part 5

After five long months of dating, Hallie got up the courage to tell her parents that she had a boyfriend.

Mason and Cassie weren't too surprised. Their daughter was after all, a grown woman.

Mason was a deep orange lizard, with two fronds, two arms and four legs, and a red tail. His eyes were amber colored.

Cassie was more of a light pink color. She had one frond and four arms and four legs. She was the one that had a purple tail and some purple and blue striping as well. Hallie clearly got more looks from her mom. Cassie also had beautiful sky blue eyes.

Mason did want to look out for his daughter's well being. He did begin to question her about what he was like.

"Well, to many, to the outside eye, Randall Boggs can seem to be like a big jerk, as I've heard many call him. But to him, it's more of a protective barrier. He was used so many times when he was younger and he hung out with the wrong crowds. One fraternity in college and a loss in the scare games did change him from a nice person to what I just described. He just doesn't give his trust easily to someone. He can have a short temper, but he has a good sense of humor. He always tries to be like a gentleman with me. I get to see the side of him that no one else does." Hallie described him.

"If you think he's alright with you, that's all we ask. Can we meet him?" Cassie asked.

"I'll get it arranged with him. Now that we've been dating for over five months, he should be more open to it, but he is a very busy person too. His job is somehow stressing him lately. I wish I knew what it was."

"He should perhaps slow down and take a vacation." Mason said.

"I don't think he can afford it. But I'll run it by him. I'll let you know when it's arranged with him. More than likely, a Saturday will be best, because that's when he takes a day off from his job to hang out with me."

"Okay. Just let us know." Mason said.
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On Monday, when she was at work and Randall came in for his lunch, Hallie asked him if he would like to meet her parents. She admitted that she had told them of him and they wanted to meet him.

It wasn't too much of a surprise to him. It was only agreed on that after they had dated for awhile that she would tell them they were dating.

"I could meet them this Saturday if you want me to." He said.

"That's great. Thank you."

"No problem. Well, I have to be off now." He said and went to go eat his lunch elsewhere. Where it was, was a mystery.
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That Saturday, as promised, Randall met up with her and they went out to Hallie's parents' house. He could see why she loved farms, as the place was a farm. A small one with lots of trees around and a few animals.

They went inside and Randall was introduced to Mason and Cassie.

Cassie could see from his looks that he was indeed an attractive male lizard. Mason was more reserved. This guy would have to prove himself that he was worthy to date his little girl.

"So, Randall, how would you describe yourself?" Mason asked.

Randall was nervous talking to the older male. "Well, I went and graduated from Monsters U from the scaring program. I work at Monsters, Inc as a scarer. I'm a hard worker. I had good grades in school. I like mechanics. I do try new things for Hallie and most of them turn out to be fun. I've always been a city guy. I don't drive because my eyesight is kind of bad. But I see that I try to give Hallie good times. I listen to her and she listens to me. She's my best friend." He explained the best he could.