I was being forced to eat dinner with my mother and one of her old acquaintances. She was still pissed about me skipping school yesterday and was treating me like a prisoner, but it was totally worth it!
Skipping the day with Derek was exactly what I needed.
"So what have you been up to?" My Grams asked Julian before she finished off her slice of pot roast. She couldn't stop grinning from ear to ear; it was almost creepy not to mention it must have been painful to continuously grin for that long.
Don't her cheeks hurt at all? And is she in love with him or something? I wondered to myself.
He wasn't even that cute. He had a slight olive complexion, dark short hair and blue eyes but then again I was comparing him to super-hot actors like Jensen Ackles, and Chris Pine as well as many others.
Drool.
Grams had given me the lowdown on Julian before he arrived. He used to live in Beacon Hills and went to school with my mother. They started dating during sophomore year and even got engaged during their junior year, but my mother broke it off with Julian and got with my father during senior year which is when they got married, and moved from Beacon Hills and had my brother two years later.
My mother had talked about a boyfriend she had before my father, but she didn't mention she had been engaged. I would have remembered that detail!
"Just running my many car dealerships." He smiled and it sent chills down my spine; the bad kind.
"That must be great." My Grams chimed.
"What about you?" He turned his attention to my mother.
"I'm a nurse."
"Oh wow giving back to the community that's excellent." He spoke before taking a sip of red wine.
"Someone's got to do it," she replied dryly and moved some peas around on her plate.
Maybe the night is a blessing in disguise. I thought silently.
My mother was practically squirming in her seat, and waiting for the dinner to be over and for Julian to be gone- it was great!
"What about you? Do you know what you want to do when you grow up?" Julian asked Belle who had barely said two words.
"I want to be a marine biologist."
"Let me guess you love dolphins?" Julian asked.
I had wanted to be a marine biologist as well at Belle's age, although I learnt a couple of years ago that I didn't get along with biology.
"Very much," Belle smiled.
"I have a friend that works at Sea World in Orlando; I could get her to let you swim with the dolphins."
Belle gasped in excitement while my mother gave Julian one of her famous scowls that made you want to duck for cover.
"I can't ask you to do that." My mother replied and Belle's smile vanished completely.
"Oh come on he's offering Belle something great." My Grams tried to change my mother's mind but I knew there was no use. For some reason she disliked Julian. I could tell by the way she looked at him.
But why? I wondered.
"I know but I can't accept it. I'm sorry Belle." My mother apologised although Belle still looked like she had just been told her beloved pet had died.
"So what brings you town?" I asked Julian. I had been sitting back and watching the conversation trying to gather Intel, and now it was my turn to ask the questions and make the situation even more awkward for my mother.
