The Best of Her

Chapter Twenty nine

June.

"Do you think she would like flowers?"

"she would probably prefer drugs,"

I cut Axel a glare which he dutifully ignored and continued to play his game. "You're useless." he shrugs, still not looking away from the tv. "I never tried to impress a girl, I'm naturally impressive."

"That's why you are still single," Nale said just before he killed his character. Axel groaned and threw the controller on the table, "first of all I'm single by choice," Nale stands up and hums, "yeah that's right." he ignores him and turns to me, "And second of all, Just chill about your date, dude. It's not that big of a deal."

But it is a big deal to me, it's such a big deal that I'm freaking out. And I don't freak out that often, but I want to impress Mavis so bad, I want to make her happy and get her smiling, and maybe she will even grace me with a laugh or two.

After last night, it is obvious that I'm never letting her go. Her trust issues are deeply rooted, She doesn't seem to understand how a person can just like her for herself, she is waiting for the trick, waiting to be deceived or to deceive, but I will show her otherwise. I will show her she is cable to care and being cared for without a reason behind it.

I want this date to be perfect, I need this to be perfect because she doesn't deserve less than that. So I do what any twenty-one years old who doesn't know how to impress a girl would do, I call my mom.

"How did I get the honor of my son calling me?" her chirpy voice came rushing through the phone, putting a smile on my face. "Mom, I called you last week."

"Oh, so I only deserve one call a week? That's it?" she dramatically exclaims. I love my mother, even when she had me at a young age and had to raise me by herself she was always full of love and support no matter what I did, and scolded me when needed. showed me the privileges that I had that others didn't, helped me differ what's right and what's wrong, in conclusion, I own this woman a lot for the person I've become. "Of course not, mom. How are the kiddos? Jennie's birthday is close, is she excited?"

She chuckles, "of course she is excited, she always is. And Jonah is sulking as always because the attention is shifting to Jennie, you know how they are every year." their birthday is a year and a month apart, being so close in age make them so competitive and jealous of each other. But it's funny to watch. "Also Jen is asking if you will be here for her birthday, she said you missed hers last year but attended Jonah's so it's her turn,"

"Putting the pressure on me, I see" I laugh out, "It will be spring break, I could make it." Mom told me about some of the preparation she's made for them, about how her work is tiring her but she still loves what she does which is engineering, in what exactly I have no idea. My stepfather is traveling, so she is feeling a little overwhelmed with everything but she says she can handle it. I don't doubt it but I still feel bad. And finally, she asks me, "now, tell me. what did you call me for? And don't give me the "cant a son just Call his mother without a reason?" I know you want something."

Sometimes I hate how well she knows me. "Um, I just wanted to ask about..."

"About..." she urges me and I sigh. "I asked this girl out, and I really want to impress her but I don't know how." she pauses for a second then asks,"Is she the girl you were worried about last time?" I forgot that I already told her about Mavis, but when I did I said she was just a friend. "Yeah, it's her."

"Aha, I knew she was more than just a friend. You sounded really worried when you talked about her. Anyway, what's her name?"

"Mavis,"

"Pretty. And why don't you taker her out to a fancy dinner if you want to impress her?" I almost laugh at the idea. Mavis doesn't look like the type to be impressed by fancy stuff. When I don't respond my mom adds, "do you need money? I can send you," I shake my head, even though she can not see it. "No, mom it's just that she is not the kind of girl who would get impressed by fancy stuff or money even."