Inconvenient Attachment

Chapter 17

My drunken mother is stood in the doorway with a pint glass of wine half drunk in her hand. I can hear music playing in the background and voices.

"Rafe! Hello handsome!" She steps forward and engulfs Rafe into a greeting hug.

"Hello, Mrs Parker." He greets her politely. So fake.

"Please, call me Jen!" She insists and he nods.
"Come in! Come in!" Her voice loud. She grabs Rafe's hand and drags him into the house. "Your dad and Rose are here! We're having a little get together!"

I walk into the kitchen to find my house full with around 50+ adults drinking and drunk dancing. "What the fuck." I say under my breath.

Rafe must've heard me. "That's my thoughts exactly."

"Come Rafe!" My mother waves Rafe over to where she is sitting with Ward and Rose and some other people I don't know on a personal level.

He walks over to her and she stands with her arm around his waist. God why is she so obsessed with him, she doesn't know what he's actually like that's why.

I roll my eyes at my mother fussing over him. "I can't believe how even more handsome you've gotten!" She expresses touching his hair.

Rafe turns his head to look back at me. Silently pleading for help. I shake my head laughing to myself before walking over to join him.

"What are you doing here with Nessie?" She questions, her voice loud and irritable.

"I walked her home from the beach party. I didn't want her walking alone in the dark." He admits.

My mother looks at him in more awe than before if that's even possible. "Such a gentleman!"

I run upstairs and throw some things into a handbag before running back down the stairs. I notice Rafe with a panicked look on his face as he scans the crowd, he's looking for me. He spots me and I see him sigh in relief. I walk over to join him again.

"Rafe! You'd be the perfect match for my Nessie! Why don't you two start dating?" My mother begins to ramble.

I quickly grab Rafe's hand in embarrassment and begin dragging him away. "I'm staying out Mom!" I yell back to her.

"Are you staying with Rafe?" She yells through the crowd.

"Bye!" I respond before slamming the door behind us.

The mild breeze helping me breathe. "She's a nightmare!" I groan at how weird Rafe probably thinks I am now with a mother like that.

"She's funny." He chuckles.

"She's embarrassing!" I look up at him my face all flustered.

"Where you going?" He points to the bag.

"Sleeping out." I shrug.

"Sleeping out where?"

"Your house."

His face drops, his brows furrow confused. "My house?"

"Chill out, I'll stay in a spare room. I just can't stay at home with my mother like that! She'll be begging me to date you all night." I roll my eyes.

"Don't act like it would be the worst thing." He smirks.

"Shut up." I shake my head grinning at him before pushing him aside and walk over to his house. Rafe follows.

We get to Rafe's front door and look at each other in confusion when we hear party music coming from inside.

Rafe hurries through the door and I follow after him. We walk into the crowded kitchen full of drunken kooks to see Sarah dancing on the kitchen island, topper cheering her on at her feet. We notice Kelce dancing in the middle of the crowd.