show me yours | matty healy

chapter twenty

May 30th 2014

"Is this Catholic enough?"

"We're Chrsitian."

"What's the difference?"

He raises a brow and she nervously tugs on the long skirt of the dress while apologising under her breath.

She shifts uncomfortably in the outfit, she has on a pair of heels (a mistake with her two left feet), and a dress that makes her feel like she's in an old movie about the sixties, not in 2014 meeting her boyfriend's family.

The door finally opens, "Oh, my baby."

His mother's hands are pushing his cheeks together, swaying them from side to side, "Hi, momma."

He grins hugging her tightly as she rubs his back through his shirt, Tommie practises her smile in the reflection of the window a few times as the mother-son duo reunite. When she's finally happy with one, a little lift of her lips, showing little to no teeth, her eyes just crinkling a little, she turns to get their attention without rudely interrupting.

"Momma, this is my girlfriend, Caroline."

"Tomm-"

"Caroline," He interrupts quickly, side stepping the hand that reaches for his waist and taking her hand gently instead, "This is my momma."

"Hi."

"Hello, dear, the table is set already, why don't you two come on in?" She asks, stepping inside to hold the door open.

Tommie squeezes Caleb's hand tightly and watches her step inside his childhood home, she looks around, smiling softly at pictures of him and his siblings.

"Evelyn! Evelyn, your brothers here!"

She can hear a pair of rushed footsteps come tumbling down the stairs before a small blonde girl is throwing herself into Caleb's arms, "Caleb!"

"Hey there, stranger." He grins ruffling her hair and kissing her forehead, "How's school?"

"Well, my science fair was last week but my magic milk project didn't do that good, but, remember that boy," She lowers her voice looking back to see their mother walking in and out of the kitchen, "The one from Choir?" Caleb nods, "Well he's asked me to the face we have at the end of the year."

Caleb stands a little taller, "Do I need to have a word-"

"Caleb." The teenager giggles, shaking her head, then her eyes widen when she catches sight of Tommie standing behind him.

"Eve, this is my girlfriend Caroline."

"Tommie is fine-"

Her eyes widen, "You're Tommie McDuff," Tommie smiles and she bounces excitedly on her feet, "Holy-"

"Evelyn Rose Kidwall." Their mother gasps, "Do not use those kinds of words as vulgar language."

"Sorry, mom." She turns back to Tommie quickly, "I love your music, it's just amazing..." She trails off blushing suddenly, "Do you uh... do you know a lot of celebrities?"

Tommie shrugs a little, "Um, a few I guess."

"Do you know five seconds of summer?"

Tommie trails off as she thinks, "They the one from X Factor?"

"No, that's One Direction, 5sos are the Australian one."

Tommie shrugs, "Um, then maybe?"

Eve nods, muttering a quite 'interesting' before leaving to help carry the dishes out of the kitchen.