Teach Me to Kiss

Meeting Family

"I'm Farrah's boyfriend." The words echoed on the walls while I stood there waiting for Farrah's mother to reply. She had a poker face on, like me. I was skeptical of her. What if she also abused Farrah? The thought literally made me crazily mad. Farrah's mother remained silent for a while but after a few minutes passed she had a knowing look on her face.

"Ohhhh. So your Andrew." I bit back my surprise. She had a teasing look in her eyes and my anger evaporated. I think I was blushing. I don't know.

But the question is why does she know about me? Did Farrah talked to her about me? Was it good? Or bad? Why is my heart jumping? All thoughts of Farrah's mother abusing her went out of the drain when she gave me a goofy smile.

"Does Farrah know she's your girlfriend or is it just a one sided thing?" She knew I lied, making me red even more.

"It's not a one sided thing!" I replied, flustered. She was teasing and embarassing me and she's succeeding in flying colors. She just giggled at my reply but quickly sobered up.

"Why is Farrah here?" She asked in a trembling voice. The question sobered me up too.

"It was my fault. I didn't protect her like I should have." It was my fault as much as it was Burner's. If I hadn't fought that shit this would have been avoided. I avoided Farrah's mother's eyes. We stood there silently until a doctor came out from the room Farrah went in.

"Mr. Greene?" I immediately went towards the male doctor while Farrah's mother followed me in her wheel chair. I mentally smacked myself for having no manners but all those thoughts went away when the doctor spoke.

"All in all she's okay except for the bruise on her left cheek. She can leave anytime she's ready." The doctor smiled at the both of us. I let out a sigh of relief while Farrah's mother gave out thanks to the doctor.

"It's okay to visit her now. Though she's still sleeping." Without further ado, I pushed Farrah's mother's wheel chair and we went towards Farrah's new designated room. Once, we found her room, I reached out for the door knob and opened the room.

It was that typical everything white room though it was bigger and had a flat screen t.v. in it. Maybe I had an influence in the choice they made to get her a room. Good. I don't want to see Farrah in a small dingy room. I spotted Farrah sleeping peacefully on the bed making my insides relieved and heat up.

Farrahs's mother wheeled herself towards the left side of Farrah. She took her hand and put it on her cheek while stray tears fell. I stood there watching mother and daughter. I wanted to go to Farrah but I can't disturb a moment like this. For Farrah, I'm willing to be selfless.

I was going to get out of the room when Farrah's mother called me.

"Andrew." I stopped.

"Where are you going?"

"I, uh, I was going outside. But it didn't mean I was abandoning Farrah. No, not at all. I just thought that you guys needed some alone time or something. Haha." I scratched the back of my head. Stupid Andrew. Farrah's mother giggled from my embarrassment.

"No. It's okay. Come sit beside Farrah." I hesitantly stepped towards Farrah's right side and took a seat on a chair. I wanted to take Farrah's hand but her mother was there. Yeah, I didn't want her to think I was taking advantage of Farrah when she's sleeping especially when she knows I'm not her boyfriend.

"So, I heard a lot about you Andrew." Farrah's mother started and I gulped. It's this the rumored parent questioning. I never thought I would go through that. Even though I was nervous, I discreetly moved my hand closer to Farrah's.

"What kind of stories have you heard about me?" I coughed out covering my mouth with a hand while the other hand moved even closer to Farrah's . Whatever news she heard of me, I hoped it was good.

"Oh. All kinds of stories. Like how you're a playboy." My hand stopped just before I could touch Farrah's. I groaned inwardly. I didn't want Farrah's mother to know I led a life like that.

"I assure you, ma'am. I'm not playing Farrah. I'm very serious about her." I never thought I could ever say that about a girl but that was before I met Farrah. Finally I was able to hold her hand. It was cold but at the same time it warmed me. I squeezed her hand hoping that she knows I was there beside her.

"Well, I'm happy to hear that." Farrah's mother smiled at me and I reciprocated.

"I'll try my best to win your daughter's heart, ma'am." I said confidently.

"Hush, with all that Ma'am business. You can call me Loreleigh or better yet mom." Loreleigh winked at me and I couldn't help but laugh.

"Will do, mom." I felt giddy calling Farrah's mother 'mom'. It makes me think like we're going to be together for a while and the thought didn't even scare me. I squeezed Farrah's hand again.

To my surprise, Farrah reciprocated. I stared at her. Her eyes were still closed but I swear she squeezed my hand. And then she spoke,

"Did you just call my mother, mom?" And I blushed again. Damn these women. They have a habit of embarrassing me. I replied confidently, ignoring my red face.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, I did." Then Farrah opened her eyes and looked at me. God, how I love her eyes. I don't know how she felt about me calling her mother mom but I hoped she wouldn't disagree.

"Oh Farrah! You're awake!" Loreleigh exclaimed and threw her arms around Farrah. Farrah giggled and hugged her back. I smiled at seeing Farrah smile. It's been awhile I've seen her smile especially since she was avoiding me. I frowned at that thought. Then Farrah looked at me over Loreleigh's shoulder. She was so beautiful even when her hair was like a bird's nest. I smiled at her and squeezed her hand and she reciprocated. I wanted to tell her how much I like her. But before I could do that, the door opened suddenly.

"Andrew!" The three of us looked at the unexpected visitor. I mean visitors.

"Mom?" I said in surprise. Fuck.

My family's here.