I promise

Chapter Six

I wake up to my phone ringing on Sunday morning. "Hello?" I say in a very sleepy voice. "Bentley? Oh no I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you up!" The voice said. "Oh no no it's fine. What time is it anyways?" "Bent it's almost noon." I then found out who I was talking to, Matthew. "Seriously? I guess I was exhausted and just slept really late!" I replied. "It's okay, I was just calling to ask you if you'd like to have dinner at my place tonight? You could meet my parents and family. We could hang out afterwards." Matthew said. I thought about it for a second. "Sure! I'd love too!" I finally replied. "Awesome! Pick you up around 5?" "Sounds good. See you later!" I said hanging up the phone.

I drifted back to sleep not wanting to get up. Once I did finally get out of bed I went to the couch and switched on the tv. I sat there and watched Dance Moms for a while. Time must have flew by because when my phone buzzed I looked at the time: 3:46pm. Crap he's going to be here in a little bit. I looked to see who had messaged me. I was a bit surprised.

MESSAGE FROM: Dad.

Hey. You busy tonight? I'm bringing you some grocery money so you can go buy food. I won't be able to stay long though, I have a date with a co-worker tonight.

Wow, I thought. He doesn't even make enough time for his own daughter? Okay. Great. I didn't even respond because I knew we would get into an argument. We hadn't even talked since Christmas and it was almost the end of May. I brushed it off and decided to go get ready.

I straightened my hair and applied just a tad bit of makeup that way I wouldn't look ghostly white like I always do. I pulled on a pair of Miss Me Jeans and Sanuks with a blue and gray striped tank top.

About 15 minutes later my doorbell rang and I yelled "Coming!" I heard the voice say "Alright!" I grabbed my keys and phone and walked out my door. Waiting for me was Matthew. "Hey Bent!" He said smiling and pulling me into a hug. I laughed and said "Hey" while hugging him back.

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We pulled up his drive. His house was so gorgeous. Freshly cut lawn, beautiful white two-story home and perfect well- kept landscaping. "Wow." I said. "What?" "You're place is gorgeous" "Aww thanks." He replied. He turned the car off and before he started to get out I said "Matthew? I'm afraid your family won't like me." "Why do you think that? You're amazing!" He replied. "I just I don't know I'm not good with new people. I'm afraid ill get nervous or something" I stated. He got out of the car and came over to my side. As he opened the door he said "Trust me. My family is very low key. They aren't the pushy strict type." As we walked up to the front door he grabbed my hand and intertwined his fingers with mine.

As soon as the front door opened and we walked in I could smell the scent of fresh cookies and other foods. It smelt wonderful. I slid my Sanuks off at the front door before we got onto the crystal white not-stained carpet. He smiled with amusement as he could tell I was afraid I was going to break something or do something wrong. I just smiled back at him. He showed my around the place. It was huge! They had a workout room, game room, 'Man Cave', theater, and a spa as Matthew called it. It was just a huge room with a hot tub, sauna and massage chairs. I couldn't believe it.

"Hello" I heard someone say from behind us. I turned around and saw a brunette girl probably about 5'3 and she had perfect straight white teeth and was smiling up at me. "Hi, I'm Bentley" I said smiling back to her. "This is my sister Callie. She's 13." Matthew stated. Callie grinned and hugged her brother and said "Mom is making a big dinner." "Okay. Thanks for telling me" Matthew said smiling. He bent down and gave his sister a big hug. We all walked into the living room where I saw a little boy on a video game sitting on the couch. "This is Cameron. He's 4 and a pain in the butt" Matthew said laughing. "I heard that" Cameron said not looking up from his game. "Hey can you at least say hello to Bentley?" Matthew asked nicely. "Hi" Cameron said again without looking up from his game. I chuckled quietly and Matthew was laughing too. "He's never this quiet Bent, I promise you" he said.

"Matthew? Is that you?" A women asked from the kitchen. "Yeah mom I'm home. Bentley is here." Soon after he said that a short woman appeared from the kitchen. "Oh hi sweetie. I'm Angela, Matthew's mother. Iv heard so much about you!" Angela said smiling and pulled me in for a hug. "It's nice to meet you Angela" I said. "Matthew will you go check on Maycie?" She asked. "Sure thing. Lets go Bent!" Matthew said while grabbing my hand and taking me upstairs. "Who's Maycie?" I asked. "You'll see."

We arrive in a room with pale pink walls and glittery letters spelling out 'Maycie' on the wall. We walked over to a crib and I looked over and saw the most gorgeous little girl ever laying there wide away but not saying a word. Her eyes instantly met with Matthew's and her face lit up. I started smiling. "Do you want to hold her?" Matthew said. "Can I?" I asked. "Of course!" Matthew picked up the little infant and gave her to me. I securely wrapped my arms around her to make sure I wouldn't drop her. "How old is she Matthew?" "5 weeks. My mom just had her" he replied. "Awww!" I said. He laughed.

"Dinner's ready!!" We heard Angela scream. Matthew took Maycie and kissed her forehead before putting her back into her crib. It made my heart melt to see the big masculine tough Matthew before so sweet and precious to his little baby sister.

We arrived to the kitchen and Angela handed me a plate and said "Take whatever you want darling" "Thank you" I replied with a smile. I took a hamburger and some French fries and went to sit down at the table next to Matthew. We ate dinner and talked with his whole family for a while. His dad was really funny. His name was Bryce. He always cracked a funny joke during serious moments.

After dinner Matthew and I went upstairs to his room he sat on his futon and I sat down next to him. "Thanks for inviting me Matthew. It was nice to meet your parents. I'm so sleepy." "You're welcome Bent. Today was fun." He said wrapping his arm around me. I laid my head on his shoulder as he clicked on the television. I drifted into a soft sleep on his shoulder.