Not All Angels Have Wings (L.H)

Chapter 15

I walk out of the pharmacy and towards my car. Ashton waits in the passenger seat while I slide in and start the car. "Did you get what the therapist prescribed?" I nod my head yes as I pull out onto the main road. Dr.Linda has seen me two times since I had decided to start therapy and she had come to the conclusion that I had serve anxiety so she gave me some medicine to help.

"You can't over dose with that right?"

"God Ashton, even if you could, can't you have some faith in me." I paused as I looked out the window and shook my head. Ashton would never let me forget my pass and what I did. "I am not the same person I was back then." I could see him look at me from the corner of my eye but I refused to look at him. Ever since Luke I would never think of doing something like that and causing him that much pain. "I do have faith in you. I just worry about you sometimes." I let out a sigh and turned to him. I know he just loves me and doesn't want to lose me. "I know, Im sorry you have to worry about me." We pulled up to my house and I got out of the car. Ashton followed behind me and shut the door once inside. "So do you have anything planned for later?"

"I am going over to Lukes house to meet his parents." I heard the couch groan from Ashtons weight as I came out from the kitchen with two drinks. "Thats a big step. Are you sure your ready?"

"Yeah we both think its time I met his parents since we don't see this stopping anytime soon." I bring my soda up to my mouth and take a sip as I think about all the ways tonight could go wrong. I try not to show it on my face but on the inside it is eating me alive. Hopefully Ashton won't notice and even worse, hopefully Luke and his parents wont either.

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I slide my hands over the black fabric of my dress. It is a simple black dress with a peter pan type collar. I walk over to my bed and slide on my heels then grab my bag. My mind hasn't slowed down since earlier in the day when I started worrying about tonight. This is my first impression on Luke's Parents and what if they end up hating me and make Luke break up with me. I sit down on the couch and rest my head in my hands. My straight hair falls over my face as if its a curtain blocking me from the outside. After I take a couple deep breathes I hear a couple knocks on the door and I walk over. Luke stands before me in a white button down shirt and his usual black jeans and converse. I chuckle at his stubbornness to change is normal lower half attire. "Wow, you look amazing." Even in my heels I have to lean up to kiss him. Just like it always does, his kiss calms my nerves making me more at ease. "So do you." I scan my eyes over his body one more time and an evil smirk comes across his face. "You know what, why don't we just stay here instead?" I laugh as he slides his arms around me but push them off as I walk past him towards the car. I hear him groan in disappointment as he begins to follow me.

Once in the car he takes me hand and begins to drive to our destination. "My mother didn't feel like cooking so we are going to an Italian place tonight." I nod my head in approval as I start to worry about tonight. I begin to chew on my bottom lip as my thoughts torture me. "Are you okay?" Luke squeezes my hand as he asks the question. "I am just really nervous about everything." I look into his deep blue eyes as he glances between me and the road. "Dont be, they will love you. I have created a theory that its impossible not too." He smiles at me while we stop at a red light then turn into the restaurant parking lot. "Thanks babe." I return his smile as he gets out and walks over to open the door for me. While look is walking around to my side I quickly pop an anxiety pill into my mouth and swallow. I manage to do it just as Luke opens the door.

We walk hand in hand into the place and soon find his parents sitting in a booth near the back. As we approach I can tell his mom and dad are arguing about something. "Please can you ever be pleasant?" I hear Luke's mother whisper to her husband. I hear Luke clear his throat from beside me and they both turn to look at us. "Oh hello, you must be Ainsley." She stands up and wraps her arms around me. "I am Lukes mother and you can call me Liz." She steps away and his father extends his hand to me. "You can call me Andy." They both give me warm smiles as Luke helps me to my seat. "Luke is always talking about you and now I can see why. You are beautiful." Her smile makes me feel at ease just like Luke does. Just then I can feel him place his hand on my leg. "Thank you, I can see where Luke gets his looks from." She blushes at my compliment but to be honest besides some facial features he doesn't look like his mother or father.

"So, what are your plans for the future?" I know it is typical to ask someone this when meeting them but I had been dreading it. I honestly didn't know about my future, I never spent time thinking about it and everyone wants their child to end up with someone that has a bright future.

"I honestly dont know what my future holds. I know that if I get a chance college would be something I would love to do. But besides that Im not sure what kind of career I would want." There was a couple moments of silence following my confession then Liz spoke. "I love your honesty. Personally I think it is wrong to push something so huge onto young people. However it is the world we live in so we must deal with it." She gives me another one of her warm smiles and I feel instant relief. Luke's parents aren't anything like I expected and for that I am grateful.
"Luke doesn't really know what he wants either. He has thrown some things around but nothing serious." I nod my head at appropriate times as she tells me about her son. "He is such a bright boy I wish he would follow in my footsteps and become a teacher." She glances down at her food and shakes me head disapprovingly. "But instead he wants to pursue something in music which will never be stable." I think a music career would be amazing but I keep my opinion to myself. "What do you think?" Well so much for that idea. I swallow the food I was chewing then begin. "I see where you are coming from but once your in the music industry I believe your in it forever. Or he could just do it on the side as music teacher or in a side band." For a moment it seems she wants to bite my head off but then she started to look like she understood my point of view. "I never thought if that. That's a good idea." Out of the corner of my eye I see Luke look at me with adoration and I begin to smile to myself.

After dinner we talk for a little while longer before we part ways so that Luke could take me home. On the way home he had a smile plastered on his face that never left. "Why are you smiling so much?" It was contagious and was making me smile as well. "That was one of the best parent meetings I have ever had. Usually my mom is a bitch to girls." He chuckles at his last statement and then pulls to the front of my house. We get out and he walks me to the door. "I am glad she feels the same way about you that I do." He brushes my hair behind my ear as I lean against my front door. He presses his lips against mine and I feel my body start to melt. He pulls away and presses his forehead against mine. "Are you better?" I assume he is talking about the dreams he doesn't know about. I have been getting more sleep now and so I look and feel a lot better. Of course Luke will never know about these dreams. "Yeah I am fine. I guess it was just a cold or something." I feel bad lying about this but it is for the best. "Good, I can't have you being sick. I hated seeing you like that. I felt so bad that I couldn't do anything to help you." I press my hand against his face and rub my thumb in circles. "Its okay, I am better now. You don't have to worry." He presses his lips to mine one last time before we say our goodbyes. I shut the door behind me and press my head against it. I really do hope everything will be better now.

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