The Price of Love

Mommy and Daddy and Baby

Chapter 5

"Hello? May I speak to Christofer Rodrigues?", I ask nervously. "Speaking, who is this?" "Oh, um Chris hi. This is Jaida, remember from the mall? You gave me this number and said to call you and-" "Ohhh! Hi Jaida! How are you? I hope you're feeling better.", he says happily "I didnt think you would really call, but I'm glad you did." "Yeah me too.", I say blushing. "So are you calling to take me up on that offer for a date?", he asks curiously. I dont know, he seems nice, but a little too eager. Maybe when Kelsye calls later I'll ask her and hopefully she can give me some advice. I mean he is beautiful, almost like a greek god. I took the perfect oppurtunity yesterday to get a good look at him. So far he meets all my requirements in the looks department. Tall, about 6''1, muscular, short-cut dark brown hair with cute little strands that hang perfectly over his face, manly but not to messy beard stubble, the most gorgeous emerald green eyes, and a beautiful and inviting smile....and he wants to take me on a date........HE WANTS TO TAKE ME ON A DATE! What do I say? What do I do? What do I wea-- "Jaida? Are you still there?", suddenly his voice brings me out of my train of thought. That voice, ahhhhh like heaven. "I'm here Chris sorry.", I say shaking. I sure hope he can't sense what he is doing to me, because guys get real arrogant about that sort of thing. "So? What do you say?" "About what Chris?, I ask. Wow I'm on the phone with him and still cant take my mind off of him. "About us going out. What do you say?", Oh the date. "Uhhh, I'll have to get back to you on that. Look Chris, I gotta go, I'll call you maybe tomorrow sometime, okay?" "Sure. Okay. Talk to you soon. Bye.", he says before he hangs up. With that, I get dressed and head downstairs to go and visit my parents. My mom, Joanna Savales, is a Colombian-Canadian. She is short like me 5''6, curly blonde hair which she got from her Canadian mother, blue eyes she got from her Colombian father, dimples, and a sweet smile. My dad, Veda Hardaway, is an Irish-Canadian. He is 6''2, brown hair, brown eyes, with an adorable laugh. I got my hair and eyes from my dad, but my moms face, dimples, and hair texture. I am a direct mix of the 2. My parents came up with "Jaida" by mixing "Veda and Joanna", I guess they never planned to have anymore children. I dont mind though. I loved being an only child, because I got all the love and attention, and I had Kelly so I was never lonely. She too is an only child, so that worked out perfectly. 

"Hi Mommy!" I scream as I make my way up the stairs to the front door of my childhood home. It has 8 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, a huge kitchen, a large attic, a gorgeous backyard with a pool, and is in the gated community of Washington Village. I've really come to miss this place. "Hola mija, como estas?", my mom says as she greets me with a hug. She loves to talk to me in spanish to see if I remember anything she taught me from my childhood. I used to hate that, being that English is my first language, but thats one of the things I've really grown to love over the years. "Donde esta mi papa?", I ask when I dont see my father sitting in his usual place, in front of the tv. "He went out to the store, he'll be back very shortly.", she says reassuringly. Just as she says that, I hear my dad's BMW pulling up into the yard. "Daddy!", I say running to the car. "Princess! Hows my little girl?', says my dad as he picks me up in a hug. "Help your old man with a few of these bags, will you sweetheart?" "Okay daddy", I say cheerfully as I go to the trunk to pick up the rest of the groceries. After I helped dad put everything away, I went to put my purse up in my old room as I plan to stay the night. We finally had a chance to sit down and talk about David, and hopefully Christofer. "¿Cómo se siente acerca de su relación se terminó?" , my mom, once again trying to test me. "Orale, Mami." , I whined. "Okay sweetheart, enough of Espanol 101 for today. Really though, how have you been feeling since your break up with David?", she asked curiously as my dad put the tv on mute. "Actually, I'm feeling better than I've felt in a very long time. When I was with David, he wanted me to stay home, cook, clean, and have sex with him. My life centered around David Harrington III, he didnt want me to go out, party, or have fun, he even wanted me to drop Kelly, but I drew the line there. I was basically a wife without a ring living in a cage instead of a mansion. I can't honestly say I've had one happy day since I left home.", I said through teary eyes. "Honey, why didnt you just come back home? You know you always have a room here.", asked my dad as he got up and sat next to me to comfort me. "Well because David made me think that you guys were jealous of our relationship, and ashamed of me for giving myself away before marriage, and that you wouldnt want me back. I was so much in love with him and so far under his control that I believed him.", I explained. "I'll admit that at first both your dad and I were very hurt. We felt like you chose David over us, but we would never desert you. You are the apple of our eyes, and our only child. We love you so much, why do you think we gave you the middle name "Ohana"? Its because we are a family, and family never turns their back on one another. We're your parents and we love you even when you dont love yourself, you've got to believe that.", explained my mom as she sat on the other side of me, rubbing my back. " I do believe that. I have missed you guys so much, and coming back after everything I went through to open arms just makes me love you guys that much more.", I said tearfully. "Abrazo de grupo!", said my mom. "This time mom, I actually agree with you, I sure could use one. I love you guys.", I said as the three of us huddled together in a group hug. "Te amamos demasiado princesa.", says my dad to my surprise. "Oh daddy, she's got you doing it too, huh?", I say with a laugh. "Well sweetie, what can I say? She's been doing it for 30 years. I was bound to pick it up eventually. So what do you say we forget about cooking dinner and I take my wife and my princess out for a family dinner?" "I would love that so much daddy, let me just get my purse." I feel so much better after that long talk with my parents. Maybe I can tell them about Chris during dinner. "Okay well let me just put on my good stuff, and then we can go.", said my dad. I love him, no matter how old I get or what I do, I'll always be his little princess. While I wait, I decide to call Kelsye and invite her. "Hey Kell, mom and dad are taking me out to dinner, would you like to come?" I'm half-heartedly hoping for a no, but also hoping for a yes so I can tell all 3 of them altogether about Chris. "No thanks Hana, Bobby is taking me to a dinner at his familys home." She doesnt sound too siked. "Well anyway, I'm spending the night at my parents house, if you wanna come over. You know theres more than enough room for you." I hear my dad calling. "Okay Kell I gotta go, but I'll call you when we get back, and you can spend then night too if you want. Bye." "Ready guys?" They nod simultaneously. "Alright lets go!", I say excitedly. The last time we went out for a family dinner, I told them that David proposed to me, so this ought to be very interesting.

I KNOW GUYS, VERY LONG. KEEP READING THOUGH, I JUST HAD TO TIE SOME LOOSE ENDS, AND I FIGURED I WOULD DO IN THIS CHAPTER. =D