"Where have you been? Do you have any idea how much danger there is in running around the city at night?" Sure enough, both of my parents were not happy with my disregard to the time.
"Who were you with?" My father asked, not even looking up from the newspaper.
"I was just playing soccer with some guys I met," That sure made him drop the newspaper, he practically flinged it across the room.
"Cecilia!" My mother said sternly, she never really yelled, "You were out with strangers? Do you know how dangerous that is?"
"These strangers were boys?" Of course that was what my father was concerned about.
"Louis, is that really your concern right now? She was out at night with strangers and you are only concerned that they might be boys?" My mother actually held back a laugh, that was a good sign.
"It's a valid 'dad' concern, isn't it?" I started laughing, and my dad smiled, relieving most of the tension in the room.
"How was school today?" My mother asked while picking up my dinner dish, wandering into the kitchen.
"It was good, I'm going to head upstairs and maybe go to sleep in a few minutes, good night," I said, trying to get upstairs to text Jake but I didn't want to seem guilty of anything to my parents.
"Alright, goodnight CeCe, I love you darling." My dad said, I walked upstairs and opened the door to my room, to find my mother sitting on my bed and Crumbles at her feet.
"I've been expecting you," She said, trying to hold back laughter. I loved this side of my mom, the fun and witty side of her.
I let out a laugh, seeing that on my dresser my phone was lighting up with texts and vibrating like crazy.
"Who's Jake, he keeps texting you." I mentally facepalmed and went to check my phone. Sure enough, I had five messages from Jake.
From: Jake(:
Hey CeCe, I was just wondering if you were going to come back tomorrow and play with some soccer? We had a pretty good team haha :)
From: Jake(:
Oh by the way, it's Jake..
From: Jake(:
Wait, don't you go to my school? Courts High School?
From: Jake(:
You do! You had on the purple pants today!
From: Jake(:
Not to sound creepy, I saw you from down the hallway and I was like wow those are some cool pants and then I saw your face and I was like wow she's pretty :)
My face was probably so red after reading the last message from him, he said I was pretty. I actually do remember seeing him, for like a second today. He smirked, but I didn't think it was to me so I just blew it off.
"I'm assuming you have a crush on him considering your face right now," My mother said.
"Mom, I haven't had a crush on a guy for about ten years now, but yeah I guess I kind of like him, he was one of the guys I played soccer with today. You would like him, he's very polite." I replied, my face turning even redder.
"Well, I guess I'm not as hip with the teenager lingo as I thought I was, oh, and I ran to the store and picked up all the supplies you need for school, they are right by your backpack. Well, I will leave you and Jack to talk and flirt and do whatever you do, make good choices!" My mother said as she left my room.
To: Jake(:
Hey, yeah I'll play soccer tomorrow, we are diffidently going to win again and thanks! I'll be sure to look for you tomorrow in school:)
That night I stayed up until midnight texting Jake and we just talked about everything and anything. He made me laugh and he's so nice and just perfect. I wish I could have talked to him for the rest of the night, but I fell asleep.
When I talked to him I got this feeling that I just couldn't ignore. My knees felt weak and my hands shook and my head spun. My mom told me that when she fell in love with my dad, she felt the same way. Am I in love with him? I can't be, I only just met him.
