"No way!" I said as I opened the box that held my belongings from the hospital.
"What is it?" Questioned my mom as she stood in the doorway of my room.
"Brendon signed my poster of his face!"
She gasped, "You liar! Lemme see!" I showed her the poster and we squealed together. I love my mom. "Brendon is such a nice young man"
"Yeah, he really is," I responded thinking about the other day.
"What are you thinking about?"
"What do you mean?" I asked nervously.
"When I mentioned Brendon, you had one of those in-love smirks on your face."
"Okay, fine." I told mom everything that happened yesterday from being at the hospital till him dropping me off at home.
"HE KISSED YOUR CHEEK!" Mom yelled almost fainting. I just laughed and continued to put all my belongings back in the correct places. "I'll be right back" She said with a big grin on her tan face. Oh lord. What is she planning? Meanwhile, I sent Brendon a text thanking him for signing the poster and he immediately texted back "np" with a smiley face emoji. Damn Boy. It just hit me that I should probably catch up with my dad today since I haven't seen him in a while and he's home today. I walked downstairs to see dad holding a basketball.
"Wanna play?" Dad asked with a cheery smile.
"Oh, it's on. I'll be the next Michael Jordan."
He chuckled, "I'll be the next Lebron James." Right when he mentioned Lebron James I died of laughter. I remembered the video of the kid saying Lebron James over and over again, so that's what I did. It felt like the good old days when I was younger. My dad and I would always play basketball because it was my favorite sport. Fun fact, I played basketball in high school and I was captain. My dad and I caught up and he told me everything that was happening at his job (he's a businessman) and I told him everything about the hospital and all.
It was really fun until my mom called us inside. She told me to wear something dressier because we're going to have a "Welcome Back Home" dinner. I was going to ask questions, but I just let it go. I picked out a dress that had an Aztec print on the top and the skirt part was navy blue. For shoes, I picked out some navy blue heels.
Once I was finished, my mom came into my room to inspect my outfit. "Beautiful as always!" I thanked her and she told me to hurry up. God, mom. I decided to put on some light pink blush and a rose color lipstick and then I was finished. I walked downstairs and my dad gave me a hug and kissed my head telling me I looked beautiful too. What's going on here?
All of a sudden, there was a knock on the door. Did they order pizza? I realized I had to go to the bathroom really badly, so I went back upstairs and locked the door. I flushed the toilet and heard muffled voices downstairs. Oh fuck. I walked downstairs, seeing Brendon shaking my dad's hand. As I stood halfway, cursing to myself, he turned to me and held out his arms. Walking in heels downstairs is hard, but thankfully I made it in his arms safely. Man, being in his arms makes me feel safe and it's really comforting. We pulled away and he gave me a showy grin and said, "You look really pretty."
I blushed, "Thanks, you don't look bad yourself." Brendon was wearing black jeans with a white button down shirt. On top of that, was a nice black formal jacket with black high tops. My cleared her throat and she gestured down towards the dinner table. Brendon and I sat down across from my mom and dad.
"Thank you for taking care of my daughter at the hospital and being her friend," my dad told Brendon.
My mom came over giving everyone's plates with steak, potatoes, and a side salad, "Yeah, really, thank you Brendon. I have never seen my daughter so happy."
"It's no problem! I'm very glad I met Addilyn," he responded, looking at me smiling as I smiled back at him.
The rest of the dinner time, was mostly consisted of laughing and just talking. Then, my dad rose out of his and excused himself. Oh no, he didn't.
~Brendon's POV~
I looked over at Addilyn whose face was filled with anger and sadness. I reached under the table and squeezed her hand and she looked at me. She squeezed my hand back and I knew right then and there this wasn't going to be good. "Dad! Come...sit...down. Come have a full dinner with your family for once instead of smoking! Plus, we have a guest here! I don't know why you keep smoking. Can't you tell it's affecting your health badly-!" Addilyn yelled at her dad and he just stood there in silence.
"Honey, I'll handle this. Go upstairs with Brendon," Addilyn's mother interrupted before it got worse,"I'm sorry Brendon." I gave her an apologetic smile and followed Addilyn into her room. Addilyn just sat on her bed and there was silence for a while until I heard sniffling. I looked over and saw tears coming down Addilyn's face. I moved over closer to her and put my arm around her and pulled her closer to me. It hurts to see her cry. This girl goes through so much, it's crazy. I rocked her while shushing her, so she would calm down.
A couple minutes later, her crying had stopped and I had to think of a way to make her laugh. "You know, you never answered my question on the phone."
She looked at me confused and asked,"What question?"
"Are you just another girl that wants to fuck me?" I gave her a smirk and then she started busting out laughing. I chuckled and she gave me a huge hug. I love her hugs.
"Thanks, for cheering me up. I'm sorry for the way I acted down there."
"You shouldn't be sorry. It was perfectly normal the way you acted downstairs." She just smiled and for the rest of the time we played songs on her record player. All of mine, of course. I thought it was cool how she had all of Panic!'s records even Death Of A Bachelor. Sadly, it was getting late and I had to go back home to my love, Sarah. I said my goodbyes and thank yous.
Addilyn's mom walked me out and said, "Listen Brendon, you are a really nice man. Thank you so much again for always cheering up my daughter and making her happier than she used to be. I am also very sorry for my husband's actions."
"Ma'am, it's no problem at all. I love Addilyn! Don't apologize, it's perfectly fine." And with that she gave me a hug and I was on my way home.
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