"Breathe, you'll be fine." Odell coached me, standing at his dad and stepmoms front door.
An understatement at this point was to say that I was nervous. My feelings were beyond that. I have never given my self a chance to get interested in someone, let alone meet their family. I was hoping no one would answer, and to my dismay, someone did.
"What's up son!" Said who I assumed was Odell's dad, while he opened the door wide giving us room to step inside.
"Hey pops," Odell responded, hugging his dad briefly "this is my girl Pearce, P this my dad" he continued to introduce. I was a little taken back at him referring to me as that due to us never having talked about what we meant to each other, I just continued on.
"Well aren't you lovely" His dad walked towards me with open arms, and I quietly thanked him while hugging him back.
"Lisa and sonny just went to run a few errands trying to get ready for tonight." He informed us. Odell has mentioned a lot about his family and despite my anxiety going through the roof, I was glad to finally be meeting them. He speaks so highly of them, and that makes him that much more admirable. We sat on the couch and talked for a bit before Odell stood up.
"Okay well we're going to go put our stuff up then we'll be downstairs in a few minutes." Odell spoke, grabbing both mine and his bag before leading me up the stairs. Walking into the farthest room down the hall, he opened the door and immediately I was overwhelmed with football posters and lsu banners on the wall.
"Old room, huh." I took a guess, plopping on his queen sized bed with a black comforter.
"Wow you're a smart one." He replied sarcastically, while setting the bags down in his closet. Sometimes he gets on my damn nerves.
"Ha ha you're so funny." I rolled my eyes.
"You gon quit rolling your eyes at me." He said, looking me up and down." He joined me, sitting on the bed.
"I'm glad you decided to come. I know this is out of your comfort zone, so I really appreciate it." He heart fully relayed, pulling me into his lap. Any opportunity for affection, he jumped at but I haven't seen him in a while so I didn't mind.
I just simply nodded and brought my hand up to his curls and massaged around.
"I really have missed you." I quietly said, now moving my hand to the back of his neck.
"I hoped you would've, it's been too long." He replied. Comfortably sitting in silence, I heard what sounded like a garage door open ring and the sound of a little boy.
"They're home, give me a kiss then we can go downstairs and you can meet them." He looked up towards me, placing his hands on my waist.
"Why would I kiss you?" I teased, while making an overly dramatic confused face.
We've kissed before, but I always give him a hard time.
"Quit playing" he said laughing
I pecked his lips and we got up to go downstairs.
He once again led down the stairs, and walked into the kitchen where by the stove stood his stepmom, and on the counter sat his little brother.
"Bubba!" His little brother screamed in the most adorable voice.
"Sonny!" Odell swooped him off the counter and lightly threw him into the air and caught him. "I missed you little man, missed you lis" he said kissing both his brother and step mom on the temple.
