Unexpected

Chapter 88.

Albert's POV.

I compliment Emily's mother and give a handshake to Emily's father.

I'm relieved that Emily's mum is smiling at me even with all the shit I did to her daughter.. And after the grounding..? That was a reaction I wasn't clearly expecting from her.

Finally meeting Emily's dad was hard. I finally got to know him like I've always wanted and I can actually say that, unexpectedly, I liked him..

He seems to be easy going and even with his stupid jokes, he doesn't say shit towards my relationship with Emily.

Emily looks at me with a special glow in her eyes as I finally pull her to me to hold her in my arms, when their parents go to the living room.

I don't know if she wants me to show any kind of intimate affection in front of her parents but I can't help but kiss her when she smiles that way.

I hold her hand as we step to join Sophia on the couch.

"Hi, Ems! Merry Christmas!" Sophia says pulling her into a hug. I don't drop her hand so she only hugs Sophia with one arm. Ha.

My mum compliments Emily's parents and we all seat on the table. I seat next to Emily and my mum so I can prevent any awkward conversations.

The dinner goes well. My mum is not a shitty host at all and awkward silence is something unknown to her. I mentally thank her for that.

My only fear about tonight was that I know Emily is full of life options and she's incredibly responsible. I bet her mother was expecting her daughter to date someone alike her which I'not.

I don't know who the hell I'm going to be in a few years, the only thing I do know is who I'll be with and the answer is with Emily. There's no way we're going to stay apart. No fucking way.

My mother talks about the number of foreign students that keeps growing drastically during the last three years.

Charles talks about his law firm and compliments Emily's dad for his successful business and the growing of his company to New York.

He keeps talking about his law firm and the country's balanced economy while my mum makes sure that any plate stays empty.

"So Albert," Emily's father calls and I instantly look at him dropping my fork into my plate.

Fuck.

"Do you know what you're going to do in the future?"

Fuck Fuck Fuck.

"Ahm, I.."

"He doesn't know yet, dad.." Emily says holding her hand on the top of mine under the table. Thank you, babe.

"Oh, I felt the same in your age, I wanted to be a doctor but I ended up following law. You'll decide sooner or later so don't make a big deal of it. Just make sure you have good grades and then you have nothing to worry about."

"Yeah, thank you, sir." I answer and Emily gives me a shy smile.

We all seat in the living room next to the Christmas Tree.

"So let's see what Santa left us,"My mum says and I roll my eyes at her. Sophia mocks me for not being the only one making stupid jokes about Santa Claus or Santa Charles quite apparently.

"This one is for you, Albert, it's from me and Charles, dear," My mum says sitting on the couch opposite mine next to Charles.

Bloody Hell.

I look at Emily and she gives me an encouraging smile. That's all I need.

I open it and it's a Guns N' Roses sweatshirt. Well, this is unexpectedly cool!