"Mom, dad. I have a new girlfriend and i really want you to meet her." They stopped what they were doing and looked my confused. "She's amazing." I stated and then they turned to each other.
"Um, okay" my dad muttered. "But you and y/n have only been broken up for what, 3 months, are you sure you want to move on so soon?" He questioned and I chuckled.
"Yes! Dad, I want you guys to meet her." They both let out a sigh. "Fine, ask her to come around for dinner tomor-" mom trailed off as her eyes landed on the figure who was stood behind me. Aaliyah.
Her lips were quivering and her nostrils were flaring.
"Liya-" I started.
"Save it Shawn. I don't want to hear it." She cried before storming off to her room. I raced after her but she slammed her door in my face. I knocked on her door. "Go away!" She shouted.
"Aaliyah, come on."
"No! I don't want to talk about it! Go away." She emphasised her command and I did as I was told.
*****
My new girlfriend was arriving any minute and the table was gently decorated with soft decor and cutlery which was only brought out when we have guests. I fixed my top and looked at my outfit in the mirror. God! The look on my parents' face when they meet her is going to be a picture, especially Aaliyah's.
The doorbell rang and I raced down the stairs and straight to the front door. I opened it and she stood with a smile plastered on her face. I embraced her in a hug.
"Hey babe, you look so beautiful" I complimented and she blushed.
"You too Shawn." She beamed. "I'll never get used to all the compliments you give me" she chuckled. I smiled.
"That's my job darling" I pecked her lips and wrapped my arm around her waist directing her to the kitchen were my mother and father were.
They had their backs turned and was dishing out the food onto the white China plates. The wine glasses decorated the counter top and their were boiling hot pans placed on the hob.
"Mom, dad, this is my girlfriend" they turned around swiftly and their faces dropped in astonishment as the registered who was standing in front of them.
******
"Aaliyah, come out!" I groaned as my body balanced against her door.
"No!" She stated. She was extremely stubborn.
"Aaliyah, come out!" I groaned again.
"No" she repeated.
"Fine! I'm coming in"
"No-" I barged through the door and she was sat on her bed holding a picture of her, y/n and I at the fairground last year.
"Aaliyah. Please come down. Give her a chance, you might like her"I smiled softly. She shook her head.
"Maybe I will, but not as much as I like y/n. You know, I wanted you to marry her" she let out a short laugh. "I wanted you both to have kids together. I wanted you to live together in a house near the beach in LA. I wanted you to have a life together" I sat down next to her. "Because I like her. I wanted her to be my sister, the sister I never had. She was right for you, she was so right you. But you were an asshole, you threw that all away and then she moved back to the UK" I sighed.
"I don't want to meet her because she'll never compare to y/n."
"I know but she's here" I said. "You either come downstairs or she comes up here."
"Well she can come up here. I'm not moving" she said as she placed the picture on her bedside table and propped her feet up.
"Fine!" I huffed. I headed over to the door and looked at Aaliyah "y/n, would you come here and get Aaliyah out of her room so she can eat." I hollered down the stair. Aaliyah jumped up and ran past me straight into y/n as she appeared at the top of the stairs.
Her arms wrapped tightly around her and she suffocated her in a hug.
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"Hey lili" y/n laughed as she called her by her childhood nickname which y/n has called her since she was 3.
"Oh! y/n, I missed you" Aaliyah cried and y/n smiled.
"I missed you too." She chuckled.
"Why did you come back after everything he had done to you?" Aaliyah asked.
"Because you can't stop loving someone you've loved for a very long time" she stated and glanced at me. Aaliyah nodded and then they broke apart before heading downstairs. My hand was in y/n's and I knew that's were it had to stay; that's where I wanted it to stay.
