Fighting Feelings

12

Nadia

Once I had grabbed my coat I thought that would be it but clearly I was wrong. Caleb dashed out of the house like there was no tomorrow more than likely heading over to Stephanie's house. I felt my stomach sink when I saw him leave. My mind was begging him to stay but I couldn't do it.

"And you are?" My father asked inspecting Marcus from top to bottom.

The deal with my father was that he always wanted what was best for me but in a overly protective sort of way. However, not only five minutes later were my father and Marcus laughing the place down with my mother often chuckling and my brother sat there eyeing the two up trying to understand what was funny. I reapplied my makeup whilst I said goodbye to the girls.

I was glad we settled the issue at hand but it was going to take a lot for us to regain trust especially with the way Pamela felt about the trust betrayal which I totally understood.

"I don't like him," my brother whispered as we stood there spectating the two and my mother taking my brothers place of boredom.

"Come on Drew he's not that bad!" I whisper yell. Everyone was getting onto Marcus and I had no idea why from what it seemed he was a decent guy and my father seemed to like him which was quite a big shock.

"Ugh yes he is.... I'm begging you, I'll even pay you just get him out of this house, he's giving Mom and I a headache," he plead, I guess my father and Marcus bonding got to my brother. My brother was never that close with my father and he often felt insecure when it came to things like this.

Marcus and I were in the car. We were trying to find a good radio station to listen to on our way to the restaurant. I finally found a radio station and it was playing the song no scrubs. This brought back memories of the time Caleb and I took the boys out to the beach and he had disliked the song but he told me he liked seeing me happy.

I started to sing along when Marcus changed the radio station. I looked at him shocked.

"Why did you change it?" I ask him. He rolls his eyes in response.

"Because it's not a fun song, it's slandering males and you're on a date with one," he explains and I just shake my head in disgust. At least ask me before you change it....

"Alright if you say so, where are you taking me?" I ask him trying my best not to screech at him.

"There's a restaurant on the northside of the city," he tells me and I nod. We sat in the car in an awkward silence.

When we entered the restaurant I found it very fancy and I immediately noticed the different types of meat being cooked on display. I could already tell this place was expensive. My parents were quite wealthy but they weren't ones for going out to expensive restaurants they preferred the comfort of a home made meal so I wasn't particularly used to this.

"I didn't know you were close with the guys?" He asks me whilst digging into his meat.

"Ah yes Caleb's a childhood friend and the boys come as a package I suppose," I explain making him chuckle.

"What do you want to do in the future? What's your dream job?" He asks me. This made me think a lot as we would all be heading into university next summer.

"I like talking about social issues, cultural issues you know like sexism and racism. It's funny because I was just telling Caleb about a long discussion his Aunt and I talked about," I laugh remembering Caleb's horrified face when he found out. Gosh what was wrong with me? Why did I keep mentioning Caleb when I was on a date with Marcus?

"So you're close with the family then?" He asks. I was guessing this was about Caleb.

"Yeah my father and his father are good friends," I reply back taking a sip of my drink almost feeling like I was on an interrogation rather than a date.