Country at Heart (Country Man Series: Book two. Luke Bryan Love Story)

Chapter Eight

The side of my head leans against the window as we are only halfway to Leesburg. I sigh and sit up to readjust my position in the seat. My back now leans against the door and I prop my feet up on his thigh.

"Wanna play a game?" I question and he nods.

"Sure."

"Okay. Truth or Dare?" I question and smirk as I remember the last time we played this.

"Truth." Luke replies and I start to think.

" When I was in London, did you ever date anyone else?" I cross my arms over my chest and lean my head back against the window and his face starts to go white.

"I know you don't remember her but I started seeing Sarah again while you were gone. That night you told me you were leaving fro London, I actually went to go see her and we kinda hooked up..." He drifts off and that night I told Luke I was leaving for London, the memory comes back to me like a bad dream.

"We were still together then..." I remove my feet from his leg and sit up straighter, then turn away from him.

"Baby Doll," He reaches over to touch me and I just roll my shoulder for him to move it.

"This was a bad idea..." I say

The car rides goes by fast, mostly because I fell asleep  the rest after that.

" Baby Doll...?" Luke says, setting a hand on my shoulder and sliding it down my arm.

"Hm?" I turn and look at him. " We here?" He nods and I sit up, look at the mirror and manage to fix my hair.

"Wait here, I'll go get my family." He kisses my cheek and I open the truck door. I stand against his truck awkwardly with my hands in the back pockets of my shorts. I look around and I see and elderly lady leaning over a flowerbed up against the front of the house and an elderly man sitting in a rocking chair on the front portch. I feel a vibrating come from my front pocket and I struggle to get it.

I look down at the screen and the name Ezra is printed on the top. I slide the screen to answer and place the phone to my ear.

"What do you want Ezra?" I snap at him and i hear him sigh through the phone.

"I miss you" Is all he says and I sigh too.

"Well, I don't miss you..." I trail of and go quiet as Luke leads a elderly lady and man out of the house. "Good bye." I hang up and shove the phone into my pocket. Luke gets closer and closer to me and I can feel myself getting nervous.

What if they don't like me? What if they think I'm too young for Luke? The questions are endless.

"Mom, Dad, this is Liz" Luke introduces me and the older lady runs to me and throws her arms around me. The lady is skinny with grey, short hair. She's about my height, maybe a little shorter, and wearing jeans and plain green shirt with an aporn, covered in dirt, tied around her waist. The lady pulls out of hug and then she turns around excitedly at Luke.

"She's adorbale, Thomas. " Luke laughs and then turns to the older man. The man is tall, and grey hair sticks out from under his John Deer hat, he's wearing overalls with a dark blue shirt underneith, and boots.

"Mom, I said to call me Luke." Luke defends, making me giggle.

"Fine, Luke" She throws her arms open and runs to Luke, throws her arms around his neck, kissing his cheek. " Tommy, don't be rude!" Luke's mom scolds and Mr.Bryan pats Luke's shoulder and steps to me. He towers over me with each step. He leans down to my level and I getting more nervous.

"Now, don't let my wife scare you. Luke gets his craziness from her side of the family." He smiles and I feel better instantly and start to laugh a little. I glance at Luke and he is smiling like like I am.

"Now Tommy! Don't lie to the girl!" Mrs.Bryan scolds again and hits his shoulder. "Now y'all c'mon now! I made lunch." Mrs. Bryan starts towards the house and so does Mr.Bryan. Luke walks to me and grips my hand.

"What you think of my parents?" He asks, laughing.

"They're friendly." I hesitate and he laughs again and kisses me.

"Now y'all c'mon!" Mrs. Bryan yells after realizing we weren't right behind them.

"You're goin to love Mama's home cookin'" Luke leads me to the house.

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 The front door swings open and the immediate smell of fried chicken, friend okra, green beans, and cornbread hits me. I look up at Luke and he releases my hand and runs to the table.

"Luke! Don't be rude!" His mother scolds and he just smiles as he shoves more food into his mouth. I sit down next to him and Mr.Tommy makes a plate and hands it to me across the table.

"Thanks you." I softly say and stare at it for a second until everyone has their food. At the other end of the table there is two empty chairs.

"Claire, can you hand me the green beans?" She passes them to him and he dives into the food. "so when we gonna get some grandkids?" Mr.Tommy asks and I look shyly up from the fried chicken.

"Yeah, we aren't getting any younger." Mrs. Claire adds and Lukes looks at me, cheeks red as tomatos.

"Mom, Dad, we aren't even married yet." Luke defends and I stay quiet.

"Well, Liz, tell us about yourself." Mrs.Claire sweetly says and I look up  again, rake my fingers through my hair, then clear my throat.

"I, uh, I was in an accient and don't remember much of my past. I'm just now starting to remember some things from my past." I start and shyly push my plate back slightly. I feel horrible for not being able to tell them anything about me. I know it's bad to feel like this but I just want them to like me. "I remember some things, faintly."

"You don't have to talk about it." Luke whispers, reaches over and takes my hand. He looks over at his parents and his mom is still smiling. "It's been a long day for the both of us, I think we are both going to go to bed now." Luke stands, kisses his mother's head, and then hugs his father. I stand with him and thank them poilitely and we both walk out. " We will see you all tomorrow" Luke says as the door closes behind us.

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sorry it took so long! *hides in a corner* please don't hurt me! but I am seriously trying to type more but I've been so busy and I'm sorry to say this but I'm thinking of making this a shorter story than the last one to focus more on my other stories as well. As much as I love this story and Luke, I just need to focus on the more serious and nonfanfic stories. I will be writing more stories though :) Thanks for the support. :*