precious ↠ e.d

twenty four - craving

"i've missed you!" ethan's grandma pulls him into a hug the second we walked into the house. the house smelt like homemade mashed potato and cheesecake.

"you are so beautiful! what's your name?" she asks, embracing me in a hug.

"this is allie." ethan blushes, "my girlfriend."

"well allie, it is so nice to meet you! please come, ethan's grandpa needs to meet you." she grins, bringing me into another room by my hand.

she turns back and speaks,"ethan, why don't you bring those suitcases upstairs and then join us? dinner should be finished in ten minutes.

ethan chuckles, "alright."

i step into what seemed to be the living room and an older man was seated on the couch watching tv. he looked up and smiled, "why, who's this?"

"allie, ethan's girlfriend." his grandma smiles softly.

"it's nice to meet you. i'm ethan's grandpa." he says, shaking my hand.

"it's nice to meet you, too."

"dinners ready!" his grandma exclaims, hearing a beep in the kitchen. her shoulder length blonde hair bounced as she raced into the kitchen, and ethan's grandma and i followed behind her.

ethan had joined us, and he stood next to me while we watched his grandparents rush around to each dish they prepared. he placed his hand on my lower back and kissed my cheek. "everything alright?"

i nod, just feeling a little nauseous. "yeah, i think i just need to use the washroom real quick."

ethan wiggled his eyebrows but guided me there. he grabbed my hand and gave it a little squeeze. "you sure you're okay?"

i nodded, knowing that i just needed to splash some cold water onto my face. ethan sighed but nodded, and walked away allowing me to have some privacy. i ran the tap water and stared at myself in the mirror, i haven't eaten much so maybe that's why i feel this way, besides i'm supposed to get my period  soon so it could also be that.

i splashed my makeup free face with sone cold water and dabbed my face with a towel afterwards. i heard the doorbell ring and i was assuming it was ethan's cousin— the one getting married.

when i step out of the washroom and join them all again, i see two familiar faces and my stomach drops. 

"mom, dad— remember allie?" ethan asks, pointing back at me.

lisa widens her eyes, holding her arms out as she attacks me with a hug. "oh my goodness, allie! of course i remember you. i had no idea you two were back together."

"it's so nice to see you!" i grin, hugging her back. sean grins before also giving me a hug.

"of course i remember you. we spent hours looking at my old vinyls and you never got bored. you were always my favourite." he teases.

i smile, my heart warming up to the fact they remember, and still like me.

"oh my gosh, how old are you how?" lisa asks me.

"twenty three." i tell her, "you haven't aged at all in five years, mrs. dolan!"

"oh please, you're making me blush!" she beams. "and please allie, call me lisa."

after we all had dinner, i suddenly felt super comfortable in front of the family. i missed ethan, and i missed lisa and sean. being in new jersey helped me forget about so much. it helped me forget about all of the stress back home, it helped me forget about kyle, and amelia, it helped me forget about work and all my problems with ethan. i just enjoyed every minute here, and we still had four more days.