An American Jock and His English Nerd!

Chapter Two

"Mom, i'm home" Caleb shouted as he came in the front door of his house, "i'm upstairs sweetheart" his mother shouted back to him, Caleb hung his jacket up by the door and ran up the stairs with his bag to find his mother in his bedroom. "What are you doing in here?" Caleb asked with a raised eyebrow whilst watching his mother rifle though the boxes, "well your clearly not going to unpack are you!" she answered in a comical tone. "Very true" Caleb retorted in a cheeky tone causing a pillow to get thrown in his face. "So how was your first day at school" she asked whilst putting some of his books onto the bookshelf, he had a lot of books. "It was surprisingly ok actually" Caleb replied, going on to tell his mother about the events of the day, what his new friends were like, did he like his teachers, what the schooling system was like in America compared to England, he left out the part about making an enemy of the Co-captain of the schools football team though, he didn't want her to worry any more than usual. Caleb joined his mother in unpacking his boxes, putting things in neat piles so that he could place them where he wanted them in his room. An hour & half had passed since they started and they were finally finished unpacking Caleb's room, " finally done, i'm starving what's for dinner mom?" Caleb asked in a careless manner, making his mother glare at him "you know you can cook for me sometime!" she half-shouted back at him, "whoa, sorry mom". "It's fine, i'm sorry for loosing my temper as well, but don't be so disrespectful, i have been tidying this house all day" she spoke as if scolding a child. "Why don't we go out for dinner?, then it saves either of us cooking" Caleb said grinning at his mother, knowing full well she would never pass up a chance at dining out. Her eyes lit up straight away, mouth turning up to a slit grin at that sides "nice save......ok just this once, be ready in an hour i'm going to book a table at that lovely little Italian downtown" she shouted whilst running to her bedroom to get ready. They got to the restaurant just after 7.30pm, after giving their name to the host, she lead them to a small table by the back wall. "Mom, it's really posh here, it's going to be expensive" Caleb said feeling guilty now for asking to go out for dinner, "ow shush" she replied lightly giving him a smack on the arm, "we have more money now, this job pays very well" she finished with a wink. Caleb & his mother sat at the table waiting for the waitress to come over to take their order, they talked about school, the move from England, Caleb's future & how Caleb hasn't got himself a girlfriend/boyfriend yet. Luckily for him his mother heard someone calling out her name, making her stop mid sentence & turn around with a smile plastered on her face from recognising the voice.

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"Man i'm really going to smash that new guys face in!.....he better watch his back....stupid idiot..... who does he think he is" Davis was droning on giving Troy, his best friend a headache, until finally Troy snapped "seriously dude!, just get over it!....your girlfriend deserved it. I honestly don't know what you see in her. She's a horrible person who puts everyone down....even her own friends", "we all do that!" Davis snapped back, "no we don't, we might beat up the odd weirdo or push one of the freaks into a locker, but we don't do it to our own friends" Troy was practically screaming at his best friend now, causing the younger boy to back away a little. "Fuck you, i'm leaving" Davis finally retorted but with less aggression as he grabbed his bag & stormed out the room, slamming the door behind him as he went. Troy sighed sitting on his bed & pulled his phone out, he was just playing random games when he heard his mother shouting his name, he raced downstairs to find his mother in the living room taking rummaging through her bag, she had just got in from work. "Go get read darling, your father isn't going to be back until tomorrow & i really don't want to be cooking after the day I've had", eaurgh i really don't feel like going out tonight Troy thought to himself, but soon smiled & agreed, he started running upstairs to grab a shower & get ready. Troy's mother was a lawyer & prosecutor, she worked hard & saw some horrible things in her line of work so Troy couldn't even begin to say no to his mother for anything, wanting her to have less stress in her home life. It was 7.35pm when Troy & his Mother arrived at the restaurant they walked in and stood at the entrance waiting for the host to come & seat them when Troy realised he left his phone in the car, "sorry mum, i'll be back in a second, just gotta grab my phone" he stated, simply getting a roll of the eyes from his mother. To impatient to wait for the host any longer, Troy's mother simply walked into the restaurant & start looking around for an empty table of two until she noticed someone in the back of the room, causing her to grin "Esmee" she shouted & started waving when the other woman noticed her.