The House Project

Chapter 12- Parents

1 hour. I have 1 hour until Mike comes to get me. 1 hour until I meet his parents. Tell me I'm crazy, but I'm really freaked out. What if they don't like me? What if I make a total fool of myself? What if they make Mike break up with me? What if? What if? 

These are the thoughts that are screaming at me as I scramble to find something to wear. My closet is a disaster. All of my clothes are either strewn on my bed or on the floor. I feel about ready to tear my hair out.

At that precise moment, my doorbell rings. Matt starts barking and I rush to answer it. The door swings open revealing Mike in a suit and tie. "Oh my god is my clock wrong? Am I late?" I ask, looking down at my sweats. He chuckles. "No love, we still have an hour, but I thought you might me a little worried so I came over early." He smiles. I give him what I think is a smile as I let him in and close the door. I follow him into my room where he stops in his tracks. "What the hell happened in here?" He asks, turning to look at me with wide eyes. "Um, I don't know what to wear.." I say, blushing. "So you decided to attack your closet?" He asks, picking up what once was a metal hanger and now looks more like a torture device.

 "Its a good thing I brought you this." Mike says smiling, handing my a wrapped box I didn't notice he was carrying. I smile and take it, pulling the ribbon to open the box. Inside is a red dress, pulling it out I examine it, its knee length with short sleeves and a kind of zig zaggy top around my collar bones. It could be casual but you could also wear it to a party. Its beautiful. I put the dress on my bed and walk into Mikes open arms, breathing in his scent. "Thank you, its beautiful" I say, leaning back and kissing him. "A beautiful dress for my beautiful girlfriend" He says when we pull away. I smile before stripping out of my sweats, revealing my purple lace undergarments. Mike groans "Isabella you really will be the death of me" he says, shifting his pose. I giggle "If only we had time.." I trail off. His eyes darken a shade "Don't tempt me, I don't want to be late but if you stand there any longer looking like that we might just have to be." I blush and grab the dress form the bed and slip it on. "Can you zip me up?" I ask, turning around.

Once my hair is curled and as my dad calls it "my face is on", I lock the door behind us and Mike grabs my hand. 

Once in his big truck, the nerves start going into overdrive. "Mike" I say slowly, "What if your parents don't like me?" I ask. Mike sighs, "Isabella, my parents are going to love you almost as much as I do. My father might be a little harder, but my mother will adore you." He says sincerely. "Okay" I say, not believing him. "Mike, if your parents don't like me, would you break up with me?" I ask in a small voice, my insecurities getting the best of me. In a sudden movement, Mike pulls the truck over to the side of the road and turns to me.

"Isabella Grant I want you to listen and listen good. You are the love of my life. I love you more and more each day that it physically hurts when I'm not around you. Never doubt my love for you, before you I'm ashamed to admit that it was just a blur of girls with names that I couldn't remember. It felt like I was in a haze that I couldn't get out of. When I met you, I felt like I could actually breath. When I saw you my heart started beating faster and my stomach started doing weird things. The first night I saw your naked body... And got to cherish, it was the best night of my life. You are so beautiful and sexy and smart and funny, your like my drug that I can never get enough of. I love you, and if my parents cant see that then to hell with them. I will never ever leave your side until you order me away." He says fiercely. In a second I was out of my seat and in his lap, kissing every inch of him I could get at. I didn't notice I was crying until I felt the wet liquid drip from my chin onto my knee. 

I stopped my kisses to gaze into his eyes. There was so much love in them I felt my heart swell. "Micheal  Langley I promise to love you every moment of forever with everything I have." I whisper, kissing his lips. I feel his mouth turn into a smile as he kisses me back. I open my mouth to give him access and our tongues fight for dominance. My hand reaches down and I unto his buckle and pull down his fly. His eyes fly open and I give him a wide smile, and just like that we are doing it like animals on the side of the highway.