Paralyzed Heart

The Awkward Dinner

Mia's POV

"Mom! Do I have to go!?" I followed mom down the staircase, through the hallway to the kitchen. We came back from the trip yesterday and my mom told me that Aunt Lessie had invited us for dinner.

"For the billionth time, Mia. Yes, you will be going with me, end of discussion!" Mom replied pouring coffee for herself.

"Why?" I asked crossing my arms over my chest.

"Because it'll look rude." Mom answered efficiently.

"How?" I asked completely confused because whatever she said made absolutely no sense to me.

"She admires you so much! She wishes to have a daughter and she feels happy meeting you." She added and this made me shut up.

Wow she really does love me!

"Fine, I'll go" I answered taking out a tub of ice cream from the freezer.

"That's my girl!" Mom appreciated my response and ruffled my hair.

I went upstairs to get ready. I got out an elegant pink dress with heels.  I did light make up and let my hair loose in waves. I walked down the staircase and noticed mom waiting for me. She was wearing a cute black dress. She looked so beautiful and elegant!

How could Dad just leave her like that? I swear I'll kill him the next time I see him.

I drove all the way to Aunt Lessie's house, I parked my car in their drive way and got out when I saw a figure running towards the house, it was Jake and he had come back from his run. He wore a black vest with shorts. He was sweating and his body looked so amazingly sexy, I couldn't take my eyes off his chest.

"Hello, Miss Scarlet!" He greeted my mom with a polite nod and looked at me with a smirk. I rolled my eyes and looked away.

We walked in the house as Aunt Lessie walked towards us.

"Hey, I'm so glad you came, Mia!" She gave me a hug after giving my mom one.

"Jake, I want you to change and come down for dinner." She told Jake, who was going upstairs and he nodded.

Aunt Lessie directed us to the dining room and we settled down. I nibbled on garlic bread as Aunt Lessie went to the kitchen.

"Jake seems to be your type." My mom suddenly spoke and I almost choked on the garlic bread.

"Mom!" I shrieked and mom let out a little laugh.

"What? I'm just saying that your quiet pretty and he's exceptionally sexy, why not?"

Oh my god. My mom checks out Jake!

I stared at my mom with eyes wide open. I was about to say something but got interrupted by Aunt Lessie.

"So, Mia. How did the trip go?"

"It was amazing, we had a lot of fun!" I answered, giving her my best smile.

I sat, listening to the typical conversations moms have. Conversations about how to bond with teenage kids and not enter their hate list. Jake entered the room and sat next to me. We sat in silence and I felt extremely awkward. Our moms were whispering about something that made me uncomfortable. Suddenly they started laughing.

"I think they'd look perfect together." Aunt Lessie blurted out.

"Excuse me?" Jake and I said in unison and this made our moms laugh even more.

I just have to run away from here!

Aunt Lessie finally brought dinner, she had made some Chinese dishes along with steak. I was working my way through the steak when Jake dropped his fork. He bent down to pick it up when I felt something sharp scratch my leg. I looked down and saw a laughing Jake, he had poked me with the fork!

"What the hell!?" I snapped and he tried hard not to laugh.

We quickly sat up straight so our moms wouldn't notice, they were acting awkward enough already!

"Jake why don't you clear the table for dessert?" Aunt Lessie ordered Jake and he reluctantly got up, picking up my plate.

"Mia, go help him!" Mom nudged my arm and I quickly got up and started to gather all the plates. I walked to the kitchen where Jake was placing them in a dish washer. I placed the plates on a shelf and walked to the sink to wash my hands. I rubbed the soap between and made some foam.

"Jake, look at me." He looked at me and I rubbed the foam on his nose.

"What was that for?" He asked, while washing the foam off his nose.

"For poking my leg with a fork!" I answered in my 'It's obvious' voice.

"Did it hurt?" He asked in his charming voice and made an innocent face while moving closer. His hands were on the counter behind me as I was against it.

"No, but this will." I replied in my mesmerizing voice and hit him across the head.

I pushed him and walked away when he grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to his chest. I instantly felt slight warmth. I could smell his body spray again and hesitated in letting go because I couldn't get enough of it. He looked straight in to my eyes but we hurriedly pushed each other apart as Aunt Lessie walked into the kitchen.

"Did I interrupt something?"

"No!" Jake and I replied in unison and I walked out to the dining room. After a while Aunt Lessie brought in dessert. She had baked cute little fudge brownies with melted chocolate poured on top of them. This time Jake sat opposite me. Our moms were busy blabbering about recipes when I looked up to Jake who was busy eating. He accidently got a bit of melted chocolate on his lip and didn't notice. He finally looked at me and I tapped my lips with my finger, telling him that he had chocolate on his lips. What he did made me go crazy. He licked his lips and bit them.  I looked down and started blushing.

Stop blushing Mia! He'll get the wrong idea!

I finally got the courage to look up and he winked at me. I couldn't help smiling. He tried hard not to laugh but failed, this made me laugh as well. Our moms stared at us with confused expressions.

"What's so funny?" Mom asked us, we managed to stop laughing but nothing we did worked to get the smiles off our faces.

"Nothing, I accidently choked on the cake." Jake answered quickly.

He raised his eyebrows at me as if asking whether the story was believable and I nodded, giving him my 100 watt smile.

Hey guys! boring chapter i know! but please don't forget to vote and comment.

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