Sing to me

25

~Stephanie's pov~
Ruel and I are walking back across the road to his place. His parents car is in the driveway a signalling they are home.

"I'm nervous" I say looking at my feet as I walk.

"Why?" He asks as his brows push together to create a worried expression.

"What if they don't Like me?" I say looking up into eyes.
His arm wraps around the small of my back as he pulls me towards him.

"They will love you" he says leaning down to kiss my head.

Ruel and I continue to walk till we reach his front door. My hand reaches out to ring the doorbell before Ruel grabs my wrist and smiles.

"You do realise I live here right?" He says as he opens the front door and walks straight in, me scurrying behind him.

"Ruel? Are you home honey?" His mum yells
From the kitchen where she is cooking dinner. The entire house smelt incredible, like spaghetti.

"Yeah, it's me mum, steph is with me" he yells as we walk into the living room.

His mum immediately pops out of the kitchen and walks over to greet me.
"It's nice to meet you mrs van dijk" I smile as I reach out to shake her hand.

"Nice to meet you too Stephanie" she replies shaking my hand.
"Ruel, why don't you and Stephanie go and sit with your sisters and father at the dinner table?"

Ruel nods before saying
"Thanks mum" and leading me into the dining room.

As we walk into the large room I am greeted by two girls with blonde hair , much lighter than ruels and a lean man with glasses.

"Steph, this is my dad, coco and sylvie" he says pointing to them.

"Hi, I'm Stephanie" I say walking forward and fretting them.

"Hi there, I'm coco" the girl with blonde bob smiles.

"Lovely to meet you Stephanie, please, take a seat" ruels father says smiling at us.

Ruel leads me to rake the seat next to him on the side of the large dining table. As we sit his hand slowly moves to rest on my thigh. He chives it a slight squeeze a reassuring smile.

"So, Stephanie hows your mother and father?" Ruels days smiles.

"Well, my mum and dad work with a lot of different charities and are like the organisers of that but that also means they aren't home a lot, but it's nice to know they are doing something good." I smile and shift in my seat.

"Ah yes, humble work that is" mr van dijk smiles before his wife enters the room with a dish full of food.

"Dinners ready" she smiles and puts the food on the table.

We all sit around the table and dig into the food, small talk filling the air.

"So, Stephanie, are you like a model or something cos god knows my brother is punching above his weight" coco speaks up.

"Shut up coco" Ruel says as he kicks her under the table.

"Ouch, that was uncalled for. Mum Ruel just kicked me." Coco smiles

"Did not" Ruel denies his actions

"Did too" coco implies.

"Stop it you two, we have company" ruels mother says gesturing over to me.

"Not my fault ruels punching" coco snickers as she eats her food.

I think coco and I could get along quite well.

Dinner continues and soon enough it's the end of the night.
"Thank you so much for having me" I smile at rues parents.

"Anytime lovely, your apart of the family" ruels mum smiles.

"Okay, I'm gonna walk her home, I'll be back in a bit" Ruel smiles as we walk out the door.

"Do you think they liked me?" I ask Ruel as we cross the street over to my house.

"God, they loved you" he says wrapping his arm around my waist.

"That's good" I say smiling at the ground

"To be honest, I think they're surprised that I managed get a catch like you" he teases tickling my sides.

"Ruel! We're gonna get run over" I say as I squirm out of his tickles in the middle of the street. I start to run away from his but soon enough he catches me and lifts me up from the ground, my legs around his torso and his hands across my bum keeping me up.

"They're right, you know?" Ruel smiles looking in my eyes. The dark sky looks as the moon reflects its light into his honey coloured eyes.

"Who?" I smile confused.

"My sister, you're the most beautiful being I have ever seen" he says leaning in to rest his forehead on mine.  A brush spreads across my cheeks.

"Ruel, there is a reason why girls like molly want to be around you, it's because you're tall, kind and handsome." I smile kissing his nose.

"Stephie?"

"Yeah?"

"You're my best friend"

"You're my best friend" I reply with a smile.
"Let's go inside" I smile.

Ruel puts me down and laces his hand with mine. I pull my key out from my pocket and unlock the front door. I turn on the lights and then lead Ruel upstairs.

"When are you're parents coming home?" Ruel smiles as we flop onto the bed.

"Next week, why?" I smile brushing his hair out of his face.

"Can I stay over?" He asks snuggling into my side.

I pretend to contemplate even though I wanted him to stay from the moment we walked into the house.
"It's a yes from me" I say stroking his face as he rolls over to rest his head on my chest.

"Yay" he smiles as he rests his chin on my chest.

"Text your mum and tell her, don't want her getting worried" I say patting him on the back.

"Okay" he days reaching out to grab his phone from my bedside table.
He quickly types out a message and his mum replies almost immediately.

"She said yes" he smiles and puts his phone down. He snuggles up to me even more and closes his eyes to rest, soon enough I fall to sleep with him.