The next day i'm woken up by my phone ringing, I groan staying snuggled against Eli, he shifts a bit before handing me my phone, "its your mom" I sit up knowing that I need to answer. "Hello" I greet still half asleep, "good morning sweetheart" I smile at the sound of her voice, "morning mom, to what do I owe this call?" I ask, "just calling to ask if you're still coming home this weekend" she replies, I bite my lip as my gaze moves to the hockey player laying next to me. Eli peers up at me with a smile, "what?" he mouths, "mom can you give me a second?", "sure i'll be on the line" I mute the phone, "so i'm going back home for this upcoming weekend" he nods while moving his fingers through his hair, "would you want to come? since I've already met your parents and you haven't met mine" he smiles taking my hand before gently kissing my knuckles, "I would love to" I smile as I unmute the phone bringing it to my ear. "Mom i'll be there, i'm also going to bring someone with me who you haven't met" she squeals making me pull the phone away from my ear, "mom! calm down!" I say with a laugh, "I can't help it, my baby is bringing a boy home" I bite my lip, "I have to go, but i'll see you Friday" Eli moves closer to me placing a hand on my leg, "okay sweetheart, I love you" I smile, "love you too mom".
When I hang up the phone, I hand my phone back to Eli, who places it on the night stand, "so I finally get to meet the parents?" I smile at him, "you sure do" he moves until he's hovering over me with his arms on either side of my head, "I love you" I grin up at him, "love you superstar" he smiles before lowering his head to press his lips to mine. My fingers thread into his hair tugging gently making him groan into the kiss, suddenly the alarm on my phone goes off making my eyes open as I realize that I have class today. I pull my fingers out of his hair, gently pulling away from the kiss, "why'd you stop?" I giggle, "because I have class and that was why the alarm went off" he pouts down at me, I leave one last kiss on his lips before sliding off of the bed to get changed.
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I walk into my lecture an hour later with Sierra by my side as we find some seats together. As soon as we sit she rests her head on the table, "drank too much?" she groans and I laugh as I focus on taking out my stuff for the class. "I thought I would be the one with the hangover considering it was my birthday celebration" she looks over at me with a deadpan expression, "maybe you would have been if you weren't busy being the cutest couple ever with your boyfriend" I smile sheepishly and shrug, she shakes her head but doesn't say anything as the professor starts the lecture. The next few hours are spent writing notes and listening to the content given to us, my thoughts veer to this weekend when Eli will be meeting my family for the first time. I bite my lip overthinking the whole situation, a shove to my side breaks me from my thoughts, "you okay A? class is done" I smile, "i'm good, don't worry" she looks at me concerned, "I swear i'm just overthinking as usual" she nods and we gather our things before leaving the room with everyone else.
When we get back to the house I immediately go to the kitchen to make some food before spending the next few hours working on my last few assignments. I'm greeted by all of my roommates when I get to the kitchen, "how does it feel to be legal?" I shrug as I walk over to the fridge to gather ingredients. "Oh come on it's got mean more than a shrug" I look over at the girls, "you guys know I don't drink much so it's not that important to me to be able to drink legally" Gwen nods, "I mean she's not wrong" I smile as I continue to prepare my food. "Are you still going home this weekend?" Emily asks, "yeah, i'm actually taking Eli with me" I reply, I hear several gasps making me look up, "he's meeting the family?" I nod while biting my lip, "that's so exciting Anna" I nod as I place my PB & J sandwich on a plate, "i'm going start planning the wedding" Sierra exclaims making me laugh. We watch her leave the kitchen with a bounce in her step, "she's crazy" I say, "but we love her for that" Gwen interjects, "yeah true" Emily exclaims, I smile before taking my plate, "see you guys later, going to hit the books" they nod and I make my way to my bedroom, locking the door before focusing on my homework.
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Hours later I shut my laptop and close my books before rubbing my eyes, venturing out to the kitchen where I smell food being made. "Hey girl, i'm making lasagna, it'll be ready in a few minutes" Gwen tells me with a smile, "you're amazing" she smiles before telling me to go to the living room to wait. I flop down onto the couch with a sigh my eyes moving to watch whatever is playing on the TV. A few minutes later all of the girls join me as the smell of lasagna surrounds us, "it smells so good" Emily whines as she holds her stomach, the timer goes off in the kitchen and we all jump up ready to eat some dinner. As we all sit at our little dining room table the four of us catch up and share some laughs that are needed with school year slowly but surely coming to a close.
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The Graduation List
RomanceIt's senior year and Anna Emery can't help but feel like she missed out on college experiences because of her workload... Can one moment change that?
