Meet the Parents
Chapter 1
"Babe when can I meet your parents?" Phil asked as he stroked Sam's hair.
"You mean you really want to meet them?" Sam asked, looking up at him from his lap.
"Yeah. Of course."
"Well I suppose if you want to meet them then you can …" Sam began.
"Good." Phil said looking pleased with himself.
"But you should prepare yourself."
"They can't be that bad." Phil replied.
"So if you're meeting my parents, do I get to meet you mum?" Sam asked as she drove them to her parents house in Hertfordshire.
"If you want but I should warn you, she has never liked one of my girlfriends."
"But I'm not like your other women."
"True, but I'm still mummy's boy." He said with a grin.
"You wish!" Sam scoffed.
"How much further is it?" Phil asked, looking at the map.
"Five minutes." Sam replied, stopping at traffic lights.
"Do you think your parents will like me?" Phil asked thoughtfully.
"Well they normally get on well with my boyfriends. But my Dad's a bit old fashioned."
"How do you mean?" Phil asked.
"I dunno .. I guess he's quite protective."
"With you? You're forty ….."
"Yes thank you Phillip!" Sam interrupted.
A few minutes later Sam parked the car in the drive of a large Victorian house.
"Is this it?" Phil asked.
"Yeah, it's a quite a bit smaller than the old house. That was my favourite." Sam said slamming the driver's door.
"It's huge!" Phil said.
"Not really. It's only got 4 bedrooms."
"Only?" Phil asked.
Sam ignored him and went to knock on the door. After a minute the door answered.
"Hey daddy." Sam smiled, stepping inside to hug her dad.
"Hello sweetheart. How are you?"
Phil followed Sam inside the house and closed the door behind him.
"Daddy this is Phil." She said, taking Phil's hand in her own.
"Hello Phil." Richard Nixon said, shaking his hand.
"Hello Mr Nixon."
"Call me Richard, please."
"Where's Mum?" Sam asked.
"Oh she's in the kitchen getting lunch."
After meeting Marie Nixon, the 4 of them sat down together and ate lunch.
"So where did you two meet?" Marie asked.
"Oh we work together." Sam said. "But it took us 4 years for us to get together." Sam smiled.
"And how long have you been together?"
"Since September." Phil replied.
"So what do you want to do this afternoon?" Richard asked.
"I dunno." Sam said. "Maybe we could go for a walk along the river, get an ice cream or something."
"You and your ice cream." Phil smiled.
"What? I like ice cream." Sam replied with a grin.
After lunch the four of them went to the park and walked along the river. Sam and Phil walked a little behind her parents.
"So what do you think?" Sam asked.
"They're nice." Phil said. "Do you think they like me?"
"Yeah, Dad hasn't killed you yet which is always a bonus." She grinned.
"Very funny!" Phil said sarcastically.
"So when can I meet your family?" Sam asked, taking Phil's hand in her own.
"Well its Steve's birthday next weekend and we're having a family get together. You could come then. They'll be more people in the house then; someone's bound to like you."
"What do you mean 'someone's bound to like me'?' Sam asked suspiciously
"Well, like I said. My Mum has never liked one of my girlfriends. When I married Cindy she refused to come to the wedding to start with. I managed to talk her round but on the morning of the wedding she phoned Cindy and told her that I had changed my mind."
Sam laughed.
"Cindy didn't find it funny. We nearly didn't get married. And I had a black eye for the whole honeymoon!" Phil replied.