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The next day he came over as soon as both my parents were gone and we went to the store. I decided we would make sautéed veggies and chicken over a bed of rice with bread and a mango, strawberry salad. We would set the table nice with old music and candles, suck up a little so that they will be in a good mood. When we got back to my house we cleaned the house and set the table even though we had hours to go. Nathan decided he was going to go home, shower and get ready around 4:30. He said he would come back at 6. I decided I would get ready too. I dressed casually in a denim skirt and a cute tank top. My mom got home first, she saw the stuff and got all excited and wanted to know how I got all the stuff, I told her I had connections and I would tell her later.

"Ummm… I know you went through a lot to get this stuff, but do you think we could do it tomorrow night, your dad wont be home till really late besides Stephanie and Kelly are coming over, they invited themselves." Stephanie is my mom's friend and Kelly is her 8-year-old daughter.

"No mom, I invited someone to dinner"

" Who is this someone?"

I smiled and blushed. "This someone is my…" Just then the doorbell rang. It wasn't 6 so I knew it wasn't Nathan, so it must have been Stephanie. I ran to the door.

"Hey Payton, how are you?"

"Hey Stephanie, Hey Kelly! I am great, how are you two? You want to come in?"

"Were good. Yeah, thanks."

"Hey Stephanie and Kelly, Payton who is this someone?"

"What someone?" Stephanie asked.

"Payton has a someone coming over for dinner, the tables set, dinners almost ready, she looks really cute and she wants a sit down dinner."

"This someone has a name, its Nathan and he is my boyfriend."

"What? you have a boyfriend? Since when?" They both asked at the same time. Just then the doorbell rang again. I ran for the door and threw it open. It was Nathan! He looked really cute. He was wearing cute holey jeans and that yellow shirt he had on the second time I saw him. His dark brown hair was up in a Mohawk and he was holding flowers.

"Hey!"

"Hi!" he said smiling, right before he kissed me. When we walked into the kitchen my mom and Stephanie were watching us.

"Mom, Stephanie, Kelly this is my boyfriend, Nathan. Nathan this is my mom, Elena, her friend Stephanie and her daughter Kelly."

"Hi, it's really nice to meet you guys." Nate said.

"Hi." They all said. Stephanie and Kelly ended up staying for dinner and all three of them interrogated him the entire time. They asked him if he worked, what he did in his free time, what his family was like, how long we've been dating, if we were serious, and just little stuff. After dinner, Nate and I did dishes while my mom walked Stephanie out to her car. Nathan and I doing dishes didn't work out very well, we ended up throwing bubbles at each other and laughing the whole time, not very many dishes were done. My dad didn't get home until about nine, which was fine because Nate stayed until almost 11:30. You could tell my parents liked him, and I think he liked them too. Once I got back upstairs after walking Nate outside my parents called me to their room.

"Hey Pay!"

"Yeah?"

"I am really glad you decided to introduce us to your boyfriend. He is really sweet and he seems good for you, your really happy." Mom said.

"Yeah, he really is good to you and I like him. Even though you don't need my blessing to date him I give it anyway because I like him that much." My dad said.

"Thanks dad that means a lot to me. Oh and I might be late tomorrow night because we're having dinner with his mom, 2 brothers and his sister. I promise it wont interfere with my babysitting."

"Don't worry about it Payton, just have fun! Love you, night!" my dad said.

"Yeah! Have fun! Love you, night, and see you tomorrow." My mom said.

"Love you too! Thanks! Night!" that night I went to bed very happy and thinking about Nathan. Tomorrow was my turn to be nervous. What would I wear? How would I do my hair, and what should I bring? Right then Nate called me. We talked for a while then fell asleep listening to each other breathing. That night I slept great and dreamed of my boyfriend.

The next morning I woke up in a cold sweat and as nervous as a turkey on thanksgiving. I wanted to make sure I made a good first impression on Nathans family. Nathan came over around noon and we went shopping, AGAIN! Then he dropped me off at home, he said he would pick me up at 5:45 later tonight. I looked really cute. I was in a pink and grey dress with black flats. It was 5:30 when I came down the stairs.

"Hey Payton, you look cute," My mom said.

"Hey Mom, thanks," I said.

"Have fun tonight sweetie. And don't stress too much, you'll have lots of fun and they'll love you!"

When we got to Nathan's I was so nervous I didn't know what to do with myself. Nathan kept telling me to calm down it was all right, that he felt the same way when he came to my house but everyone liked him and it turned out great. It didn't really calm me down but I went inside.

As soon as I walked in the door, it smelled like fresh picked lavender and his whole family was standing there smiling. His Mom introduced herself first.

"Hi, you must be Payton, I am Sophia. This is Mitchell, Roxy and Jesse."

"Hi Sophia, Mitchell, Roxy, I've heard so much about you. Hi Jesse, how are you?"

"Hey Payton, I'm great, working on getting a new girlfriend. She's being difficult. She says she doesn't want to date me but she flirts with me all the time. She wants me, every girl does. I'M IRRESISTABLE, just like Nathan here." He said as he patted Nathan on the shoulder while Nathan tried to fake punch Jesse in the gut.

"Irresistible, eh?" I asked Nathan. He just blushed and shrugged it off.

"You know Jesse, Payton? Sophia asked.

"Yeah, we met while Nate was working on his car Monday." Then she turned to Nathan.

"You mean to tell me your brother got to meet your girlfriend before your mother. Am I that embarrassing?"

"He wasn't supposed to meet her! He walked in the garage while we were working on my car."

"You let her work on the car?"

"Well, she sits there and hands me stuff and keeps me entertained while sitting in the front seat, but yeah." His mom just smiled and walked toward the kitchen. I turned to Nate. "What was that about?"

He smiled to himself and said "Nothan."

When we sat down for dinner Nate's family did the same to me, my family did to him, his mom started.

"So, Payton, do you work?"

"Well, I call it work. I babysit my baby sister while my parents are at work and they pay me for it."

"You have a sister, how old is she?"

"She's 9½ months old. She was sort of a surprise for all of us."

"That is. Do you have any other siblings?"

"Yeah I have an 11 year old brother."

"Maybe he could hang out with Mitch and Rox sometime." Mitch and Roxy's heads shot up at that. "Yeah, maybe." I said.

Roxy asked some questions, so did Mitch and Jesse. They asked a lot of questions.

"What do you like to do in you free time?" Sophia asked.

"She's a little bookworm. She loves to read." Nathan answered for me.

"Wow, Nate likes a braniac! That's a first, most the girls he brings home are bimbos!

"Oh be nice Jess, your brother really likes her, leave it be." His mom said.

"Have you seen the girls you've brought home?" Nate asked. Next thing I knew Nate and jess were wrestling on the ground and yelling at each other. It was actually quite a sight; even though Nate is older, Jesse's strong so it was somewhat even, until Mitchell came on Jesse's side. Eventually Roxy joined in too and some how I ended dragged into it too. By the end, Jess was holding me hostage by tickling me to death and the only way he would let me go is if Nate gave in. This took a lot of me begging him to give in and screaming from being tickled so much.

"Dessert time!" Sophia called.

"Coming." We all yelled at the same time as we laughed our butts off.

We all ate dessert and laughed as Mitchell had cake all over his face. Afterward Nate drove me home and gave me a good night kiss before I went inside. When I got inside my mom was still awake. She ambushed me as soon as I got into the kitchen.

"Sooooo…. How was it? Did they like you? Did you have fun? Tell me, tell me I want to know how it went." She sounded like a total high school girl when she said all that in one breath but I answered her.

"Well I think it went pretty great. I got there, we had dinner, and they asked me a ton of questions just like you did to Nate. After dinner Nate and Jesse, started wrestling and I was dragged into it and held hostage, then we had dessert. They're all really cool people."

"That's Fantastic. Night sweetie."