Badass Boyfriend

3

I spent that next morning getting my apartment all cleaned up for my family visit. I turned on some of my favorite music and started vacuuming my floors. In some ways I couldn't wait to meet my mother's new boy toy… She had been single now for five years and I could tell she was really hurting.

My father, Trent Garrison, use to work in the same law firm as my mother. The two of them had been so busy with their jobs that neither one of them had time for each other. Soon, my dad began seeing other women in the firm and of course you know where that led him…

Anyways, he left my mom five years ago and never once looked back. He kept in contact with me whenever he could but the last time I heard from him was Christmas almost two years ago.

After finishing my floors, I went into my kitchen and started washing the dishes and pulling out the meat that needed to be unthawed for dinner later that day. I then went up to my room and laid across my bed while checking my cell. I had three text messages from my mom saying, "Good Morning, I'll be over around four to help you cook, and my boyfriend can't wait to meet you."

I sighed at the messages before answering her with, "Sweet, I'm really looking forward to it."

As soon as I sent the text, I rolled onto my stomach and turned on my TV that was sitting on a stand across from my bed. I decided to watch the news since there wasn't anything better to watch at that time. I ended up catching a news story about a case that was being handled in the WWE.

"Vince McMahon will be meeting with his lawyer today about the court's decision to give Mark Calaway house arrest instead of jail time. For those of you who aren't familiar with this case, Mark Calaway abducted his boss's daughter, Stephanie McMahon, and kept her captive for five days. He demanded money and ownership of the WWE, something that he feels he deserves."

"It's just an outrage," Mr. McMahon said as he sat across from his lawyer. "A man who was my employee, kidnaps my princess, and the court agrees to give him house arrest? That's absolutely not enough for me!"

I rolled my eyes when to camera switched to his young daughter. She was the typical girl who you would normally see getting kidnapped nowadays…the fact that she was even crying and looking pathetic was enough to make me sick.

"Vince and Mark will be meeting again in court to make a deal that will settle this whole ordeal once and for all. As of now, the WWE owner is doing all he can to put Mr. Calaway behind bars."

I sighed and shut off the TV not really caring to hear anymore about the case. I got up from my bed and headed to my closet to find an outfit for the day. I ended up picking out a pair of jeans that had holes ripped in them in various spots, and a white tube top. My mom normally hated when I wore ripped jeans, but I'm a grown ass woman now…so I'll do what I want.

I took a nice hot shower and then hopped out to start getting myself dressed. I decided to call Amber and talk to her on speaker phone while I styled my hair. It was always nice talking to her when I felt real nervous about things.

"Hey boo what's up?" she answered.

I giggled, "oh nothing much just doing my hair."

"really? Where you going?" she asked. "I know you don't have a new boyfriend and you're not telling me."

I shook my head, "uh no, my mom is actually coming over today with my uncle and her new boy toy."

She laughed, "What! When did your mom start dating again?"

"Girl she didn't answer me straight with that. You know how secretive she can be." I said as I put another curl in my head.

"This is very true. Anyways did she describe him at all?" she asked.

"Nope. This man is a complete mystery to me and that's what is making me nervous as hell." I said. "I feel like last night at dinner she was only telling us bits and pieces simply because she knew how we were going to react."

Amber sighed, "damn girl, I hope he's not a crazy guy or something."

"Yeah that's what my uncle said." I told her. "He's like prepared to kick his ass if he does something to hurt me."

She laughed, "Your uncle sounds funny as hell."

"Oh he is. I freaking love hanging with him." I told her as I picked up the curling iron.

"Well we should all hang out sometime. It'll be sweet." She said.

I gave it a little thought, knowing she was a John Cena fan but she didn't know he was m uncle. "We'll see. He has a pretty busy schedule so it'll be hard to catch him."

"No problem…anyways, is your mom coming over to cook or are you doing all of that?" she asked.

"We're going to be helping each other," I said. "it's a lot of fun when we cook together."

"do you think things will be the same now that she's dating again?" she asked.

I shrugged, "I'm not sure. I guess we'll just have to wait and see."

"true, well call me back later tonight if you can. I want to hear all about the new guy." She said.

I laughed, "Alright girlie."

"Love you boo."

"Love you too." I said before hanging up the phone.

It took me another hour or so to finish doing my hair and make-up. When I was all done, I went downstairs to finish up the rest of my place before everyone started arriving. My uncle was actually the first one to get there to my surprise.

"I guess Allison is going to be a little late. Her and her guy friend are going to be coming together." He told me as he walked into my apartment with two cases of beer.

I sighed, "Well…so much for cooking together."

He laughed, "Don't worry I got you. I love your place by the way."

"thank you." I said as I opened the unthawed meat and sat it in a skillet. "Can you start the water for the noodles?"

"Sure thing honey." He said with a quick glance at me. "tell me something Kat…why don't you have a boyfriend?"

I smiled, "why do you ask?"

He shrugged before finding a pot for the water. "I was just thinking that…you're a real beautiful young lady and it's weird that you haven't dated anyone."

I sighed as I began grounding the beef. "I try not to focus on boys too much. I think they'll just get in the way of my goals right now."

He nodded, "I never thought of it that way."

"See you can learn a thing or two from me uncle John." I said as I finished breaking up the meat. "I've taught myself a lot of things about life."

"and you're doing an awesome job." He said. "just promise me you won't be anything like your mom."

I giggled and sat the skillet on the stove. "What do you mean?"

"Well…she's a smart woman and all, but she never made good choices when it came to men. I told her your father was a douche bag from the beginning, and yet she still married him."

I glanced at him sympathetically. "if she wouldn't have married him, I wouldn't have come along."

He smiled at me, "that's very true and I'm glad you're here."

I smiled and fell silent as we continued cooking. Around the time the food was almost done, there was a knock at my door. I instantly felt nervous knowing it was my mom and her boyfriend. I wasn't sure what to expect before I walked over to that door to open it, but nothing could prepare me for who I saw on the other side of that door.