Family scene... the dinner :) hahah hope you enjoy Xox
Chapter four- The Family
I was almost back to my dorm room when I felt two people grab me from behind. Out of the corner of my eye I saw two blonde heads so there wasn't any need for action. It was Tiff and Janay - who else would grab me like that? I mean everyone else was too scared to even talk to me.
"Ok Tiff, you pin her down and I'll tickle the truth out of her!" Janay said with an evil smile
Tiff grabbed my arms and pinned me against the wall. She was strong for a girl without training. If she wasn't at this school for the gifted she might have made the CIA, but I could have easily broken out of her grip. Janay lifted her hands to my eye level and wiggled her fingers around.
"Is it true? Is it Blade?" asked Janay, lowering her eyes at me
"Is what true? What, I don't know what you're talking about" I answered back with fake terror
Tiff pushed down harder. This girl was strong. Janay moved her hands so they were just above my belly.
"Don't make me do this Blade. I don't want to hurt you, I just want the truth. Are you going to have dinner with Mason and his family tonight?" Janay moved her fingers so she was tickling the air above my stomach. So this is what this was about. News moves fast around this place... I thought I had better keep playing along.
"You'll never get the truth out of me... But yes I am" I said with a wink
"Why didn't you tell us right away? We could of had the whole day to pick out clothes for you! But no - we only find out cause Beck was having a fit about it in bio" Janay said with mock hurt
"I'm sorry sweetie, but I didn't have any classes with you two today. I'm sorry, but it's almost four now so we better be getting back to our room so you two can do something with this" I tried to move my hand to make a gesture at my body, but Tiff was still holding my arms against the wall.
"Tiff let go of me now, so we can go back to our room" I turned to look at her
"Oh, why don't you just get down yourself? See if you're stronger than me!" Tiff said with a smile
I looked Tiff up and down. She was pretty tall and still wearing black shorts - they're the only thing I've seen her wear for the two days I've been here. She might have been tall but I knew I could flip her over my shoulder, most likely without hurting her. She was a very skinny girl, so if at the end of the flip if I pull up when she's meant to hit the floor, I'll leave her on her feet. I decided to give her a fair warning before I flip her.
"Are you sure you want me to try Tiffany" I called her by her full name so she wouldn't back down. I really wanted to try this trick I thought of, I just hope she doesn't get hurt. My old combat teacher at the CIA academy would call this a crazy trick.
"Bring it" was all Tiff said
So I did. I flicked my wrist around and grabbed hers; now I was the one in control. I performed a basic body flip but before she hit the ground I flicked my wrist up and she landed on her feet with an amazed look on her face.
"You have got to show me how to do that!" Tiff said breathing hard from excitement. I could have shown her but Janay butted in.
"Oh no you don't!" she said "For two reasons - number one, I don't want Tiff getting expelled for throwing a teacher across the room when they ask for her homework, and second we only have 3 hours until Mason comes to pick you up"
I decided that if I couldn't show Tiff how to flip someone over her shoulder, I'd teach her a little CIA secret. "Well Tiff, you can't really just flip a teacher, you would so get the blame and probably end up being expelled... So what you have to do is pinch right next to the vein on the left wrist, count to 10 and they'll be out for a good hour or so. And the great thing about this is you can't be framed because pinching there gives out signs of drug use" I explained to Tiff while earning us a disapproving look from Janay who was still dragging us to our dorm room.
"That dress is way to pretty and it's yours! You should wear that out with Michael tonight" I said while handing the dress back to Janay. I was standing in the bathroom with my hair and make-up done. Janay had matched it all to go with the dress she had offered me. My long hair was half up in a bun that was pressed with bobby-pins to my head. I also had little white flowers that smelt amazing and white ribbons in the half of my hair that was down. She finished my look with white eye shadow and simple blush.
"Come on Blade; I got this dress last year and its way to small for me. It would fit you perfectly and are you really going to make me have to change your hair and make-up for another dress? We don't have time for that!" Janay pleaded
"Fine I'll wear it." I said while snatching the dress back. "But only because it doesn't fit you" I shut the bathroom door and slid the dress slowly up my body, getting it to sit just right. Janay was right though - it did look amazing on me. It was beautiful. It was strapless but I filled the dress out and it sat perfectly on my body. The back of the dress went to just below my shoulder blades and then it tied up at the back with white ribbon which criss-crossed down to just above the small of my back. Then the beautiful white dress clung to my hips and flowed out to just above my knees, and before ending with two black ribbons going around the ends. It truly was breath-takingly beautiful.
I gave myself another quick once over before I walked out to Janay and Tiff. Janay was wearing a girly dark blue dress which seemed completely unlike her. She saw me staring at it and smiled.
"Yeah I know... I'm more kind of a pants girl, but Michaels made me girly. It's weird what men can do to us. But never mind me! Just look at you! You look amazing!" Janay said with pride at her work.
"This is for no man; you got to me. There's a difference." I placed my hands on my hips and raised my eyebrows at her.
"Yeah, yeah... Whatever you say Blade" Janay teased me back
We were both making teasing jabs at each others' love lives, until we were interrupted by three taps on the dorm room door. Tiff ran to the door, opened it, yelled "Wait" and slammed the door in Masons face.
Janay and I stared at Tiff with our mouths hanging open. "What did you do that for?" Janay and I yelled at together at Tiff.
"Hey, don't yell! You got to keep him waiting! Isn't that what you do?" Tiff said as she pulled her eye brows together.
"NO!" Janay and I yelled. We ran to the door and threw it open. "I'm so sorry Tiff did that! She doesn't get out much" Janay said with laughter
"It's all good... I was kind of shocked though... I thought Blade was going to stand me up" He said while cutting his eyes to me
"I wouldn't do that Flipper" I said sweetly while looking up at him from under my lashes
"Wow! Blade... Just wow! You look amazing!' he said as he looked me up and down and bit down on his lip "You make me feel underdressed"
He was wearing a simple back button down shirt that looked amazing on him. You could just see the outline of his muscles from under his shirt. He had matched it with black jeans and he looked hot. I almost passed out; I had to remind myself to breath.
"Hmmm, you clean up nice Flipper" I said smiling as I walked out the door. I grabbed his hand as I said goodbye to Janay and Tiff
"Bye girls! Have fun with Michael tonight Janay!" I winked at her before Mason and I turned the corner. We almost ran straight into Michael, but as I saw him I pulled us out of the way just in time.
"Hey Michael. Have fun with Janay tonight; she's even wearing a dress" he laughed, waved a goodbye and continued to walk down the hall to our dorm.
We had to walk from the main building that held the school rooms and the dorm rooms over to the teachers block. The air was warm and it was so nice I could have stayed out there all night. Mason cleared his throat, and I lent closer to him so that our hips where touching. He seemed to notice because he put his arm around my waist and pulled me so close to him that he was practically carrying me.
"It's Saturday tomorrow and it's also the second Saturday of the month so we all have the option of going into town. We can either take a car if you brought one with you, or we can take the bus" he informed me. "Would you maybe like to catch a movie or go to lunch with me?"He had a slight blush on his cheeks. I thought it was really adorable.
"I would love that Flipper." I said with a smile "I've never been to a movie theatre before, so could we go there" It was the truth too, because the CIA don't normally let their agents go out for the day.
"Oh really? You're the first person I've met that hasn't been to a theatre... The only downer is that my car's in the shop getting a service... So we're going to have to catch the bus with everyone else" he said
"Well, you're in luck again Flipper - I've got a car here, and it's fast too" I said flirty
"Perfect! But there's just one more thing" he said raising an eye brow at me
"And what would that be Flipper?" I asked him sweetly
"Can I drive?" he asked with doubt in his voice
I laughed "Not a chance"
And with that he pulled me closer to his side and kissed the top of my head, "Come on Spice - it's time to meet my parents" he winked and led me to his parents' apartment.
We walked up three flights of stairs to get to his parents room. When we got there I saw a golden plaque with Masons' last name written on it. He untangled himself from me so he could knock on the old wooden pine door.
"Is that you Massy dear? Just come on in the doors unlocked!" A lady called from behind the closed door.
Mason pushed the door open and led me inside. The apartment was huge; it turned out that they pretty much had the whole top floor to themselves. I was staring at the apartment in amazement when a simply breath takingly beautiful middle age woman walked over to Mason and threw her arms around him.
"Oh Massy dear, I haven't seen you at all this week" the lady pulled back to get a good look at him
"Yeah, I've missed you too mum" Mason said with fondness
"Oh and this striking young lady standing next to you must be Miss Blade" his mother said turning to me
"Yep I'm Blade. It's lovely to meet you Mrs. Jenkins" I said as I held out my hand to shake
"Oh come on, call me Lilly. I prefer it so much over 'Mrs. Jenkins'... And don't shake that hand at me, come on give me a hug" Lilly said while she gave me a huge bear hug
Lilly Jenkins is a doctor in town. She is talented, gifted even, and she is one of the best known names around here. You could differently tell she was where Mason got his looks from. She was wearing a simple back number that was divine on her. She had fair skin, like Mason with the same blonde hair, worn in a tight bun on the crown of her head. She also had a pair of black glasses that made her look really smart; not that you couldn't tell that from just talking to her.
"Well come on kids, the foods getting cold. Dad's going to be late, he had some business to finish in the office" Lilly said while pushing us into the dining room.
As we entered we could see a huge cherry stained wooden table set with matching chairs. At the table were two blonde identical twin girls. They looked about eight years old, but from the files I had read on this family I knew they were 12. They were both wearing pink dresses similar to mine except there's were more styled for children. When we were all seated, Masons' mother started placing the meal in front of us. It looked amazing. I had no clue what we were eating; I'm sure it had some fancy name, but me being me I was just going to call it chicken. We all started to eat but it took me a minute to remember the table training I had in my 3rd year as a spy. There were 7 pieces of silverware on the table but thankfully I remembered to start from the outside and work your way in. I noticed Mason looking over at me to make sure I was fine; he raised his eye brows in surprise when he saw that I was using all the right placements. I caught his eye and gave him a smile that made him bite his lip. Suddenly the front door opened, and Masons' father raced to his spot at the head of the table. He was breathing hard; he stopped and tried to catch his breath. After about a minute he had enough breath to greet me and start a conversation - that he didn't stop for the whole of dinner.
We were all sitting around the fire place. I was leaning on Mason's shoulder and he had his arm wrapped around me. The twins had been sent to bed as it was nearly 9:30pm. Masons' parents were on the love seat just over to our left. It was a perfect evening. The fire casting a warm glow on all of us, it felt like we were all in a bubble closed off from the world.
"So Blade, has my son asked you two the Halloween ball next weekend?' Mason's dad asked as he looked at his son with a question.
"Well, I was going to ask her tomorrow, but thanks to you dad I have to ask her now" Mason replied as he glared mock daggers at his father before turning to me "Blade would you do me the honour of date to the Halloween ball on Saturday?"
He was staring into my eyes, and I couldn't pull away, I was about to blurt out a whole bunch of yes' when Masons' father butted in again. "Of course she will. Now Blade it's a dress up party, so I think you should go into town tomorrow and buy a costume. You can take Mason and he can ask you to a movie; wont you Mason?" he looked over at his son.
"Ha! Already beaten you to that one dad – we're taking her car into town tomorrow morning" Mason threw a smile at me.
"Oh John! Lay off the boy now! You two kids should be in bed. Go on off with you two" Masons' mum said with a smile.
Mason and I made our way over to the door. His parents came with us to say their goodbyes. Masons' mum threw her thin arms around me. I suppressed the urge to flip her, so instead I loosely hugged her back.
"Blade it was great meeting you. You are a lovely young lady and you're making my son so, so happy. Thank you" she whispered in my ear.
Next was Masons' dad. I went for a hand shake but he pulled me in for a bear hug. I also got a whispered message from him "Blade dear, make sure Mason pays for everything tomorrow." He let go as Mason started pulling me out the door and yelled a goodbye over his shoulder.
"So on Saturday, what will I wear?" I asked while spinning under the stars
"Well we can have a look tomorrow" he answered with a smile
"I just love the stars... There's so many out" I had my head turned up towards the sky
I felt strong arms circle around my waist from behind me. I turned my head up the light of the full moon was shining on us. Mason sensed me looking at him so he looked down at me and we just stood there looking at each other. He started to lower his head, bringing his lips to mine.
"I've never kissed a boy!" I thought. They don't have classes on kissing 101 in the CIA. Sure I know how to kill a guy with both hands tied behind my back, but that didn't mean I knew how to kiss one. But when he was mere centimetres away from my lips, I felt a pull. The pull was making me wrap my arms around his shoulder and stand on my tip toes to meet his lips. I didn't know what was happening but I wanted it to happen. When he softly pressed his lips to mine, the sky exploded. His lips moved slowly against mine as the whole world went up in flames around us. Here I was, the girl that always laughed when the girl on television would go on about how the kiss started fireworks. But how wrong was I? This was amazing! I pulled away long before I was ready. I looked up into his eyes and gave him a slow smile.
"So Flipper, there better be another one of those ready for me tomorrow" I said winking at him
Before he could answer back, I had spun around so I was facing the girl's dorm room entry. I started for the door, strutting my way across the lawn. Even though I was more than ready for a really good night sleep, there was still work that had to be done tonight.
