Author's Note : Sorry I took so long but, I'm home now for summer vacation, so it'll be easier to update . Thanks for all your reviews and keep 'em coming !
This is the dinner at Eric's house and the little walk home . :) Eric and Calliegh are gradually getting closer and closer, until you know what's gunna happen (;
Remember : Eric's thoughts are in bold and Calleigh's thoughts are italisized and underlined
Friday June 11th, 2010 ( continued)
Calleigh and Eric were now pulling up in his driveway preparing to eat dinner with his family. They had an amazing day together, and both didn't want the day to end.
"Eric, we have to go back to that mall before school starts again." She said.
"I know Cal, my mom always brings me just before school starts to catch all the good sales."
"Eric….I'm really nervous about having dinner with your parents." She confessed.
"Calleigh, you have nothing to worry about, I swear. My mom loves you and my dad…he's a nice guy Cal and I'm positive he'll like you just as much as I do."
Wow, did Eric just tell me he likes me? I don't think he meant it in that way though.
"Alright Eric, I guess I've got nothing to lose huh?"
"Yeah Cal, that's the spirit." He encouraged.
The two got out of Eric's car and they walked up to the back door of his house, he unlocked the door with his key, and pushed the door slightly ajar.
He looked back to her and said "Relax Cal, it'll be fine." He grabbed her hand loosely and they walked into his house. They walked into the kitchen and Calleigh was reunited with Analia Delko.
"Hey !" Calleigh said to her.
"Hey Calleigh!" She returned.
They walked up to each other and Ana gave Calleigh a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Did Eric take good care of you Calleigh?" Ana asked Calleigh.
"Yes, he took very good care of me as a matter of fact." She responded giving Eric a little smirk on the side.
"C'mon Calleigh, you've gotta come meet my Dad." Eric said to her, tugging her in the direction of what she guessed to be the living room.
"Hey Dad, this is Calleigh, the girl me and mommy were telling you about…Calleigh Duquesne."
"Well hello Calleigh." The man said with his semi-deep voice. He was a little bit taller than Eric and not much darker than him either. "My name is Domingo Delko, you can call me Dom if you'd like."
Yeah,good looks run in the family
"Ok Dom."
"C'mon Cal" Eric guided her to the couch to have a seat.
"So Calleigh, do you like it here so far in Miami?"
"So far I've had a blast, and hopefully that doesn't change."
"That's good to know, and Eric tells me you're from Baton Rouge. Is that correct Calleigh?"
"Yes Sir I was born and raised in the bayou, well until now."
"I've never been to Louisiana before, but I'd like to go someday, I heard the sea food is some of the best in the world up there."
"Yes it is. Almost every restaurant sells seafood up there."
"That's good to know. Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm just gunna go make sure Ana doesn't need any help in the kitchen."
"Alright Dom." She responded politely.
"C'mon Calleigh, I'll show you around the house." Eric said to her.
He immediately led her upstairs and into a room.
"This is my room Cal." Eric said as he opened up the door to his room.
"Wow Eric, this is really nice." She said to him. She entered his room and immediately caught sight of a little collage on the wall with him, pictures of his parents, and who Calleigh assumed to be his sister, on it. "You and your family are the cutest ever." She told him.
"Thanks Cal, sometimes, they urk the shit out of me, but I don't even know where I'd be, or what I'd be doing without them." He confessed to her.
"Wow Eric." She said in a slightly saddened tone. Her change of tone wasn't even enough for her own father to recognize, but Eric had noticed. He walked over to his room door and shut it.
"Calleigh, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." She tried to show him a smile, but he saw right through her façade.
"Calleigh, I know when you're lying to me, so just stop it and tell me what's wrong." He said in a more serious tone, he didn't like seeing his soon-to-be baby upset.
"I mean, I don't even know Eric, I guess I just wish I had a family like yours y'know. My parents basically hate each other right now, my mom lives fucking 17 hours away from me, and my dad, he tries to do all he can for me, and I know he loves me, but sometimes it only backfires on the both of us." She said to him opening her heart up to him.
She was still standing by his collage of pictures on his wall. She turned to look at him, and he noticed that her eyes had the slightest presence of tears, his heart broke.
"Calleigh querida, come here." He patted the spot right next to where he was sitting on his bed and she walked over and sat down next to him. He knew he was sort of taking a big step here, but he wrapped his arm around her shoulder, and pulled her closer to him.
"Calleigh, my family may seem perfect, but we're sure as hell not. We argue just like every other family in the world. I'm positive that your father loves you even though I've never even met the man. It's impossible for anyone to completely hate you Cal. You're a good girl, most fathers would kill to have a babygirl like you, and I'm sure your mom can't wait to get her ass down here to see you!"
Calleigh wiped her eyes, and wrapped Eric in the biggest, tightest, warmest hug ever! Eric started laughing first.
"Cal, are you planning on letting me go anytime soon?" He joked with her.
"Eric, I don't think I ever want to let you go." She said literally.
"Well, you don't have to if you don't want to, we can stay like this as long as you want babe." He whispered into her ear.
Oh shit, did he just call me babe? Ha, I'm Eric's babe now!
"C'mon you guys, dinner's ready!" they heard Eric's dad call from downstairs. They both disentangled from each other. Calleigh just sat on Eric's bed, and he came up to her and reached his hand out to her. She looked up, smiled at him and took his hand as he led her down the stairs.
When they got downstairs, Analia had already sat the food on the dinner table for them, but Calleigh had no idea what it was and she didn't want to seem rude by asking, but luckily after they sat down, Eric's mother told her what it was.
"Calleigh honey, this is veal in leak sauce." told her
"Do you eat veal Calleigh?" Dom asked her.
"I've never really had it before." She told them.
"Calleigh, you're gunna love it, I promise." Eric said to her.
Analia made all 4 of them plates, and served them to their rightful owners.
"Go ahead, try it Calleigh." Eric coaxed her.
Calleigh stuck the tender meat with her fork and slipped it into her mouth. After swallowing the meat, she looked at the 3 others sitting at the table, smiled and said "I love it!"
"See, I told you Cal!" Eric said to her.
For about 3 minutes, they all ate in a comfortable silence with each other, until Analia broke the silence.
"So you guys, tell me about your day." She spoke to the two teens.
"Well first, Eric took me to Atrio, and I loved it. Then, he showed me our school and we drove up to Aventura Mall." Cal said.
"How'd you like Aventura Calleigh?" Dom asked her.
"That place was great, it's so huge!" She replied.
"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed yourself with Eric today Calleigh." Dom said to her.
"Thank you guys for letting him take me out." Calleigh thanked them kindly.
"Oh , we don't mind at all Calleigh, in fact I wish half of the girls Eric's dated or even became friends with, were like you Calleigh." Analia said embarrassing Eric.
I hope Calleigh doesn't think I'm some type of manwhore now, or that I just want girls for sex!
"Ma!" Eric called to her in a slightly annoyed tone. Calleigh just looked at him and smiled.
"I mean Eric, it's nothing to be ashamed of honey, you were the one that chose to date those cheap floosie girls anyway."
Dom and Calleigh were both cracking up at Analia's smart comments, while Eric just sat there with his fork in his hand staring at his mom hoping that she would get the hint and shut her mouth. He quickly looked at Calleigh, who immediately stopped laughing when she caught sight of him.
"Alright Eric, I'm gunna stop embarrassing you in front of Calleigh." Analia said to him.
"Well thank you mom!" He replied back to her.
Aww, Eric's so cute when he gets embarrassed. Well, who am I kidding, Eric's cute all the time!
"So dad, how was work today?" Eric asked trying to quickly change the topic.
"Ehh, it's the same old same old son, that's why I tell you to keep your grades up, so there'll be a chance that you won't be treated like shit and struggle every day at your own job."
"I know pop."
"And you know this is your last year son, you've gotta start thinking about what you're gunna do for a living after this. I bet Calleigh already knows what she's doing after high school Eric."
"Well, I mean, I always loved science, so I figured I'd do something that has to do with science as a career." Calleigh chimed in.
"Do you get good grades Calleigh?" Dom asked her.
"For the most part I do." She replied truthfully.
"Well good, maybe you'll be able to influence Eric in that area." Dom said.
"Eric, c'mon you can't get bad grades." Calleigh said to him.
"I mean, I don't intentionally get bad grades, and I'm not bad in all of my classes."
"Son, you don't do that bad, but we know you can do better." Analia told him.
"I know mom, and this year I promise, I'm gunna make you guys proud when it comes to my grades." Eric promised his parents.
"We sure hope so Eric." His mom answered him.
Soon enough, everyone finished their dinner, and Dom suggested that Calleigh get ready to go home, so her father wouldn't be worried about her. Eric asked her if she wanted to him to drive her home, or if she wanted him to walk her home and Calleigh opted to walk home.
They started walking down the driveway of Eric's house, shoulder to shoulder.
"Eric, thank you so much for today." She sincerely thanked him.
"You're welcome Cal, I really enjoyed myself today, and I would take you out tomorrow again, but I'm working at the Y until closing time."
"Oh, that's too bad, but at least we still have the rest of the summer to be with each other."
"Yeah I know Cal, I already have some stuff planned out for us to do. What are you doing on Sunday at around 7 Cal ?"
"Nothing really. Why?"
"Me and a couple of my buddies from school were gunna meet up at a pizza shop, and I figured you'd want to come with me." He told her.
"Sure Eric, I'll go with you." She smiled at him and linked arms with him again.
"Great Cal." He smiled down at her.
They walked in a comfortable silence the rest of the way to her house. They walked up the short driveway which led directly to her front door.
"Alright Cal, this is your stop." He said.
"Yeah, listen Eric, I really had an amazing day today!"
"Calleigh, I did too, and I'll see you on Sunday right?"
"You sure will. She stepped up to him, planted a goodbye kiss on his cheek and gave him a hug. Eric, I want you to call me when you get home, so I know that you made it there safely."
"Sure thing Cal." He responded.
She grabbed her key out of her purse and unlocked the door. She waved to him and said, "Don't forget to call me Eric."
"Alright Cal, I will as soon as I get home."
She went into her house, shut the door behind her, and leaned on it, as she bit her lip while thinking about Eric. She ran upstairs to her room, noting that it was only about 6:30, and her dad would probably be home by 7. She changed into her pajamas while turning the TV on in her room, turning to a nice funny movie to watch for the rest of the night. About 20 minutes later, she was snuggled up on her bed with a stuffed animal, when her phone started ringing, she checked the caller id and saw that it was Eric calling her.
(Phone Convo.)
"Hello?" Calleigh answered the phone.
"Hey Cal."
"Hey Eric, are you home already?"
"Yeah, I didn't want to worry you, so I called like you told me to."
"Are you settled in at home?"
"Yeah, I think I'm just staying in for the night anyway. What about you?"
"Yeah, I'm watching The Hangover."
"I'm gunna turn to that now."
"Omg, Bradley Cooper is so fucking sexy!"
"What? Cal please, he's really not that good looking."
"Eric, yes he is! I wouldn't date him though."
"Really, why not Cal."
"I'm just over the whole white-boy type thing Eric, I always seemed to get screwed over by that type now-a-days."
"Oh, well any guy that screws you over is a complete dick, if you ask me Cal."
"Thank you Eric, and yes I agree, all of them were complete dicks! That's why I select my men very carefully now, I don't have time to play games."
"Y'know, I feel the same way Cal. I just want that one girl that will love me no matter what, so I can do the same for her. But, half of the girls I've dated were whores anyway."
"I know, remember your mom told me." They both laughed.
"Yeah, it's like I've been trying to turn a hoe into a housewife, but you can't make someone into something that they aren't."
"Eric, if you would just sit back and relax, the right girl will come along, and she'll be everything you wanted and more."
"Same goes for you Cal, I know a million guys that would kill to be with you."
She smiled on her end of the phone.
"Eric, me and you always have the best conversations don't we."
"Yeah Cal, me and you make a kick-ass team already."
"We sure do Eric! Well, anyway, about this little gathering on Sunday. Will there be any other girls here?"
"I'm not sure Cal, usually it's just me and a couple other boys. Is that a problem Cal, cuz we can easily invite some girls if you're gunna feel uncomfortable."
"Well no Eric, as long as I'm next to you I'll be alright."
Well, that's good to know Cal, as a matter of fact, you can sit right next to me!
Okay, well, I know you have to get ready for work tomorrow, so I guess I'll let you go.
Alright Cal, goodnight and call me if you need anything.
Okay thanks Eric and goodnight! Oh, and call me tomorrow after work so we can talk again.
Alright querida.
R E V I E W ' ! And i promise i'll update ASAP :D