"I'll let you know when dinner's ready!" I ignored her and went upstairs to my room, I sat in my big comfy chair and took out my pearphone to text Ryder.
To: Ryder
From: Jade
Hey can you come over for dinner later?
2 minutes later he replied.
To: Jade
From: Ryder
Yeah sure I'll take my break early ;)
To: Ryder
From: Jade
You don't have to if you don't want to.
To: Jade
From: Ryder
Of course I want to. I'm on my way.
Damn it! I sighed and grabbed my laptop. I turned it on to check The Slap. But there was nothing new so I turned it off and settled for a book my brother gave me for Christmas called Hush, hush. It was starting to get very interesting and this Patch guy sounds hot he sort of reminded me of Ryder.
"Jade" I heard Damon knocking on the door. "What?" I said jamming my bookmark into the book and closing it.
"Your boyfriends downstairs talking to mom" I got up and opened the door. I ran downstairs just in time to see Ryder and my mom walking out of the study.
"Hey mom, is dinner ready?" I said walking up in between them. "Oh right! I forgot about dinner, Excuse me" She laughed.
"Hey babe" Ryder said leaning in to kiss me "What did she tell you?" I asked Grabbing his lips before they could reach mine. Ryder took my hand of his lips "Relax, she didn't tell me anything" He smiled
"Swear?" He leaned in again and kissed the side of my head "swear."
I looked at him before nodding and wrapping my arms around him. He held me tightly against his chest. "By the way, you make one cute poweranger" He laughed making me drop my arms from his torso "Oh my god, I am going to kill her!" I said walking towards the kitchen. "Jade, Don't kill your mother" Ryder said grabbing my arm and pulling me back towards him.
"You swore she didn't say anything!" I pouted."She didn't" He smiled "She showed me pictures"
I crossed my arms glaring at Ryder. "And I may or may not have kept some" I dropped my arms and my eyes widened "Hand them over" I demanded sticking my arm out in front of him. "Yeah, no" He said placing a hand on my shoulder.
I grabbed his arm and twisted it on his back. "I said hand it over!" Ryder chuckled "Babe your mom's in the kitchen" I rolled my eyes and twisted it more making him grunt.
"Jadelyn! What on earth are you doing? Let go of his arm" My mother yelled coming out of the kitchen. I sighed and let go of his arm. "Dinner's ready" she said walking into the dining room.
"Jadelyn?" Ryder smiled rubbing his arm. "Shut up!" I said punching him in the arm and walking away towards the dining room.
when I walked in I saw that Damon and my mom were already seated and had left 2 empty seats for Ryder and I. I sat down and Ryder did the same.
"So Ryder, Do you go to Hollywood Arts too?" My mother asked dumping a scoop of macaroni salad on her plate. "umm, yeah I do" He said doing the same. "Oh that's lovely, Jade loves Hollywood Arts her father never really understood creative people. So Ryder what do you aspire to be?" She said handing Damon the bowl of macaroni salad.
"I want to get into acting as well as singing" He smiled.
"Well, I sure you're gonna go places" I rolled my eyes.
"Pass the chicken" Damon said, I ignored him and continued stabbing my chicken.
"Jadelyn, stop playing with your food and pass the chicken" My mother said.
"My name is Jade!" I could sense Ryder was feeling uncomfortable by the way he kept drinking water every time my mother opened her mouth.
"yeah ok...Damon can you go get the lemonade pitcher from the kitchen?"
"Sure" Damon replied getting up and going into the kitchen. I glared at my mother trying to figure out what she was planning.
"So, Ryder I was informed that you were here the weekend I was gone" My mother said picking up her glass of wine. Ryder picked up his water and drank it.
"Did you have sex with my daughter?" She asked sipping her wine and making Ryder choke and start coughing.
"Mom!" I said raising my voice and patting Ryder on his back.
"Jade, Don't be embarrassed sex is a good thing, I just wanted to know so we can be safe about this. You know Ryder even though Jade's a virgin she can still get pregnant her first time I mean how do you think her older brother was born" Ryder remained speechless.
"Oh my god, I am going to kill myself" I said making my mother roll her eyes.
"Jade, Don't be so dramatic! I just want you guys to feel comfortable enough to come and ask for advice and protection of course" I opened my mouth to respond to my mother but Ryder stopped me.
"Jade it's fine, I didn't sleep with your daughter and I'm not going to until she tells me she's ready and I promise if and when that day comes we will go to you for whatever we need" Ryder smiled reassuringly.
"well, I can see Jade made a fine choice picking you to be her boyfriend" My mother smiled back as Damon entered the dining room.
"Mom...I looked everywhere and there is no pitcher of lemonade in the kitchen"
"Oh, will you look at that I must've forgotten to make lemonade, I'm sorry darling sit down and finish eating" I laughed "It must be the wine" My mother glared at me and pretended not to hear.
"No, I'm going to finish eating in the kitchen because now my food is cold" Damon said picking up his plate and walking away but not before glaring at my mother.
"well, this was a lovely dinner but I gave myself a very long break and I must get back to work" Ryder smiled. "Well, it was a pleasure having you" My mother said getting up and giving Ryder a hug.
Ryder nodded and hugged her back." okay! I'll walk you out" I said pulling them apart and shoving Ryder out of the dining room. I dragged him down to the front door.
"Do you really have to go back to work or is it just an excuse to leave this hell?" I asked once we were out of my mothers hearing distance.
"Of course it is!" I frowned "Kidding! I really have to go back" He said grabbing my face and smoothing out my frown. "okay" I said taking his hands off my face.
"Alright babe I have to go, I don't want to see your house on the news covered in caution tape, ok?" He said kissing my forehead. "No promises" I smiled as I hugged him before he opened the door and walked down the driveway and got into his car. I stood there until he was no longer in sight.
I walked in and slammed the door "Mom!" I yelled.
"I'm in the kitchen darling!" I walked down the hall and into the kitchen.
"What the hell was that!" My mother put down her glass of wine. "Jade, don't say hell, and I have no idea what you're referring to" She said picking up dishes and putting them in the sink.
"Umm, you not only embarrassed me in front of my boyfriend by telling him I was a virgin! but you also made him feel very uncomfortable" I said placing my hands on my hips.
"Oh please, don't be so dramatic! Tonight's dinner was great!" She said rolling her eyes. "Ugh, it is impossible to talk to you!" I said apparently offending my mother.
"Oh come on don't be mad at me, I worry about you that's all. I'll make it up to you how about me, you and Damon go to the cinema tomorrow...we can go watch a horror movie, it's your turn to pick the movie?" She said squeezing my shoulders "...I guess" I said acting uninterested.
"Yay! well I'm going to take a bath, you mind washing the dishes ,Thank you!" I rolled my eyes and walked over to the sink and started washing dishes. After I finished I walked over to the cabinet to put away a dish and I noticed there was a note on the oven, I picked it up and read it.
There's a warm delicious cherry pie In here, Enjoy :)
-mom
P.s This is an apology pie so don't tell Damon he'll get mad and I'm going to have to make another one.
I laughed and took the pie out and grabbed a fork. Just as I had started attacking the pie my phone buzzed, it was a text message from Cat.
To: Jade
From: Cat
Are you busy tonight?
I wonder what's up.
To: Cat
From: Jade
No...what's up?
