After a few minutes of eating Matt asked, "So Little Red, do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"I have a step sister but she's 23 and doesn't come around much." Maria answered.
"What's her name?" Lacey asked.
"Ashley, Ashley Massaro."
"Oh my goodness! I totally went to school with her!" Lacey said.
"Really?" Maria asked
"Yeah, she has blonde hair and pink streaks. She used to dress in a New York-y way."
"Hm, sounds like her." Maria said.
"I'd totally love to see her again! Bring her by if she comes in town ok?" Lacey asked.
"Sure thing."
"I have a question for you Maria." Matt said. Maria nodded not sure what Matt was going to ask her.
"Are you and Jeff going out?"
It wasn't a surprise he'd asked her that but she truly didn't know the answer so she looked at Jeff.
"Uh, yeah sure." Jeff said finally. Maria smiled and secretly under the table Jeff took her hand. Just then Maria's phone rung and screwed up her nice moment with Jeff. She quickly fished her phone out of her purse and answered it, "Hi Mom."
"I at dinner…..with my boyfriend….. I'll be home in a few hours. Ok mom….love you too….bye!" Maria was so embarrassed when she got off the phone that she could feel her cheeks burning with a bright pink. She set her phone on the table and went back to eating.
"Is that your mom?" Jeff asked looking at her wallpaper. It was a funny picture of her and her mom at a sushi restaurant last month.
"Yeah."
"She's a red head too?" Matt asked.
"Yeah, I inherited it from her." Maria confessed.
"And her name is…?" Lacey asked.
"Christina but everyone calls her Christy." Maria said.
"Do you have the same last names?" Jeff asked.
"No, her last name is Massaro and mine is Kanellis. It's my biological dad's last name."
"Oh." Matt said.