Here's a new chapter of Finding Holly.
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Holly's father picked his daughter and Mike up from the airport on their arrival in Boston. The brunette charged towards the fair -haired man and hugged him tightly. Mike decided to hang back for a moment, until Gary extended his hand for a handshake. Mike took his hand and shook it, giving a polite smile as he did so. Holly smiled as she watched the scene.

"Gary Redman, you must be Mike." Holly's father smiled.

"Yeah, nice to finally meet you." Mike nodded.

"Come on then. Your mother's been cooking for you." Gary told his daughter.

"She just ate on the plane." Mike informed him.

"I can always make room for mom's cooking." The brunette diva smiled.

"She's been looking forward to seeing you both." Gary said as he led them out to his car.

"I've missed her." Holly nodded.

After a while they arrived in the suburbs of Boston. At the end of a tree lined road was Holly's parents' house. Mike felt a smirk cross his lips as they pulled into the drive. The house was average size and had a garden full of flowers. He recalled that Holly had mentioned her mother liking gardening. The garden was surrounded by a white picket fence and a tabby type cat was sitting on the doorstep.

"Hey there Dash." Holly smiled at the cat as she got out of the car.

"Dash?" Mike raised a brow.

"He runs really fast." Holly shrugged.

"Is this your dog?" Mike asked as he spotted a small Jack Russell terrier beside him.

"He's my mom's baby, His name is Bruce." Holly explained.

"Hey buddy." Mike said as he petted the dog.

"Where is she?" came the voice of Holly's mother.

"Right here." Holly replied and held her arms out to embrace her mother.

Mike watched as his girlfriend embraced her mother, who looked more or less the same as Holly. Their height and build was almost the same, as well as the brown hair, which her mother wore in a wavy bob hairstyle. Mike noted that their eyes were the same shape, only Holly's were blue and her mothers' were green.

"And this must be Mike…" she smiled and moved in to hug him too.

"Nice to meet you Mrs Redman." Mike nodded.

"Mike, please call me Susan." She replied.

"Ok then, Susan." Mike nodded.

"When did Wayne get the new motorcycle?" Holly asked as she peered over the fence.

"About two months ago." Gary replied.

"I take it Wayne's your neighbour?" Mike said.

"Yes, he used to date Holly when they were teenagers." Susan informed him.

"Relax, he's really cool." Holly whispered to a worried looking Mike.

"Of course he's cool. He has a motorcycle." Mike replied.

"The amount of times I told her not to get on the bike." Gary shook his head.

"I never saw you as a rebel." Mike told his girlfriend.

"I used to be." She shrugged.

Once they were inside the house Gary took the couple's bags up to Holly's room. Downstairs, Susan was filling some dishes with homemade casserole. Holly sat down at the wooden kitchen table and began eating hers. Mike sat down opposite and took a taste from his own dish. Holly nodded encouragingly when she saw him take a second mouthful. Susan was now busy feeding Bruce the dog with some dog biscuits.

"This is really nice Susan." Mike informed her.

"Glad you like it." She replied and offered a smile.

"Here's Wayne now." Gary said as he looked out of the front window.

"Great." Mike muttered under his breath.

He continued to eat hid casserole as a man walked into the house. He was tall and average build with very dark hair and deep brown eyes. He wore a plaid shirt and jeans, as well as biker boots. Mike watched as the brown eyes scanned the room for Holly. She smiled and rushed over to embrace the dark haired man. He smiled and patted her back before breaking apart.

"This is my boyfriend Mike." Holly said as she led the man over.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Wayne." He added and extended a hand to Mike.

"I figured." Mike nodded and shook his hand.

"Here for long?" Wayne asked them.

"A week." Holly replied.

"Nice, you should come for dinner one night." Wayne nodded.

"After she's shown me the sights of Boston." Mike cut in.

"Don't worry. I'll show you around." Holly smiled at her boyfriend.

"I've been working on the bike." Wayne said as he motioned to his clothing.

"Oh yeah, I saw it." Holly nodded.

"Nice huh?" he raised a brow.

"How did you manage to pay for it?" Mike asked him.

"Mike, you can't ask that!" Holly gasped.

"No, it's fine. I work in real estate. I paid for it when I sold a mansion on the other side of town." Wayne replied.

"Why live with your parents? I mean, if you were here as a teenager your parents must still live here." Mike shrugged.

"Actually, I bought the house from them. They relocated to California." Wayne explained.

"Oh, that makes sense." Mike nodded.

"I figured I wouldn't find any neighbours as great as Gary and Susan anywhere else." Wayne shrugged.

"No." Mike replied quietly.

That evening, Mike was still sulking about Wayne. He was a little annoyed that Holly hadn't mentioned that her ex boyfriend lived next door to her parents. Holly knew why he was annoyed and she did understand. The brunette waited until after they had their naps to combat jet lag and led Mike out into an area covered by trees. Mike frowned as they walked further into the greenery, until they arrived at a wooden treehouse.

"Come on!" Holly yelled as she climbed up.

"Ok." Mike replied as he followed her up.

The Ohio native was surprised when he got up there. The treehouse was quite big and made of thick timber. Holly sat down on a bench that was part of the structure.

"Like it?" Holly asked her boyfriend.

"It's cool." Mike nodded.

"My dad built this when I was seven." She informed him.

"It's well built." Mike nodded as he tapped the timber.

"Look, I know you feel threatened by Wayne…" she began.

"I'm not threatened by him." Mike pouted.

"Let's say you were. You have nothing to worry about." The brunette assured him.

"He's all real estate and motorcycles." Mike pulled a face.

"But he's not you, is he?" Holly raised a brow.

"But you must have liked him to date him." Mike shrugged.

"I was sixteen and flattered that a guy liked me." Holly replied.

"So, you just hung out?" Mike asked her.

"Yeah, we'd come up here and talk and stuff." Holly nodded.

"And stuff? Please tell me you didn't…" Mike grimaced.

"No! I never did anything other than kiss him." The brunette told him.

"Really?" Mike raised a brow.

"Really." Holly nodded.

Mike sighed with relief and looked at the floor. He heard his girlfriend stifle a giggle.

"What?" Mike frowned.

"You gave me an idea." The brunette bit her lip and clambered into his lap.

"Um, what kind of idea?" Mike raised a brow.

"You'll see." She winked and moved into a kiss.

"I think I see now." Mike nodded and kissed her back passionately.

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