Chapter 14.
When they walked into the lobby of the hotel, Mark and Glen were coming out of the hotel restaurant from lunch. "Damn Gaby, did you buy out the whole store?"
"Yeah, she cleaned out Hot Topic and Victoria Secret."
"She drug you into Victoria's Secret?"
"Yeah, but it wasn't that bad. It really didn't take her that long to spend $200, so I wasn't in there for that long. Then we went to Hot Topic, so it made everything better, less girly."
"Raven, it's 12:30, your mom is gonna be here in half an hour. We need to get ready, and you get to help me pick out what to wear."
"Yeah, you better get going Raven, that could take a while."
"Shut up Mark, ok, he's right this really might take a while. We'll see y'all later." Gaby grabbed Raven by the hand and led him upstairs. She laid out all of the new clothes she had bought, well, except the underwear.
"I don't think it's going to take that long to get dressed. I think I'm going to wear my new black Dickie pants with my green Happy Bunny baby t- shirt."
"What does the shirt say?" He asked. He could barely see the writing, and couldn't read it.
"It says, 'It's all about me. Deal with it.' Isn't that cute?"
"Very."
"Oh, and I'm going to wear my old English "S" necklace."
"Why did you get a "G" and an "S"?"
"Well, 'G' is for Gaby, duh, and I got 'S' for Scott."
"Scotty, honey, are you there?"
"Oh my god! She's here! Do I look ok? Do I need to change clothes? Crap, stall her, I gotta get all of my clothes put away. Do I look ok?" Raven pulled her to him and kissed her.
"You look awesome. Just get your stuff put away, ok? Everything will be fine." Raven walked over to the door while Gaby tossed all of her clothes back into the bags and put them in the corner of the room. "Hey mom. How are you?" He said as he hugged her hello.
"I'm fine sweetie. Now where is this girl?" She asked as she pushed past Scott and into the room. Gaby was standing towards the back of the hotel room trying to calm herself. "Are you Scotty's girlfriend?" Gaby was so nervous all she could do was nod. "Well, I'm very glad to meet you, Gaby is it?" Again Gaby only nodded.
"Scotty, she can talk can't she?"
"Yeah she can talk. Gaby, come here. She's just a little nervous mom. She was so nervous about what to wear to meet you for the first time that she practically bought out a couple of stores in the mall."
"It's very nice to meet you Mrs. Levy." Gaby said quietly.
"You don't have to be nervous around me. So I see you like to dress like my son. Well, I guess that's alright." She said with a little bit of contempt in her voice.
"What's wrong with the way your son dresses?" Gaby asked now in a normal tone of voice.
"Well, he could dress a little nicer."
"But then he wouldn't be himself. He would be someone else. I like the way he dresses."
"You like the fact that he wears skirts?"
"If that's what he wants to wear then, yeah, I like the fact that he wears skirts. Wait a minute, what's wrong with the way I dress? I think I look cute."
"Those pants are too tight, the shirt is too small."
"Well, then it matches the size of your brain." Gaby said indignantly.
"Gaby, that is my mother."
"I'm defending you. Stay out of it." She said calmly.
"Well, I never!"
"Well, maybe that's your problem, maybe you should. Maybe you should pull that stick out of your ass and see that your son is a great guy, a little weird at times, but he is sweet and caring, and I think I love him, and I don't say that abouta lot of guys, and here you are trying to turn him into you. That's not who he is, he's not you. Sure he went to the best schools, and was raised up with money, but he's made a name for himself, and he's got an awesome career, and he did it without your help, so I think he's earned the right to dress himself the way that he wants to, and if you don't like that, well, that's just too damn bad!" Gaby said boldly. Raven stood there and looked at her scared that his mother was about to slap her or disown him or something.
Gaby stood there fuming, then was very confused when his mother hugged her. "Well, no one has ever said those things to me that way before. I have never had one of Scotty's girlfriends yell at me like that. You must really love him to have the guts to yell at his mom like that. I like you. Welcome to the family. Have you had lunch yet?"
"Actually, no, we spent all morning shopping."
"You got Scotty to go shopping? Can you teach me how to do that?"
"Sure." Gaby slipped on her flip flops. Lynn, Raven's mom looped her arm through Gaby's and they headed out the door. "You coming Scotty?" Gaby asked with a hint of teasing in her voice. Raven nodded; he was still in shock that Gaby had yelled at his mother, and then Lynn just accepted her into the family. Plus Gaby said that she loved him. That was a major step forward for them. he couldn't wait to see what would transpire over lunch.
When they walked into the lobby of the hotel, Mark and Glen were coming out of the hotel restaurant from lunch. "Damn Gaby, did you buy out the whole store?"
"Yeah, she cleaned out Hot Topic and Victoria Secret."
"She drug you into Victoria's Secret?"
"Yeah, but it wasn't that bad. It really didn't take her that long to spend $200, so I wasn't in there for that long. Then we went to Hot Topic, so it made everything better, less girly."
"Raven, it's 12:30, your mom is gonna be here in half an hour. We need to get ready, and you get to help me pick out what to wear."
"Yeah, you better get going Raven, that could take a while."
"Shut up Mark, ok, he's right this really might take a while. We'll see y'all later." Gaby grabbed Raven by the hand and led him upstairs. She laid out all of the new clothes she had bought, well, except the underwear.
"I don't think it's going to take that long to get dressed. I think I'm going to wear my new black Dickie pants with my green Happy Bunny baby t- shirt."
"What does the shirt say?" He asked. He could barely see the writing, and couldn't read it.
"It says, 'It's all about me. Deal with it.' Isn't that cute?"
"Very."
"Oh, and I'm going to wear my old English "S" necklace."
"Why did you get a "G" and an "S"?"
"Well, 'G' is for Gaby, duh, and I got 'S' for Scott."
"Scotty, honey, are you there?"
"Oh my god! She's here! Do I look ok? Do I need to change clothes? Crap, stall her, I gotta get all of my clothes put away. Do I look ok?" Raven pulled her to him and kissed her.
"You look awesome. Just get your stuff put away, ok? Everything will be fine." Raven walked over to the door while Gaby tossed all of her clothes back into the bags and put them in the corner of the room. "Hey mom. How are you?" He said as he hugged her hello.
"I'm fine sweetie. Now where is this girl?" She asked as she pushed past Scott and into the room. Gaby was standing towards the back of the hotel room trying to calm herself. "Are you Scotty's girlfriend?" Gaby was so nervous all she could do was nod. "Well, I'm very glad to meet you, Gaby is it?" Again Gaby only nodded.
"Scotty, she can talk can't she?"
"Yeah she can talk. Gaby, come here. She's just a little nervous mom. She was so nervous about what to wear to meet you for the first time that she practically bought out a couple of stores in the mall."
"It's very nice to meet you Mrs. Levy." Gaby said quietly.
"You don't have to be nervous around me. So I see you like to dress like my son. Well, I guess that's alright." She said with a little bit of contempt in her voice.
"What's wrong with the way your son dresses?" Gaby asked now in a normal tone of voice.
"Well, he could dress a little nicer."
"But then he wouldn't be himself. He would be someone else. I like the way he dresses."
"You like the fact that he wears skirts?"
"If that's what he wants to wear then, yeah, I like the fact that he wears skirts. Wait a minute, what's wrong with the way I dress? I think I look cute."
"Those pants are too tight, the shirt is too small."
"Well, then it matches the size of your brain." Gaby said indignantly.
"Gaby, that is my mother."
"I'm defending you. Stay out of it." She said calmly.
"Well, I never!"
"Well, maybe that's your problem, maybe you should. Maybe you should pull that stick out of your ass and see that your son is a great guy, a little weird at times, but he is sweet and caring, and I think I love him, and I don't say that abouta lot of guys, and here you are trying to turn him into you. That's not who he is, he's not you. Sure he went to the best schools, and was raised up with money, but he's made a name for himself, and he's got an awesome career, and he did it without your help, so I think he's earned the right to dress himself the way that he wants to, and if you don't like that, well, that's just too damn bad!" Gaby said boldly. Raven stood there and looked at her scared that his mother was about to slap her or disown him or something.
Gaby stood there fuming, then was very confused when his mother hugged her. "Well, no one has ever said those things to me that way before. I have never had one of Scotty's girlfriends yell at me like that. You must really love him to have the guts to yell at his mom like that. I like you. Welcome to the family. Have you had lunch yet?"
"Actually, no, we spent all morning shopping."
"You got Scotty to go shopping? Can you teach me how to do that?"
"Sure." Gaby slipped on her flip flops. Lynn, Raven's mom looped her arm through Gaby's and they headed out the door. "You coming Scotty?" Gaby asked with a hint of teasing in her voice. Raven nodded; he was still in shock that Gaby had yelled at his mother, and then Lynn just accepted her into the family. Plus Gaby said that she loved him. That was a major step forward for them. he couldn't wait to see what would transpire over lunch.
