Chapter 13
~*~ The talk ~*~
"So Greg how have you been, pal?" My dad started.
"I've been good." He answered kind of hesitantly. "How about you?"
"I'm good. Do you mind going for a ride with me son? Not long, just to catch up. You know."
"No I don't mind."
"Good, Kendra, talk to your mother. The four of us will talk when we get back." And with that he left with Greg. My mom made sure they had left.
"When were you going to tell me?" She shrieked. "Let me see, let me see!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I found the ring box in the bathroom. Come on show me, please?" My mom begged.
"You mean you're not mad, or worried?" I asked. "Why would I be mad?" "Because I'm 16 and he's 18! I mean come on we're illegal. Aren't we?" "Yes, but technically no. You're dad and I approve of it so no you're not illegal. If we didn't approve of it then yes you'd be illegal." She explained. "Ok you guys can come out of the den, Jesse, and join the conversation, instead of eavesdropping." "How'd you know I was there, Mrs. D?" "Jesse I know you all too well, hun." My mom answered looking at my ring. "Doesn't it fit her? It's the second one he's given her." Jesse said. "Jesse!" I said hitting him in the arm. "Ouch. What was that for?" He asked. I just rolled my eyes. "He bought you two rings?" My mom asked me, wide-eyed. "Yeah Chris stole the diamond out of the other one mum." Frankie said getting a drink. "Oh really?" She asked. "Yeah and Chris kissed her infront of Greg and Greg took it the wrong way." Matt said. "Wow. What a day you had." "Yeah I know. She had like the best day today. I'm really sorry Keng." Jaimie added. "O-mg. Why don't you guys sit here and tell my mom all the details. I have to go somewhere, to return something, to someone!" I said grabbing a cd and a few Super Nintendo games from the e den. "Kendra where are you going?" "To return these and get an opinion from someone who doesn't know what's going on in my life." I said and walked out the door. "Whose games were those?" Matt asked. "Whose cd was that? Frankie asked. "Why did she walk out on us?" Jesse asked. "Who's she going to talk to?" Jaimie added. "One word. Charles. I think she wants him to know she's over him, and the only way she can tell him. is by telling him she is getting married." "Think she'll invite him to the wedding?" Jaimie asked sitting down with Matt. "Let's hope so." My mom added. I walked up to the door and knocked. Charles answered the door. "Hi, I came to return your games and this cd." I said. "Oh, ok. . So how are things?" "Good. I had to get out of the house though, so I thought I'd return these to you." "Ok. Thanx." "Yeah. Anytime." I said. "Kendra. is there something you want to tell me?" "Yes, but no." I answered sitting down on some steps. "Ok, just tell me then." "I'mgettingmarried." I said really fast. "Huh? Speak English please." "Ok," I sighed. "I'm getting married." There was silence. "Please say something because I felt like a retard coming over here in the first place." I said. "Um." He said, then went silent. "I want you to come." I said. "Come? To your wedding? Me?" "Yeah and your family." "Greg won't mind?" He asked. "Know what." "What?" "If he does. too bad. The matter of the fact is I want you to be there!" I said. "Really? Even if he says he doesn't wasn't us there." "I'll make it so that no matter what he says, you'll still be invited!" "Promise?" "With my life. But I got to go because I left my house with my mom, Jesse, Frankie, Matt, and Jaimie waiting for me. My dad took Greg for a ride to talk to him. All because my mom found the ring box in the bathroom!" I said jumping up. He grabbed my left hand. "Please don't take it off." I pleaded. "That's already happened once. And the person who took it off stole the diamond." "Don't worry I wasn't going to take it off, I just wanted to see it. It suits you." He said. "That's what everyone says! But yeah. Tell you're mom and I'll get you the information when I get it." "Ok. Does this mean your not going to school anymore?" "No I'm still going to school!" I said. "Ok then I'll see you Monday." "Ok, see you Monday." I said starting to walk off. "Kendra? Can I have a hug!?" He asked before I was gone. I walked back up to him and hugged him. "I always knew I loved you for some reason." I wispered in his ear, then ran to my car and went home. "So how's Charles?" Were the first words out of my mother's mouth when I walked through the door. I looked at Greg. "He's fine. I just wanted to return his cd and games, when I had the chance." I said shrugging my shoulders. "Where'd everybody go?" "Frankie took them all over to the mall for a little while." My dad said. "Well look who calmed down." I said smirking at my dad. Greg and I sat there for about an hour and a half listening to my dad go on and on and on. My mom just kept to herself. Once my dad stopped looked at my mom. "What do you have to say? She looked at me as if I shouldn't have said anything to her. "Yeah mom what do you have to say?" Greg chimed in. "Um." She said the paused. "Come on say it!" I said impatiently. "I think it's cute." Was all she said. "Cute? CUte? CUTE? You're acting like I'm 2 and I'm going to the Birthday Party of a 2-year-old boy. Not like I'm 16 and serious about this." I yelled. "Ok, ok. You want my true opinion?" "Yes." Greg answered. "I think Kendra is to young. But, if the two of you are positive that is what you want, then I'll sign the papers. But under one condition. Kendra finishes school up here. And you finish your last quator down in New York." "Really?" I shrieked. "Really." She answered. My dad's chin just dropped to the ground. "Daaad?" I said. "Greg convinced me in the car." He said looking at my mom. "I've already signed." At that point my mom's chin was on the floor. My mom signed the papers and we were off to the mall to meet up with the others. We had them paged, which wasn't the best thing we could have thought about doing. Even though DS wasn't together anymore they still had a huge fan base. We all dealt with it though. Greg said he'd take my family out tomorrow night, which my parents told him he didn't have to, but he said he wanted too.
"So Greg how have you been, pal?" My dad started.
"I've been good." He answered kind of hesitantly. "How about you?"
"I'm good. Do you mind going for a ride with me son? Not long, just to catch up. You know."
"No I don't mind."
"Good, Kendra, talk to your mother. The four of us will talk when we get back." And with that he left with Greg. My mom made sure they had left.
"When were you going to tell me?" She shrieked. "Let me see, let me see!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I found the ring box in the bathroom. Come on show me, please?" My mom begged.
"You mean you're not mad, or worried?" I asked. "Why would I be mad?" "Because I'm 16 and he's 18! I mean come on we're illegal. Aren't we?" "Yes, but technically no. You're dad and I approve of it so no you're not illegal. If we didn't approve of it then yes you'd be illegal." She explained. "Ok you guys can come out of the den, Jesse, and join the conversation, instead of eavesdropping." "How'd you know I was there, Mrs. D?" "Jesse I know you all too well, hun." My mom answered looking at my ring. "Doesn't it fit her? It's the second one he's given her." Jesse said. "Jesse!" I said hitting him in the arm. "Ouch. What was that for?" He asked. I just rolled my eyes. "He bought you two rings?" My mom asked me, wide-eyed. "Yeah Chris stole the diamond out of the other one mum." Frankie said getting a drink. "Oh really?" She asked. "Yeah and Chris kissed her infront of Greg and Greg took it the wrong way." Matt said. "Wow. What a day you had." "Yeah I know. She had like the best day today. I'm really sorry Keng." Jaimie added. "O-mg. Why don't you guys sit here and tell my mom all the details. I have to go somewhere, to return something, to someone!" I said grabbing a cd and a few Super Nintendo games from the e den. "Kendra where are you going?" "To return these and get an opinion from someone who doesn't know what's going on in my life." I said and walked out the door. "Whose games were those?" Matt asked. "Whose cd was that? Frankie asked. "Why did she walk out on us?" Jesse asked. "Who's she going to talk to?" Jaimie added. "One word. Charles. I think she wants him to know she's over him, and the only way she can tell him. is by telling him she is getting married." "Think she'll invite him to the wedding?" Jaimie asked sitting down with Matt. "Let's hope so." My mom added. I walked up to the door and knocked. Charles answered the door. "Hi, I came to return your games and this cd." I said. "Oh, ok. . So how are things?" "Good. I had to get out of the house though, so I thought I'd return these to you." "Ok. Thanx." "Yeah. Anytime." I said. "Kendra. is there something you want to tell me?" "Yes, but no." I answered sitting down on some steps. "Ok, just tell me then." "I'mgettingmarried." I said really fast. "Huh? Speak English please." "Ok," I sighed. "I'm getting married." There was silence. "Please say something because I felt like a retard coming over here in the first place." I said. "Um." He said, then went silent. "I want you to come." I said. "Come? To your wedding? Me?" "Yeah and your family." "Greg won't mind?" He asked. "Know what." "What?" "If he does. too bad. The matter of the fact is I want you to be there!" I said. "Really? Even if he says he doesn't wasn't us there." "I'll make it so that no matter what he says, you'll still be invited!" "Promise?" "With my life. But I got to go because I left my house with my mom, Jesse, Frankie, Matt, and Jaimie waiting for me. My dad took Greg for a ride to talk to him. All because my mom found the ring box in the bathroom!" I said jumping up. He grabbed my left hand. "Please don't take it off." I pleaded. "That's already happened once. And the person who took it off stole the diamond." "Don't worry I wasn't going to take it off, I just wanted to see it. It suits you." He said. "That's what everyone says! But yeah. Tell you're mom and I'll get you the information when I get it." "Ok. Does this mean your not going to school anymore?" "No I'm still going to school!" I said. "Ok then I'll see you Monday." "Ok, see you Monday." I said starting to walk off. "Kendra? Can I have a hug!?" He asked before I was gone. I walked back up to him and hugged him. "I always knew I loved you for some reason." I wispered in his ear, then ran to my car and went home. "So how's Charles?" Were the first words out of my mother's mouth when I walked through the door. I looked at Greg. "He's fine. I just wanted to return his cd and games, when I had the chance." I said shrugging my shoulders. "Where'd everybody go?" "Frankie took them all over to the mall for a little while." My dad said. "Well look who calmed down." I said smirking at my dad. Greg and I sat there for about an hour and a half listening to my dad go on and on and on. My mom just kept to herself. Once my dad stopped looked at my mom. "What do you have to say? She looked at me as if I shouldn't have said anything to her. "Yeah mom what do you have to say?" Greg chimed in. "Um." She said the paused. "Come on say it!" I said impatiently. "I think it's cute." Was all she said. "Cute? CUte? CUTE? You're acting like I'm 2 and I'm going to the Birthday Party of a 2-year-old boy. Not like I'm 16 and serious about this." I yelled. "Ok, ok. You want my true opinion?" "Yes." Greg answered. "I think Kendra is to young. But, if the two of you are positive that is what you want, then I'll sign the papers. But under one condition. Kendra finishes school up here. And you finish your last quator down in New York." "Really?" I shrieked. "Really." She answered. My dad's chin just dropped to the ground. "Daaad?" I said. "Greg convinced me in the car." He said looking at my mom. "I've already signed." At that point my mom's chin was on the floor. My mom signed the papers and we were off to the mall to meet up with the others. We had them paged, which wasn't the best thing we could have thought about doing. Even though DS wasn't together anymore they still had a huge fan base. We all dealt with it though. Greg said he'd take my family out tomorrow night, which my parents told him he didn't have to, but he said he wanted too.