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Chapter 5Okay so here it was, Saturday night, ten to seven, and I was freaking out.
Rob and his mom were getting here at seven and I was watching the clock. I was already ready, yes I had taken extra care in my clothes and stuff like that. I mean I did want to look good for Rob because if all goes well he said he wanted to take me somewhere after the dinner. I wonder where....hehehe.
"I'll get it!" The doorbell had just rung and I jumped off the couch and practically ran to the door.
"Hi Jess," said Skip.
"Skip what are you doing here?" Why is Skip here, this isn't right, he's not my boyfriend!
"Oh Ruth just wanted me to tell you good luck. But I don't know why she said that she wouldn't tell me so I hope that you know what she's talking about because I sure don't and I mean it feels kinda stupid...."
"Okay thanks Skip." Okay yes I slammed the door in Skip's face but I think that I hadn't then he would have just kept talking. I went and sat back down on the couch. My mom was helping my dad out in the kitchen, my parents had shooed my brothers away from the house tonight. I guess they wanted this whole thing alone.
"I'll get it!" I jumped off the couch once again and ran to the door. I half expected to see Skip again I mean that guy doesn't know when to quit but instead it was Rob and Mrs. Wilkins.
"Hello Jessica." Mrs. Wilkins gave me a hug in greeting and then I showed them into the house.
My dad and mom came through the kitchen door into the family room, "Hello Mary it's nice to see you."
I guess that was my cue cause I went and stood at Rob's side, "Mom, Dad this is my boyfriend Rob."
Rob and my Dad first looked surprised, I guess they really hadn't expected me to say it but then my Dad smiled and shook Rob's hand, "Well it's finally nice to meet you Rob."
"It's nice to meet you too Mr. Mastriani."
My mom had been standing off to the side, I guess she was just observing the whole scene but then Rob held out his hand to her and she, surprisingly smiled and took it. Okay want to know the most surprising part, well my mom wasn't faking. I could tell. She was really smiling and she was really happy.
Wow, that's a shocker!
So then we all sat down in the family room. Of course my mom and Mrs. Wilkins we're talking about all those things mother's talk about, and Rob and my dad were talking about the Harley that Rob was rebuilding in his barn. It was all going so well...okay I was kinda scared. I mean everything was too Brady Bunch.
About ten minutes later my dad declared the dinner ready so we all made our way into the dinning room and took our seats. My dad sat at the head with my mom and Mrs. Wilkins at his sides and I sat next to my mom and Rob sat across from me by his mother.
Let me tell you this, if you ever have dinner with your parents and your boyfriend make sure you don't sit right across from him because all you do is smile. Every once in a while when the attention wasn't on Rob or me he would touch my foot with his, YES we were playing footsie while we had dinner with our parents. Okay here are some of the questions that got asked during this dinner... and yes they are all given by my mother and answered by Rob.
How old are you?
Do you have a job?
What kind of vehicle do u drive?
What are your plans for the future?
How long have you and Jessica been going out?
And so forth and so forth... want the absolute truth? Well of course you do...but anyway the truth is that during this question and answer thing I didn't feel at all embarrassed by my mother. I just kept staring at Rob. I mean he really took this thing very seriously, I mean he didn't blow off my mothers integration like some other nineteen year old boys would do. He really answered her truthfully and without hesitation. All I could do was smile at him every time he looked at me.
When the dinner was done we all went back into the family room for dessert and coffee. That's when everything started to fall down.
"Mr. and Mrs. Mastriani I need to tell you something." I looked at Rob, trying to catch his eyes but he wasn't looking at me, he was looking at my parents.
"Anything Rob," that was my Dad.
"Well you see....." and that's when Rob told them everything about his probation. I was speechless! I mean here my parents had only known him technically one night and he was telling them! But me his girlfriend, I had known him for like a while now and he had just told me a few nights ago! What with that!
During Rob's whole "speech" both my parents asked questions and those that Rob could not answer his mother did. But for the most part my dad just nodded his head and my mother looked like she was going to cry. I swear on everything she looked like she was gonna cry! Why did she look like she was gonna cry! Omg what if she's scared! OMG what if she's crying because she realized that her daughter is never gonna be all that she wants her to be! OMG!!
"I know what I did has no excuses and I have none. I was stupid and I thought I could never get caught, but I've learned my lesson." Rob looked over at me and smiled, "I love your daughter and I would do anything for her. She is the greatest person I have ever met in my life and I want to take care of her forever. I can't tell you how much she means to me because I don't think there are strong enough words to describe it." He looked back at my parents who were shocked to say the least, "And I hope that maybe you'll realize how much I do love her and that maybe you'll allow us to continue our relationship."