Meet The Parents

"Who is that guy?" A dark haired, Puerto Rican woman turned to her friend, sitting in the school cafeteria as she watched an unfamiliar face walk into the area. She knew everyone's face, so an unfamiliar one always stuck out.

"Who?" Eve, her friend asked.

"Over there." She nodded with her head, "Bandana on."

"Oh, him." Eve noticed who she was talking about, "Yeah, he's new. He's friends with Jamie. He's fitting in pretty well." She said, turning to her friend April, or AJ to a lot of people.

"He fits in because he's hot." AJ smirked.

"You turn down the most popular, fittest guy in high school, but you think a biker guy looks hot?" Eve questioned, "There's something wrong with you."

"Don't you think so?" AJ asked her, "He has a… a nice face." AJ smiled, lost in staring at this new boy in their school.

"Well I heard he got moved schools because of putting another kid through a wall in his old one." Eve nodded as AJ rolled her eyes.

"Well here's some news for you, what you hear normally isn't always right." AJ said, "How come he is friends with Jamie? Don't you need to like… past some sort of test to be rolling with that crew?"

"I'm thinking he's dealing them drugs." Eve said as AJ scoffed.

"What? Because he has a piercing and some tattoos?" AJ questioned.

"Well… yeah." Eve nodded, "Do you see anyone else around here looking like him?"

"No." AJ smiled, that's why her eyes caught on him right away, "Look at his smile." AJ told Eve who just looked over, unbothered.

"There's something wrong with you. You've been asked out by so many guys this year. Like… fit guys-"

"That's because I'm a cheerleader and we're easy targets." AJ corrected her friend.

"But… but still… you've had so many chances and this is the guy you have your eyes on?" Eve asked her as AJ smiled and nodded.

"He seems nice." AJ nodded.

"He seems like a criminal." Eve said as AJ tutted, "And what would your mom and dad think of that?" She asked as AJ shrugged.

"Jeez, I'm just saying he's cute. I'm not screwing the guy." AJ shook her head, "But maybe he'll be at Jamie's party tonight." AJ nodded hopefully, "Can I get ready at your place? I told my mom I was just staying over at yours. If she saw me leaving the house with any skin showing she would… lock me up for days." AJ shook her head as Eve smiled.

"Yes, of course you're welcome." Eve smiled, "Come on, we should get to practise."

"Hey, Phil." Jamie, the high school's lunatic and pretty boy nodded over to Punk, sitting on the bleachers outside, "If you had your pick, which one would you go for?" He asked, pointing over to the cheerleaders as Punk looked over.

Punk had moved schools after some incidents at his previous his schools. Luckily enough he knew some people at this school and he actually fit in pretty great. He didn't look very popular guy esque, but somehow he had fit in with the pretty popular clique.

"I don't know any of them." Punk laughed to himself, looking on at all the cheerleaders practising.

"I don't care if you don't know them. Which one would you wanna fuck the most? That's all I'm saying." Jamie put his hands up.

"That's charming." Punk laughed, "But I… I really couldn't say. I don't know them." He nodded.

"Oh, you're way too nice." Jamie chuckled.

"This is how he gets all the girls, though." Chuck piped up from behind, "He's got that respect thing girls love."

"Yeah, it doesn't take much to respect a woman." Punk assured them. Although not brought up in a steady household, he knew his morals and manners. He respected women, he didn't drink, smoke or do drugs, he knew he was no doubt the odd one out in his group of current friends, but he was sure that's why they loved him.

"You know that one there?" Jamie pointed to AJ as Punk looked over, "She turned down the top football player in this school." She said as Punk nodded, staring over at AJ who was suddenly sticking out more than any of the other girls.

"Maybe she didn't like him." Punk shrugged.

"But we all know the top cheerleader dates the top footballer. It's like cliché high school rules, right?" They chuckled as Punk smiled.

"What's her name?" Punk asked, staring over at AJ, suddenly he couldn't take his eyes from her, watching her bounce around, laughing with her friends and smiling. That smile.

"April." Jamie nodded, "Yeah, she's ok, I guess." He shrugged, "She's coming to my party tonight, if you're that interested." He smirked.

"Y-Yeah. Yeah, I'll be there." Punk nodded, looking over at AJ.

"Oh my Gosh, he's staring at me." AJ whispered to Eve who looked over.

"To be fair, they're all sitting staring at us." Eve nodded. They were the popular girls at school. They got invited to all the parties, they were cheerleaders, they got the hot guys and they made the rules.

"He's just staring at me, though." AJ told Eve, noticing him in the corner of her eye, still staring at her.

"Then put on a show for him." Eve smiled as AJ looked at her, "Without these." She grabbed the pom poms from AJ as she looked over at Punk who was still staring, but it wasn't in a creepy way. He was staring with fondness, like his eyes were trying to tell her something. He wasn't just drooling over her by any means and that was nice.

She did what she only knew how to do and flirted back, even with no communication, beginning to dance, running her hands down her body, moving her hips, turning around, making sure to keep it classy but effective.

"Yeah, that's more like it!" Jamie cheered, standing up on the bleachers whilst Punk watched, smiling to himself as he noticed she was only looking at him, he knew exactly what she was doing. He nodded to her as she smiled back at him, not needing words to know they were into one another.

"Hey, man." Punk arrived at Jamie's party in his house later that night, finding his group of friends in the kitchen. He didn't struggle to make friends as much as he looked like he would. He fit in pretty well with the popular guys, he knew their humour and he certainly knew their misbehaviour. He promised himself when he first came to the school that he would be different. That he would be good.

"You're late." Jamie said, "What was the hold up?" He questioned.

"Just got caught up with my little brother." Punk nodded briefly. No matter how close he got to anyone, he'd never explain how tough things at home were.

"Is your little brother still at your old school?" Jamie asked as Punk nodded, grabbing a soda. The house was pretty full with kids from school. It was nice to escape.

"Yeah. It's pretty shit having to go to different schools now." Punk admitted.

"Hey, man. What actually happened with you?" People are saying you threw a guy through a wall. Others are saying you were dealing heroine in the toilets." Jamie said as Punk could only laugh.

"Yeah, the heroine thing made me laugh." Punk admitted, "I was just… in too many fights." Punk nodded briefly.

"Well I'll know not to piss you off." Jamie chuckled, looking out into the living room as he saw the cheerleading squad arrive, "I'm thinking we do a little game of seven minutes in heaven." He nodded to them all as Punk laughed a little.

"Don't you play that when you're sixteen?" Punk chuckled.

"We're seventeen." Jamie stared at him with confusion.

"I'm eighteen actually." Punk nodded, "But whatever, play your game. Just… don't put my name in it." He made clear.

"Oh, don't be a bore. You don't have to do anything with anyone." Jamie said.

"Really? I thought that was literally the idea of the game." Punk said.

"No." Jamie shook his head, grabbing a bowl and starting to write everyone's names down as Punk looked out in the living room, looking over at AJ who was sitting with Eve and the other girls. Some of the football team were also there as well as some others. He couldn't help but want to talk to her some place quiet and alone.

"This game is stupid." Tom, the head of the football team spat once Jamie had emerged with the names in a bowl.

"Oh, lighten up Tom." Jamie shook his head, "It's a bit of fun." He said whilst Punk leaned against the wall with his arms folded, "Ok, so we have a list of boys names and a list of girls."

"We know the rules, idiot." Eve said, "Just pick them." She said excitedly whilst AJ watched.

"Ok, our first boy we got… Phil." Jamie chuckled, turning to Punk who shook his head, "And who is gonna be the lucky girl?" He questioned, picking out a girl's name. It read Eve's name on the piece of paper, but he knew that wasn't what his friend wanted, "April." Jamie nodded, scrunching the paper up as AJ turned to Eve.

Punk looked over to AJ. What were the odds?

"You get a pick of the bedroom, the kitchen or the closet." Jamie told them as AJ stood up, passing her drink to Eve and walking over to Punk, taking his hand and leading him over to the stairs.

"Holy shit." Chuck widened his eyes whilst Tom glared over at them.

Punk followed AJ up the stairs and into a bedroom, closing the door over as he watched her walk around.

"Hey, look… I know it's just a game, it's a bit of fun but… I'm not gonna do anything with you." Punk made clear. The last thing he wanted was her to think he wanted something from her when that wasn't the case at all.

"Why not?" AJ shook her head, sitting down on the edge of the bed.

"I-I don't know you." Punk shook his head, "It'd be wrong." He said as she looked over at him. He already was like no other boy she'd ever met. Normally going into a room with a boy for seven minutes would terrify her but he didn't scare her one bit. In fact, she felt safer with him upstairs than she ever did downstairs with everyone else.

"So you're new?" AJ smiled as Punk nodded, putting his hands in his pockets and walking over, sitting down on the bed beside her.

"Yeah, I've been here a couple of weeks now." Punk nodded.

"How come you know Jamie and his friends?" AJ asked.

"Jamie lived on my block growing up. I've known him since I was little." Punk said as AJ nodded.

"Well at least you're fitting in." AJ smiled as Punk nodded.

"I wasn't really trying to. He was just the only guy I knew and his friends are ok." Punk said, "They're not like the crew I went with in my old school-"

"What were they like?" AJ asked him as he turned to her. For some reason, she seemed legitimately interested.

"Uh… not like this." Punk said.

"You don't give much away, do you?" AJ smiled to him as he looked at her.

She was insanely beautiful. He couldn't help but stare and admire her features. He'd liked girls in the past, he'd had flimsy relationships but he'd never been this curious about a girl before.

"What about you? You went to this school all your life?" Punk asked her.

"Yeah." AJ nodded, "And I am your cliché. Cheerleader-"

"Yeah, I saw that." Punk nodded to her as she tucked her hair behind her ear, "Nice dance today. You're good." He said as she looked up at him.

"Take it as my welcome gift." AJ smiled.

"Well it's really appreciated." Punk nodded as she smiled, "You come to parties a lot?" He asked. He'd never felt nervous to talk to a girl before. He wasn't sure why he was feeling this way. He didn't know if it was her popular status, the fact she was extremely gorgeous, or that he actually found talking to her pretty nice and interesting.

"I guess so." AJ nodded, "Not to get drunk or anything. I… I don't do that." AJ said.

"Me neither." Punk smiled.

"Really?" She shook her head as he nodded, "That's odd." She scoffed a little, "I don't know any guy who doesn't drink."

"Well now you do." Punk smiled, "Why don't you?" He asked her.

"Uh… it's a long story." AJ admitted, "For another time maybe." She nodded as Punk nodded too.

"Sure. At least I know there will be another time." Punk said as she smiled.

"So what's the truth?" AJ asked, "Why'd you get kicked out of your old school?" She asked him, "There's a lot of stories going around."

"Yeah, I heard." Punk laughed a little, "I was just getting into trouble a lot." He nodded, "That's all." He downplayed it as AJ nodded.

"Bad boy?" AJ smiled, "Speaking to the cliché cheerleader. We're straight out of a hot teen movie." She nodded as he smiled.

"Well, I'm not bad so…" He shrugged, "And stop calling yourself a cliché just because you're a cheerleader. I'm sure you're all different. It's the guys fault for branding you in that category." He shook his head as she looked at him.

She thought he was incredibly sexy but not just by his looks, by what he said, his voice was like angels singing to her ears, so mellow and soft. And she believed every word that came out of his mouth.

"You got into a lot of trouble. You must have been bad." AJ nodded, "Rolling with the wrong crowd?"

"Something like that." Punk nodded.

"Well Jamie and his friends can be pretty annoying but… they don't get into any real trouble." AJ assured him, "So you'll be fine." She said.

"Good to know." Punk nodded, "You know I hope we uh… we don't need to do seven minutes in heaven every time we wanna talk." Punk laughed a little as she smiled to herself. He was sweet and funny, and his smile was so beautiful. But she saw a lot of trouble behind it.

"If you wanna talk, we can talk anywhere." AJ nodded to him.

"That's good to know." Punk smiled.

"I don't think any guy has played this game with the intention just to talk." She admitted.

"To be honest, I didn't want to play in the first place." He laughed a little, "I thought it was like a pre-teen game." He admitted.

"Well it is, but… it creates a lot of drama and… we all love that, don't we?" She nodded sarcastically.

"Nothing dramatic about this." He said.

"Well you're different." She nodded in a soft voice as he turned to her, "Not like the other guys here."

"How's that?" Punk asked her as AJ shrugged, "I mean, I know I got… bleach blonde hair and a couple of tattoos… I guess I stick out but… I'm sure I'm not that different from the other guys." He said.

"You have no idea." AJ nodded. Being able to sit and talk to him so freely was something she really hadn't experienced with a boy before. There was always an agenda before with the boys she'd spoken to.

He smiled to her, looking into her beautiful eyes, his face getting closer to hers when there was suddenly a loud bang at the door.

"Seven minutes are up." Jamie said, "Now get your pants back up and let someone else in." He said as Punk pulled back and rolled his eyes, running his hand through his hair as AJ laughed a little.

"Uh… we should go." AJ nodded, standing up from the bed as Punk nodded, following her out and opening the door as Jamie stood with a smile.

"I hope we were safe." Jamie smiled to them both.

"Dude, shut up." Punk scoffed, shoving him as AJ smiled.

"I'll uh… see you around." AJ nodded to Punk, walking back down the stairs as Punk smiled.

"Dude, what happened?" Jamie smiled, "Did you do anything?" He asked.

"No, we just talked." Punk shrugged.

"Hmm… not really the point of the game, is it?" Jamie folded his arms as Punk rolled his eyes, "Do you like her?" He smiled, "You do, don't you?"

"Y-Yeah, she's… she's pretty cool." Punk nodded, "I don't know, I'll see where it goes."