Oh, howdy, y'all! It's been so long! How've you all been? I'm sorry for such a long wait! Almost a month! I am so sorry! But, I'm back! Hallelujah, right? Now, because I took so long to update, I made this an extra long chapter! 1,270 words! Wow. I'm using a lot of exclamation points...

This was prompted by greenkittycat! Hope ya like!

Patricia's POV

"Don't worry, my mom is nothing like me." Eddie assured me.

"I'm not nervous." I scoffed, bouncing on the balls of my feet.

"I never said you were." Eddie shrugged.

"You being nothing like your mother does not make me feel better." I said after a moment of silence.

"No, I said my mom is nothing like me." he corrected me. "I'm like her in a lot of ways."

"That make no sense!" I exclaimed, throwing my arms up and turning to him with an incredulous look.

"It doesn't need to." Eddie shrugged again.

I huffed and crossed my arms over my chest. I spent the next few minutes imagining what Ms. Miller looked and acted like. I know that Eddie gets his blue-green eyes from his father. His mother must have blonde hair. His dad isn't a rebel at all, so is his mother the rebel?

I snapped out of my thoughts when the front door opened slowly, causing the old hinges to squeak loudly. I cringed at the sound. Eddie moves from his place leaning against the wall to the door as a short woman with strawberry-blonde hair trudged into the room, dragging a large, overly stuffed, neon yellow suitcase. My nose wrinkled in disgust at the bright color. Eddie took the bag's handle, moving it to the corner of the foyer with ease.

"Hello, sweetie!" Ms. Miller sung, throwing her arms around her son's neck.

He hugged her back tightly and kissed her on the cheek as I snorted quietly at the name she'd just used. He pulled back, stepped forward, and gestured to me. "Mom, this is -"

"Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!" we heard someone squeal.

We looked up at Amber skipping down the steps.

"Yes, Amber, what is it?" Eddie rolled his eyes.

"I would like to meet your mother." Amber smiled, turning to the brown eyed woman, holding her hand out. "Hi, I'm Amber Millington, Eddie's housemate and fellow blonde!"

"Nice to meet you, Amber." Ms. Miller replied, shaking her hand.

"Amber, Amber!" Alfie called excitedly, running into the room. "I've perfected my disappearing watch trick!"

"That's fantastic, Boo!" Amber cooed.

"Oh, hi!" Alfie grinned at Eddie's mother. "You must be Ms. Miller." he whipped his arm into the air, nearly elbowing my nose, and a bouquet of fake flowers appeared.

"Oh, thank you." Ms. Miller chuckled, taking the flowers from his hand.

"No problem!" Alfie replied cheerfully.

"Come on, mom." Eddie put his hand on the small of her back and gave her a gentle shove into the common room. He turned around, took my hand in his and dragged me into the room with him.

There, Fabian and Nina were huddled over a game boy on the couch by the window, while Mara and Jerome were reading a book on the sofa across from them. The four looked up at us and their eyes immediately shot to Ms. Miller.

"Guys, this is my mom," he introduced her. The two couples waved at her and offered her warm smiles. "Mom, this is Fabian, Nina, Mara," he shot Mara a quick wink. "and Jerry."

"Jerome, Sweety Jr." Jerome corrected, smirking at the nickname.

"Eddie, Jerry." Eddie shot back making Jerome roll his eyes.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Miller." Mara smiled, standing and holding her hand out to her.

"You too, Mara." the older woman replied.

She shook the others' hands and took a seat next to Mara on the couch. I sat in the arm chair next to Jerome and Mara's seats and Eddie settled on the arm of the chair, resting his arm behind me.

"There are two more you'll meet, mom." Eddie told her. "Joy and Mick."

"Can't wait." she smiled.

I got the feeling she was a bit overwhelmed. I didn't blame her, I would be too. We sat in a silence for a moment before Eddie broke it and motioned to me. "This is Patricia, my -"

"G'day!"

We all turned and I rolled my eyes in frustration. Mick and Joy were standing in the door, Mick's arm around his girlfriend's shoulder.

"Mom, this is Mick and Joy." Eddie sighed, pointing to them.

"Oh, Ms. Miller! So nice to meet you!" Joy smiled, shaking her hand, and Mick did as well.

"You too." Ms. Miller replied, her eyes sweeping over us once before turning back to me. "I don't think I've met you."

Eddie sighed, helping me stand. He set his hands on my shoulders and slid them down my arms to my hands, intertwining our fingers with his palm pressed against the back of my hand. "This is Patricia Williamson, my girlfriend."

"Oh, hello." she smiled warily, then turned back to Eddie, lowering her voice to a whisper that everyone heard. "What happened to Amanda?"

"Oh, no." Eddie murmured, resting his forehead on my shoulder.

"I really liked Amanda, why did you break up with her?"

"Yes, why did you break up with her?" I glare at him over my shoulder, trying to free my hands. He let them go, but moved his to my waist.

"Guys, can you leave for a sec?" Eddie directed this to our housemates.

"I'd actually really like to stay." Jerome smirked, leaning back in his seat.

"Jerome," Mara scolded quietly, hitting his arm lightly with the back of her hand. "We'll give you a minute."

The others left the room and Eddie sighed, hugging my waist from behind, pressing my back against his chest and stomach.

"We weren't dating, mom. She was the tutor I told you about. For History. Coming over to tutor me."

"Then what were you doing at the library after she came over?" his mother question, her eyes narrowing.

"Uh…" he sighed again. "I went paintballing with Max and Jayden."

Ms. Miller scoffed. "I never liked those boys."

"That's not the point." Eddie rolled his eyes. "Anyway. Patricia's my only girlfriend."

"Well…" Ms. Miller bit her lip.

"Excuse us a minute, Yacker." Eddie let go of me and dragged his mother out of the room.

I heard him grumbling at her but couldn't pick up any words beside my name. I heard Ms. Miller mumble something about not liking me, then Eddie saying she didn't know me, then her answering with a 'I know enough'.

"Like what?" Eddie exclaimed, then lowered his voice.

After a few minutes of waiting, I took a seat and sighed. I knew she wouldn't like me. Parents never do.

"Yacker?" Eddie breathed in my ear after who knows how long.

"Yes?" I turned my head to him.

"How would you like to have dinner with me and mom so she can get to know you better?" he knelt down behind the sofa, twirling a strand of my auburn hair around his finger.

"She doesn't like me, does she?" I said in a monotone.

"She wants to know this is going somewhere."

"Is it going somewhere?"

"I want it to go somewhere." he whispered.

"Alright, I'll go make reservations." he left the room with a kiss on my cheek and I was alone again.

"Patricia?" I looked up to see Ms. Miller tip toeing into the room. She smiled at me and looked over at the door Eddie had just left through. "I actually do like you." she assured me.

"You do? Then why'd you -"

"I just like to see Eddie squirm." she cut me off, an Eddie grin growing on her face. "I'll see you at dinner tonight."

She sent me a wink, then slipped out of the room.

I chuckled.

Wow. They're more alike than I thought.

I liked that. I thought it was funny. It was long right? Let me know what y'all think! It's not exactly like you prompted but you did ask for Ms. Miller not to like Patricia, so I made it like that, but with Ms. Miller messin' with Eddie. :D

Prompt! Review! All that jazz...

Verse 25: Philippians 4:5-7: Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

I'll try to update as soon as I can!

Love, y'all!

-Rachel