A.N thanks so much for all your reviews, feedback was great. Well heres the next chapter hope you enjoy .
West continued to sway nervously back and forth on his feet; he had been standing outside the Bennet home for little over 10 minutes now and had still been unable to ring the bell. Of course West had be exited about seeing Claire again, but at the thought of meeting her father or Peter again; made West anxious. Claire's uncle's first impressions of West defiantly weren't the best, and West knew that, his only hope was to redeem himself today and tonight at dinner. Maybe, West thought to himself, Peter would get to know him and accept him as someone important in Claire's life, West's thoughts were put to a sudden stop by someone opening the front door.
"Well were you ever going to knock? Or were you just going to stay out here forever, looking like some deranged stalker?"
'maybe not'
West took in a sharp intake of breath, before answering.
"I'm West and you must be Peter, I believe we met last night", West said and struck out his hand in a friendly gesture.
Peter continued to stare down at West's hand, and without shaking it turned around and walked back into the house, leaving a rather confused West on the front porch.
"Claire!! West is here"
West let out a breath he hadn't realised he had been holding.
Well at least she told them I was coming
West's thoughts were interrupted, when he saw Claire walking down the stairs and like many times before his breath was taken from him, because to West; Claire looked breathtaking even in the simplest of clothes.
"Hey" she said shyly.
"Hi" West mumbled nervously.
West would blame his uneasiness on the fact that Peter was still in the room, glaring violently in his direction. However West knew, although he hated to admit it; sounding much like a teenage girl, Claire still managed to give him butterflies.
Claire walked over to where West was standing and without caring that Peter was still in the room, kissed West innocently on the cheek and whispered in his ear.
"I missed you"
A clearing of throats could be heard, interrupting the two's rather personal moment.
"Sorry dad", Claire said blushing "Mum, Dad, Lyle and Peter this is West…my boyfriend"
And as Claire stated the last word, she grabbed a hold of West's hand.
West smiled nervously at the audience before him, all of which were staring back at him as if they might kill him there and then, only Claire's mum seem to smiling at the news of her daughter's boyfriend.
"Peter you met West last night"
Peter coughed a bit.
"Yeah we met"
Claire seemed to be looking at her mum as a means for a way to get out of this uncomfortable silence. Sandra finally getting the hints Claire was sending her cleared her throat.
"Umm well why don't you show West your room Claire and I'll call you when dinner is ready, it was nice meeting you West, Claire seems to have good taste in boys these days, not like that boy back in Texas what was his name, Brody?"
Sandra said looking at her husband.
Claire shook her head at her mum and her dad knowing very well why Claire didn't want him brought up asked her for help in the kitchen. Sandra and Noah exited along with Lyle into the kitchen, leaving Peter alone with West and Claire.
"Well West my room is this way," Claire said while giving West a sly smile. Causing West to blush uncontrollably and smile back.
West and Claire were halfway up the stairs, when Peter finally let his brain come to rest on the proposal Claire had been giving West.
"Claire…you can't be serious, a boy is not going to be going into you room, especially with you in it ALONE!!!"
"Peter don't be stupid…. of course he is" Claire said giggling and shutting the door, she loved teasing Peter about West, considering he seemed to be getting worked up on absolutely nothing these days, ever since she told him she met a boy at school.
West stood nervously, looking around at Claire's room; it was you typical teenage girls room pink and walls filled with just about everything that interest her. Claire sat on the edge of her bed looking up at West.
"Sorry about Peter, I'm sure he'll warm up to you real soon, once he sees what I see in you", Claire stated while smiling in West's direction.
"I'm not going to bet on that, he seems like he really hates me"
West was nearly knocked out by Peter opening Claire's door rather harshly, Peter then continued to walk towards his room. Claire sighed and got up and slammed the door closed, while also locking it and then turned back to West. West and Claire were now only standing inches apart, both staring intensely into each other's eyes.
"Hi" Claire breathed out, while inching closer to West.
"Hi" West also breathed out, and like Claire slowly began to lean in.
SMASH
Both were stirred from the daze by, Peter who had obviously tried to push open Claire's door, however because the door had been locked; Peter had accidentally let his super strength take over, leaving a huge hole in Claire's door.
Claire didn't seem at all surprised as West and simply got a sheet and hung it over the gaping hole in the door before turning her complete attention back to West.
West, still trying to understand how Claire could be so calm, like breaking people's doors was an everyday occurrence in the Bennet household.
"Don't worry, once he smashes the door he is kinda to embarrassed to come back…. so where were we?" Claire smiled up at West.
West not caring anymore about anything other then Claire; the girl who managed to steal his heart in less then 3 months now, smiled down in her direction.
"Well I was about to kiss you, if you don't mind of course?"
"I don't mind" And while smiling Claire leant up to West and kissed him lightly on the lips.
West and Claire had been so wrapped in each other's kisses, that they didn't realised that they were slowly making their way over to Claire's bed, until they had fallen on top of it.
West and Claire froze, West breathing huskily over Claire. Claire nervously reached up to West's and tenderly placing her hand on the back of his neck pulled West down to her lips, the movement surprising the both of them.
"Claire.." West managed to breath out between kisses he was now placing along Claire's neck. "If your not ready…."
"CLAIRE!!! DINNERS READY!!!"
Claire slid bashfully from under West and adjusted her creased top, trying to hide any sign from her parents and Peter, of what her and West had been doing.
"Claire…I'm.." West was stuttering to form words into complete sentences.
"It's ok West, now come on dinner's ready". Claire stretched out her hand, which West gladly took. And the two, both hands held tightly together, walked downstairs to the dinner, West had been dreading.
Dinner had been going on for about 5 minutes and Sandra had been politely asking West questions about his school life and his parents.
"So Claire, I'm sure we all been wondering, how and when did first see West then more then a friend"
Peter choked nosily on his beef and had to drink most of his water to get the stray piece down safely. Claire ignoring him simply answered.
"It all happened one day in gym, West was helping me clean up and we realised we had a few things in common" Claire smiled and grabbed West's hand.
"So West", all were silent West was shocked to hear Claire's dad addressing him; he having not spoken to him since he had arrived. "What are you planning to do with yourself after leaving school…college?"
"Actually I haven't made up my mind yet", West answered simply
"I see, what are your grades like? A's, B's, C's, D's", Noah's voice getting more lower as he went on.
"Umm some B's and C's, I vary from Classes, I get A's in biology though" West said proudly.
Noah didn't seem to share West enthusiasm.
"hmm, so where do you see this relationship with my daughter heading?"
West took a big swing from his glass.
"Well, I really care for your daughter and I think I might be falling in love with her" Claire spun her head around to meet West's.
"You might be falling in love with me?"
West didn't get to answer, having Noah interrupt once again.
"Falling in love with her you have known her for what, 3 months?, how can you say your falling in love with her"
Peter was now choking on a piece of bread and having to have Lyle pat his back trying to cough it up. However all attention seemed to be on West, Claire and Noah.
"What is this 20 questions?" West joked nervously, however upon seeing Claire's stricken look admittedly wanted to take it back.
"You think dating my daughter is some sort of joke" Noah started to yell in West's direction
"No of course I don't", West said more sternly then he thought he was compatible of at that moment. "And if you can't see that I care for you daughter and I would never want or let anything happen to her, well that's your loss because I am going to continue and see your daughter as long as she wants me to, with your approval or not"
The Bennet household was once again filled with an uncomfortable silence.
"It was loving meeting you all" and with that West walked out of the Bennet's dinning room and the Bennet house.
Claire looked on at her family and then her eyes locked on her father's and for the first time, her father saw the hurt that was reflecting in them, the hurt he had been the cause for and without saying another word Claire walked up to her room, her door slamming loudly behind her.
West shortly later walked into his house, and upon seeing his mum sitting up waiting for any news, tried to hide the fact he had been crying.
"WEST SWEETY HOW IS CLAIRE" West mum said while giggling uncontrollably.
West rushed past her and slamming the door, locking it he lied down on his bed, waiting for the sleep he knew would not come, to take him away from his pain that was slowly killing him from inside out. West tried to block out his phone, which continued to ring every few minutes until it to died along with West's heart.
A.N thanks for reading, plz review.