Chapter Seven- What to do, what to do
Tinsley did not speak on the twenty minute drive back home. Ava could practically feel her anger pulsing through the car though.
The second they got home, Zach rushed off to his room to listen to the loudest songs he could find- his mom was about to erupt and he wanted to survive the apocalypse.
Ava casually put her coat in the closet and let out a huge yawn. "I am so tired, I'm just gonna go straight to bed-"
"In the living room now!" her mom screeched at her.
Ava rolled her eyes and stomped into her favorite jade green chair in the living room, her mom settling her parents sitting down on the couch in front of her.
"Ava what did I tell you when we dropped you off at school?"
"You told me to have fun, to be social, to call home every Sunday-"
"I told you to not talk to Sean! And you did!"
"Jesus mom, I am not a child okay! I can date whoever I want, dad can't I date whoever I want?"
"Ava, Sean's parents are not good people-"
"WHO CARES, I DON'T WANT TO DATE HIS PARENTS, I WANT TO DATE HIM!"
"Ava, you will lower your voice!" Tinsley snapped at her. "And never talk to that boy-"
"HIS NAME IS SEAN-"
"AND NEVER TALK TO THAT BOY AGAIN OR YOU WILL BE HOMESCHOOLED AND DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT I'M BLUFFING, I WILL CHAIN YOU TO THE WALL IF I HAVE TO!"
Ava glared at her fiercely, her eyes bloodshot and huge.
"DADDY, I WANT TO BE WITH SEAN!"
"Ava, we're not going to talk about it anymore! You are not to see that boy again, and tht is final!"
"I HATE BOTH OF YOU!"
And with that she stomped off to her room, deciding then and there to not speak a word to her parents for the rest of the vacation.
Tinsley was staring at her cell phone, not knowing what she wanted to do. She should call her. Haven't spoken to her in years- but this was urgent.
"Hi Jenny."
"Tinsley!"
"Look, I know that I am the last person you want to talk to but this is urgent. I've recently discovered that my daughter has been dating your son since Halloween."
Pause.
"Jenny? Jenny are you there?"
"Yes I'm here. Well, um… that's surprising."
"I agree."
"They really should concentrate more on their studies though."
"Absolutely."
"So, I'll talk to Sean."
"Great."
"Good bye."
"Bye."
She slammed the phone shut and flounced off to take a long, well deserved bath.
Jenny felt like her heart was about to pound out of her chest as she rushed off to Sean's room. Ava Ferro! Sean could do so much better then her!
"Sean, we need to talk!"
"Mom! God, you scared the crap out of me, could you knock next time?"
"Why are you dating Ava Ferro!?"
Sean gaped at her for a few moments, unsure what to say. "I'm really happy with her-"
"I don't care Sean! Her parents are horrible people and wither you want to believe it or not, someday she will be her mother and trust me, you will not want to be within a hundred yards of her when that happens!"
"Mom, you can't decide who I date, I'm fourteen-"
"AND STILL LIVING UNDER MY ROOF YOUNG MAN! AND AS LONG AS YOU ARE, YOU WILL NOT GO NEAR THAT GIRL EVER AGAIN! IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?!"
Sean stared at her for several seconds, and Jenny thought for a moment that he might actually explode.
"GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"
Furious, Jenny stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Julian met her in the hall. He looked at her crimson face quizzically.
"Honey, are you okay?"
"Talk some sense into your son, he is dating Tinsley's devil spawn!"
Sean was furiously pounding at the buttons on his x-box when his dad walked in. He rolled his eyes.
"Dad, I am really not in the mood."
"Sean, I just want to understand what's bothering you."
Sean whirled around in his chair.
"I just don't want to be told who I can and can't be with."
Julian nodded. "Okay. This Ava though… do you love her?"
Sean scratched his nose. "I don't know… I think I might."
"Where you dating Callie and Easy's daughter before her?"
"Well… yeah but-"
Julian laughed. "Oh Sean… it's really not what you think it is. It's just that when your mom and I were in school, Callie, Easy, Tinsley and Heath were probably the most popular kids in school and- well they weren't always the nicest of people and your mom is just scared that Ava and Maddy are going to be carbon copies of them who deep down, don't care about anyone but themselves."
Sean sighed, understanding what his dad was saying but not feeling like he was hearing him out. "I understand dad, but you and mom don't know Ava. She's really not that bad."
Julian raised his eyebrow.
"She- she can be a little high-strung but who isn't, at least sometimes? And really dad, she not this superficial brat your picturing, she- she likes traveling and animals and modeling!"
Julian nodded, seeing Sean's point of view.
"Okay. Okay, I will talk to your mom. Good night Sean."
"'Night dad."
Jenny was flipping through the TV channels when Julian walked into the living room and sat down next to her.
"He really seems to like Ava. And I'm sure that part of her is like Tinsley but from what Sean said she does seem a little less… impatient."
Jenny rubbed her eyes, a glimpse of Sean and Ava getting married. But looking happy.
"All right. If he's happy, then that's all that matters. I just don't want to see him get hurt."
Sean had felt his heart stop when his parents came back to his room and told him that if he was happy being with Ava, then they were happy for him. Finally!
"She's just better off this way and there are so many other boys that she could have…" Tinsley jabbered as she softly ran the loufa across Heath's shoulder.
"Couldn't agree more babe." Heath sighed. A lot of guys would be annoyed out of their minds by so much drama. But Heath had of course known Tinsley for years and he only got more turned on the more agitated she got.
Ring, ring, ring!
Tinsley groaned. "What the hell. Hello?"
"Tinsley, it's Jenny."
Guahh!!!
"Look I know that this is the last thing you want to hear but Julian and I just talked to Sean and he said a lot of nice things about Ava and he seems to really like her. Don't you think that if they're happy that that's all that matters?"
Tinsley did not respond for several seconds. Ava had seemed gaga whenever Sean was mentioned. Arghhhhhhh….
"You- you might be right." Heath laughed at how difficult he knew it was for her to say that and she splashed some water at him. "I'll talk to Ava but um… if the kids are both happy and they get along then that's great."
"Great. I guess we'll see you at parents weekend."
"Yeah. Bye."
"Bye."
The second Tinsley hung up the phone Heath burst out laughing. "That went well. Why did you back down so easily?"
Tinsley ran her hands through her hair. "I don't… want her to hate me/"
"Tins, she's never going to hate you, she just gets pissed off by you."
Tinsley shrugged. "Whatever. I don't want to talk about it right now." she said simply as she kissed him passionately, bubbles filling her mob of black hair.
Sorry it took so long to update, I had writer's cramp. I'll update the next chapter really soon though, promise. And Zigalicious and Captain Tinsley Skywalker, I beg of you do not give up on your stories and please, please, please update them immediately!!!