Kyra ran downstairs. She plopped down on the couch beside us and smiled.
"Okay. Since we now know you two are dating, can we please meet your parents?" she pleaded.
"I guess," Jesse said shrugging. I smiled and stood up.
"Let's go!" I exclaimed.
"Now?" I nodded, and Kyra ran back upstairs. He pinned me against the wall. I kissed him.
"I love you," I whispered before kissing him again. The front door opened, and Mom and Dad walked through the door. They were gaping at us.
"Uh…" Mom was stunned.
"Hello," I said innocently. They were just staring at us.
"Wow. Since when are you two make-out buddies?" Dad teased. I turned bright red.
"Uh…two years ago," I said sweetly. Mom and Dad stared at us.
"Two years ago tomorrow," Jesse corrected. I rolled my eyes.
"My bad."
"Two years?" Mom asked.
"I heard you say
you loved him!" Dad said loudly. "You told me you didn't fall
in love yesterday!"
"I didn't. I was already in love,"
I said smirking. He frowned.
"Wow," Mom said softly. Jesse looked at me.
"Now, let's see,
who doesn't know?"
"Your parents, all the adults here
except Mom and Dad, and everyone at school," I answered. He nodded.
"Now, let's go!"
"Where are you going?" Mom asked
curiously. Kyra, Austin, and Mattie ran downstairs.
"We're going to meet his parents," Kyra announced. Mom looked at me.
"Yep."
"Anyone who wants to can come," Jesse announced.
"Even Mom and Dad?" I asked raising an eyebrow. He shrugged.
"If they want to," he said simply. I smiled and looked at them.
"Please?" I begged. They nodded.
"We'll come," Mom promised. I squealed and grabbed Jesse's hand.
"You lead the way," I said before pulling him outside.
"You mean to tell me you're going to let me drive?" he asked sarcastically. I never let him drive. Ever.
"Oh my gosh!" I exclaimed. He looked at me. "I just realized. Now that everyone knows, we can actually go on dates now." He grinned.
"Right. We can." I nodded. "How about tonight? We could go to the movies," he suggested. I squealed.
"Works for me,"
I said happily. He smiled.
"You're in a really good mood
today," he whispered. "I love it when you're in a good mood."
I nodded.
"Well, first of all, everyone knows we're dating. Secondly, whenever I kiss you, I'm in a good mood. Thirdly, I'm meeting your parents. And finally, we're going on our first date," I said sweetly. He smiled.
"I need to put you in a good mood more often," he observed. I smiled and nodded.
Everyone pilled in the SUV. Jesse put his bags in the trunk, and he climbed in beside me. Mattie got on the other side of him.
'How could these two backstab me like this? I mean, my gosh! If something happens, what if I have to choose? I don't want my little sister like person to be dating my best friend!'
"Mattie, nothing's going to happen," I assured him. He looked at me.
"Oh yeah. I forgot you can read minds," he mumbled. Mom looked at him. "Oops." Jesse stared at me.
"You can? That's cool. I…never mind." He looked at me. 'I can morph into any object, and I can make any object appear. I can also control nature,' he told me mentally. I gasped.
"That's awesome!" I exclaimed. He nodded.
"It sometimes is."
"Show me something," I pleaded. He sighed.
Suddenly, it started raining. Really hard.
"That's odd," Mom said warily. "There wasn't even a single gray cloud in the sky. And now, look!" I gaped at Jesse, and he grinned.
"Wow." He nodded.
"Yup," he said happily. 'Is that the only thing you can do?' He was thinking that. I shook my head.
'Nope. I can also control water, talk to animals, see the past, move so fast you don't even realize it, turn invisible, and make other objects turn invisible. Oh, and I'm really strong. I'm literally bulletproof.' He stared at me.
"Seriously? All of that?" I nodded. He was still staring.
"Okay, what is going on…oh my gosh! Taylor, why did you just tell him everything you can do?" Kyra shrieked. I sighed.
"Because, he's my boyfriend, and I'm not going to keep it from him," I lied. Well, partially.
"Whoa. You told him everything you can do?" Mattie asked. I nodded, and he rolled his eyes.
"Nothing's going to happen," I assured him again. "And even if something did happen, he wouldn't tell anyone." Mattie shook his head.
"Whatever. I know he wouldn't, but how can you be sure nothing's going to happen?" he asked angrily. I sighed.
"Mattie, why does it bother you so much that we're dating?" I asked softly. He scowled.
"Because Taylor. He's my best friend. You're like my little sister. How would you feel if I dated your best friend?" he spat. I shrugged.
"It wouldn't bother me," I answered honestly. He rolled his eyes and looked out the window. "God, Mattie, sometimes you can be just like Dad and Iggy. As stubborn as a freaking donkey!"
"Hey!" Dad said from the front seat. I smiled innocently.
"Oops. I forgot Mom," I said sweetly. Mom nodded.
"She has a point. But our kids got it worse. They have mine and Fang's stubbornness rolled into one," she teased. Jesse grinned.
"That could be why Taylor's so freaking stubborn. She never looses an argument," he said quietly. I nodded.
"Yep. It is. Poor you," I said laying my head on his shoulder. Mattie scoffed. I rolled my eyes, and I looked out my window.
"So, where did you say you lived?" Dad asked.
"Oh, it's right across the street from the school," Jesse answered. "The big house. You seriously can't miss it. It's house number 703." Dad nodded.
"Oh my gosh!" I exclaimed. "That's your house?" He nodded.
"So you mean whenever we would say something about how pretty it was, it never clicked that it was yours?" Kyra asked curiously.
"I guess not," Jesse said shrugging. I rolled my eyes.
"Or you just didn't want to brag about it," I corrected. He smiled.
"Or that."
"Mom, Dad, this is Taylor," Jesse said as we sat on the couch. They smiled at me.
"Hello Taylor," his mom said sweetly. "Are you his girlfriend?" I nodded, and his dad smiled.
"Well, you can call me Sam. This is my wife, Lissa." I froze and looked at them.
His mom had red hair, and his dad had dirty blonde. He had a warm smile.
"Where did everyone else go?" Jesse asked curisouly. I smiled.
"They're still in the car. Do you want me to go get them?" I asked sweetly. He shrugged.
"I can," he said as he was standing up. I rolled my eyes, and someone knocked on the door. He opened it, and everyone walked in.
"My brother, sister, and cousin wanted to come too," I explained. Mom and Dad walked in and then froze.
"You have got to be kidding me," Mom hissed. Lissa narrowed her eyes at her.
"Wow. Max, long time no see, thank God!" she spat. Mom rolled her eyes. Dad was glaring at Sam. I looked at Jesse in panic.
"Uh oh," I whispered. He nodded.
"Sam, so very not nice to see you again!" Dad said venomously. Sam nodded.
"You know, I'm glad you're married. Now, you'll stay away from my Lissa!" he snarled.
"You can have Lissa. Max is mine," Dad said darkly. Sam shrugged.
"Fine with me!" he said simply. I grabbed Jesse's hand.
"This can't be good," I whispered.
"So, let me get this straight," Lissa said snidely. "You didn't enjoy kissing Sam, even though you kissed him twice?"
"He kissed me," Mom said icily. "And I didn't know what to do! But you were the one stuck to Fang, or then Nick, like glue!"
"How do you even know about that?" she asked angrily.
"I was trying to
find Fang to tell him about something, and I walked by in the
hallway," she said simply. "I have hated you ever since."
"Good. So it's not just me."
"Nope," Mom said shaking
her head. "Let's go."
"Your daughter is a bad influence
on my son if she's anything like you!" Sam yelled. Dad rolled his
eyes.
"Keep your son away from my daughter, and then we'll both be happy!" Dad shouted.
"What?" I
shrieked.
"Fine! Keep your daughter away from my son!" Sam
hissed.
"What?" Jesse exclaimed.
"So it's
settled!" Dad said happily. "Our kids will no longer be allowed
to get near each other."
"What?" we all shouted at the
same time.
"Mom!" I pleaded. She shrugged.
"I agree," she said simply. "Kids, let's go."
"Mom, Dad!" I said as tears were running down my cheeks. I had never cried before. Jesse stared wide-eyed at me, and then hugged me.
"We will figure something out," he whispered in my ear. I nodded, and he kissed the top of my head. "I love you."
"I love you too," I said softly. He reluctantly let me go.
"Come on," Mom said grabbing my wrist. Kyra, Austin, and Mattie reluctantly followed.
"Well, that's that," Dad said as we all piled into the car. "So Taylor—"
"Don't talk to me," I said through clenched teeth.
"Taylor," Mom said softly.
"You either." They both sighed. They deserved to be shunned.
"Iggy!" I yelled
as I walked in the front door. Tears were streaming down my cheeks
still. He stared at me.
"Whoa. What's wrong? It must be
horrible, because you don't cry," he said pulling me into a hug.
"Mom and Dad!" I sobbed into his shoulder. He looked at them.
"What did you two
do?"
"We only did what was best for her," Mom said
shrugging. I scoffed and looked at her.
"Mom, I've known him for three years! You two have always loved him until you found out who his parents were! It's not what's best for me, it's what makes you two happy!" I shouted.
"What?" Iggy asked.
"They told me I
couldn't even talk to Jesse anymore because his parents are Lissa
and Sam," I explained. Iggy rolled his eyes.
"Look, you two
may hate them, but guys, that's a little extreme," he said
shaking his head.
"Wait. No one said anything about me," Mattie said smiling.
"We know Mattie," I muttered.
'Look, I will help you figure this out,' he promised mentally. I smiled.
"Whatever," Mom said walking into her room. Dad followed.
"Iggy, I love him," I said softly. He smiled.
"I know Taylor. You told me."
"Oh yeah. But I never told you we've been dating for two years, well tomorrow it'll be two years, did I?" He shook his head. "And last night, he told me he loves me too!" He frowned.
"Well this sucks!" I nodded.
"What can I do?"
I asked sadly.
"School," he said simply. I smiled.
"True," I said smiling. I ran upstairs and grabbed my phone. I changed Jesse's name in there to Jessica.
Hey. I sent him that on a text.
Just so you know, I changed your name to Tyler on here, so if I ever say Tyler, it's to fool my parents, he replied.
I changed yours to Jessica.
Interesting. I smiled.
Iggy reminded me…we'll see each other at school.
No! My parents are home schooling me now!
What?
Yeah. They said they knew I would still talk to you, so they're home schooling me.
You have got to be kidding me.
Nope. I sighed.
I love you Jesse. We'll figure something out.
I love you too Taylor. Can you promise me one thing?
Anything.
Keep your window unlocked. I grinned, because I knew where this was going.
Promise.