Meeting the Parents

Ch. 2 of 2

AN: Thanks for the wonderful reviews and favorites and follows. This chapter was originally gonna have a lot more awkward but then this happened and I don't really mind. Also- a bye week in football is basically just a small break for the team where they get to skip a game and rest. So enjoy the last chapter of Meeting the Parents:

Jason stood outside of the Jackson-Blofis house for a good five minutes. He was dressed up, not in a suit or anything but definitely not in a tee shirt, and his hair was held in place nicely by gel. In one of his hands was a bouquet of what the lady at the flower shop called 'ocean breeze orchids'. The petals were a pretty purple with blue outlining them and white in the middle. Jason could only hope Mrs. Blofis liked them.

After muttering words of encouragement to himself, Jason finally gathered up enough bravado to knock on the door firmly.

"I got it." He heard a feminine voice call out with excitement. Jason gulped; it was Mrs. Blofis.

The door swung open and Jason was put face to face with his boyfriend's smiling mother. He was amazed at how similar she and Percy looked. Although her hair was more brown than black, her eyes were just as big and sea green as her son's, not to mention he now knew where Percy got his long eyelashes from.

"Welcome! Please, come in." She invited, giving him room to enter.

Jason accepted the offer and stepped inside, "I, uh, got these for you," he smiled nervously, handing the orchids to her.

"Oh, they're wonderful." Sally said genuinely, "Oh, and Percy is still in his room getting ready. He should be down any moment now."

"No worries." Jason assured with a smile knowing how his boyfriend probably lost track of time again.

"I hope you don't mind spaghetti and meatballs." She said as she led him down the short hall and into the kitchen.

"No, not at all." He replied, looking around at the house from where he stood while Sally dug around the cabinets for a vase. The house was open floor, so connected to the kitchen on one side was the dining room with a round table with four seats. Past the kitchen counter was the living room where a two seater couch sat with a recliner in the corner and coffee table in the center facing a decently sized TV. It wasn't big but it felt so homey that it didn't seem to matter.

"Ah, you must be the Jason Percy has been telling us so much about."

Jason almost jumped when the voice spoke from behind him. After turning around, he realized it was just Mr. Blofis. He had seen the teacher around school but never actually had a class with him.

"I guess that's me then." Jason joked nervously, shaking the man's hand, "And you must be Mr. Blofis." Jason knew he wasn't Percy's biological father but that didn't do much to calm his nerves.

"The one and only." Blofis joked with a hint of awkwardness, "Well except for my brother and father of course."

Just as an uncomfortable silence was about to fully descend, they heard someone approaching.

"Sorry I took a while to come down," Percy said sheepishly as he entered the kitchen, "So much for just a five minute nap."

"It's okay, honey, just set the table please." Sally responded while stirring the pasta.

"I'll help," Jason volunteered, following Percy to where the plates were.

"Did you bring those?" Percy asked, nodding to the flowers while he handed Jason four cups.

"Uh, yeah," Jason answered, his nerves still seeping into his voice.

"Hey, loosen up," Percy laughed as they walked over to the table, "no one here bites."

Jason glared lightly at Percy causing the other to laugh.

It didn't take too long for all the plates and drinks to be served and for everyone to be sitting at the table. Percy sat in between Jason and his mom, leaving Paul next to Jason.

"So you're on the football team?" Sally broke the silence as she reached for bread.

"Yeah, I'm the quarterback for the varsity team." Jason answered before taking a sip of water.

"And there wasn't a game today?" Paul asked this time.

"No, we're on our bye week, and coach is letting us rest for the day."

"Were you planning on swimming this year, Percy?" Sally asked after a while of comfortable silence.

"Yeah, that's sometime around April though."

"So this is your first year at Goode, right?" Paul asked.

Jason looked up with a mouth full of spaghetti before he realized what he was doing. Embarrassed, he swallowed and wiped his mouth with a napkin, "Uhm, yeah, just moved here in the beginning of the school year."

"Where are you from?" Sally questioned, taking a sip of the wine that she and Paul were drinking.

"California," He took another sip of water, "San Francisco to be exact."

"Oh my, that's so far from here." Sally said.

"How are you liking it here?" Paul asked.

"It's nice, not nearly as sunny of course," He smiled, "The people here are a lot nicer than they're given credit for though."

"What? My Yorker accent isn't tough enough for you?" Percy joked.

"Don't worry its plenty intimidating." Jason played along.

"So when did you two meet?" Sally questioned with curiosity.

Jason and Percy looked at each other for a few moments before Percy's smile grew too wide and he turned to his parents, "We met on Jason's first day. We have our third class together, and he sits next to me."

"Yeah, then after class, Percy kinda dragged me to his lunch table." Jason remembered with a laugh.

"Better than the library though." Percy defended.

"Much better." Jason agreed with a smile, momentarily forgetting about Sally and Paul.

Percy smiled back then looked over to his mom again, "Yep, and every day after that I made sure he sat with me and Grover," He stated proudly.

"And then we started spending breaks together," Jason continued.

"And after school." Percy added, swirling the last of his spaghetti on a fork all the while.

"Why don't you boys help me clear the table then we can have some cookies?" Sally suggested kindly as she stood up from her seat, collecting her's and Paul's dishes.

"Sounds good to me." Percy agreed standing up also. "Mom's cookies are the best." He whispered to Jason when he picked up his boyfriend's empty plate, following his mom's lead.

Jason ended up being the dish dryer while Sally washed leaving Percy in charge of cleaning up the table.

When Percy left to go to the restroom, Sally looked at Jason rather seriously for a few seconds. Just as Jason started to feel uncomfortable, under her intense gaze, Sally's smile returned and she spoke, "Thank you, Jason."

"Drying the dishes is no problem, really." He assured.

Sally laughed softly, "No, not that." when Jason looked at her confused, she continued, "Thank you for being so good with Percy. Honestly, he's been so much happier since he's met you." She smiled sadly, "He doesn't get into fights anymore and even his grades have improved."

Jason tried to hide his surprise. He never thought he'd be able to have that sort of effect on anyone. He stiffened for a second when he suddenly felt Sally's arms wrap around him, but quickly hugged back.

"Take good care of my baby boy." She said quietly.

"Always." Was all Jason replied.

Just as the hug was about to end, another pair of arms wrapped around the two as best as they could. Jason and Sally looked in confusion at Percy.

"Oh, sorry, was this not supposed to be a group hug?" He asked with a goofy smile.

Sally broke off and laughed, "Ready for cookies then?"

Jason quickly realized Percy was not exaggerating when he said Sally's cookies were awesome. At first he thought the blue color was strange, but after one bite he decided it didn't matter.

"Told you they're amazing." Percy said, biting into his own cookie as he watched his boyfriend with a goofy grin.

"Well thank you for coming over, Jason," Sally said smiling warmly, "It was a true pleasure meeting you."

"Thank you for having me over, Mr. and Mrs. Blofis." He said politely.

"No problem, you're welcomed over anytime." Paul said.

"I'll walk him to the door." Percy volunteered.

"Have a safe trip home." Sally said as the two boys headed down the hall.

Percy opened the door and they both stepped out, closing it behind them. "You did good, Jason. They love you." Percy laughed.

"You think so?" Jason asked laughing also, though it had an unsure undertone.

"Yep," He popped the 'p'.

"Guess I'll see you later then?" Jason asked.

"Definitely." Percy agreed.

Without another word, the two leaned in. Percy could feel a light blush creeping on his cheeks as they got closer. Jason hesitated for a split second before tilting his head, trying to close the gap between their lips for their first kiss.

"Well, have a safe trip home, Jason." Paul suddenly opened the door.

Startled, they jump practically a foot away from each other. Percy would've fallen if Jason hadn't grabbed his wrist in time, helping him balance out.

"Y-Yeah, I better get going." Jason said, feeling his face heating up in the autumn breeze.

With an awkward goodbye hug to Percy and a nod to Paul, Jason made his leave.

"He seems like a good kid." Paul said, obviously proud of himself as Jason walked out of view.

"Was that necessary?" Percy asked, only slightly annoyed, too embarrassed to actually be angry.

"You're welcome."