Stef POV

Why is my stomach in knots? No, my stomach feels like a stampede of bulls running around in there. When Lena Adams opened the door I was mesmerized. She is the most gorgeous person I have ever seen. What are you thinking, you are married! But, Mike never gave me that feeling. No, a woman has never given me that feeling. But all I want to do is get to know her better.

"So, how was the move from New York?" Lena asks me.

"It was okay. This was a hard move to make but Mike, my husband, had to be reassigned to another precinct and we decided to start over somewhere new. I am old friends with the chief so she accepted both of our transfers." I feel like I can open up to her. But I don't want to tell her how my husband was drunk on the job and was almost fired before we put in the transfer.

"Oh ok. So how long have you been married?"

"We got married when we found out I was pregnant with Brandon so almost 17 long years" I try to say jokingly. Lena giggles. I love her laugh. I was about to ask about her husband but Brandon and Callie I presume comes downstairs. Wait, they were upstairs together?

"Hey kids!" I go over to Brandon and kiss him on the cheek. I know he hates that when he's in front of company.

"MOM! Geesh! Mom this is Callie. Callie this is my mom Officer Foster" Callie smiles and shakes my hand.

"Honey, please call me Stef. Brandon you were right, she is gorgeous. You know Brandon hasn't stopped talking about you since you helped him find his gym class" Callie starts to blush and Brandon looks at me furiously.

"MOM!" Brandon walks to the table and sits down like he's embarrassed. Lena looks over to me and winks. I know it's about Brandon and Callie but the bulls start running in my stomach again.

"Umm well Mom do you need any help in the kitchen" Callie says

"No sweetie but can you tell your brother and sister to come downstairs" Lena tells her

"MARIANNA, JESUS come eat!" Callie yells out loudly

"Really Callie" Lena shakes her head

"Well it worked" She says as she goes over to where Brandon it. I go over to Lena

"You know we have to embarrass them throughout this dinner, right" She gives me a devilish grin.

"I started earlier today when she asks if Brandon can come over. This is going to be so fun!" She touches my arm and we both feel a shock. I really want to get to know this woman better. But, tonight is about Brandon and Callie. Huh, that has a nice ring to it!

Brandon POV

I can't believe what just happened. My mom is embarrassing the hell out of me. Why did she have to tell them that? Callie probably thinks I am such a dork. Marianna and Jesus come down the stairs and we all start eating. Mom and Ms. Adams at the head of both sides of the table, Marianna and Jesus sit together on one side and Callie and I on the other side. It takes everything in me now to grab her hand under the table. I want to ask her out on a date so bad. She is my dream girl. I can't stop glancing at her. She looks at me out the corner of her eye and smile. I hope she really likes….

"So Brandon, you going to ask my sister out or what? She can't stop talking about you" Jesus tells me

"OMG! JESUS, WHAT THE HELL?" Callie yells at him while Marianna and Lena yell "JESUS!"

"It's okay Callie, I think Brandon has already planned out you guys first date! I heard him making reservations at this fancy restaurant" Mom says to her

"MOM! Why?" I can feel my face getting red. I turn to Callie and she is looking at me blushing. She is so cute. I might as well just ask her now since Mom already RUINED up.

"Well since my mom has already told you I might as well just ask now. Callie, would you like to go out with me" I ask Callie.

"OMG She will totally go out with you." Marianna yells out. Callie gives her an evil glare and turns back to me.

"Yeah what she said" We both gaze at each other for a minute. I take her hand under the table and she intertwines her fingers with mine. This day has turned out to be awesome. Mom can't ruin this moment for me anymore.

"Oh I can't wait until you guys get married!" Mom says. I spoke to soon. Callie and I look at her with our eyes wide open.

"Oh and have pretty babies" Mrs. Adams chimes in

"Oh I hope they have a boy and a girl!"Marianna putting in her two cents

"Ok guys you are taking this too far. Brandon lets go work on some more homework" Callie takes my hand and pulls me upstairs while everyone is laughing hysterically

"DOORS OPEN. NO NIECES OR NEPHEWS YET!" Jesus yells. I swear our two families were meant to be together. I'm so glad Jude isn't here. He would be going right along with them, Callie looks furious when we go to her room.

"Brandon I am so sorry about all of this. I can't believe…" I stop her midsentence and kiss her on the cheek. She puts her hand on her cheek where I kissed her and smiles.

"It's okay. My mom is no better. But I have wanted to do that since we met!" Actually I have wanted to kiss her on her lips since we met but I think it might be too fast for that. Besides, that's saved for our first date.

"Well it was nice! So where are we going on our date?" She asks me

"It's a surprise!"

"Well, just so you know I don't need a fancy restaurant. I will be happy wherever we go!" She tells me. Oh thank you. I only did that because my dad told me I had to impress her. And Google told me it's a great place to take a first date. But she's like me. I have just the place we can go!

"Okay, well I may have a place that we can go that we both will enjoy. But I'm still not telling!"

"Just so you know I hate surprises" I look down. She continues "But for you I will make an exception!" She smiles at me. Oh forget the first date. I want to kiss her now. We start to lean in but then I hear my mom call out

"Brandon, we have to go. Your dad forgot to pick up Jude at his friend's house." I sigh.

"To be continued. So I can pick up for our date Friday night. 7:00PM okay?"

"Yeah, perfect!" I hug her and we walk downstairs where we see my mom and Ms. Adams hugging too. That's weird. Callie looks the same way I do.

"What's going on?" I ask them

"Oh just thanking Lena and telling her bye" They are both smiling like we were upstairs. Huh!

"Well bye Callie, see you at school tomorrow."

"Bye Brandon" She smiles at me. She then turns to mom. "Bye Mrs. Foster, I mean Stef. It was nice to meet you."

"It was nice to meet you too sweetie, all of you." She says looking at Mrs. Adams

"Thank you for dinner Mrs. Adams" I tell her.

"Honey, please call me Lena. I hope this will be the first of many dinners together" She tells us.

"Yes, and I have to bring my other son Jude next time." Lena nods.

"What about Dad?" I ask her.

"Oh yeah maybe Mike can come too" She says sounding sad. Wow, are things that bad right now?

"Great. Well goodnight. This was fun" Lena says to us

"Goodnight" Mom and I say in unison. I turn to Callie and mouth goodnight before I leave. As we walk out I remembered I forgot to get Callie's number. What an idiot. When I turn around Callie is there handing me a piece of paper.

"My number. I was hoping you wanted it. Text me tonight, Okay?" I feel so stupid right now.

"I was just coming to ask you. I will. Goodnight!"

"Goodnight, B." She tells me. I smile and walk to the car. I fight the urge to text her when I get in the car. Don't want to sound too desperate.

"Well that was a great night!" Mom says to me. "Callie is very nice. I like her. And her mom and siblings are very nice too. I see us all being great friends."

"Yeah mom thanks for embarrassing me. " I tell her sarcastically

"Hey someone had to break the ice. You too weren't. Now you have a date. 5 points for Officer Foster!" She says laughing but I know she's dead serious

"Can you be any cornier?" I tell her shaking my head.

"Oh you have no idea" We both laugh and head to the house after getting Jude. I just realized how close I live to Callie. I can walk to her house if I wanted to.

When we get in the house, I tell Dad and Jude Hi and run up the stairs. I get out my phone and program Callie's number and text her.

B- Hey this is Brandon. We live pretty close to each other. I just wanted to tell you I had a great night.

I wait patiently for a text. A minute later she answers.

C- We do? Good to know. And I had a great night too besides our families embarrassing us.

I laugh and start texting her back. Next thing you know it's midnight.

C- Wow I can't believe we have texted for hours. I have to go to sleep. Want to walk to school tomorrow?

B- Yeah sure. I'll come over in the morning at about 7:15AM.

C- Okay. Goodnight B

B-Goodnight Cal.

I can't believe Callie likes me. I want to be her boyfriend. I want to ask her on our date. But, I'm not sure I can wait until then. Maybe I'll ask her tomorrow. This was the best move of my life!

I try to lie down but all I can think about is Callie. Then I hear my parents yelling again. This has been going on for forever. Then I hear a knock on my door. I already know who it is.

"Come in Jude"

Jude walks in and gets in the bed with me. He hates when Mom and Dad fight.

"So how was your night with Callie" he ask me. I told him about her the first night we met. He's my best friend and very wise for a 12 year old.

"Great, we have a date Friday night"

"Awesome, did mom embarrass you. I told her to make sure to do it in front of Callie" He says laughing. I shove him

"Yes and thanks a lot" acting like I'm mad. "But her family did the same thing. It was all worth it in the end. Thanks for the idea of going over to do homework. It totally worked" Yes it was Jude's idea.

"No problem. I can't wait to meet her"

"You'll see her tomorrow when we walk to school together."

"Cool, goodnight Brandon"

"Night Jude" and he's fast asleep. I lay there daydreaming about seeing Callie tomorrow. Then I am in a deep sleep dreaming about her. I didn't think I would like Anchor Beach. Now, I never want to leave.

To be continued…

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