Electric Feel

CH. 11.

Emily and Derek waited impatiently at Dulles international airport, in the arrivals terminal. It was 9:30, Monique's plane landed at 8; she should have been through customs by now but the couple hadn't seen her. Derek sensing Emily was starting to get worried tried to keep her calm.

'Derek, why hasn't she come out yet? She should have passed through customs by now,' she said, looking around at the others departing from behind the frosted automatic doors.

'I don't know, I'm sure it's not…' but never finished as a small brunette blur crashed into Emily.

'Mama! Je suis si heureuse de vous voir! Oh, je vous aime. Comment vas-tu?' Monique squealed, hugging Emily fiercely. Emily quickly answered, not realising she had reverted back to French.

'Oh Monique! Je suis si content que vous décidez de venir aux Etats-Unis. I've missed you. Je suis grande maintenant que tu ed la,' Emily explained as she looked over her daughter. Monique was tall, 5 foot 8; her hair dark brown almost black hair was cut in a stylish bob. She was wearing dark purple skinny jeans, boots and a quarter sleeved white shirt with a gray vest over it. She was slender with curves in all the right places and Emily couldn't help but think she looked more like a 21 year old then a 16 year old. Mother and daughter were so wrapped up in each other they forgot about Derek until he cleared his throat, an attempt to get their attention.

'Ahem,' he coughed, 'I'm feeling slightly left out here, I don't know French,' Derek complained jokingly. Emily turned to him, completely forgetting that he was there but before she got the chance to introduce them, Monique looked at him quizzically and asked.

'Mama ¿Quién es ese? ¿Esta con usted?' Monique asked, switching from French to Spanish which thoroughly confused Derek even more.

'Well Monique, this is Derek, my boyfriend,' Emily explained as she watched her daughter's face go from surprised to confused to an expression she couldn't read. Monique looked between her mother and Derek suspiciously, her mother had never mentioned that she was seeing someone and Monique felt slightly betrayed.

'Hello De-rik,' she said, deliberately butchering his name. Derek evidently hadn't realised she deliberately said his name wrong and stuck his hand out to shake.

'Hey Monique, I've heard so much about you and I'm glad to finally meet you,' he said, dropping his hand back to his side when Monique didn't shake it. Monique looked at him sceptically, trying to figure out what her mother possibly saw in him.

'Well, lets get your bags, Monique and then we'll take you back to our house,' Emily said, grasping Derek's hand and ushering Monique along. Monique saw their intertwined hands and how in love they looked and decided she could stand the man if he made her mother happy.

AN: Hey! Well it's short but chapter 12 should be up shortly. Only 4 more chapters left. Enjoy and the translations are at the bottom. R&R. Caramel.

The French:

'Mama! Je suis si heureuse de vous voir! Oh, je vous aime. Comment vas-tu?'

Mama! I'm so happy to see you! Oh I love you. How are you?

'Oh Monique! Je suis si content que vous décidez de venir aux Etats-Unis. I've missed you. Je suis grande maintenant que tu ed la,'

Oh Monique! I'm so glad you decided to some to the US. I've, missed you. I'm great now that you're here.

The Spanish:

Mama ¿Quién es ese? ¿Esta con usted?

Mama who is that? Is he with you?