A/N: This is probably the quickest I have ever added a chapter to a story; but don't expect too much of it. =D I'm still a busy school oriented college kid. But I do plan on updating more often. Based on my FF notes, this story only has about three chapters left after this one; unless you readers just fall in love with it and want me to write another chapter, which I can do. I just need reviews for that. =)
Vada was sitting on the stairs a few hours later when there was somebody knocking on the front door and the doorbell was insensately ringing.
"What is going on? Who could that be?" Vada thought to herself. "Hello?" She called out. Vada stood up and walked over to the door. She looked through the window and saw her Uncle Phil standing there with an angry Aunt Rose.
"Vada, open the door." Uncle Phil said calmly. Vada took in a deep breath and put her hand on the locked doorknob. She knew that Nick was just upstairs with Matthew and she didn't want something bad to happen. Vada unlocked the door and opened it. Rose barged in and Phil stood next to Vada. He was cool and calm, where Rose looked like a bottle of ketchup.
"Where is he?" Rose demanded looking at Vada. "I know he's here! I can't believe he would put you in this kind of a situation Vada! I'm just so mad at him!" Phil walked over and tried to calm her down.
"Rose, remember what we talked about on the plane? We weren't going to get upset? We were going to talk to Nick and Vada like adults?" Phil asked. Rose glared up at him.
"Don't patronize me." Vada cleared her throat.
"He- he's upstairs Aunt Rose." Vada stated. Rose looked at her and smiled slightly.
"Thank you Vada." Rose said. "NICHOLAS!" A few minutes later, Nick came flying down the stairs.
"Mom! What are you doing here?" Nick asked.
"I can't believe that you didn't talk to me about this before you left. I wouldn't have let you come if I would have known." Rose exclaimed. Nick looked down at the floor and put his hands in his pockets.
"I know. That's why I didn't tell you." Nick mumbled.
"Why didn't you say something Nick? I could have helped you." Phil said patiently.
"Look, it's only a promise ring. We aren't even engaged yet. We just said that we would get engaged when we graduated high school." Nick said in a half yell.
"Young man, you should have talked to somebody before you just up and decide to fly across the country to ask a girl you met one time to marry you." Rose exploded. Nick looked at the floor and didn't say anything.
"If I may say something-" Phil started to say and then paused. Rose looked up at him.
"Go ahead and say it. I know you probably don't agree with me. Let's hear it." Rose said angrily.
"Rose, I agree that these kids shouldn't be getting married. They are only sixteen. Yet, they aren't getting engaged. I think we should sit down and talk about it before anybody goes haywire." Phil said.
"I think that's a good idea Uncle Phil." Vada replied with a nod.
"Thank you Vada." Phil responded. They walked into the family room and sat down. "Okay Nick. What are you kids thinking about? This is crazy. I never thought of you as the kind of person to run off and do something like this."
"Maybe you don't know me as well as you thought you did Phil." Nick said.
"Look, we flew all the way out here, we are going to sit and talk about this. You kids can't get married anyway. Not without her parents' permission and ours." Phil stated.
"We don't want to get married yet. We just want to say that we'll get married in the future. Vada and I weren't planning on running off and getting married. I know that I can't take care of her right now. She wants to go to college and be somebody instead of just a wife and mother. She wants to have a career like her mom did." Phil smiled at her.
"Your mom was a wonderful person Vada. You are so much like her." Phil stated. Vada smiled. Rose was finally calming down.
"So you guys really aren't considering jumping the boat and getting married tonight?" Rose asked.
"No mom." Nick looked up at Vada. "I told you that telling them was going to be a bad idea." Vada nodded.
"You did. I just didn't realize that it'd be this bad. Now I am glad that we didn't tell my dad because it would be so much worse."
"Wait, so you didn't tell your dad?" Rose asked looking at Vada suspiciously.
"No, of course not." Vada replied. Rose sighed.
"Oh! That's another thing that makes me feel better then. Well, then. I guess it's all settled for now. Vada, can you show me where I can put my bags? We got a one way ticket and I'd like to see some of this beautiful state you live in before I leave. It's so quiet here. Much better than L.A. I may have to move here." Rose smiled.
"Sure." Vada stood up and she and Rose walked towards the stairs. Phil looked at Nick.
"What would you have done if we wouldn't have shown up Nick?" Phil asked. Nick shrugged.
"Same thing I guess. I would have come home in a few days and I would have waited until I graduated to ask Vada's dad for her hand in marriage. Then we would have gotten married once she got out of college." Nick said.
"I'm glad to hear it. We'll all be staying here until Shelly and Harry get back." Phil said. Nick swallowed hard.
"We will? Why?"
"To tell them the good news of course." Phil put his hand on Nick's back and patted it twice before walking out of the room.
