Jumper: Cent's Story
David and Millie are on to Cent and her boyfriend. What happens next? Will they get in the way? Or will they be understanding?
Chapter nine is here and needs to be read! Enjoy!
Chapter Nine:
Family Meeting
Cent's cheeks turned red as she looked at her parents, who were certainly not happy at the moment.
The dead silence continued for another few minutes, before Cent spoke first.
"Look, I'm sorry about what happened," she looked towards the ground.
"We woke up and found your room empty," Millie raised her voice. "Do you have any idea how worried we were?! We almost called the police."
David remained silent, not wanting to join in on the arguement.
Millie elbowed him in the ribs.
David groaned and said, "Millie is right, you had us worried. Somewhat..."
"David!" Millie protested and stared at him with her serious eyes. "This is serious! Our own daughter, leaves without telling us and comes back around lunch time!"
"I remember a certain someone, who used to run out on her own parents and not come back for hours," David teased and began to laugh.
Cent couldn't help but laugh along with him.
Millie shot their both of them with a serious look, which ended the grins on their faces.
Taking her chance, Cent spoke up.
"I was out," she swallowed. "I was out with John again."
Both Millie and David looked at her with surprised faces.
"When you say John, you mean the same John that you went out with the other day, right?" Millie asked.
Cent nodded.
Millie and David smiled.
"Was that him outside?" David pointed towards the door. "I thought I heard another voice."
Cent nodded again, starting to smile.
"Well," Millie was now calm. "In that case, I guess we can see why you didn't wake us in the first place. Where did you two go?"
Cent was at a loss of words. She didn't know what to say to them. But she didn't want to lie.
She said the first thing that came to mind.
"To... his place."
Millie and David's eyes widened.
"Come again," David said in shock.
Cent swallowed and explained.
"Alright, I got a message from John, he wanted to meet up at his place, have some breakfast. And..," she pointed towards her mother, "he happens to be a really good cook by the way. So, we talked and had a fun time. You know. The usual stuff that teenagers do."
David raised an eyebrow.
"Did you two do anything else, while you were alone? Inside his own house?"
Cent could see seriousness inside his eyes.
Oh oh! she knew she needed to make sure he didn't go there.
"Ew! Dad!" she pretended to be disguisted by his choice of words. "Do you always think of that?!"
Millie laughed and punched David on the arm.
"If I remember, we did things together, back when we got started. Not to mention that we actually had sex on the first day of our relationship. Remember that?"
Cent had to laugh. She loved it when her mom countered him with something that he and her did back in their younger days.
David's eyes widened with embrashment.
"We were young," he tried to make an excuse. "We didn't know any better. Not to mention that we were emotionally compromised too. This is different."
"No, it ain't," Millie protested. "Cent is seventeen, almost eighteen. Her birthday is coming up soon."
Cent's heart stopped when she heard the words that her mother spoke. Her birthday was coming up in over two weeks, actually one week before summer break. She usually doesn't enjoy her birthdays anymore. It's just her and her family for the birthday party, which was good enough, but... it would lighten her day to see some friends or even a boyfriend at her birthdat party too.
David rolled his eyes and said, "Alright, sorry. I guess, I overreacted. Sorry."
Cent's heart went wild and she ran forward.
"Cent! Cent, no hugging me...!" he tried to dodge her.
But Cent rammed into him and hugged him with great force. Cracking a rib or two.
Millie laughed and nearly fell to the floor.
"Thanks dad!" Cent said with excitement. "Thanks for being understanding! I love you guys so much!"
David groaned in pain and said, "Yeah! Love you too! But can you at least make sure that our family love doesn't kill me first?"
Cent pulled away, smiled weakly, and said, "Sorry. My bad."
Millie came forward and put her arm around Cent.
"So," Millie winked at her daughter, "are you two getting... serious?
Cent laughed and said, "Yes, we are. I like him a lot. And he likes me."
Millie raised an eyebrow and said, "I can see that. There can only be one reason why you would leave early in the morning just to see him." She looked at David and smiled. "I remember the first time that I actually had true feelings."
David smiled back and said, "Yeah, me too."
Cent smiled at both of her parents.
Most of the time, parents can overreact and do something that only makes things worse. But Cent's parents were different. They understood about what Cent was going through and didn't do anything stupid to satisfy their own feelings. They had gone through some usual and unusual things in their relationship together. They knew that none of this had rules or anything to follow by. That was what made her parents so great. They knew when to put out punishment and when not to.
"I heard something about another date tonight," Millie raised her eyebrows at Cent.
Cent's face turned red.
"You heard that?"
"Yes," Millie laughed. "We heard everything. And I got to say... this John-guy sounds really nice. I can't wait to meet him sometime. You should invite him over for dinner tomorrow."
Cent's stomach dropped.
"Yeah," she said with a disturbing voice. "Yeah, we should."
David laughed and patted her on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, I won't shoot him with my shotgun. Besides, I don't own one anyway."
Millie and Cent laughed.
"Well, it has been an exciting morning," Millie walked up to David and kissed him. "How about we all go to New York and have some lunch?"
Cent and David nodded in agreement.
"Let me grab some cash from the safe upstairs," David ran up to the bedroom.
Millie laughed and said, "I love that man so much." She looked at Cent, whose face was turning white. "You okay dear?"
Cent looked up at her mom and nodded, smiling weakly.
"Just a little worried about having John over for dinner tomorrow."
"Don't worry," her mother assured. "I know we will like him. He seems really nice from the sound of his voice. I can tell about people like that."
Cent smiled but stared into space.
Truth to be told, Cent wasn't worried about the dinner plans for tomorrow. She was actually worried about how she and John were going to tell her parents about the stunning revelation about more Jumpers out there in the world. Also, about how will her parents take it when they found out. And what about John? Will he agree with coming to dinner? She knew she needed to ask him tonight. Discuss it with him.
Cent pushed all of those thoughts in the back of her head. Now was a time to have some fun with her family. She can talk to John about this later tonight.
David arrived back downstairs with some cash.
"Alrightly," Millie embraced him with a hug and kissed his lips.
Cent giggled at the sight.
"I love you," Milled smiled.
"I love you too," David responded.
Cent ran forward and hugged them both.
"Lets go," Cent laughed.
They jumped.
Don't you just love family moments? I do. I love how David, Millie, and Cent act as one family together.
Hope you guys loved this chapter. We will get back to Cent and John in the next one.
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