Okay so I realised that I'd randomly changed from first person to third so I've gone back and corrected that.

Anyway on with the story.

Chapter Seven

We laid there for a while, I was reading a book that I'd found and was getting really into, while Axl played with my hair and rested quietly.

Unbeknownst to the two of us, Frankie and Mike Heck were staring at them from their position hiding in the bathroom. Frankie was gently holding the door open so that neither of the two children would see her or her husband. She closed the door softly and turned to Mike.

"Hmm, something's not right here." She whispered to him. "It seems too good to be true. We're not even doing anything!"

Mike sighed. "Frankie, not everyone's like how we were when we were young. Now can I go watch tv now?" He attempted to leave the bathroom but Frankie stood firm in front of the door.

"But I've never seen him this calm and quiet, not even when he was a baby." She protested. "He wasn't even like this with Morgan and we know how much she tried to control him. What is that girl doing to our son?" She hissed, opening the door slightly and peeking on the two teenagers. She wanted to find some fault in Sam but she knew that she had done nothing wrong. Frankie sighed, she guessed that with the different girls Axl had been with, there had to be something wrong with this one as well.

Frankie put on my game face and turned back to Mike. "Okay, so maybe she's not that bad. She likes to read, she makes Axl be quiet and not annoy us, and he's actually wearing clothes for once."

Mike nodded. "See, she's nice. I like her. Now we've decided that, let me out of here." Frankie let her husband go, staying in the bathroom a bit longer as to not raise suspicion. She casually exited the room and walked into Axl and Bricks bedroom.

"Hi you two, Samantha would you like to stay for dinner?" Frankie smiled nicely, trying her best to not let the previous discussion show on her face.

I glanced at Axl who nodded with a smile. "Um sure I'd love to. I'm just gonna have to tell my mom first." I put the book down and texted my mother, knowing she'd be alright with it. I got a quick reply back and smiled down at my phone. My mom was the best. I looked back up at Mrs Heck and replied. "She says it's okay, and she also says hi." I chuckled.

"Oh." Mrs Heck chuckled as well. "Hi!" There was a slightly awkward silence as none of us said anything and it wasn't until Axl started moving behind me that I realised that he was motioning for Mrs Heck to 'get lost'. I pretended that I didn't see it and picked the book back up.

"Okay, we'll I'm off to get dinner, is there anything in particular you want?" I realised I was being spoken to and looked up once more.

"Um, I'll have whatever Axl's having, I'm sure it's fine." Frankie smiled as she left the room, the smile dropping as soon as she was out of eye line, she could use this dinner to her advantage. She just couldn't shake off the feeling that whoever Axl was going out with was going to do something to her little boy, and I didn't want another Morgan fiasco. She knew the best way to get to know someone was through a slightly awkward dinner, so that was exactly what she was going to do.

Back in the bedroom, Axl and I had recovered the position we were in when his mom came bursting through the door.

"So this dinner, I want to apologise in advance for my family. They're gonna be weird, especially my mom and I'm not talking to my dad so that might be weird as well." Axl took up one of my curls and gently tugged on it. "This whole things just gonna be awkward, we should eat on the sofa and watch tv." He seemed happy with his plan and I just nodded, I would go along with it.

It didn't take long for Mrs Heck to come back and by that time Brick had wandered into his room to find a book only to see that Axl's new girlfriend was currently reading the one he wanted, he couldn't control himself as he stood there and gaped. I was resting my head on Axl's stomach as he watched me with half sleepy eyes. When he saw his little brother his eyes locked on as he watched him stare at his girlfriend.

"What do you want Brick?" He asked tiredly.

But Brick couldn't speak, he was still standing there gaping. No one ever read his books, no one.

"Dinner!" Samantha lifted my eyes from the book, finally registering Brick in the doorway as Mrs Heck's voice floating through the house. I snapped the book shut, making a mental note to pick it up at the library and took Axl's hand, pulling him off the bed. We walked past Brick, who turned to stare after us before picking up his book and hiding it under his pillow.

Axl took the lead, swiping two bags out of his mother's hands, taking them over to the table in the living room before I had a chance to set the table. I was pulled along after him and sat next to him.

"Here you go." He handed my one of the bags and a drink, before opening his own.

"How did you know these were ours?" I asked, opening the bag and finding a burger and fries inside. I smiled happily before taking a fry and popping it into my mouth.

He glanced down at my bag and shrugged. "I just know, it's a gift." I laughed lightly before unwrapping my burger and taking a big bite, Axl did a double take as he saw I had some sauce on the corner of my mouth.

He couldn't believe he was about to do something so cheesy but it couldn't be helped, he lifted his hand and gently wiped off the sauce with his thumb making sure to keep my gaze as I did so. He felt very pleased with himself as I blushed a deep red. Neither of them noticed the rest of the family looking at them, Frankie and Sue were trying their hardest not to aww out loud while Brick and Mike were trying not to look at them, period.

Their moment was broken when the rest of the family joined them on the sofa, although Frankie had wanted them at the table, I would take what I could get.

"So I, how did you two meet?" I asked, taking a bite out of my burger.

I looked up from where I was dipping my fries in Axl's ketchup. "Um, the first time I saw Axl he was leaning on my locker." I grinned up at him as he tried to hide the fact that his ears were going bright red.

Frankie smiled at her son. "Aww, yes Axl's always been very forward when it comes to girls he likes."

"Mom." He hissed, turning his face away from everyone.

"What?" She acted oblivious, but in truth she wanted to see how Sam would react.

"That's okay Mrs Heck. I like people who know what they want." I replied, stealing one of Axl's fries even though I had more than enough of my own, Axl retaliated by stealing a few of mine and grinning at me with his mouth full. "But that's gross, I'm not sure how I feel about that." I teased, looking away at the sight.

Frankie pursed her lips, there appeared to be nothing wrong with this girl and Axl wasn't acting as weird as he usually did when he had a girlfriend, it looked like this one was letting him be himself. And that was strange in itself.

"Axl eat with your mouth closed." She scolded, her heart not really in it as she observed how he and I interacted with one another. She liked this one, she decided.

"What? I'm not doing anything!" He lent closer to me with a fry dangling out of his mouth. I scooted away but Sue was blocking me off from going any further so I bit the half of the fry that was hanging out of his mouth, smirking at him when I saw he was caught off guard.

"Don't worry Mrs Heck, I don't think he'll be doing anything for a while now." I laughed at the look on his face.

Frankie smiled. Maybe her suspicions came from watching too much tv, she was about to say something when her attention was caught by a commercial for a new tv crime drama. She would definitely be watching that.