“Hell yeah, I am. You’re in good hands, princess,” he said.
I was grateful to him for not making it awkward. He even put his arm around me, but when I momentarily tensed with the contact he said, “Relax, okay? We are here tonight and we can have fun together.”
I nodded and stopped overthinking it when I realized this might be my last chance to be “normal”.
Checking the movies I was impressed with his choices.
“The Vow, The Notebook, Dear John, Step Up…wow, did you choose them all?”
“Actually…I may have called my sister for a little help.”
“Don’t forget to thank your sister for me,” I murmured.
“Don’t worry about it. Are you ready to start with one of them? You’ll not sleep before we watch them all, okay? I’m warning you.”
“Okay. Let’s start,” I said eagerly, but the moment the movie started my parents came in the room.
The look on their faces would have been funny if
we were in any other situation. Ashton surprised me by introducing himself to my parents so respectfully.
“Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Estelle. I’m Ashton…your daughter’s boyfriend.”
My parents’ faces were similar to mine with their eyebrows raised in shock, mouths slightly open…
I got a hold of my emotions and tried to help Ashton, “Mom, Ashton thought we could watch movies. He’ll stay with me tonight if you both are okay with it.”
“Oh, sure. It’s nice to meet you, Ashton. April, your doctor said the room at the furthest corner of the hall was empty. I think we’ll stay there tonight,” my mom said with extra emphasis on “the furthest corner”.
“Nice to meet you, Ashton,” my dad said as he left the room with my mom.
“Well, that was pretty awkward,” I murmured.
He sat back next to me and replied, “Yeah, it was…but let’s not think about that. Start the movie, princess.”
When two movies were out of the way, I didn’t notice how the time had flown by.
Ashton was so much fun to be around. Even though he mocked me as I cried over some scenes in the movies, he laughed at me only after he calmed me.
“I’m hungry, princess. What about you?” he asked, rubbing his stomach, pulling my attention to the taut muscles there.
I cleared my throat, nervously, feeling flushed like I was a thirteen year old teenager. But in a way, I was…I was so inexperienced when it came to the opposite sex.
I tore my gaze from his six pack, meeting his eyes. There was a smirk on his face, letting me know he caught me checking him out, but I wasn’t uncomfortable because of him catching me.
“I think I’m hungry, too,” I murmured.
“Hmm, it seems like it,” he said, winking at me.
After checking all the brochures, we decided on the classic –pizza.
“Okay, pizza is coming. Now, tell me about yourself,” he offered.
“What do you want to know?”
“I don’t know…favorite color?” he shrugged.
“Blue and purple,” I answered. I didn’t have a favorite color, it has to be both or none.