#chaper 11

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Chapter 11 Sneak peek

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chapter 11

After my talk with Zayn, I had let my parents know that I was seeing someone exclusively. As I had suspected, they wanted to meet him. That honestly didn’t make me nervous. My family was awesome and they had always been so accepting of me and whoever I was with. My dad was a bit protective, but I was sure that he would like Zayn.

One morning on my way to work, I decided to call Zayn.

“Hey Ellie,” he said, answering the phone.

“Hello my love,” I said giggling.

He laughed, “What’s up?”

“Well,” I hesitated, “I told my parents about you. They want to meet you.”

Zayn was quiet for a minute. That made me nervous.

“Zayn?”

He sighed, “I’ve already met your mom….”

“So… can I tell them yes to dinner?”

“What should I wear?” he asked.

“That’s a yes!?”

“Yeah, it’s a yes.”

“YES,” I exclaimed, “just wear anything you want. Tomorrow night, be at my place at 5:30 and we’ll leave then.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There was a knock at my door at 5:29. Zayn sure was punctual. When I opened, Zayn leaned in and kissed me, softly, before I could say anything.

“Hey you,” I whispered. He looked good. He had dark jeans on, a gray henley. I had a gray dress on. We were kind of color coordinating which was cute in a way that probably made people sick.

“You look lovely babe,” he said.

“Thank you.”

“Are we taking your car then?” he asked

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Hello?” I called when we got to my parents. Zayn stood, slightly behind me holding my hand.

“Come here,” he said tugging at my hand, “kiss me.”

I giggled. “Isn’t that my line?” I questioned, leaning in towards him. His breath washed over me as his mouth met mine, our lips gently caressing each others. I opened my mouth a bit deepening the kiss. Suddenly, a cough interrupted us. Zayn recovered quickly and awkwardly pulled away from me.

“Lisa!” I said, “Uh, this is Zayn, you probably remember him from the mall.”

“Yeah, I remember,” she said smiling, “how are you two?”

“Good, thanks,” Zayn replied giving her a quick hug.

“Well come on in the kitchen. Mom made a huge dinner of course.”

I smiled, grabbed Zayn’s hand and walked into the kitchen.

“Mom and Dad, this is my boyfriend Zayn.”

“Hello Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, thank you so much for having me,” Zayn said politely shaking my dad’s hand and giving my mom a kiss on the cheek. Man he was good.

We sat down to dinner. Mom had made lasagna which was one of my favorite things ever and garlic bread and salad. Dad poured wine and the conversation started.

“Hey, where’s Caleb?” I asked noticing that he wasn’t at his usual spot at the table.

“Uhm,” my mom stuttered.

“He’s out,” my dad said shortly, “so Zayn, you’re an English teacher?”

Okaaaay … that was weird. I glanced at Zayn who didn’t seem to notice anything.

“Yes, teaching at the high school. I absolutely love it.”

“We hardly see Ellie anymore since you’ve shown up,” Mom said smiling.

I blushed and Zayn laughed quietly.

“Mom, you see me plenty!”

“I’ll make sure it’s more often,” Zayn replied.

“I’d appreciate that,” Mom said laughingly.

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Dinner went wonderfully as I had imagined. Zayn completely charmed my parents and Lisa loved him. I was quiet on the ride home because I was still wondering about the whole Caleb thing.

“Babe?” Zayn asked, “You okay?”

“Yeah,” I said, “I’m just worried about Caleb, I wonder if he’s okay…”

We pulled up to my house and Zayn held the door for me.

“I’m sure everything will be alright,” he said leading me over to the couch and kissing the edge of my mouth, “don’t worry so much, okay?”

I smiled and nodded. “Okay,” I sighed cuddling into his shoulder and deciding that I was going to call Caleb tomorrow. 

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