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She winked at me and gave me a small smile. âSure thing.â
One thing I had learned about Katie in the short time I had known her was that I could trust her. I trotted off to the shower, excitement and nervousness growing in my belly, as I thought about the night ahead. chapter nine
Jonathan knocked on my door at 7:00 on the dot and my heart was pounding against my chest I was so nervous. I was having dinner with Jonathan and his parents with my parents! In what crazy world does this happen to someone like me? I had just finished dabbing on lip gloss when I flung the door open and he literally took my breath away. I had never seen him in anything but jeans, and standing in front of me was a gorgeous man in a well-tailored dark blue suit. My eyes roamed over his thick, dark hair, down to his eyes and I gave his suit a quick once over, a smile touching the corners of my mouth.
âWow, you clean up really nicely Jonathan.â
He laughed at the look of wonder on my face. âThanks, I think.â The smile started to fall from his lips as his eyes perused my body. My dress was a spaghetti strap, light pinkish purple fitted dress that skimmed by body but was not tight. It fit me perfectly and I knew that it flattered my figure.
âSkylar, you look stunning, absolutely beautiful.â There was lust in those eyes, I saw it plain as day, and it made me feel good to know that he wanted me.
I suddenly felt very shy because he would not take his eyes off of me. âThank you.â I grabbed my sweater and closed the door behind me and turned to him. âShall we go?â
âAfter you.â His mood had shifted slightly and he was a bit reserved as we walked to the car.
âIs something wrong Jonathan?â I was worried that somehow in the past two minutes I had screwed things up.
âNot at all.â He managed a small smile but it did not reach his eyes.
What did I do? I started to doubt myself and was grateful that Iâd be seeing my parents in a few minutes when Jonathan turned to me before we got in the car, his eyes searching mine. He smoothed away the hair that the gentle breeze had blown into my eyes and smiled at me.
âYou look so beautiful Skylar, Iâm really happy that you and your parents decided to have dinner with us tonight, itâs going to be fun.â
âI think it will be fun too.â
The driver came around and opened the door to the sleek black mercedes and I felt like a princess as I slid into the car. Jonathanâs parents were inside and siting right next to his mom was Boobs McGee with a huge smirk on her face. You have got to be kidding me. What the hell is Barbi doing here? I quickly composed myself because the last thing I wanted to do was come off as snarky in front of Jonathanâs parents. I dug deep and pasted a saccharin sweet smile on my face and said hello to her.
âBarbi, what a nice surprise, I didnât realize that you would be joining us.â
She returned an equally fake smile. âItâs nice to see you Skylar.â
Okay, whatâs going on here? Jonathan could not possibly think that he could get away with taking two girls out at the same time, especially when one of them had their parents coming along! I shot Jonathan a look and he didnât seem fazed by the situation at all.
Jonathanâs dad spoke up. âSkylar, I probably should have mentioned that our cousin was joining us, my apologies.â Wait, what? Cousin? And, was that annoyance I saw on his face? Was he not happy that she was there?
I was shocked into silence as I processed what he just said. Barbi is their cousin? If she was related to Jonathan then why was she hanging all over him like that all the time? Ewww gross! I was still trying to process and the conversation continued on without me. Barbi was saying something to Jonathan but everything was a garbled mess to me as the words swirled in the air making no sense at all.
âSkylar dear you look gorgeous, simple breathtaking.â His mom was very sweet and it snapped me out of my confusion.
âThank you Mrs. Hunter.â I was really happy that she approved. The words were feeble as my brain continued to try to figure out what was going on.
âBeautiful dress Skylar, just stunning.â Mr. Hunter gave Jonathan a quick look a small smile. I was happy that they both approved and really happy that Barbi witnessed it first-hand. I glanced at her and she had a bit of a snarl curling her lip at the compliments aimed toward me.
âThank you.â
âI have to apologize if I seem a bit dazed, I had no idea that Jonathan and Barbi were related.â My gaze slid to Jonathan and I had to control the annoyance I felt about him not telling me she was his cousin.
Barbi piped in with her obnoxious baby voice. âWell, technically weâre not related. My mom married Jonathanâs cousin.â
Oh, so thatâs why she was always all over him, there was no blood relation. I doubted that any kind of relationship between those two would be allowed in Jonathanâs family.
âYes, Barbaraâs mother is his third wife to be exact, and they were married less than a year ago.â That was definitely an annoyed look on his face. Mr. Hunter was not being subtle at all about his feelings. So, Barbara, huh? I knew her real name couldnât be âBarbi with an iâ. Sheâs a moron.
Jonathan finally jumped into the conversation to try to smooth things over. âI was trying to tell you when I walked you home from the library a couple of weeks ago.â
I noticed his mom glance at me and I couldnât tell what she was thinking. I didnât want them to know that Jonathan and I had any friction so I was anxious for him to get on with what he was going to say.
âBarbiâs mom is married to my dadâs cousin Ethan, which makes him my cousin too. It was a surprise for the family because it happened so quickly but I think theyâre settling in just fine, and so are we, right dad?â Jonathan shot his dad a look and his father was busy tapping away on his phone.
âJoshua, your son is speaking to you.â Her voice was stern and his dad quickly put down the phone and looked at Jonathan.
âYes, weâve welcomed our newest family member with open arms.â His smile was cold and I could tell that it wasnât genuine. He doesnât like her!
I decided to needle Barbi a bit. âBarbara,â I gave her a pointed stare, âare your parents coming this weekend?â
She did not look happy with me at all and I seem to have hit a sore spot. I donât know if it was because I called her by her real name or because I asked about her parents. Whatever it was, it put a pretty big scowl on her face and I was loving it. Mr. Hunter jumped in before she could answer.
âNo, unfortunately my flighty cousin and his wife decided to go to Paris at the last minute rather than visit her only child during her first semester away from home.â Mr. Hunter definitely did not hold back his real feelings. He really didnât like his cousin!
I glanced over at Barbi whoâs cheeks were bright red with embarrassment. It sucked that her parents didnât seem to care about her. I almost felt sorry for her but then she gave me a sly smirk as Jonathan put his arm around her.
âWeâre here for you Barbs.â
Where I normally would have felt pangs of jealousy that Jonathan had his arm around her, my feelings for him grew even more as I realized that he was a genuinely nice person. He didnât want her to feel alone and I could tell that it was nothing more than that for him. Barbi was another story. I knew that she wanted him and she seemed like the kind of girl that would do anything to get what she wanted. Hopefully Jonathan was smart enough to know that.
I glanced at Jonathanâs parents and saw subtle disapproving looks on both of their faces. The car pulled up to my parentsâ hotel and his parents looked incredibly relieved and I couldnât tell why until my parents got in the car.
âHello you two, why donât you sit over there. Barbara come sit next to me.â Jonathanâs mother was not playing around, she did not want bimbo Barbi next to her son.
Barbi had a definite pout on her face as she left Jonathanâs side. My parents sat next to me and I moved closer to Jonathan to make more room for them. His arm felt so warm and comfortable against mine, I didnât ever want to move. Our parents were chatting away and his hand was resting near my leg and he discreetly and gently rubbed the side of my thigh with his pinkie. I gave him a quick glance from the corner of my eye and he gave me a small smile and winked at me. Uh, the butterflies went crazy.
I glanced over at Barbi and she was watching us like a hawk and I didnât care. I was happy that she saw us together because hopefully she would get the message that he liked me and not her.
My mom gave me a quick glance after she was introduced to Barbi and I could tell that she was not a fan. Barbi was sticky sweet to my parents and my mom and Jay could spot a fake person from a mile away.
My parents and Jonathanâs parents chatted like old friends in the car and Jonathan and I chimed in every now and then, but Barbi was silent and I could tell that she felt out of place. If it wasnât for her, the scene would have been perfect. I discreetly pinched my arm in the car to make sure that all of this was real. It was so surreal yet seemed so natural that Jonathan and I were out to dinner with our parents and the night was almost perfect, except for Boobs McGee.
After we were seated, our parents started chatting away but the conversation never turned to what each one did for a living. I was kind of surprised by that because I thought that that was what adults talked about first. Iâm sure my mom was relieved that she didnât have to talk about it. She didnât love that she worked in a grocery store, but it paid the bills and provided secondary insurance for us.
Dinner flew by quickly even though we were there for over two hours. I couldnât believe how well my parents and Jonathanâs parents were getting along. Jonathan and I chatted about the weekend festivities for
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