Unclaimed Love by E.J Belle (best summer books .TXT) 📖

my plate down before me at the table before putting the other two plates down on the table.

 

"How was college today? Allie." My mother questioned me.

 

"It was okay thanks." I answered.

 

"That's good honey." She responded.

 

We ate our dinner in silence for a while at least until I decided to break it.

 

"I was wondering would it be okay if I could go to the cinema with Sarah." I asked my mum.

 

At first my parents looked at each other as if they were having a private conversation with each other without words.

"I suppose it would be okay, what day were you thinking about going to the cinema with her?" My mum replied.

 

"We have arranged to meet up at the cinema on Saturday, we were thinking about going to see the hobbit: desolation of smaug." I responded.

 

"What time were you thinking of going to see the cinema at?" My father threw me another question.

 

"We planned to meet each other at 7.00 pm outside the Riverside Cinema." I stated.

 

"I'm afraid you will have to reschedule the time." My mother told me.

 

"Why you're not busy are you?" I questioned.

 

"We have arranged to go out for dinner with Mr Thompson. It has been booked for all three of us to meet him and his son." She exclaimed.

 

"Why did you not tell me this earlier?" I urged.

 

"Allie we didn't tell you earlier because you never asked." My mother explained.

 

"Who is Mr Thompson?" I sighed.

 

"He is Aidan's father." She answered.

 

"Who is Aidan?" I questioned.

 

"He went to your school you'll know when you see him on Saturday." She said.

 

"I think I know who you mean. But why are we going out for dinner with strangers? You haven't even met Mr Thompson in person." I complained.

 

"Your father met him a few days ago last week I believe outside the bank." My mum remarked.

 

I turned towards my father as if I was seeking an answer from him and as if he knew what I was asking he nodded.

 

"Yes, I saw him last Friday outside the bank with his son Aidan." My father retorted.

 

"But why have you both arranged to have dinner with him?" I pushed them.

 

"You'll find out when we have dinner with them." My father answered this time.

 

"I won't have dinner with a bunch of strangers!" I raised my voice angered by this arrangement.

 

After I had raised my voice I immediately regretted it because my farther stood up from his chair and raised his voice just as loudly.

 

"You will join us for dinner on Saturday, the table has already been booked by Mr Thompson. You're going whether you like it or not. It has been decided." He shouted at me.

 

"Well I don't like it at all, I have never met Mr Thompson, his son used to bully me at school and now you're telling me I have to have dinner with a bunch of people that mean nothing to me!" I shouted again.

 

"We are your parents, you will show us some respect!" My father raised his voice again for the last time before storming out of the kitchen.

 

I stood there in the kitchen in silence behind my chair. I watched my mother walk over towards me pulling me into a hug.

 

"Allie you shouldn't have spoken to your father like that in such a manner. You know how he is when he loses his temper." My mum tried to comfort me.

 

"I do not to be forced to do something that I don't want to do, or to go somewhere that I don't want to go to." I complained.

 

"I know you don't want to go out for dinner on Saturday but perhaps you could consider this as an opportunity. Maybe you can still meet up with Sarah on Saturday just at a different time. Please Allie the table has already been booked and you won't be harassed by Aidan or by anyone. According to your father he is quite the gentleman actually." She explained.

 

Another sigh escaped my lips despite the fact that I didn't want to go out for dinner something told me that it was important that I did go out for dinner with my parents on Saturday night.

 

"I'll see if Sarah and I can reschedule." I noted.

 

"Thank you dear." She responded.

 

"Where will we be going for dinner?" I wanted to know.

 

"We will be going to a fancy restaurant called 'Charlie's Factory'." She stroked my cheeks.

 

"It sounds like it is a new restaurant from the way you have said it." I pointed out.

 

"It opened a few weeks ago, it isn't too far away from where I work actually." She smiled happily.

 

"I take it I will have to wear some fancy dress to this restaurant." I folded my arms.

 

"Allie please don't be like that. You know you can't wear whatever you want to a fancy restaurant." My mother made a point.

 

"I mightiest well go upstairs to call Sarah. Thank you for dinner it was lovely." I thanked her. I desperately wanted to say that it was lovely right up to the point where my father had ruined it.

 

But I knew better than to say that to my mother. I walked out of the kitchen and made my way upstairs again until I was in my bedroom again.

 

I closed the door behind me, I took out my mobile phone from one of my bag pockets and turned it on.

 

I pressed the contacts tab and decided to ring Sarah she picked up on the second beep.

 

"Hello babe." She greeted me.

 

"Hey Sarah." I greeted her back.

 

"What's up?" She asked.

 

"Nothing much really. I've just been told to reschedule my plans since my parents have already made plans of their own to take me out for dinner on Saturday night." I sighed once again.

 

"Can't you tell them that you don't want to go?" Sarah suggested.

 

"I tried doing that and it didn't work. They told me that I'm going whether I like it or not. Well my father told me that anyway." I stated.

 

"I guess this means we can't go to the cinema then on Saturday." She exclaimed.

 

"Can we not reschedule the time?" I asked.

 

"Bird I can't go to the cinema in the afternoon because my parents need my help and also my boyfriend is coming over at 3.00 pm. The only time that I am free is 7.00 pm." She informed me.

 

"I guess we will have to meet up on Sunday then." I gave up.

 

"Can't do that either babe, going over to see my granddad for most of the day on Sunday." She told me.

"Yeah." I replied.

 

"Tell me who are you going out to have dinner with? Apart from your parents." She asked interested in the subject.

 

"We're having dinner with Mr Thompson and his son. He apparently attended our school." I answered.

 

"Who is his son?" She threw me another question.

 

"Aidan Thompson, he used to bully me at school." I exclaimed.

 

"Oh my god are you serious? I thought your parents didn't know the 'Thompsons.'?" She stretched out the surname. I sighed one more time before talking again.

 

"That's what I thought also but it seems like my father has already met Aidan and his father. Also apparently Aidan has changed, apparently he is now quite the gentleman." I heard her laugh once I had finished my sentence.

 

"Babe maybe he has. I guess you're going to have to wait and see. I wonder if anybody else will be there apart from him and his father." She said.

 

"What do you mean?" I questioned.

 

"Well a few years ago, there was a rumour going around in our school that he had a brother, I don't know who started the rumour. Or who had passed it around." She stated.

 

"But if he had a brother, surely he would've gone to the same school as Aidan." I responded.

 

"Nobody knows, Aidan never commented on the rumour or even answered people's questions ever when they tried to find out if it was true or not. They never found out if he had a brother or not." She explained.

 

My curiosity had gotten the better of me and I soon found myself throwing questions at Sarah.

 

"Do you believe the rumour?" I asked her.

 

"I often thought about it, but I don't know if I believe it or not. The rumour soon stopped anyway and Aidan normally keeps to himself since he was always so quiet about his personal life." She explained.

 

"How do you know?" I motioned for her to continue on.

 

"Well I would often see some of the school girls trying to chat him up and I remembered one time I overheard one of the girls talking to him and I noticed that she was trying to ask him if he fancied anyone and he told her politely that he would rather keep that to himself. That gave me the impression that he was the quiet sort of guy." She stated.

 

"Really wow, but how did the rumour about his brother start off? What were people saying?" I asked.

 

"Well it started off with people saying that he had a brother but people never saw him, and people continued to gossip things around the school. You know the saying what goes around comes around." She said with as much enthusiasm that she could muster.

The saying was so true though, I despised gossip in a way unless it was coming from a best friend then I didn't mind it but if it was coming from anyone else like people like Hayley or teachers even then I hated it.

 

"I guess we'll never know if he has a brother or not." I told her.

 

"You could always ask him on Saturday, I'm sure he would tell you." She said jokingly.

 

"Very funny, I'm sure he'll tell me how large or how small his penis is too if I ask him." I joked back.

 

I didn't have to wait very long, it was only mere minutes until I heard Sarah burst out into fits of laughter nearly hurting my ear since it was so loud.

 

"Cheeky little bitch, I wouldn't ask him that." She chuckled.

 

"You know I wouldn't ask things like that." I chuckled along with her.

 

"I know you wouldn't bird." By this stage she had already calmed down.

 

"Do you think he really has changed since school?" I questioned her.

 

"I don't know bird, he probably has. Just wait and see when you see him on Saturday. You might actually enjoy talking to him." She remarked.

 

"Enjoy talking to Aidan? I don't think so. The guy is nothing but a pervert." I said.

 

"You'll never know. Anyway babe I'm going to go here. Love you." She said making me smile.

 

"I love you too, take care bye." I said before ending the call with her.

 

After I had ended the call with Sarah I plopped myself down upon the bed and rested my head against one of the pillows, I couldn't help but wonder if Aidan did have a brother. If he did have a brother what would he look like? Would he look like Aidan? What would his personality be like? Would he act like Aidan? I couldn't help but allow questions to circulate around in my mind.

 

I decided to take off my shoes and rest my feet upon the duvet only to climb into bed and pull the duvet cover over my chest and switch off the lights. But before I could close my eyes and even think of having a rest I heard my bedroom door open and my mother entered the bedroom.

 

"Allie honey what are you doing in bed?" She questioned me softly turning on the lights again.

 

"I just wanted to go for a nap." I admitted.

 

"Are you not feeling well?" She asked me.

 

"I'm fine, just tired mum." I yawned before covering my mouth.

 

"Do you want me to get you anything?" She asked another question.

 

"No thank you mum." I answered sleepily.

 

"Okay let me know if you need anything." She kissed my forehead switching off the lights and leaving my bedroom.

 

I nodded before allowing my eyes to close and allowed myself to fall into a deep slumber.

 

I found myself being absolutely bored to death, despite the fact that my eyes were closed I