All you need is a little Faith #Wattys2017

Chapter 30

"She's fire and ice. You will fear the cold and crave the burn."

Faith

"Oh my God! I can't believe she's actually coming." Beth exclaimed running around like a frantic mad woman.

"Chill babe. She really—" dad started to say but Beth cut him off.

"You want me to Chill? Are you crazy! Your mother's going to be here tomorrow and I have to do so much work and—" But dad cut her off by pressing his lips to hers. Alex and I made a face. Ya, we supported their relationship but no one wanted to see their parents suck face.

Anyway, our Grandma was coming to visit us. She had been ill for a while and she wanted to spend time with her family before she went away.

Grandma Rose was a peculiar woman. Even though she looked like an eighty-year-old woman, she had the heart of a teenager. She had a sailor's mouth and never failed to amuse me.

"Everything will be fine. It's just my mother and she adores you." Dad said finally being able to calm Beth down.

Alex was really excited to meet Nana She loved Alex plus Nana was really excited to meet Cory. Though Cory was a nervous wreck. Yesterday when Alex cracked the news to Cory it was, we were at Damon's place. The scene went something like this. Damon was staring at Cory's legs.

"Dude stop checking out my girlfriends leg," Alex exclaimed.
Damon was still staring.

"Damon ! for the love of god stop checking out your sister's legs !" Alex said again.

I tried to control my laughter but in Vain.

"I'm sorry but it's just....Is that a tattoo?!"

My eyes bulged out at this Cory turned a deep red, so did Alex. I checked for myself and sure enough there was a tattoo at the back of her ankle. It was really small. I literally had to squint to see it. It said "HIS' with a small heart.

"Um ya. We got matching tattoo's." Cory explained as Alex showed a similar tattoo which said "HER'S'with a small heart on his back.

"And you forget to mention this detail to me." Demon demanded.

"It kind of slipped out of my mind," Alex said nervously scratching the back of his head.

"Shipped out ?!" It's not that I mind you guys getting a tattoo but it makes me feel suspicious. I mean what else could you be hiding from me."

Both of them stared at leach other before Alex blurted out.

"Nana is coming tomorrow and I want her to meet Cory!"

"What !" All three of us exclaimed simultaneously.

"Alex it's a big step cause you know how Nana get's" I explained.

"I know and that's why I want Cory to meet her."

"Are you crazy?! You want me to meet Nana. What if she doesn't like me or the way I am or worse. What if she doesn't approve of our relationship !" Cory yelled pacing around the living room.

"Babe you got to calm down It's just my Nana."

"Exactly. Your Nana! What if she doesn't like me, Alex ?!"

"She'll love you."

"How can you say that! God Alex! You're so annoying." Saying this she went up to her room.

"Women" Alex muttered following her.

Damon and I stared at each other before we burst out laughing.

Nana arrived in the evening the next day. She pulled Alex's cheek till they turned red and scolded him for losing some weight. Beth was so nervous that she kept mixing up her words and kept dropping whatever she was holding. Nana just laughed and hugged her. Relief washed over her.

She pulled dad's ear for not talking to her since a long time and called him some words that I will surely censor. As for me, tears brimmed her eyes as soon as she saw me. She hugged me so tight that I was deprived of oxygen called me a carbon copy of my Mum.

Chris was really amused when he met Nana. After their conservation, he declared she was one of the kind. When she met Damon she slapped him on his bum and called him an ass, in a fun manner, for getting me drunk on my 18th birthday.

I think Cory was the most nervous out of all of us to meet Nana.

"Nana, meet my girlfriend Cory." Alex introduced Cory 

"Oh my god look know much you're grown since the last time I saw you !" Nana exclaimed.
"It's really nice to meet you, Nana," Cory said formally extending her arm for a handshake.

Instead, Nana pulled her and gave her a tight hug. Cory was really shocked by the gesture.

"You've got yourself a good girlfriend Alex. She's sexy and well-mannered. Don't fuck this up." Nana said giving a stern expression to Alex.
"I won't Nana," Alex said hugging Cory from behind and kissing the top of her head.

Around nine at night Nana went to bed declaring she was too jet lagged. Hay an hour later Chris came barging into my room.

"I need to tell you something."

I looked up from my max and met his worried eyes. Instantly I knew something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" I asked walking towards him.
"It's Caleb.," he said leaning against the wall. I waited for him to continue.

"He's devasted after Tori's leave. It's like he's a totally different person. Drunk half the time and the other half he's a cold hearted asshole. I've heard him cry Faith. I've seen my big brother cry and it breaks my heart."

"But he made it clear that he didn't care about her."

I whispered not trusting my own voice.

"But he does ! Oh god he does. He loves her Faith." he exclaimed.

"He won't forgive her."

"What are you talking about?"

"I can't tell you Chris. It's not my place to tell."
"But what if he does. We don't know the answer till he meet her."

I stayed shut for a minute weighing my pro's and con's.

"Come on Faith."

I took a deep breath and whispered.

"She's in New Orleans."

Chris stared at me for as minute before he lunged at me for a hug.

"Thank you ! Thank you so much." he kept repeating it again and again hugging it really tightly.

I just laughed and hugged him back. He held me by my shoulders and brought us face to face.

"You don't know what you've done Faith. Thank you so much."

I stared at his face as he did the same. I took in every feature, that little scar near his eyebrow and another near his lips. And before I could even register it he was leaning in and I involuntarily was doing the same. It was as if the earth had stopped rotating and the moon had set.

I could feel his breath tingling my senses. Our lips were just a few centimeters apart when suddenly my bedroom door barged open. We jumped away from each other, startled.

Alex came in holding a plate full of cookies with his mouth stuffed. He cooked at us before extending his hand and saying something which sounded like 

"Cookie?"