Tangled Strings

Chapter 11

I hugged Lucy and was ushered in. I smiled crookedly at Mrs. Force and handed her the bouquet and sweets. I tried to be calm and poised but all my rehearsals were proved to be a waste of time. So I just awkwardly shook hands with Mr. Force. I followed everyone to the living room which was authentic. It looked...amazing. It was my first entering Lucy's house and it was marvellous. I hope her parents are too!

We sat on the couches and an awkward silence followed. I nervously adjusted my tie and played with my watch, well aware of Mr. Force's eyes solely on me. Sensing the tension, Lucy cleared her throat and began, "Umm, Dad? He's Fred." she said, locking her arms with mine.

"Yeah, I know that!" he snapped.

So okay, it wasn't so great a start till now.

"Fred dear, how much do you love our daughter?"

"Mom!!" Lucy stared at her mother.

"Actually I like her a lot. I don't know about love it is such a great word. But yeah I surely like to spend all my time with her." I breathed. "And I will spend all my time with her. She's so pretty and beautiful and—" I was cut off.

"Enough! We haven't got all day for your rant!" Mr. Force snapped, rather casually.

"Umm...okay." I said carefully.

"Dad! I'm sorry, Fred. He's just—"

"I know, baby. He's your father. It's okay." I assured her.

"Have some cookies, dear! I baked them just for you!" Mrs. Force offered a plate full of cookies to me and on the way a cookie was stolen by Mr. Force.

"What?" he asked innocently seeing his wife staring at him.

"Mr. Force. You can't just pick a cookie when I'm offering someone else." she said with a fake grin plastered on her face.

"Yes, but..."

"No ifs and no buts. Keep it back!" she said with a stern voice, and her husband had to put it back unwillingly. I had the urge to stop Mrs. Force and let her husband take the cookie. I mean, come on, it's just one little cookie. What's the harm? But I compelled myself to sit quietly.

"Hey! Are you okay? I'm sorry you had to see this—" Lucy whispered.

"Hey, hey, it's okay. Your parents are quite...interesting and...cheerful."

"Ha! That was far-fetched." she rolled her eyes. I chuckled.

"Fred?" Mrs. Force called out and again a plate full of cookies was shifted towards me. I took one and thanked her.

"You know, I love making cookies and these are my favourites. I specially baked them for you." Mrs. Force was too happy boasting about herself.

"Mom, why are you lying? Of course you didn't make them, you bought them! You don't even know how to bake!" Lucy said irritatedly. Her mother gasped.

"You take the fun out of everything!!" she complained.

"Mom, stop complaining. You sound like a baby." Lucy replied.

I looked from Lucy to Mrs. Force and chuckled at the mother-daughter relationship, while her Dad was sitting on the couch with folded arms, looking everywhere but us.

To stop the mother-daughter bickering I interrupted them, "they are really good, Mrs. Force. Your choice of food is good!"

"Thank you Fred. But Mrs. Force? Have you been calling me that, the whole evening?"

"Yes."

"Well, you can call me Amy. And he is Bill." she said pointing towards her husband.

"I'm nothing but Mr. Force to him." he bellowed.

"Oh shut up!" Amy shut him up with a wave of her hand. I'm sorry to say but I was totally enjoying this.

No hard feelings, okay?!

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A/N So what do you think about it?? I added this chapter because I thought maybe some of you would be interested to know what happened when Fred met Lucy's parents...

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