Unexpected

• Chapter Sixty •

I nudge Abel's arm to get his attention, "You're parents look so happy together."

"They are." He says with a smile. "It's what I look up to when it comes to love and relationships. When it comes to you."

"What do you mean?"

"I had to learn how to treat you properly from somewhere didn't I?"

"It seems so."

Everyone begins to gather round the long table that's been placed outside and starts to take their seat.

Abel pulls me with him so that he's on one side and Ana is in my other side. Tatiana's on Abel's left while opposite us is Rolo, Rani,  Raph, Evelyn and Israel. All the adults have taken the seats on the other end of the table leaving us to ourselves.

Rolos dad stands up to say grace before we all dig in. "We thank you Lord for the life you've giving us today, for the food we eat, for the love we share and for everyone here. We thank you that our children have it through another year and continue to succeed just as they have been. Amen."

"Amen." We all echo.

Everyone starts piling food onto their plates and I immediately start with the jerk chicken I've been craving so much. Rolo does the same as me and we both bite into it at the same time.

"This just keeps getting better and better." I moan out.

"Agreed." Rolo says.

"Abel you have to try this." I look over at his plate to see that he's put on practically everything. I give him an incredulous look, "Are you actually planning on finishing that all?"

"Of course. I'm still growing you know."

"That's like the excuse every guy uses when they're eating their own weight." Rani points out.

"It's not an excuse if it's true Rani." Rolo says.

One glance at Raphael and Israel's plate shows that they're telling the truth.

I point to a dish that Israel brought and decide to try it and see how it tastes, "Israel what is this?"

He looks up from his food before responding, "It's called Mahshi. They're bell peppers stuffed with rice, tomato sauce, herbs and beef. Try it."

I fork some into my mouth as the variety of flavour assaults my taste buds. "Oh wow this is amazing!"

As I continue to stuff my face with food, small conversation is made all around the table. I look to the left and see that Abel is helping Tatiana cut some of her food. She thanks him eagerly while he kisses her on her chubby cheeks. My heart is melting.

Obviously feeling my gaze, Abel looks up to stare at me when I notice he has some sauce on the corner of his lips.

With my eyes still locked on his, I wipe it away with my thumb before licking it off. Abel's eyes drop to my lips and I can clearly see his overwhelming desire to kiss me right there and then. But since we're surrounded by our friends and family, he simply leans in to place his mouth behind my ear and gently kisses the area softly.

"I think it's inappropriate to be so turned on while I'm sitting next to my sister don't you think?" He murmurs. "So I think we should get out of here."

A nervous laughs escapes my voice box. "Why? What do you want to do? Make out like some horny teenagers who can't control themselves?" I half smirked at him.

"Actually, I want to do a whole lot more to you," He whispers honestly as he presses more kisses on the side of my neck.

My heartbeat skyrockets at his subtle insinuation so instead of letting him to continue, I gently pull his head back up to look at me, "Down boy. Definitely not the time for that."

I glance towards our friends to find that they're smirking at me with knowing looks. I groan in irritation realising that they're probably gonna tease me about this to no end. However, instead of commenting all they do is laugh.

After we've all eaten, I spot Monroe in the corner away from us all and in her own. I decide to go up to her to try and get her feeling more involved. I can understand how nerve wracking it can be around so many people; maybe not to this extent but still anything I can do to help will be good for her.

I drag Rolo with me knowing he's pretty good at making people feel at ease.

"Where are we going ?" He questions.

"To Abel's sister Monroe. She's kind of shy."

"Say no more." Rolo immediately jogs up to her and starts up a conversation that seems mostly one sided. Eventually, she starts to giggle happily at the funny faces he's pulling and even talks to him.

I brush my hands together feeling successful and I'm about to head straight to Abel when I see Rani arguing with her parents. Unfortunately, I'm too far away to hear what's being said but it's definitely getting heated.

I walk up to the rest of the group who are also staring not so discreetly in Ranis direction, "That looks tense doesn't it?" I ask them.

They all nod back at me but don't say anything else. I don't want to interfere but I also don't want Rani to end the summer on a bad note.

Fortunately, my parents have seemed to catch onto the argument and are making their way over.

"This is either gonna go well or really bad." Rolo Says as he watches them.

My parents have a brief conversation with Ranis and although they look frustrated, they don't react badly.

"Looks like it's all fine." Evelyn points out.

"Except for the fact that Rani looks super pissed." Adds Israel.

He's completely right; Rani is stomping towards us like an outraged bull. But instead of her stopping at us, she trudges straight past before shouting to us over her shoulder, "I'm going home, don't follow me."  And with that, she leaves.

We're all silent for a second until Abel speaks up, "Well then."

After that slightly awkward encounter, everything returns to normal; the dancing, the talking, the laughter. I capture these moments both with my mind and my camera, knowing how important it all is.

Just before we all head out, I take Nolan to the bathroom even though he's now capable of going himself.

"Why do you have to come with me?" He whines.

"Just because." I respond vaguely.

I walk through the hallway and make a left before opening the door in front of us. Sadly, a toilet is not the only thing we see.

"Marcel!" I yell.

Both mine and Nolan's eyes are officially scarred. We just walked into Marcel and Tenaya sucking each other's face off. As if that wasn't enough, there was also wandering hands!

"My eyes!" Screams Nolan.

"Get out!" Marcel and Tenaya shout at us.

I quickly close the door and turn to look at Nolan. We stare at one another for a second before bursting into giggles.

"I bet you're happy I came with you now." I point out.

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