I sat on a chair by the table looking around at my family and friends who had come over to celebrate my graduation. My family could take things to a whole new level sometimes. I could still remember the way they raised their voices cheering when I was called up to the podium to get my degree.
Hannah and Richard were standing side by side as they conversed with Drake, Anne, Danny and his girlfriend Meahri. She was a beautiful Korean woman with smooth porcelain skin and black shoulder length hair.
Hannah, Richard and I finally sat down and talked after I continued to ignore them. Let's just say it was a long talk with a lot of tears shed. There's no one like a best friend who understands you some times more than you do yourself.
Denise and Vanessa were chatting with Kimberly-Kevins sister. Their Mom Charlotte came over and dropped them off. I asked her to stay and she did for a little while before she left, mostly because Mom still can't stand her and didn't even bother to hide it. The good part is that she has no problem with the girls
Speaking of Mom she was chatting with Elena on the far left side and they seemed to be laughing a lot. Only one person was missing so far and in his defense he was running late. Mom saw me sitting alone and waved me over. I smiled and walked to where they were standing
"I see my son's not here yet" Elena said smiling at me
"No he's not"
My aunt called my Mom so she left the two of us alone. Once Mom was out of earshot Elena continued "How are things going between the two of you?"
"So far so good"
She looked at me as if thinking through something "The last time we talked at the apartment we were interrupted"
Ah how could I forget that very uncomfortable situation
"At that point in time Kevin and I were not on the best of terms. I made the mistake of voicing out my opinions on your relationship and he wasn't very happy with them. Let's just say that I had your best interest at heart but he didn't see it that way"
"And what was it that you said?"
"Honestly I didn't feel that he was ready for a relationship and I didn't want to see any of you hurt at the end of the day. As I said, I had your best interest at heart but it seems I was wrong" she took a deep breath and continued "Kevin has a passion for what he does and sometimes it will be hard for him. Be patient with him and try by all means to get him to talk about his work, to help him get things off his chest. I know they have therapists for that but sometimes it feels good to open up to someone other than the local shrink. He'll work late, get called in at awkward hours. He won't want to but he might miss birthdays and sometimes forget anniversaries because he got too caught up with work. Yours won't be an easy relationship but I want you to know that you can talk to me when you need someone to talk to" she smiled
I was touched by Elena's words and her willingness to be there if I ever needed her to be. The good part was that Kevin was a little more open with me now. He talked to me about what was bothering him and I voiced out my opinions. When I couldn't say anything meaningful, I just listened and it was enough for him. It showed that he was willing to do whatever he could to make sure our relationship worked.
I reached over and hugged her "Thanks"
She hugged me and rubbed my back "Anytime"
We pulled at apart at the sound of someone clearing their throat. I didn't have to look to know who it was.
"It's good to see two of my three favourite women in the world getting along"
"You finally made it" Elena hugged Kevin and gave him a kiss on the cheek "If you two need me I'll be over there" she said pointing to where some of my aunts were standing
Kevin's focus was on me once his Mother left. He was tall, well built and had the most perfect shade of blue eyes I had ever seen. His baby blues gave me butterflies with just one look-like the way they did right now. He moved from being the somewhat irritating guy I bumped into at school to the man I was now head over heels in love with
"Glad you could make it"
"Me too" he smiled
He moved closer and leaned in till our lips met. And when they did it was heaven. I ran my hands through his hair and he put his hands on my hips and pulled me to him. His strawberry flavoured mouth had my toes curling. If we were alone, he would probably be naked by now and I would have most likely been exploring his body. I had a feeling he felt the same way because of how he kept trying to close the invisible space between us. Somehow everyone around melted away and it was just us two but the feeling didn't last long
"Bridget Della Mathews" My Mother said with a note of disapproval causing us to pull apart "That's no way to behave in public"
"Sorry Mom"
Kevin seemed a little disoriented but one look at my Mother's face had him back to normal
"Hello Mrs Mathews" he greeted holding his hand out to her
She looked at his hand then frowned folding her arms across her chest. She looked at me and I gave her my own version of a stern look. She rolled her eyes and gave him a hand shake. I talked to my mom the other day about being nicer to Kevin and she promised me that she would try. For some reason she just didn't like my boyfriend but she seemed to like the rest of his family just fine.
"Bridget, honey why don't you go stand with Hannah and Anne while I have a little chat with Kevin"
"Mom-"
"I won't bite"
"It's ok" Kevin smiled "I'll be right there"
I gave Mom a look that said she should play nice before I went to join Hannah and the rest of the guys.
Drake whistled "What I would give to listen in on that conversation"
"You think she's threatening to castrate him again?" Danny asked Drake
"Naah" Drake said shaking his head "I'm thinking something much worse than that"
They laughed and that's when Meahri shoved Danny lightly "Don't make fun of him. I don't think you'll be laughing when you meet my family"
That seemed to sober him up
"I'm sure your Mom will come around" Hannah said with a smile "She's just protective of you"
"Yeah I can testify to the number of guys you never dated because your Mom always got to them before they could even think to ask you out"
An arm wrapped around me and pulled me close to a warm body. I looked up at him and puckered up before he placed a kiss on my lips.
"What did I miss?" he asked
"Nothing" Hannah shrugged "though I'm thinking we should probably start planning for her birthday because she actually gets really mad when no one does anything, believe me I know"
"Yeah" Anne added "She expects atleast four years worth of gifts"
"Why four years?" Danny asked but before Anne could answer Kevin spoke up "And why is it that we've been dating this long and I still don't know when your birthday is?"
"Don't like the feeling do you?" I asked poking his chest with my middle finger
"As I was going to say before you rudely interrupted me" Anne continued after giving them an eye roll "She was born on the 29th of February so her birthday comes around every four years so she doesn't like to celebrate it every year because she doesn't see the point and thus the four years worth of gifts"
"Ohhh" They all nodded in understanding
"I never told you because you would have most likely gotten me something against my wishes"
"Probably true" he nodded "I should probably start thinking of the best birthday gift then"
"Yeah so feel free to wrap yourself up in a bow for me"
He laughed and kissed my cheek "I love you beautiful"
"I love you too"
As we stood there chatting I realised that I had come a long way. I was surrounded by family and friends who loved me and of course my boyfriend who meant the world to me and I was grateful for it.
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Finally come to the end of this story. I'm actually just happy I managed to finish it though it took me a long time 🙈🙈🙈. I'm not even going to give an excuse, I'm just terrible.
To be honest I just wrote it and didn't really know how it was going to go. I still don't really know how the story is though. I just thought blue eyes and started typing
I'm not sure just how many mistakes I made through the story but hopefully not too much. I'll read through it but not any time soon 😆😆😆
To all those who liked it 'Thank you' and to all those who did not 'Hopefully you'll like my next one'.
Until next time... 😚😙😘
❤ livi
THE END