~RENE'S POV~
"Hey mom." I hugged her tightly it had been about 3 months since I saw her.
"Hey sweetie, come on get in the truck our appointment is soon."
I threw all of my stuff in the truck, trying not to seem anxious about seeing Cameron.
"Where'd you get that phone?you can't afford that."
Uh oh.
"Well AT&T had a sale a few weeks ago so I saved up my money and bought it."
"Wow I'm glad you're taking responsibility for yourself." My mom said as she put her seatbelt on.
Yes! This means I can get out of the house quicker!
We began the 45 minute drive to Cameron's house.
Oh my god! is this real life right now?!
Cameron was already outside waiting for us to arrive. He better not do anything stupid!
He opened my door wanting me to just jump in his arms.
"Hey cameron it's so nice to see you after 3 months."
I gave him a friendly hug.
"Yeah same here... please come in."
We walked into his house immediately taken in by the smell of freshly baked garlic bread.
"Welcome!"
Cameron's mom popped up randomly, scaring the poop out of me.
"Hi mrs Linda... I'm bacccck."
She hugged me tightly.
"It's so nice to see you sweetie...cameron has been talking about you nonstop."
Yeah I bet.
"Oh he has?" my mom joined the conversation giving me a weird stare.
"Oh yes. Cameron just loves to talk about her."
Oh god please not now.
"Hey mom can we uh talk real quick?"
Cameron pulled his mother into the kitchen.
"That's so sweet that he's talking about you like that."
Make up your mind mom! First you don't want us to even communicate now you want him to love me!
"Yeah I guess..." she can't know.
...
"So would you guys like to stay for dinner? I made my special spaghetti."
My stepdad was walking out of mr. Carl's office.
"Well sure we can stay. I'm sure cameron and Rene have a lot to catch up on."
Yes!
It's weird that my stepdad is being nice. What's going on here?
We all sat at the table. My mom to my left,stepdad to my right, cameron right across from me.
Uh oh.
My food was brought to me by mrs. Linda. It looks delicious. perfect serving of spaghetti with a beautiful piece of garlic bread to the right of everything.
...
"So Rene?" My stepdad asked.
Oh god.
"Yes?"
"Why don't you tell cameron how school's going."
You get on my nerves sometimes you know.
"Well cameron school is great. it's senior year. Best year ever!"
I finished my food feeling something touch my leg.
"Oh sorry..." Cameron quickly apologized,winking at me.
I aimed for something under the table. Not sure what I hit but whatever it was he winced a little.
"Oh I'm sorry cameron did i hit you?"
"Funny."
"Yeah it is."
He's so cute!
We all finished eating.
"Cameron honey?"
"Yes mom?"
"Can you please load the dishwasher..."
Awwww.
"Sure. Rene do you wanna help?"
"Yeah."
We grabbed all the plates allowing the adults to talk about 'adult things'.
Thank god they won't hear or see us.
The dining room was a good distance away from the kitchen.
"Oh. My. God..."
We just stood there hugging each other for a couple seconds.
I just wanna rip his pants off!
Maybe I went a little too far.
"Cam..."
"Yeah I know. I missed you too. You have to tell them babe..."
"No I can't they'll send me back. Then I won't be able to see you again."
"Well I'm gonna tell them if you don't."
No no no!
"Please don't!"
"Well yeah I am if you don't."
"Why are you being so rude today?!"
He threw a dish in the machine,scaring my parents.
"Well your not my girlfriend anymore!"
What...
"What?!"
"If you can't tell your parents that were dating, how are we gonna keep going?"
No.
"So I guess we won't go anymore."
"So we're done?"
Yep.
"Yeah."
That was taken easily.
We continued loading the dishwasher in silence.
"Cameron sweetie?" his mom walked in the kitchen with us.
"What?!"
Did I really make him this mad?
"Woah there tiger! Why don't you go tell Rene's parents about dating her."
"It's over we're done."
She had the weirdest look on her face.
"It's not gonna last long... you guys are gonna get back together before next week."
~CAMERON'S POV~
"No we're not! If she can't tell her parents for herself that we're going out how are we gonna keep going?!"
Maybe I'm being a little harsh but if you make me mad over something this stupid! that's who I am.
"Well cameron you have to understand... she can't do it alone."
True. But I do t want them to hate me and send her back.
"Think about it cameron...think of what this girl has been through...what she's sacrificed just to be with you."
Woah mom being a little to mushy there. It's true though Rene has sacrificed a lot just to see me.
"Come on." Her face was just sad, disappointed in me because of the way I just yelled at her for something stupid.
"Listen I'm sorry I don't know what just came over me. I guess I'm still mad at Collin."
"What did Collin do?" my mom asked softly.
Crap!
"Well he's in jail."
"Cameron were you messing with Matthew again? I told you to stay away from him!"
Uh oh.
"I'm sorry mom. Collin made me mad and I had to do something. It's for Rene's safety..."
"Fine but do it again and I'm telling your father."
What? You're gonna tell him that your teenage sons best friend is affiliated with a mafia gang? Funny mom funny.
"Come on Rene. Let's get back together ok?"
"Ok... I'm sorry I should have just told my parents."
"No. We're gonna tell them together. Right now."
I held her hand tightly as she pecked me on the cheek quickly. We walked into the dining room hoping that they wouldn't freak out.
"Hey mom?"
"What woah! What going on here?! why are you two holding hands?!"
Uh oh.
"Well mrs. Dee... your daughter and I have been dating for the past two and a half months."
"How are you two dating? She was with her grandmother."
"Well actually. I'm the one who bought her the iPhone and I went out there almost every week. I truly love her, I really do. Actually... I would like to have your permission to go to Italy with me."
Yes, my sister wants to meet her and soon. I wanted to ask her parents before I actually asked her. But since we're all here I don't think that would be a problem.
"ITALY?!" they all screamed including her stepdad who was halfway in the conversation with us.
"Yes, Italy. My sister wants to meet you before she leaves again..."
"Well I say yes!" her mom said.
"Yeah me too. Take her please!" her stepdad said.
"Now it's all up to you Rene... Would you like to go to Italy with me for about a week."
"But what about school?"
Ugh.
"Don't worry about school. It's only for a week. maybe less..."
"Well ok. I'll go to Italy with you."
"Great! i'll call my sister later... Come on, I wanna show you something."
Yes!
"Cameron, no stay down here!"
Come on mom!
"Really mom? I'm not that dumb you know."
"Leave the door open..."
Dammit!
"Ok..." I pulled her upstairs.
~RENE'S POV~
"So this is your room?" we were standing outside a door.
"Yes. Now I know what your thinking. Your thinking 'oh this is probably the messiest room ever' but you're wrong."
Why wouldn't it be the messiest room? This is Cameron.
He opened the door.
"Oh my god!" his room was so clean and HUGE at that.
A double king size bed, like do they even make that in America?!
6 bookshelves. 3 to the left just full of books and 3 to the right full of trophies.
I walked in the room seeing yet another room which was his workout room. a treadmill and weights. That's all he really needed.
I looked over to the right seeing ANOTHER room which like a small tv area. The 90" tv was perfect.
"So I guess you're wondering where my closet is..."
Oh my gosh yes!
"Now before I show you... I'm not bragging in any way. I've had this stuff for years. I'm just the type of guy that takes care of my 4 year old baseball cleats."
Great. He doesn't like shopping.
"So where is your closet?" I asked
"Come here..."
He walked over to the side of his bed.
"Press that button."
No way.
I pressed the button and the bookshelf with actual books slid against the wall.
"Are you serious cameron?"
"Yeah. Come on."
The closet was big...normal sized walk-in closet. With normal clothes and shoes. Mainly full of his uniforms for school.
"Ok so now this doesn't look like much right?"
"Right."
We both walked into the closet.
"So here's how I keep everything safe."
He reached behind some clothes,pressing another button which opened an attic entrance.
He pulled down the ladder that led up to the attic allowing me to go first.
Yep. I feel him looking at my butt.
"Oh my god cameron!" the attic wasn't an attic. It was more like the expensive clothing he has along with his hunting guns and knifes behind a large glass case. Everything was organized to perfection. I never knew a teenage boy would own 5 Rolex watches and about 20 pairs of sunglasses. Oakley and ray bans.
"So this is my home. My favorite part of the house."
I can't believe this. What the hell have I gotten myself into?!
"Yeah...I see."
There was more to the room. ALL of his baseball uniforms lined up on a wall, along with his bats.
"So when baseball season comes you're gonna wear one of these ok?"
Wear what?
"The jersey?"
"Yeah duh. You can wear the hats too if you want.
Ew no.
"Funny Cameron, funny. So you think I'm gonna wear your valuable jersey?"
"Well yeah but their not valuable. Like this one..." he pulled a burgundy jersey off the hanger.
"I've had this for 3 years and I can't really wear it anymore. So here take it."
It was a travel team jersey with his last name on the back.
"Now you can spread the Giovanni name."
No.
He handed the jersey to me. Ugh it smells so good!
"Ok... so can we go now?"
All of this is so weird.
"Really? What's the rush babe?" he closed the little door on the floor which led down.