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“For now. I still think you guys have been lying to us. But I do see that you care for her and that you may even truly love her.”
Kaley
I nervously spent the day with my parents while my sister spent the day with Dean, by the time we met up with Dean and Maddie for dinner at the apartment, I felt like I was going to pass out from worrying about what may or may not have been said.
When we walked into the apartment, Dean was doing pushups and Maddie was counting them off for him with gusto.
Weird.
Maddie jumps up from the chair she’s perched on and smiles at us as we stand watching the spectacle.
“Is this a normal thing?” Dad asks me.
“He hasn’t been to the gym all weekend, so yeah.” I shrug.
Dean pops up and shakes out his arms and legs.
“Hey guys,” he says, out of breath. “I got the fixings to make dinner, are you guys opposed to Italian?”
I look at him quizzingly.
He tries to not eat too much pasta during football season, so I’m slightly afraid of what he has in mind. I eye him as he makes his way to me around the couch. He pecks me on the lips, gives my waist a squeeze as he leans over to shake hands with my dad.
“We love Italian. You cook?” My mom gushes, clasping her hands in front of her chest in excitement.
“I can cook a few things. But I’m Italian-ish and my noni used to make me watch her cook in the kitchen when I was in high school when I was around the house.”
“Noni?” Maddie asks.
“Grandmother.” He replies. He looks to me and quickly angles it to the bedroom. “I’m going to shower, but first, can I steal Kaley for a second?”
Without words, we walk to the bedroom. I sit on the bed, eager for his rehashing of the day as he closes the door behind him.
“So, your sister grilled me about what I knew about you.”
“Oh shit.” I palm my forehead.
“No, I did well. But she’s still suspect. I don’t think she’s going to tell your parent anything, but I wouldn’t put it past her.”
“Ugh. I can’t believe this is happening.”
“What if you told your parents the truth that we just started dating?”
“Well, then they would think that I’m being stupid and living with a guy that I just started dating.”
“You couldn’t tell them that I was your roommate before?”
“Remember, they’re conservative that would go against their beliefs.”
“If they were really that conservative Kale, they would be against us living together period unless we were married.”
He has a point.
“I can’t. If they knew I was lying, then who knows what they would do.”
“They pay for your part of the rent, yeah?” He asks as I nod.
He paces.
