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Mine was quickly pulled around, and I sped off through the city, enjoying the roar of the engine.
Chapter 28
Amy
Thesunstoodhighin the sky as its rays descended on the city, creeping through my window and flooding my eyes. Sundays were the laziest day of the week for me. It was the only day I had all to myself… well, not totally to myself. Cassie was up already, cooking breakfast. My stomach growled at the aroma of eggs and bacon that filled the air. I was starving. I lazily got out of my bed and proceeded to the bathroom before heading to the kitchen.
“Good morning,” I greeted Cassie, who was now seated at the table, eating while scrolling through her phone.
“Morning,” she said around a mouthful of bacon. “Yours is on the counter.”
“Thank you so much, Cassie. It smells amazing.”
We ate breakfast, both commenting and laughing about things we saw on our social media feeds. When we were done, I cleared the table and did the dishes. Cassie was an awesome roommate and an even more amazing friend. I appreciated that even though we were both busy, we made time like this.
“Any plans for today?” I asked, as I dried the last pan.
“Yup, going out with Thomas later.”
“A date?”
“I think so,” she said, as her cheeks turned red.
“Things are getting serious.” I teased her, rubbing my shoulder against hers.
“At this point, I hope so.” She laughed nervously.
Thomas was the perfect example of not judging a book by its cover. The first time I saw him, I thought the worst. I knew I shouldn't make knee-jerk judgments, but Thomas looked like a playboy and I was trying to protect my roommate from men like that. She wasn’t into dating and had only dated two guys in her life, including Thomas. But Thomas turned out to be the opposite of how his outside packaging presented him to be. They had been dating for about four months now, but were taking things slowly. Jealousy sometimes got the best of me and I kind of wished I was in a relationship like that.
“What about you?” she asked, pulling me from my thoughts.
I paused a bit. “I’m going to see James and Susan.”
“Oh,” she said, clearly unsure about exactly what to say. “Is everything okay?”
“Yeah, they just want us to have lunch together as a family,” I replied dryly, with additional emphasis on "as a family". Definitely didn't feel like that to me. Not yet. Maybe not ever.
“Promise me you'll take it easy on them.”
“It’s just a family lunch, Cassie,” I laughed.
“Well, make sure you have a good time. I have to go get ready for my date,” she snickered as she made her way to her room.
I turned on the television as I snuggled into the couch. I watched as financial analysts argued about the financial position of Reed Biotech and how the stock prices affected the market value of the company, how dull. This was one of the many reasons why I never regretted being a scientist. Economics bored me to death, and I never understood people in the finance world. Not only was it seemingly random, it was also so boring. For some reason, Daniel flashed through my mind. He was a master in finance yet he never struck me as the type of person who was bored by his job. I mean, he never really got excited about anything and that was how he has been ever since I've known him. I glanced at the time on my phone and shook my head, trying to dismiss him from my thoughts as I got up from the couch to get ready.
Family lunch turned out to be James at the barbecue, flipping some hamburgers. I didn’t mind. It was a nice day outside and sitting on the patio felt a lot more open than sitting in the small house. The space was filled to the brim, if you could say that, with flowers. Susan tried so hard to make it seem like she had it all under control, but she obviously didn’t.
“Amy, can you help set the table?” Susan called out, pointing at the table they had placed in the middle of the patio.
“Sure,” I replied. Cassie would probably be proud of this. She had made me promise that I'd try to be more friendly to my parents. It was a thought I had dismissed at the time, but there we were. James served the burgers, and I helped out as much as I could.
“It was so nice of you to join us, Amy,” James said, spearing a bite of potato salad.
I nodded my head in agreement and took a bite of burger, so I didn’t have to say anything.
“So, what have you been working on? Cassie tells me it could really be something big.”
Cassie told my parents everything, and it was a little annoying. It’s not that I didn't want to tell them. I just didn’t think of it as something they would care about. I know that Cassie likely just babbled when she spoke to them because she was nervous. Since my silence made my parents call her, I never blamed her for what she said.
