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He pulled
into his house, holding my hand, smiling excitedly. "Mom? Dad? You ho?" Liam shouted, looking into the empty lounge.
I could hear voices in the kitchen. "Yeah, honey. We’re in here," Pat called.
Liam smiled happily and dragged
to the kitchen. Pat was baking cookies and Rick was busy trying to eat the cookie mix straight from the bowl, making her laugh and hit his hand with the wooden spoon. I chuckled at the scene. They were always like this, she was the perfect housewife and mother, and he adored her and Liam, which was really sweet.
"Hey, Amber. Long ti no see," Rick said, grabbing
into a hug, which made my heart race.
"Hey, Rick. Hi, Pat. How are you?" I asked cheerfully.
"We’re great! Amber, I would hug you but I’m covered in cookies, honey." Pat frowned, holding up her hands in evidence.
"Yeah, I can see that! They sll so good," I said, eyeing the already baked ones on the plate on the counter. She passed the plate to
and I happily took one, smiling. "Thanks."
"Hey! You said I couldn’t have one because they were cooling," Rick whined, pouting, making
laugh; she picked up a cookie and tossed it at him with a wink.
"Um guys, I was wondering if you wanted to et my girlfriend. Maybe she could have dinner with us tonight?" Liam suggested, putting his hand on the small of my back.
A grin spread across Pat’s face. She looked so happy that I actually thought she was actually holding back tears. "Oh, Liam! I’d love to et her! I still can’t believe you have a girlfriend. You spent all this ti saying that there was only one girl for you and now you’re finally able to move on and actually date soone!" she cooed, practically bursting with excitent and pride.
"Yeah OK, Mom, tone it down a bit, huh?" Liam mumbled, rolling his eyes.
"So, what ti is she coming? Have you t her, Amber? Is she nice?" Pat asked, beaming at . I looked at Liam, unsure what to say. This whole situation was laughable. And did she say that Liam had always said there was only one girl for him?
"Actually, Mom, she’s here right now," Liam said proudly, rubbing my back gently and smiling at . His eyes bore into mine, making my whole body feel a little hotter. Pat jumped and wiped her hands on a cloth, quickly fixing her hair frantically, before she practically ran to the hallway. OK, weird! "Mom, what are you doing?" Liam asked, laughing; I noticed that Rick was staring at Liam’s hand on my back, a wide grin on his face.
"Well, is she parking the car or sothing?" Pat asked, looking back at Liam before glancing at the front door again. He laughed harder and Rick and I chuckled too.
"Mom, this is my girlfriend. Her na is Amber Walker." Liam bead proudly at
as I pressed myself closer to him.
Pat’s face snapped to look at , shocked. Slowly, her face turned to happiness, then complete bliss, as she laughed and ran to , grabbing both
and Liam into a big hug. "Oh my gosh! Finally, you two got together? Finally!" she almost scread, jumping up and down on the spot.
Liam wrapped his arm round my waist and pulled
impossibly closer to him. "Yeah, finally," he confird, rolling his eyes, but looking amused at the sa ti. Rick put his hand out to Liam. They shook hands in a very grown up gesture, before he pulled him into a bear hug.
After all of the excitent had died down, we had dinner. It was really nice to be sat with Liam’s parents like this, they honestly didn’t stop smiling. Every ti Liam and I touched each other, Pat would sigh happily, beaming at us.
"Right, you boys can clear the table!" Pat ordered, grabbing my arm and pulling
to the lounge. "I am so happy for you two. Liam’s told you he’s been in love with you for years, right?" she bead. My breath caught in my throat at her choice of words. She thought that Liam was in love with ? He wasn’t in love with , was he? Did he really whisper that he loved
last night before I fell asleep?
"Er, he told
he’s liked
for a long ti, yeah," I mumbled, a little uncomfortably.
She rolled her eyes. "Liked, jeez that boy has been smitten with you from the get go. I an, he still calls you Angel for goodness sake!" she laughed.
I looked at her, confused. "What does that have to do with anything?" I asked, frowning. I really loved Pat, but sotis she can be a little crazy.
"He’s never told you why he calls you that?" she asked, smirking at . I shook my head, and she chuckled darkly. "The first ti we t you was at Liam’s sixth birthday party. You’d not long moved in and we thought it would be nice, you know, to invite the neighbours to the party," she started, nodding enthusiastically.
"Yeah, I rember. You had balloons everywhere, and a clown that did magic tricks." I smiled; the Jas’ always did throw the best parties, even kids parties.
"That’s right. So anyway, you and your brother ca to the party and as soon as you walked through the door, Liam just stared at you. He literally couldn’t take his eyes off of you. You smiled and said happy birthday to him, but he couldn’t even speak to you, so you walked off to go dance. He turned to , and do you know what he said to ?" she asked, her eyes tearing up. I shook my head. What the heck is she going to say? This is freaking
out a little! "He said in a deadly serious tone, ’Momma, am I dead?’ And I said ’no honey, you’re not dead’, and he shook his head, looking all confused about sothing. Then he pointed to you dancing and said, ’if I’m not dead, then why is there an Angel in our house?’" she stated, clasping her hands together and beaming.
I gasped. Holy crap! That’s why he calls
Angel? My heart was racing and my palms were sweaty. I think Liam really is in love with , but am I in love with him? I don’t think so, at least, not yet. But I could easily see myself falling in love with him.
"That’s why he calls
that? Are you serious?" I asked, unsure if she was joking or not.
"Totally. Ask him if you don’t believe , but from the mont he saw you he was in love with you, it’s plain on the look on his face. I’m surprised you never noticed." She shook her head, chuckling.
"I never noticed because he was always so an to . He was always pushing
over, or pulling my hair, calling
nas." I frowned. Why did he do all of that if he was in love with ?
"Your brother made him stay away. He beat Liam up after his birthday party that sa year and told him to stay away from you," she said, laughing and shaking her head. "That brother of yours sure is protective, bless him," she said, smiling fondly.
"Yeah, I know. Liam and I talked about it and we decided to keep it from Jake for a couple of weeks, just until things settle down. I’d really appreciate it if you’d not say anything to him if you see him." I winced at the thought of Liam and Jake fighting. I definitely wanted to put that off as long as possible.
"I won’t say anything, but I don’t think you should leave it too long, otherwise it’ll only get harder."
I smiled gratefully. "Yeah, just a couple of weeks."
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