CHAPTER 15
~Suspicion follows close on mistrust.~
:Ephraim Gotthold Lessing:
****Samantha's POV****Before opening the door, I made
sure that my dad and my brother weren’t doing anything funny.
Seeing as they were settled down, I slowly opened the door.
“Yo.” Mark greeted.
I gaped at him.
He looked…
O___O …He looked
waaaay too hot with the pinstriped navy suit he was wearing. I had a weird feeling that I really, really, wanted to ‘touch’ him.
I clenched my fists.
Samantha Hayes, what are you thinking?! 
“H-hey…” I said meekly.
“You look surprised.” He said, flashing a smile at me.
“You think I’m attractive, don’t you? Don’t you? Don’t yoooooo?”“Idiot.”“Awww… I like it when you lie.”“Haha, riiiiight, perverted ogre. Come in, I’ll introduce you to my dad and my brother.”****Luke’s POV****I stepped into Samantha’s house with a
shaky foot. I’m hell nervous… Damn.This is it. I hope everything goes well.
God, I hope it
really goes well…
****Samantha’s POV****I lead Luke into our living room and waved towards my Dad and my brother.
“So… Dad, Matt, this is Luke Richens,” I declared, motioning at Luke,
“And Luke this is my—”CRASHHHHH! A glass figurine went down on the floor—I looked at my brother, and sure enough, he was the
cause of it…
“Matt, stop bumping into things…!” I called out.
“L-luke…? Did you s-say… his name i-is…? A-are you really….?” Dad faltered.
Sheesh, my dad and my brother are both looking
intently at Luke as though he was some sort of phantom… Here they go again…!
…Wait.
…Wait.
…Wait. Dad and Matt’s façade weren’t the same expressions that they had a while ago; it was as though they were utterly shocked—
horrified, horror-struck…My brows furrowed.
What’s going on here?I looked at Luke and he was smiling at my Dad and my brother as though he wasn’t bothered by the affair—he looked more like he was trying to smile
sensibly at them, trying to calm them down.
“Hi Mr. Hayes, and hi there, bro, what’s up…?” He addressed.
Why is he… Oh yeah, he was my childhood friend, so naturally, he knows dad and Matt…
But!It’s bugging me. This
edgy atmosphere… These shocked faces of my dad and my brother, what the hell is really going on here?
Are they hiding something from me?“Hi there, L-Luke…” Dad greeted back in a quivering voice.
“Uh… Please don’t be too stunned to see me back, sir…” Luke said placidly.
My dad coughed and motioned at Matt, signaling him to stop ogling at Luke.
“Oh sorry,” Matt apologized and approached Luke,
“N-nice to see you b-back dude…”They both knocked fists and smiled knowingly………
.....Knowingly? Weird…“S-sweetheart, you should have told us that Luke here, your childhood friend, is one of your current classmates,” Dad said, as he rose up from his seat.
“Sorry dad, I forgot...”Dad came up to Luke and shook hands with him,
“Nice to see you here in this… place. So… You and my daughter here began recalling the p-past times…?”Luke grinned,
“Actually, she doesn’t remember much of me.”Dad looked thankful,
“I see, I see.”Dad must have seen the look I had so he smiled at me,
“Ha-ha! It’s n-nothing dear... Matt! Do clean the mess you’ve made.”“Aye, aye, captain.”“Soooo….” “Wait dad. Would you mind telling me what’s happening here…?”"Oh, you mean, the crash? Your brother accidentally bumped on it.""No, not that! What's going on?" “What’s happening…? Oh! I and your brother were just too stunned to see someone we’ve long known back when we were in Kingston… That’s all to it, sweetheart… It brings back so many memories…” Dad replied, forcing a quivery smile on his lips.
It still bugged me.
REALLY… I should start clearing this up... Yeah, I really should! A lot of questions are raging in within the deepest nook and cranny of my mind—so I need answers.
I really do.I eyed my dad,
“Tell you what Dad; I think you guys are really hiding something from me… That’s why in the first place you don’t want to tell me some facts about my childhood back in Kingston, and I think—”
I stopped talking because Luke swiftly slithered his arm round my shoulder; he was smiling absurdly.
“What are y-you doing? Getting all c-carefree in front of m-my family…?” “Saaaaaammie, were behind schedule, I believe…”“B-but…! Y-you idiot!”Dad pinched my cheeks, ignoring whatever Luke was doing.
(Wow, and where did the protective dad counterpart went off to?)“Sweetheart, I’m telling you, I’m not hiding anything from you, and we’re not thrashing any sort of thing, we’re just surprised, really…”“B-but…”“And you should stop asking such weird questions Sammie,” Matt said with a chuckle while he was picking the broken glass,
“…and hey, Luke! Come visit us sometime, would you? I’d love to shoot some hoops with you… and get to know some recent news.”“Sure.”
“Take care of my sweetheart, sonny.” Dad stated.
Luke saluted.
“Yep, yep, captain.”“Yeah! Do take care of her bro, or I’ll beat you up.”Luke chuckled.
“B-but… WAIT!”“Aw, shut your trap, woman…” Luke said as he turned me around quickly, leading me towards the door.
I heard my Dad and Matt chortle.
“Have fun, kids!”What the?!
