28 June 2012

“Honey! Come here and give your mother a cuddle!” I pulled both my bag and Jason into my mothers flat and gave her a hug. I watched over her shoulder as James shook Jason’s hand hand and took both of our bags upstairs to the bedrooms without even saying hello to me. My mothers house is a small, three story house with three bedrooms. The whole place has just been redecorated, and as I wondered into the kitchen I had to admit, James had done a pretty good job.

“So what do you think?” Asked my mum, seeing my looking around.

“It looks really great! James did an alright job!” I said.

“I know,” Mum walked over to the table and started rearranging the flowers next to me. “I’m so lucky to have him.” Rather than agreeing, I changed the subject.

“Anything else new?” I asked her.

“No not really. Same old boring job, same old pay, same old husband- not that I’m complaining! So… Jason.” I was more of a demand then a question.

“Yeah. He’s my boyfriend.” Mum rolled her eyes, so I continued. “We met at the beginning of the year,” I lied. “He asked me out on a few dates, we kissed, and made it public on Friday.” Mum grinned.

“Your first boyfriend!” She squealed.

“Yeah…” This lying was going to become habit forming if I wasn’t careful.

“I know,” Mum said slowly, “I was invited to a dance with James by a colleague from work- Why don’t we all go!” I pointed out the obvious.

“I don’t have a dress.”

“Then we’ll go shopping!” That could work…

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