Chapter 65: Summer Breeze
EMMA’s POV :
"Are you sure this is a good idea?"lan asked nervously.
We were standing in front of my front door.
My parents and I were having dinner together tonight and I decided to bring lan home.
This was a big step for us.
Our relationship was on a whole new level now.
No more lies and sneaking around, we could be an official couple.
I'd been hiding him from my family for such a long time, I didn’t wanna do that anymore.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine,"I said reassuringly.
"We don't have to tell them everything right away, do we?"
"No, we don’t.I just want them to meet you and know who you are as a person.Everything else is just whatever,"
lan was still absolutely nervous when I opened the front door and pulled him inside.
"Emma? Is that you?"mom called out from the dining room.
lan kept taking deep breaths and letting out sighs.I gave him another reassuring smile before pulling him to the dining room.
"Mom, dad, I want you to meet lan, my boyfriend,"I announced to them.
"Mr.and Mrs.Sinclair, it's an honor to finally meet the both of you,"lan smiled brightly.
"Oh...hello,"mom was absolutely shocked.
Dad couldn't even say a word.
"Please, have a seat,"she said again after a while of awkward silence.
We took our seats in front of them and they watched lan like a hawk.
lan purposefully wore a long sleeved shirt today.
He wanted to appear formal for some reason.
"So, this is what you wanted to tell us all week long?"mom asked me.
I had been hinting at her that I wanted her to meet someone.
I smiled sheepishly and nodded at her.
"Mr.and Mrs.Sinclair, I'm very serious about your daughter.I would love your permission to date her,"
lan spoke, and their attention was directed back at him.
"Oh, well, um, lan, tell us about yourself,"mom said, "
did you two
and I exchanged a look and I
ourselves for this, we knew exactly what
met at Emory two summers ago.I was finishing up
Two summers
before you yell at me, everything
bad, just insane.Mom and dad shared a worried look.Dad looked like he was going to
now you two are...dating?"mom said
said
University of Pennsylvania in the fall?"Dad spoke
aware of that,"lan nodded
promise our relationship’s not going to affect
"That's right,"dad agreed.
do plan to keep on
dad, and he gripped my
love
me to apply for lvy League schools and
be the best version of myself when I’m with her,"lan said as he turned to
gaze on him too.Mom and dad didn’t say anything for a while, but I noticed the small smile that escaped mom's lips.And although dad didn’t say anything much, by the end of dinner, he gave lan a firm handshake and said, "take good care of my
which lan responded, "Absolutely and
so bad?"I said as I walked
die out there,"lan let out a sigh of relief, the first time
round,
college life I was gonna have and the
found it
that loved me to the moon and back and they
great in
face.I still don’t know if he likes me or not,"
I've graduated high school and I'm gonna be in college soon, I'm still forever his little girl.Just give them time, when they see how good
be different this time around.You
graduation, lan and I sneaked off for a bit and we talked
always being honest
was that we would long distance for a year and then lan would move to the east coast to
all the details yet, but we
all feels so
believe it,"he
was just a short, sweet kiss on my front lawn, it was our first real kiss in
would treasure
"I love you, Emma."
"I love you, lan,"
my bed,
ready for her backpacking trip and Carrie was spending
so busy with my phone screen, I didn’t realize mom had knocked on
You're still up?"mom
I’m just talking to Tiff and Carrie.What's
on the edge of
talk about lan,"She got my
put the phone away and asked, "Do you like him?
pretty serious with you two.Why are we
two summers ago.But life got in the way and we just couldn't be fully together, until now,"I paused for a second and asked,
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